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If I hear what your saying...the pass. side widnshield frame up top is to far away?

Is that what you meant by 'longer'?

If you pull back the firewall just a small amount, it would translate into a fair bit of change at the top of the windshield frame.

Simply pulling the windshield back isn't the answer till you check door opening dimension's.

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Gesh, maybe I should have bolted my hardtop on 3 years ago like everyone said to do:lol:

I may try the comealong idea, see what happens

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What about just filling the hardtop gap with this....

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Billy Mays wouldn't agree to sell it unless it was good. :metal:


:lol:

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Well, that certainly is a thought, but before I do that, I was going to hook up a winch to the front bumper and a winch to the back bumper, and put a tree in the middle. Pulling perpendicular may nudge it into shape...I only need 1"

Sorry, for got to add the happy face

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Im glad I bolted my top back on and braced everything in before i sold it! Its a pain in the arse working around the braces, but will be worth it in the end. Good Luck

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Well, yes and no, I like you hate to work around braces, but I like to have the shop lights shine down on my work so I can see what I'm doing. So, I take lots and lots of measurements, no top in my way and no braces to get tangled up and bang my elbow or head on

Meant to send you a PM, but since I have your ear, how are you making out with the floorboards? Personally, I would get rid of the torsion boxes, or whatever their called these days, makes it much easier to weld up the bottom seam, and seam seal your work. Tri-Pro makes some real nice repops

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I got some new ones coming from Nathan at Porterbuilt. They will be here tomorrow. Everything seems to be lining up better, but there are a few little snags that i ran into today, like someone welded the old rocker boxes to the cab! And im not so sure if they are in the correct location!!!! So now I get the joy of grinding those welds off.

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SNAFU----averted, close call!!! I found out that if you hang 200 pounds of sh!t from the drip rail, it will suck the top right down

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-Greg, thanks for the idea, but I still had some leftover from the PO. He had it stuffed into a crossbrace under the bed, worked great as you can see, but the rest of the metal rusted out.LOL

Found a better product, you can machine it, drill and tap it, and it really sticks to anything
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Great, glad your making progress...that someone was the PO:lol: My PO sandwiched 1/8" plate top and bottom of the oringinal floor, then proceeded to fibreglass it in. When I cut it out with the cut off wheel I would have sparks, fire, heavy smoke, and drips of molten plastic I had to dodge. Did you ever get hot molten plastic on your bare skin?:devil:

Post up picks on your progress and let me know where they are...Whats that Porterbilt guy like?

Post up pics and we'll tell you if they are in the right location

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Very happy to see it worked out for ya. I bet its a nice tight fit.:metal:

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Thanks J, it fits tighter than a frog's arsehole, and that's watertight:lol:

Your build is coming along nicely, I always watch

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'68 mirror installed
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Coming along nicely Jim.

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Thanks Doug, still plugging along:lol:ever so slowly

HEY TYNEE, what kinda shape is the external voltage regulator in??? Doesn't have to work, just need the cover to be rust free

Finally got a couple hours to play with the Jimmy, after all the picnics, and annual family fishing trip!

Cut the bottom off the external voltage regulator and used #10 SS panhead 1/2" screws to mount the cover

Found a nice grounding strap in the HELP section, don't know why that bolt was there in the frame, everything else is riveted, but it worked for a grounding location. Now I feel a little safer continuing on with the electrical hookups

Nice idea to put the notch in the battery box, makes for better access
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put a piece of rubber hose I sliced on the core support to act as a bumper for the wiring harness. It was tight up against it
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Getting closer, still have to bolt up the outside windshield mounts
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Way to go Jim...progress is progress! :c2:

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Thanks Tim, but it gets frustrating sometimes just to have a few hours here and there

Got tired of prepping, sandblasting, degreasing, painting every part before I mount things up, so I'm cutting corners just to get it on the road...later I'll come back and make it purdy

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I'm sure it does...but a few hours is better than no hours, like me lately.

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Been watching the progress. How did the ws frame get bent?

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I think the PO rolled the truck at one time, I can see where he welded it back together on both windshield posts and the vent window was bent on the passenger side...BUT, I also put new floorboards in it on both sides, so I am not ruling out the possibility that I didn't screw that up...the answer is out there, I just have to find it!

Right now I am working on a new version of the bulkhead. I never found those websites in the crate, could you resend them to me. What happened to that guy that wanted to buy the bulkhead?

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Easy bud, hang in there, you've made huge progress on your truck.
(with a lot of great mods along the way too)

Think back to where you started, yes it gets old and frustrating at times but your SOOOO close now. :metal:

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I'll PM ya with details...Why does VTBlazer keep coming up on my login sheet???:lol:


Just because ya can, doesn't mean ya should
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Future home of the PCV System Recovery and Oil Separator, and Denser Charge Apparatus
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what's with the "Horizontal aluminum pipe" engine mod?

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I'll answer your question, if you answer mine...

Have you heard of any companies reproducing forward bulkheads for P/U trucks, better yet w/wood beds???

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you mean the headboard? Sure....14 of them sitting here

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Cool, thought ya mite have one or two laying around. Are they for wood beds?

The piece of pipe is for a tank, like yours, that you won't sell and don't know where you bought it:lol: