Did a bunch of stuff today and yesterday. I had bought some rusty fender braces for the front so I hit them with a 3m disc to get the thick rust off and then coated them with an old can of POR 15. The paint is so tough I had to peel the lid off with vice grips, but managed to use up the last of it on the frame and fender braces. While I was mounting the braces today, I noticed a bunch of parts of the frame I never hit with por 15 due to the difficulty of getting at them. I also noticed that you can easily remove the front fender with just 4 bolts that are easy to access versus all the impossible to reach rusted out bolts of the inner fender wall /skirts. Once they were off the whole fenders and inner fenders are now free of the truck making it much easier to work on the fenders, and get rid of the old rusty bolts now that they are on the work bench and I'm right side up instead of under the truck! I also oiled the plywood floor to the bed with a couple coats of clear danish oil and today started top coating it with layers of polyurethane with a uv guard in it.
The front fenders need some work and few patches where they are rusted thru.
I figure I'll leave the front off while the exhaust goes on and work on the fenders getting them ready to prime while they are off. Plus when paint time comes they will be bolted back on with new grade 8 nuts and bolts, making it easier to take apart when it comes time to paint everything
Here are a few shots.
Still amazed at all the bolts holding this thing together.

The red edge is the sun umbrella above reflecting on the black paint