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Old 05-20-2024, 09:00 AM   #6
68bowtie
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Re: Where do you start?

With that good looking of a truck I would highly recommend working on one thing at a time while keeping it a driver. I would do something like this if I were in your shoes…

1. Tune up and whatever is needed to get it running nicely.
2. Brakes, calipers, cylinders, master, flushing.
3. New tires, perhaps blast/coat the wheels, those hub caps may clean up with CLR and 0000 steel wool…
4. Replace any damaged vinyl interior parts and clean/detail the interior
5. Replace any mechanical/electrical components not working like parking lights or dash gauges

The exterior looks great as-is. I would drive the wheels off it like that. The worst thing is to disassemble it all then run out of motivation and it just sits. Ask me how I know!
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