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Ran some more wire, hooked up my speedometer and added a hood support.

 

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Raining this morning… good enough time to start playing with the windshield. Went together not badly and tested well for fit… the rubber seal however is a complete pain.

 

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After much misery.... the windshield's in.

 

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Got some more wiring done, started on the overhead gauges... went pretty well until I decided to drill the holes for 3 switches. Funny but true story... I started drilling the first hole and my dad walks in. He says that should have been drilled before it got painted... heavy foreshadowing on that statement. Sure enough the wood blocks supporting the panel slipped out and the drill chuck kissed the panel. sigh... so the ghetto fix is to put a washer behind the lock nut.

 

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Worked on my exhaust today…got both sides cut..next up is hanger placement, tack it together and final weld.

 

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Both bedsides are in paint… only leaves the fenders to go

 

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Drilled the fenders and came across the realization that one has the correct shape and the other one doesn’t . After some adjustments and it’s good enough for a farm truck standard… fender fits as good as it’s going to.

Some more exhaust work done with slightly less fail. Tips are angled up 8 degrees… not sure if I’ll turn them down or not

 

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Somewhat productive day, finalized the rear exhaust route… enough so that it’s tacked, dad got primer on the fenders and test fit the bed wood.

 

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Ran my battery cable from the solenoid to the starter, had to space out the solenoid for the cable and got the passenger side glass in.

 

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Fenders got paint today, version 2.0 of the floor got started and played around with another set of hub caps

 

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Painting is done on the truck ..everything that needed paint got it... sort of...Turns out the rear passenger fender that had the wrong shape is going to be a complete redo. I figured I could fudge a little on each end and get it to fit.. big mistake. It needs the front reshaped to fit. Drivers side dropped right in so that's something at least

 

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Slightly frustrating day working on the passenger fender...clamped the fiberglass one to an original and you can see the distorted shape. Tried using a heat gun and a damp cloth to reshape the glass... that was mostly pointless. So, I cut the sucker in half and may attempt to re-glass it in the proper shape. For now I'm back to the ugly as sin original fender that needs a bunch of work to make it right. On the upside, tailgate still fits.

 

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Sure looks nice and glossy.

Except for that one damn fender… I’m almost temptedto leave it as is … dents, cracked bondo, and primed… just for spite

 

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Binge watched 8 pages, beautiful work and truck!

Thanks…I’m pretty happy with how it’s turning out

 

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First and possibly the only time that the tailgate gets used like a work bench

 

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Some random updates… rear glass is in, fender surgery underway, rest of the headliners in, got the new km/hr speedo glass in and changed my 2 post kill switch for a 4 post

 

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Today was interesting. My slip yoke arrived along with the cut to length driveshaft. Running 1350 ujoint at the trans and 1310/1350 at the rear pinion which is all good. Trouble arose with the th400… it’s from a truck and has a bolt on yoke which was a know item. What I didn’t realize is that there are 2 sizes of yoke and the one in the trans tail housing is a smaller diameter than the slip yoke.

In a brilliant stroke of luck… when we picked up the th400, the seller had a second th400 that he was throwing in at no extra cost. Also a truck trans but turns out the tail housing is the larger diameter… so after a bit of a hassle the slip yoke is in.

Dad saved the day… he was the one that wanted to take apart the junk trans and compare them.

 

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Welded up/clamped some of the exhaust today and hung the door panel… and one of the door panel pics is sort of wild with the reflection

 

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Minor updates…Rear bumper is on, drivers side exhaust is almost done… I changed the layout again. Working on the battery and alternator cables. Fiberglass rear fender repair failed miserably so it’s on the back burner for now.

Driveshaft is done and in.. but like everything else it wasn't simple. I ordered a DIY from Summit and it showed up dented on the end, which wasn't a big deal since it would be shortened, however it was also bowed in the middle. Ended up having a local company build the driveshaft. Highly recommend Western driveline in Nanaimo if you're on the island and looking for driveshaft work.

 

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Spent some time working on the floor... notched the toe board and started fitting the main section of floor.