Skidmore '67 C20

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I figured I would offer an update, I made some forward movement before winter really took hold and I moved onto other projects. It has been too cold for paint chemistry, so I stopped exposing more bare metal which has ground the truck to a halt. It is a bummer, but I have been keeping busy with other projects. When the weather gets a bit warmer, I will finish stripping and painting the frame.

Before it got too cold, I reworked the rear end's brake hose mounting and bent up the lines.

Highlights are that Currie mounts the brake line tabs in the wrong spot for our trucks (not an error as they were mounted at exactly the same angle), which means that the lines would get CRUSHED if the axle tube came within half an inch of the frame. I had to cut them off and move them down.

I also made a little bracket to hold the brake tee, and bent up the brake lines. I think they turned out pretty well.