Other than the bed, the only good body pieces off the 69 were the front clip which will be used later. 

 I love the front end of the 69/70.  The 70's bumper is beat & bent up.  I am replacing it with a new chrome one.

For lack of space, the 69 fleet bed was put on frame temporarily.  The front end of the frame was pressure washed, sanded and painted with Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator.

This is the color I am looking at redoing the truck in when it is finished.  It is a early 90's Ford color, Cayman Metallic

Bad spot in driver's kick panel.

The after shot.  Cut out the cancer and new steel welded in.

Driver's side outer rocker was also ate up.  Found the inner was also in need of help when we opened it up.

New outer rocker in  place.  A new inner rocker was fabricated by the guy that did the welding for this stuff.

Passenger side kick panel also needed some new steel

Panel repaired and  waiting for paint

The 70's doors were the best from the two trucks, but I made a super deal on a set of doors from a 71 that had all the repair work already finished, so I'll used them.  The 70's doors went in trade for a shop air compressor.

The rear cab seam was cracked and coming out, so I  stripped out the seam.  I also fixed a tree limb dent in the rear side of the roof.  Again, everything was painted with Eastwood Rust Encapsulator.

All the drip rail areas were cleaned and repainted with Eastwood.

Removed stock gas tank.  A 72 Blazer tank under the bed will be used instead.

Preparing to patch the old fuel filler hole.

A patch was made and welded in. 

The 70 originally had no radio, but the prior owner put in AM radio that required some cutting.

I decided to patch it with the welder to get it back to original shape.  Not perfect, but looks pretty good.

Removed the cab with my home-made cab puller in order to finish the cab body work.  It also allowed me to do the frame easier.

Made a stand to hold the cab while I work on the frame, do the engine changeover.  It also made it easier to weld up all the unwanted firewall openings.

I'll be going with an aftermarket heat & A/C, so I welded in the old heater box & fan holes.

Finished welding in all other firewall holes I didn't need.

Time for the cab to go back on now that all the patching is done.

Stripped the remainder of the cab, inside and out.
 

Put on front end pieces to align the cab, then painted the cab with Eastwood.