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Should sound pretty good.

How are you going to run the exits?

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Exhaust looks sharp.

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I think i am just going to keep them kind of hidden pointed out behind the rear tires.

Thank you!

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Looking really great Josh. If you ever need an extra set of hands let me know..

Happy Holidays....

Marc

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Thanks Marc! I appreciate the offer! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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I got the tank mounted, built a bracket for the fuel filter and ran the fuel lines.

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Junkyard serpentine system installed.

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I have a homemade cab dolly and bed rotisserie I’m not using anymore.

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Nice progress....Liking the looks of this one as it comes together.

Marc

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Beautiful work! This is inspiring me to get moving on mine!

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Thank you!

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What do you do when you have family over for the holidays? You put them to work of course. I got my brother, nephew and brother in law to help me put the bed and cab on.

Next up is to finish the exhaust.

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Starting to look like a pickup! Extra hands is always nice to have for those jobs.

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You'll be ready to take that down the road before the snow melts.

Looking great!

Marc

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Haha thanks! I hope it is close in the spring but I have a few major components that are not going to be here for a while. I was told that the vintage air system won’t be here until March and your guess is as good as mine on when I will see the Edelbrock Proflo fuel injection. The ship date has been pushed out three times already. And I still need to order the interior!

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I finished up the exhaust tonight. I had to change my plans for the exit pipes due to the hitch and springs being in the way but I think it turned out really well. I tried to keep the pipes as far to the outside as I could because I would like to add a late model under bed spare tire winch and carry a full size spare.

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Looks good!

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beautiful work!

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Looks great. I picked up a spare tire winch for mine but I haven’t got around to putting it in because my receiver hitch appears to be in the way of a spare tire. Yours looks like it has more clearance.

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Thank you!

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Been plugging away on getting some things done. I figured I would work from the back to the front.

So I got the tailgate, bumper and fuel door on. And I also got all the rear wiring complete including the 7 pin trailer plug.

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I also finally sanded and buffed the top of the cab so I could get the cab lights on. I hooked the up to a battery to see how they looked.

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GMT400 cab lights look clean for sure!

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I love the cab lights...Very slick. That shade of blue looks great next to the chrome.

Marc

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Supply chain issues are really slowing my progress. Since I have some time I decided to build a behind the bumper winch mount. I really like the Engineered Vintage mount but since this is a budget build there was no way I was spending $450 on a couple pieces of angle. I have about $50.00 in angle and a couple nights of my time in the shop.

First I made a pattern and then cut the frame pieces out of some 6”x3 1/2”x3/8” angle. Then spent some time at my drill press drilling holes. The made the winch plate out of 1/2” material.