'88 K5 - Running Down A Dream

[kennyw]

I think your pics just prove how bad the rust can get no matter what you do for maintenance on the exterior surfaces. Just about every piece of sheetmetal has an area that is unprotected hiding on the inside that allows rust to fester if water ever get in.

 

[jimmyleetn]

I think your pics just prove how bad the rust can get no matter what you do for maintenance on the exterior surfaces. Just about every piece of sheetmetal has an area that is unprotected hiding on the inside that allows rust to fester if water ever get in.

I agree 100%. Those windshield skins were bare metal in most places too. I was surprised by what I found in the windshield header and under the trucks drip rail. Definitely a good reminder to paint the backs of panels to at least slow it down.

 

[jimmyleetn]

I'm in spot welder prison right now. It's not as terrible as I thought, but I have all this other stuff not truck related I'm supposed to be doing so finding the time has been more challenging than I thought. Hopefully I'll get it knocked out soon. All I have left on the inner skin are the spot welds on the inside that are overhead and awkward. I've got them tacked but getting them finished is going to be terrible.