The W150 Roof

Ok I have not been neglecting the project, just the blog. In the colder months I worked on the W200 brakes rear and front Axles. In early spring I started on the W150 in earnest. 

We traded out the trucks and got the breaks and power steering working so we could move it around the yard. 

Juck Yard 1980 Donor Cab.

Parts for the W200.

 

  

 Then out came the seats carpet and dash. The roof on the W150 had a lot of rust damage from the drip edge into the windshield support.Rather than repair the brown roof a black donor cab was cut up and grafted onto the truck. The donor cab had many useful parts that will probably end up in the W200 as well.

The Headliner and the roof of the black cab were split apart by drilling out all of the spot welds. This was done more as a learning experience. While it was apart 

the clearance light holes in the roof were welded shut,

 the windshield support was repaired, 

conduit wire guide was run to the rear high break light and the rear view mirror,

 and modern thermal insulation was placed between the roof and the headliner.

The blue stuff in this photo is State Defender II Rust incapacitater. The inside of every body panel is painted with brown Rustoleum.











The front pillars had splints made out of scrap pillar install to reinforce the splice between brown and Black Cab.

The Brown cab’s Roof and Back was cut off and the Black cab’s Roof and Back was carefully installed. Needless to say with a lot of measuring and small adjustments made.