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Made some progress over the weeks, wasn’t much to show picture wise, had to pull the transmission due to a brand new leaking slave cylinder. Plumbed all the brake lines, so now the truck has brakes. Made my own side exit exhaust, wired the truck from to back with the exception of the LS engine harness due to a horrible eBay seller who said 4 weeks (currently just passed 6 weeks). Started to due some patch work on the bed while waiting for the engine harness so I can start it and hear it run and go through the gears.

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More pics, the wiring is not all tucked away
, so don’t judge, I’ll tidy it up when I get to the interior and finish wiring the interior

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Bed pics

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Looks good. Congrats on moving forward. Wiring can slow things down.

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Will the loop de loop exhaust plumbing increase backpressure?

Thanks, yes it’s time consuming but worth it in the end to have everything brand new
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I honestly don’t know, I guess I’ll find out! I didn’t run mufflers so I would think I’ll be ok, if not I’ll change it. Might have to change it anyway if it’s too loud!
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I'm on the Oregon coast. Let me know when you fire it up and I'll let you know. LOL

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You done a great job! I'll be starting a 54 build here real soon and will us this a inspiration! Keep up the good work!

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Thanks! And best of luck to you with your build!

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Made some progress this weekend, finally received the wiring harness back after 7 weeks(was promised 4 weeks) after multiple ignored emails and 4 times over a two week span of being told “I’m shipping it tomorrow “ I had to get eBay involved. Save yourself the trouble and do not do business with Alabama Wiring on eBay. I honestly thought he took my money and my wiring harness. .... anyway I got it all connected and started I
And ran the engine. Ran the truck through the gears on the jack stands! Very excited!
Starting on sanding some of the brush coated gray paint off to expose some of the original blue. This weekend I’ll remove all the glass and strip the doors and hopefully get everything sanded and ready for the satin clear.

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Fired it up this weekend... did you hear it? Haha, it actually wasn’t that loud at all... I was expecting it to be a lot louder, the real test will be once it’s on the road

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More pics, got it all sanded down, matched the paint the best I could where I made repairs

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Getting satin cleared....

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Lots of work, looks good...Jim

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Thanks Jim!

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Went to Carlisle swap meet Saturday to pick up glass and other parts for the truck so I could only work on it today (sunday)

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