1 more photo from today.  This is what the sleep portion looked like, after i hacked it off.  I used what Bo, in his steering mod tutorial calls a "FAST TOOL" to make the cut. I stayed rather far away from the cab portion of the truck while doing this. I would rather have a NON needed part look ragged & haggard, then the cab of the truck.
unnamed (51) by 
Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr