And then the fun part began... tear down. Lots of fine work and attention to detail with the sawzall, torches, pry bars and of course the mini sledge.
We did however pay close attention to how everything came apart... sort of. As you can see I often forget to take progress photos, in my defense this is difficult when you have an armful of firewall.
Tear down hint#1 before you begin the destruction go over the scrap box you are dismantling and make the wise choice to replace most, if not all of the hardware. Why mess about with seized bolts when you could just cut or torch them off. This saves a lot of time. Although, we did salvage the tailgate hinges.... but it took about an hour of "careful" drilling and smashing with the sledge.
It also helps to have somebody around who's done this before- enter my buddy Derrick, he was our navigator keeping us headed in the right direction. This cut out much of the discussion about what to do next. He was not around when we put things back together though.... that was all us.
I love loose pieces of metal just hanging out underneath the old body???