Steering box off the bench, and back onto the van:
Turning my attention to the cab and dashboard area as there’s a fair few bits that need painting before I can rebuild the cab. As seems quite common someone in the past has had a go of fitting a single DIN radio into the dash by persuading the aperture open with a club hammer:
I hammer and dollied the aperture back into it’s original shape as best I could:
And then carefully marked and cut the aperture properly to take my new Alpine stereo. It’s a nice tight fit:
Much better:
Cleaned up another batch of bolt on bits in the blast cabinet:
Everything epoxied and high build primed:
Every time I paint bits I have to push the van out into the yard. She’s definitely the cleanest thing there!
