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Looking good!

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Thanks, it's very slow going now.

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Got a couple of days last week to work on the truck. Got a handful of things accomplished. First, we got the hood installed. It fits pretty good, but we will most likely end up cutting the passenger side fender to make it fit the hood a little better at the nose. We ordered new hood hinges and springs to try them before we cut anything though.

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Here are the gaps and what I am talking about with the passenger side fender.

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I also got a new booster installed. We had initially used an original style one and it was hideous looking. I know this isn't real exciting, but I fab'd up a little mounting bracket which attached to the original hardware on the firewall.

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Monday I ordered the harness for the truck, and the harness for the ls. I also sent the computer off to get it flashed. Should be running in the next month or so.

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Are your front fenders aftermarkets ? Mine did the same thing on the front of the passenger side fender

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Yes, they came from AMD. I think I would just leave it the way it is but we will most likely pie cut it and make it fit a little better.

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Yes, mine was exactly the same, driver side fit great passenger had a big gap just at the front

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Did you cut your fender or leave it?

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I have not yet but will probably cut and add I can't handle the bad gaps

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Haha, you sound like my dad. I want to tell him the only people that would notice are people at car shows and the hood will be open then.

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Had the same problem on my previous build, I ended up cutting both the fenders and the hood to make it perfect :lol:

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I had same problem with my aftermarket fenders. We cut the spot welds moved fenders in and then re spot welded them.

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Have you tried loosening the core support and moving it to the drivers side a little. I did this to mine.

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Yes, we've loosened everything from core support to cab and made the necessary adjustments to get the gaps adjusted correctly. The issue is in the radius of the front fender, not the gap.

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Despite it being slow, progress is still progress. I recently managed to spend a few days working on the truck.

My wiring kit came in and I started working on it. The kit I ordered was from American Autowire. This was my first attempt at wiring a vehicle and let's just say I was quite intimidated. Despite that, it was fairly straight forward and went together smoothly. The worst part was cutting the hole in the firewall to fit the fuse box. I wish I had known I was going to have to do this before painting it. I have pretty much everything done from the cab forward minus a few things (AC, Guage Cluster, stereo).

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We recently changed plans on the wing window fiasco and ordered a new set. The passenger side is all in. I had to send the driver's side back because it came all scratched up and still waiting on it.

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I also rebuilt the gauge cluster. I think it looks pretty nice. Waiting on a new circuit board and I will install it.

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Here are a couple of pics right after I finished wiring the front of the truck. All the lights work. I know one parking light was off in one pic and brighter in another. I was fighting that connection but I got it all fixed now.

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Lighting gremlins are my most hated adversary

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Doing my American auto wire kit now. Dame issue had to gringo the opening in the firewall after paint so it would fit.

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I buttoned up the gauge cluster and got it all installed this morning.

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Wow, Wow and Wow!! You do great work!

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Love this truck!

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Thank you. I'm really getting excited about finishing this truck. The shop is on a big push to finish another project by July so I've been the only one working on it lately when I can (with plenty of oversight). Hopefully the ls harness and ecu arrives next week. We still need to finish the exhaust but other than that it's ready to fire.

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Thanks, man. I ordered the blue houndstooth seat cover yesterday from Brothers. I also went with the "bright blue" carpet. Do you think that is the right combo? I'm planning to run black floor mats and black steering wheel. We left the column black too to tie in with the gauge panel. Hoping it all works. Did you ever finish your seats?

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UPDATE - Just wanted to correct this post for my own benefit. The tire sizes are actually 255/45/r20 front and 285/40/r20 rear.

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Today I finished up the controls for the Vintage Air.

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My ECU and harness arrived from Hotwire Auto.

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Very clean work in the control panel!

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Thanks!

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Love this build! I just picked up a 69 SWB project that has been started, the cab that is painted this color. You guys are doing some really good work, thanks for the build thread!

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Ok, I am hooked in, love that silver/chromish frame

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Thank you for the compliment. Also, congratulations on the new purchase. Good luck with the build!

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Thank you. I haven't had a chance to do any work on the truck recently but hope to in the next week or so.

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I got a little done yesterday but didn't take any pics. I finally finished the ds wing window so all the glass is done. I also got the windshield wipers installed.

The following pics are pretty cool I think. They are having a rocker/cab corner party at my dad's shop. The black truck (72 fleet) is my cousins. He trailered it here from Texas. The red truck (72 step) is my nephews.

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Brief update: I spent a few hours on the truck last Friday. The truck is fully wired for the most part. I need to finish the tail lights once the bed is on and install and wire the Vintage Air. I also need to install the ls harness. However, I have to say it was exciting to turn the key and hear the fuel pump cycle for the first time though.

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Last Thursday the shop got the Vintage Air unit installed and wired. My goal in the next week or two is to re-cover the bench seat and get the interior pretty much complete.

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Few pictures of very poor quality (my apologies). First is if the start of the sound deadener.