Some deconstruction

So the first part of getting this thing the way I want it will be to do evaluation and analysis of what needs replacement as well as doing some general tear down. I started by cleaning the cab.

Before:

The dash is in disarray

Nice collection of, well, crap

So I gave 'er a quick clean to get the bulk of the mouse poop, squirrel mess, rust and doe-in-heat canisters out of the way and started to tear apart the things I wanted to redo in my image (i.e. dash).

So shiny!

At this point I had the benefit of a helper, so I recruited him to help me drop the rear axle and remove the rear tires. It makes it look much better and this allows me to choose if I want to work on springs or on interior at any given time.

 He also helped with taking the hood off to evaluate the engine. Looks like I'll need to retrace or reroute most of the vacuum lines, replace a spark plug wire, perhaps some worn distributor points and some general TLC of the carb, but overall things look promising to start this baby up. Of course that's hard to do when the rear axle won't spin, but those are minor details. :)

We can rebuild it. We have the technology.

So next is getting a hold of a grinder and starting to remove the parts of the body that won't do. I also still need to find a way to remove that pesky top...