1956 Tonka Cargo King Semi Truck Hauler Restoration

I purchased this 1956 Tonka Cargo King Semi Truck off eBay January of 2022 for $. It was in dire need of help. Overall it was very complete for being 66 years old. Outside of missing a rear trailer gate, mud flaps and one hubcap everything was there. The body was in extremely rough shape and ended up taking multiple coats of filler primer which I didn’t show, just due to the boring nature of spraying and sanding over and over again. After filling the body with high temp filler and high build primer it came out super smooth. It had a couple minor imperfections that show in just the right light. While taking the truck apart I found what appears to be a white mold in-between the tires, which I though was pretty weird, however I do believe this at one time was a flower pot from the dirt that was in it. I made an attempt to save the original wood floor before deciding to replace it with new. I remade the mud flap bracket and tandem axle plates by cutting the blanks out on the CNC mill and then made
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