Monday and tuesday this week I worked more on sanding the back panel and glasing the small holes in the body filler.I removed the front and rear windshields and bought a complete new glass set on Ebay for a steal! I also removed the front grill lower valence piece that was half rusted away. Someone at one time decided to shore it up and welded it to several bolts going into the frame work in front of the radiator. That posed a challenge getting it off.

Next, after getting as close to flat as I could with bondo, I primered the exposed parts of the cab, which helped light up the flaws that still need to be worked out.

Well it was 101 F today. Youch! Major headache to match the heat, but some more goodies arrived by mail. My new gas tank came in, so I spent the better part of the morning figuring out how to plumb it, using both solid aluminum fuel lines and braided stainess hose with anodized fittings. There should be a class in the use of and understanding thereof of the fittings(i.e. size -6, -8, and all the wierd little gizmos you need to connect to different things like Edelbrock carbs, stock fuel pumps, inline fuel filters, 37 degree flring tools... but the summit boys and fellow members came to the rescue again. Here is a photo of the gas tank in a mock up of where it will mount under the bed!
I also found out what's missing from my hood latch. A fellow 48 F1'er sent of photo of the hood latch retaining spring, which I am missing. Now just to find one!
Here's the little culpret! Thanks for this picture Tom