68 aka "Chained in Porterbuilt Prison"

[oldman3]

Dash is looking sweet, and that intake ...Jim

[jtp67-72]

Both bezels painted dash color with vhx gauges...pass side will have black speaker screen with a billet clock delete.............unless i change my mind!!.....the reason i'm painting bezels is i had to extremely mod them to fit the "rollback" in the arch i put in (to aim the gauges upward more). But i wish i had left them stock......lot less headaches......jim

[Bowtie468]

my goodness that's beautiful ! Awesome build you've got here.

[jtp67-72]

Thanx guys.....guess i'm happiest with all the welded seams below the a.c. vents...those were tedious bodywork ...all worth it to bring dash lower to cover heater box....or shall i say "vintage air" box.......got cab on rotiserrie....cleaning up high hump and drive shaft notch and welds from seat brackets..should be painted this time next week.....I paint mine in stages...bottom first...then firewall from pinch welds up to windshield ...then cab and jambs....some think it's over kill but it lets you get better control of your work without dry spots from overspray...etc.......jim

[oldman3]

That's going to be nice and clean underneath...Jim

[Harley guy]

Awsome truck, love the attention to detail.

[jtp67-72]

Weather sucking here but able to get bottom straightened out and in full primer..sanding ...sealer...paint in couple of days.........jim

[oldman3]

Looks great...Jim

[mikeleeshields]

Looks amazing as usual

[screaminchevypickup]

Nice work!

[moggey01]

Looking good. Like the creativity you put into your build.

[jtp67-72]

I can hear the cab now...."it's about time!!!.....she be red on the bottom now.....what a pain in the crooks and cranny's.....on to the firewall,,,,,jim

[jtp67-72]

Well back from swapmeet........time to get busy....so here it is cut....

[jtp67-72]

And then buffed.......now on to finishing cab.....And yes that's concrete reflexions in last pic!....this 630 clear i'm using does pull a shine...even with 3 wks dryin......jim

[mooseknuckles]

looks good!

[rwade]

Is it going to be solid or two tone? Sorry if I missed it if it has been stated before. Looking good! Love your attention to detail.

Wade

[tucker69]

WOW!!!!! Don't know how I have missed this build from a fellow Louisianan... Awesome work, truck looks amazing, all the small details(some big ones too). All this talk of swap meets, we are getting ready for "Decatur" next weekend, I think I heard you mention earlier in your build that you make the Decatur swap meet. Let me know and where you are, I would love to meet you. Again, great work on your truck and good luck with it. You have given me so many ideas to steal from you. That just one of the nice things about this forum.... Casey

[jim-bob]

Originally Posted by tucker69

WOW!!!!! Don't know how I have missed this build from a fellow Louisianan... Awesome work, truck looks amazing, all the small details(some big ones too). All this talk of swap meets, we are getting ready for "Decatur" next weekend, I think I heard you mention earlier in your build that you make the Decatur swap meet. Let me know and where you are, I would love to meet you. Again, great work on your truck and good luck with it. You have given me so many ideas to steal from you. That just one of the nice things about this forum.... Casey

Sorry to butt in but you mentioned Decatur Swap Meet..What state? Thanks

[darkhorse970]

Originally Posted by jim-bob

Sorry to butt in but you mentioned Decatur Swap Meet..What state? Thanks

Decatur, TX - it's a very cool, old school swap meet. We've gone for the past few years.

[oldman3]

Jim, I think I've seen a red similar to that somewhere, now where was it Looks great...Jim

[jtp67-72]

Maybe the dash?? lol.....its orange'e but its growin on me....guess what goodies i have coming from cali??........Mr Steinbrecher is going to hook me up....more later...jim

[mcbassin]

Awesome progress on the cab!

[aggie91]

Very Nice!

[67cheby]

She is looking great ....I love her belly ! LOL

[jtp67-72]

We'll got some pieces I've been looking at for a while....thanks to Eric (superflysteiny) for ramroding the effort to get these from Marquez...Don't think there are too many of these out so unless u have seen Tootsie's (Eric's ride) u may not have seen these.....and his doesn't have the closeout panel that i'm aware of ....so here they are...all glass cabliner (2 piece) and glass grille closeout panel...some unreal glass work....liner fits like glove and can be upholstered or painted...I'm upholstering mine.....held in place with cab light..visors..and shoulder belt bolts .....but lots of other options.........jim