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One other question, your power brake booster...who's is it, what brand....I really like it too.

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OK, time to smooth out the dash where the dash pad used to go.

I cut these out of a piece of steel exhaust pipe because they had the same curve as the dash.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/...4388e10456.jpg

Tacked in place.

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Ground smooth. Yes, I'm a Jr. fan. LOL

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Swaybar was a snap to install.

Yes, http://www.made4uproducts.com/ There is more info on bending stainless in this thread. I did buy steel lines from the local parts store and made templates with them before doing the stainless. It takes more time, but when you have a line with 100 bends in it and you screw up the last one, you will not be a happy camper!

The booster is a 7" diaphram from CPP as is the Master.

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Got a part number on those shocks?

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Looks good! I like what you did with the dash!

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why dont you build some of those lines and sell them.... i would buy the first set !!

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carquest 1924202

Thanks everybody for the compliments!

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Looks good! I culled my sectioned crossmember as well along with my Zed frame. Started on the Dropmember tonight!

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Damn nice man! Lookin' real good!

Cory

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My wife is similarly afflicted..... :smoke:

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looks like a good project

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looks good!!

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Wouldn't all that work to slick out where the column protrudes through the firewall hole appear better w/the nuts on the interior side of the firewall vs. the engine compartment side?

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that is a clean looking setup

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Very nice job man. Can't wait to see her finished.

Keep it up!

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:agree: or step it up even more with the cover that completely hides the hardware.

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coming along great...good job

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i still want you to build me a set of brake and air bag lines come on man !!

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Really like the filled in dash- Im probably gonna do the same thing, already running the dash with no pad.

awesome truck! keep up the great work!

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Great idea! What size pipe? Thanks.

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I believe it was 2.5"

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I wanted to show you guys the gauge panel I designed and having Mark Renko at Tesla Machine Works mill for me. He also is the one that did the renderings. The panel has two inserts, the black one on the top and the smaller one on the bottom with the horizontal grooves in. This way I can paint them any color I like, or leave them aluminum. I haven't quite decided yet. You will see the last three pictures have black paint in the lower insert kind of like what is done with the finned valve covers. I'm not a big fan though. I kind of like it all aluminum with no color in grooves.

The center is going to be the speedo, then I have two dual needle air gauges, then fuel, volts, oil, and water temp. I'm going to run a tach over the column.

If you want to have Mark do any work for you guys, his website is teslamachine.com. He is a great person to work with, and a car guy at that...highly recommended.

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I love that. I with you on the insert color. Aluminum.

If you tach is column mounted, will it not block the speedo in the middle?

And last but not least, is he gonna make just one?

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That is one great looking dash panel,i too like the stainless brakeline set up,looking good

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That panel is not the same size as the stock insert. If you go back a page or two, you will see how I'm going to mount this gauge panel in the center of the dash.

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man that looks nice!

whats it gonna run if you dont mind me asking?

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very cool dash bezel!

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Here are a couple pics of the truck in its current state. The last picture is for a little reference as to how low it is with yours truly.

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looks real GOOD :metal:

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Heres a little detail that those of you with Porterbuilt hood hinges can do. To clean up the cut slot you need to make for the hinges, I welded in 1/2 sides to the slot. Take a look...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/...bccc816502.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/...c569f1b6a6.jpg

I forgot to take a picture with it tacked in place, so direct to the money shots:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/...2a75b09cb8.jpg

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looks good!!

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Very nice work......

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Nice bit of detail there.

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love the little detail work on the hood hinge openings...

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gonna have to steal that hood hinge idea , looks awesome

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wow i just saw the guage cluster that is AWESOME

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Man, that guage panel is killer! love the hood hinge idea too.
Your flaming river column looks a little shorter than normal giving you a little better angle to the rack,did you use the universal street rod column or what?
I want to shorten mine up also for that reason & I want it a little closer to the dash. Do have a part no. & or measurement

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yes, this is a universal Flaming River 28" column. The part number is FR20005-28

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:metal:

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Awesome work as always!!!!! Love the attention to detail.

Either the truck is really low... or you are really tall! :metal: