Cowl/Firewall/Floorboard rust

[4WDKC]

Maybe I'm being too optimistic, but I didn't think the rust was anywhere near needing a cab replacement. I hope I'm right.

Sometimes you have to look at what it will cost in parts and labor vs cost of going and getting a rust free cab. What it comes down to is how much is your time worth. As an example if you make $10 an hour at your job and it takes 15 hours to fix the rust the its $150 in labor plus parts,we'll call it $300. So if you can find a cab for the same cost and time as repairing yours it may not make sense. Now if you own a company and you are making $100 an hour (your pay plus company cost) repairing your cab could cost you $1650 we as a $500 cab 2 hours away is cheaper... Make sense?

 

[legopnuematic]

The way I see it is that once you purchase a welder, cutoff tools, etc, those if taken care of can last nearly forever so $500 of tools that last you minimum 25 years works out to only $20 a year for those 25 years. Those tools also open up a world of new possibilities with fabricating mounts, custom parts, jigs, projects a significant other finds on pinterest.
In me basically remaking/building my 79 I have learned A LOT of stuff about how these trucks are put together and learned lots of metal forming techniques/methods in making patch panels and such.

 

[parzan]

The way I see it is that once you purchase a welder, cutoff tools, etc, those if taken care of can last nearly forever so $500 of tools that last you minimum 25 years works out to only $20 a year for those 25 years. Those tools also open up a world of new possibilities with fabricating mounts, custom parts, jigs, projects a significant other finds on pinterest.
In me basically remaking/building my 79 I have learned A LOT of stuff about how these trucks are put together and learned lots of metal forming techniques/methods in making patch panels and such.

Agreed but I can see why a rust free cab would be the way to go depending on the amount of rust, etc. Since the truck doesn't need to be on the road, is a "work on it when I can" type project and something that I hope to learn from, I'm going to purchase a welder and give it a go. If I depended upon the truck for regular transportation and if the rust was worse, I could see the value in getting a replacement cab. Also, I'm pretty cheap labor. lol

I appreciate all of the help and responses!