[99 to Life]

New Year,

Jeesh time is flying. Well I have had a million other things to work on and haven't done much with any of my projects. However, I did get my pinion shims in the truck. Wow what a difference that is. Can't wait to drive it, but I can't because we just nailed with like 8+ inches of snow. Anyway, I finally re did my bed and I'm pretty happy with it. this is wood from my barn, which has a lot of sentimental value to me. I really like how I only have to take out one little piece to get to my filler tank, up towards the head board. It's kind of hidden and I like that. I may stain it this spring, but I want to keep a rustic look to it.

I'm going to install some bear claw latches soon I think, mainly because I want to have an autolocking system and possible alarm hooked up. So I may work on that soon as it just kind of came to mind. I'm also working on another engine that I may throw in the 51' this spring, just to see the difference in the builds. I am running some stock heads and I feel the valve guides are worn, so I figured I might as well through a better engine if I get it built. Kind of excited.

I almost snagged another cab but the guy snaked me. Soooo I may start working on one of the ones I have now. I'm planning on prepping the best of my parts for paint and my patina parts I wanna put together and use on another truck. So I may start two new projects at once and just finish them together. If I can get the frames and engines done, I'll feel like I have accomplished something. So I'll def start new threads for those. As for the 51' I plan to keep the thread alive, because I plan on taking some long trips this summer with her.