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:metal:

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So how much drop did you end up with in the front?

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Thank you!

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I used a 2.5" spindle and 2" spring in the front. We are planning to do at least another 1.5". Waiting until it's all together to make sure though.

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Are you planning to drive it on New Mexico roads with a 6" drop? You are much braver than I.

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Well, as I said in this post on more that one occasion, this truck is for sale. So to answer your question, no, I do not plan to drive it. However, the amount of drop is really quite irrelevant. My personal c10 is lowered 4.5 in the front and 5.5 in the back with the same size wheels/tires and it sits a lot lower than this truck does. I drive it daily on New Mexico roads and have never had an issue. In fact, it drives like a dream. I don't really know what you mean by "New Mexico" roads. We're all paved where I'm at.

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We're all paved in Albuquerque, too, but my Corvette bottomed out regularly on some of the city streets, and it was stock height. I think Albuquerque streets are probably the worst in the state, though.

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c-notch and the right off-set and these trucks ride great.

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No really cool updates lately. We did get the wiper arms installed, new motor, sprayer lines, and cover all installed (waiting on weatherstripping). I also mounted the windshield fluid container, batter box, and brake pedal. I started building a bracket for the DBW gas pedal to go in as well and the power steering lines should be done today. I plan to order a radiator and column this afternoon.

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I'm clearly no fabricator, but today I finished my bracket for the DBW throttle pedal. It came out pretty decent. The positioning seems spot on and the bolts on the firewall are perfectly symmetrical and look pretty clean.

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We also got the power steering all buttoned up. We did all our own bending on the lines and these still cost $193.00 bucks! Complete scam, if you ask me.

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The hood also went into primer for the first time. Still a lot of work left to do on it but it's progress.

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I got the grille trimmed out this morning. Waiting on lights still.

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We also decided on blue for the interior. I think I will most likely use a blue houndstooth cover for the factory bench seat. Anyway, I installed the dash pad this morning. I think it blends very well with the factory blue paint.

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I got the headlights and side markers installed today. I went with the "euro" style on both.

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Looking good, where did you get the dash pad from? I'm looking for one the same color too!

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Thanks, man. It's good to see you're back at it. The pad came from Brothers.

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It does feel good to be able to work on my truck again. Thanks for the info on the Dash Pad, it's hard to tell the actual color on some of the dealers websites. How was the fitment, any complaints? I'm doing a Blue interior in mine too, I ordered the same blue houndstooth seat cover for my Buddy Buckets a couple weeks ago that your looking to go with.

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It matches pretty good with the paint. My plan was to pick a vendor and stick with them for all interior parts. Even if it is wrong, my hope is that it will be consistently wrong. It went on pretty good but did take a little work to get it to sit flat. The threads of the bolts like to catch on the dash and make that area sit high. I wouldn't want to install one with parts installed on/under the dash, that's for sure.

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Well, it looks like my truck building adventure will be slowing a bit. My hours at work are changing to a normal schedule which will prevent me from working at my dad's during the morning. It kind of sucks in that regard but it is much better for me and my family. I will continue to post when I can.

I did manage to get the steering column installed today and all of the glass came in this afternoon.

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Today we got the windshield installed, as well as the passenger side door glass, felt, door handle/lock. The glass is a tempered gray glass and is a very nice product. I should have the wing window back together tomorrow and in the truck.

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Looking good!

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Thank you. By the way, I still love your truck.

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Thanks! It's taking longer than I thought it would, but it's still moving forward, so I guess that's good. I'm hoping I can have it running and driving again sometime in April.

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I look forward to watching your progress.

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Today didn't exactly go as planned. I don't know how many of you have rebuilt your wing windows but what a complete pain. We almost had it all back together and snapped the stud off the bottom. I had to disassemble another one and prep it for paint so it will be a few days before we get it installed.

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This morning I got the front bumper installed. We went with the "smoothie" style. I will most likely do the same on the rear but I'm not certain yet because I have yet to see one installed on a truck. Let me know if you have any pictures of one.

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beautiful. :metal:

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Thank you!

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Front bumper and the truck look killer. Where did you pick the bumper up from.

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Awesome job! Love the all of the work that has been done.

If I win the lottery in the near-distant future, I'm buying your truck. ;)

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I rebuilt a set of vent windows a few months ago it wasn't fun. Hardest part was getting rubber to stay in for me.

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Thank you! The bumper came from Brother's. It was drop shipped from some where else though but I'm not sure where.

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Haha, hopefully you're actually buying Lottery tickets.

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Yeah it is brutal. I still haven't worked on them again. I'll get it done when I get some time though.

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Been a few weeks since I have been able to work on the truck or post any pictures. However, I was able to spend a couple of days recently on it.

Last Thursday, I got the radiator installed. We went with a Mattson Radiator. They are pricey but totally worth it. Everything about the experience was pleasant. I was also able to get the upper and lower radiator hoses installed. I used the factory Pontiac G8 GT hoses. Had to cut a few inches off the lower, and splice the upper in the middle. Came out pretty clean.

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Yesterday morning I was able to install the rear glass. First time I have ever been involved with installing one. My dad used the rope trick. Pretty cool to see.

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A while back we decided to paint the wing window frames white to match the top. I wasn't sure if I was going to like it so we installed one of them without the glass yesterday just to make sure. I think it looks really clean. Opinions?

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Last week my dad got the underside of the hood painted. The top was also ready for final blocking.

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Yesterday afternoon I stopped by and they had finished blocking the hood and got it painted. This was literally about 30 seconds after the final coat of clear. Pics wont do it justice but this thing is STRAIGHT.