PIC 1,2,3 Got the speakers finished up today, amp wired up and operational, headliner in, driveshaft in, cooling system wrapped up and filled, and a bunch of small details attended to. I think I am going to start selling these speaker boxes in the near future.

Pic 3,4 I also drilled the rivets and completely dismantled the courtesy light to get it working correctly. First one I've been froggy enough to take apart.

Here's my repair on the tailgate hinge area. The factory captured nut had been ripped completely out of the stake pocket. I welded a 5/16 nut flush. 2nd pic is the finished repair.

Here is the "Stealth latch" installation. First step was to get rid of the crappy plastic knobs and put some billet ones in thier place. Next I drilled/slotted the tailgate according to the instructions. Last 2 are finished.

Here's the tailight brackets I made. I hate how the factory 54 brackets put the light way out in space. I tucked the lights in and dropped them a little lower on the stake pocket. These are 56 led taillights from Classic Parts of America. I like this look much better than the rectangle lights that were original to this truck!

Here's the seat, Dona from a 98 Astro Van (second row). Pics are of original base, my cut line, and the finished cuts. They are angled on purpose, the Astro floor changed heights, so the buns are WAY to angled. Solution... bevel cut the bases. Tomorrow I'll be mocking it up, trussing the floor (for additional support), and welding on mounting tabs.

Headliner all finished up.

Here's my plan for routing the capillary tubes for the mechanical water/oil pressure gauge. The grommet is a new Ford product, donated by Rico Fluke (my last truck build)

PIC 1&2 Seat fit, brackets made... ready to go in after carpet.

PIC 3&4Got the rest of the floor bed lined and insulated. Ready to go to Ron's Auto Trim for carpet tomorrow. I also cussed for about 2 hours installing the new windlace. Friggin hate fighting that crap!

PIC 1 Hooked Shawn up with some LED license plate bolts.

PIC 2: Another little extra touch. That's a green LED Halo switch. It glows when the under body lights are on. Someone had cut an extra hole there anyway!

Pic 3:Hood is back on, ready to load it up in the morning.