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Awesome build! Tons of information in the photos too!

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Well, I've been out of town for the last couple of weeks so not much progress.

However, early in December I ordered an accessory drive kit from Holley to move the alternator, power steering, and ac compressor to the top of the motor to help with clearance issues on the frame. After more than a month, the parts are still back-ordered. Instead of waiting indefinitely, we went ahead and clearanced the frame a little to make room for the belt and trimmed the front of the Dirty Dingo Slider to clear the alternator. This way we will be able to keep the alternator and p/s down low and out of the way. Looks much better if you ask me.

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Nice looking project! Good job on the rust repairs and bodywork.

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Thank you

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No real exciting updates. Still blocking on the cab and doors. The doors will be ready for paint tomorrow and the cab should be ready by early next week. The doors came out really good. Especially considering they were pretty rough to begin with.

Now comes the dilemma of picking colors. Wanting to go with a non-metallic paint and leaning towards an earth tone from the 68 trim up with white on bottom.

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Are you priming the doors while they are hanging? If so how do you avoid paintless spots where the wires wrap around them?

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This was the 3rd or 4th priming of the doors. We hung them this time because we didn't add any additional primer to the window frames just the face of the doors.

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Looking good man. I really want to paint mine but this part of it scares me. The body work. Lol. Wasbt a fan of those wheels you picked out before but I have been digging then lately.

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Thanks, there is only one way to learn I guess. It's been about 20 years since I've done any and it has been a good learning experience for me. I like the wheels as well, they still aren't my first choice, but I like them.

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We got the radiator support back from powder coating today. It came out really nice. It was pretty rough to begin with and I should have taken a picture before repairing it.

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The cab will go into primer one more time, get sanded with 400 (wet) and then we will start putting on color. It will be getting seam-sealed this afternoon.

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Looking good so far. Hoping to gain some motivation from all this. Keep rolling along.

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Looking Slick!

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Thanks, guys. By chance, anyone in NM have a good bed (short) they are looking to sell?

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Today we finished cleaning and smoothing off the underside of the cab. It will be getting sprayed with undercoating this afternoon.

I also picked a color and bought paint today. I was shocked at the price! Spent over a grand in material and will probably end up needing more clear.

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What color did you end up with?

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We went with the factory light blue like this. Planning to do the top and grille white. Still considering doing below the trim in white as well.

Thoughts?

Oh, and the price of paint is nuts! $578 a gallon for the blue. A non-metallic blue.......

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I like the color (almost, but not quite, Taos Blue), but $578 a gallon is crazy!

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Almost. Up in the northwest corner of the state, I believe we call it Turquoise. :lol:

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Awesome color choice! My new cab is original Light Blue so I'm going to try to match it the best I can with the rest of the sheet panels. What are you planning on doing in the interior? I'm undecided on doing either a black or an all blue interior.

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This is my favorite c10 color combo for sure. I'm undecided on the interior but may do a black/white houndstooth or a saddle. I have a 67 Camaro with a factory blue/white deluxe interior. It looks good but the blues match.

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We got the underside of the cab coated yesterday and are waiting for it to dry. Today, I drilled holes in the dash for the ac vents. We are planning to run just the outside vents for a cleaner look. Drilling these holes stressed me out for some reason.

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I would do below the molding in White... just has a finished look in my opinion... Here is my Truck...

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Looks nice. I'm still leaning against below the trim though.

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Cab is taped off and the inside will be getting primed and sprayed with color this afternoon.

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Nice, cant wait to see it in color! Thanks for the motivation to get mine ready for paint!

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Here are some pics of the inside of the cab. Super exciting to start seeing color. We finished wet sanding the roof, door jambs, and A and B pillars this morning. The drip rail will get seam-sealed this afternoon and we will spray the white on Monday.

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Looks great!

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The tank (Boyd's) came in yesterday. Very nice looking product.

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Thanks! I checked out your build the other day. You are killing it! Keep up the good work.

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Nice looking build :mm::chevy:

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Wow, great build! I dig the frame color and the wheels are sweet!

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Thank you!

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I got the tank installed today, as well as the pump and regulator/filter. For the pump, I went with a Walbro (GL392) kit from Speedway. I have this pump on my personal c10 and have been very pleased.

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My dad also started spraying white on the top of the cab today. This picture is of the first coat over gray DP-190.

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The top is done! Still needs to be color sanded and buffed, but it turned out really slick. Got the rest of the cab and firewall finished today. Will be spraying the blue tomorrow morning.

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Looking really great.

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The blue is going to be pretty. I personally dig the cab and below the molding being white. Either way will look great though! I will be following along.

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Thanks!