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Got distracted by the welding table. Built a new frame for the top and welded down the top plate. Mounted the one of my Dad's old vices. Used up some old spray paint to further the rust proofing. The Eastwood 185 performed flawlessly.

Also, cleaned up the driver step mounting points and fitted the new step. Removed an old bracket off the old step and will spot weld it on the new one after I get the hang of the antique spot welder I inherited. The spot blaster really came in handy cleaning up the hard to reach corners and the center step riser bracket. Note that the new step comes with vertical flanges to front and back rather than the horizontal flanges on the old. You can see that the floor has a bow (down) to it. Bolted a bracket to one of my seat mounting nuts and slipped a very large crow bar through it. A slight pry up took the bow out and the step slipped right in. It is still not quite seated yet. The bottom needs to move in about 1/4".