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Here is just an old shot of one of the rear cab mounts I had to replace since I'm switching the whole body to a '70 lwb. It had some wear and tear so I put a new piece of steel on it to stiffen it up a little for safety.
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There hasn't been a whole lot of progress made lately other than changing out some of the old crusty bolts from inside the door
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hey guys sorry I haven't updated this thread in a little while, I moved and the house work kinda took over my life but now I'm back on the grind to get this 'ol girl on the road again. I ended up moving it from the shop my dad an brother and I share to the garage at my new house. make it a little easier to just walk right out the door and work on it!
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Nice build man, rust repair all looks good! I hate bodywork, but reading through these build threads makes me feel like i'll be alright on it.
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After getting the truck settled in at the new house I decided to tear the motor down and give everything a solid once over and got a gasket kit from speedway motors, just a little peace of mind knowing what was going on in there
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Congrats on your own space.
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i just got a 62 long bed a few weeks ago.
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started getting the motor somewhat back together, still got a little way to go but so far I'm really happy how it turned out!
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Here is a shot of the motor mostly back together minus the new water pump I got. I scored a good deal on a set of sanderson headers off a buddy of mine, its slowly coming together!
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My dad and me have been slowly digging away at getting the motor to fire, just at the annoying part of the build where you find out what works an what doesn't , being in depth with this motor has definitely been quite the learning process for me
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Started building the exhaust, got a set of Black Widow venom pro 250 mufflers. another new challenge but I like how its turning out, can't wait to here how it sounds.
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Been slowly picking away, Finished up the exhaust and Got my new Lokar shifter installed, really happy with how it turned out
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Also got the Champion Aluminum radiator mounted, Getting married August 12th really pushing to have it mobile for then!
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heres the radiator, don't know why the picture didn't upload the first time
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After a lot of deliberation I decided to try my hand at a "fotina/under construction" look could still use a little work but I'm pretty happy with how it came out, next winter I would like to put a better paint job on it but this will be good for now!
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Also got the hood mounted, finally after all this time its starting to look like a truck again!
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Beautiful.
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ordered the molded carpet kit from LMC, can't complain about the fitment at all just took a little patients, from what I read the wrinkles should work themselves out in a couple days,
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Got my seat installed yesterday, Im really digging how everything is coming out. All thats really left is buttoning up the wiring harness, running the fuel line, and hooking the brakes up and it should be ready to cruse, I just can't wait to drive it!
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There hasn't been a whole lot of action lately, Been working on a couple house projects. but this afternoon started working on a little finalization of the body so I tossed a few pictures in of it, really like how the "under construction/patina" look is coming out. I have also came across a few bumps in the wiring harness I had an thinking my best option is just buying a brand new wiring harness so that should be close to the final steps and other than possibly a few tweaks should be driving it, can't wait for that!
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Rad!
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I need an instrument panel for my 62. Any advice?????
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I was finally able to move the truck out of the garage under its own power, Been a long time coming but was a big step!
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Another little things I've been working on is mounting the gauges into the dash.
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cool build man, great fab skills. Keep going!
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great build,nice work! how do those mufflers sound?
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Cool build...like the direction your going with this
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Finally got the truck out with the bed on, gotta do some more adjusting with the back of the cab and the front of the bed to make it line up better, I'm really happy with how its turning out!
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Finally got to open it up an stretch its legs yesterday to!
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