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Got home from work and took a couple pics of the seats and engine of crusty.... I took the headrests off because I didnt want the tall seats in there... the center console is out of a late model cherokee.... it all fits nicely with a couple inches between the side of the seats and the doors and I have a little storage in the middle and most importantly,... cup holders!!

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Nice job on the floor too.

Like you, I thought high-back seats looked inappropriate in my '60's styled resto-mod truck.

You wouldn't happen to know a guy in your area last name Peek would you?

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Just doing some bed mounting mock up to see about gas tank clearance, man this 47-48 tank is weird!

Brian

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Just googled photos of this tank and I feel MUCH better, damn it fits weird!

https://www.gassmanautomotive.com/wp...08/DSC9304.jpg

This photo is from a GREAT build, wow! So cool to see these photos before and after. https://www.gassmanautomotive.com/re...-thriftmaster/


Brian

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Well I worked my butt off at lunch today unpacking the bed pieces I just got from Mar-K and I have to say, that company is TOP NOTCH! Wow, the boxing, amazing, the parts, amazing! These are as good as it gets, getting new ones from the Chevy dealer in 1953 they wouldn't look this good, no kidding.

I didn't know I would be getting hardware with the header panel too, that long stud that goes across it, I was planning on making one and wham, it came with it, along with all the quarter inch bolts down the sides!

No kidding, daaaaamn if these guys made the cabs and stuff I could see buying one where now I want to vomit at the idea. These are the only reproduction sheetmetal parts on the truck and they will look BETTER than the rest of the truck!


Brian

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Good for you Brian they look perfect!

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maybe you should punch a hole and fill it just so you can say you worked on every panel in the truck. haha.
nice looking panels for sure.

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It even came with these pieces for if you want to fill the end, these guys are too much!

Brian

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Got the gas tank mounting finished, back to the hood!

Brian

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I also used Mar-K box sides as well as their tailgate and rear sill. The quality is top notch, have fun bolting those nice new parts on your truck...

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Cruise night...

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So did I, Very top notch!

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500 miles from home but I bought what looks like a nice left rear OEM fender on ebay. It was buy it now for $200 and $40 shipping.

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the death rattle is back up and running. turned out my starter took a crap. I installed a new one and it fired perfect. I did install a couple of good ground straps. that was yesterday and as good as that was to get the starter in and the truck running there was more...much more to the weekend of trucking. while test driving the truck after installing the starter I was headed home. I was on a back neighbor hood entrance and gave it a few spirited accelerations. nothing crazy or dangerous. I was turning into the neighborhood at a regular speed and the motor died. didn't loose power. all my lights were on. cranked fine no fire. coasted as far as we could then off to the side. took only a few minutes to see we had no spark. checked all the connection at the distributor all good. I was about 1/4 miles from my house. I wasn't leaving my truck so I started pushing. old trucks are heavy. got it home but just about died. I was breathing like a smoker running a marathon up hill. today I went out to see what it could be. figured the most likely culprit was an ignition module. got one replaced didn't start. felt dumb that I didn't pick up a coil just in case or that I didn't take my module and have them test it. went back to the parts store bought coil had old module tested. it tested good. came home installed new coil still no spark. told my cousin to remove the new coil and module while I checked fuses. found the wire to my cut off switch had been pulled out of the fuse panel. luckily he hadn't removed anything yet. plugged the switch back in made sure it was working and still no fire. at this point I told him it has to be something we did. the wire pulled out WAS what caused the issue. we pulled out the new module and coil and replaced them with the old module and coil and low and behold the truck fired to life immediately. this meant one of the new parts had to be faulty. took them back to return them but told the lady that one of them was bad. she tested them while we stood there and BOTH the coil and ignition module were bad! the trip to return the faulty parts was about 10 miles round trip. the truck drove perfect. it loves the new timing. so at the moment all is well in truck land. took about 4 hours to find out the fix was a 2 second fix. always how it goes. I guess as long as it runs at the end I win.

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getting harder to find good oe fenders. if its in good shape that was a good catch

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beautiful dude.

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Well....................I don't know if I accomplished a thing today though I worked MANY hours on that hood. l have chopped many tops, did a VW Bug in one day, start to primer, done. I don't play around, my truck's roof was lengthened and I raked the windshield posts too to get the exact look I was after. That all being said, chopping the top is like making a paper airplane next to sectioning this hood!

I had a plan, was rolling with it, now I am thinking of going back to the original plan.

I am beat out of my mind right now, ready to collapse.

Brian

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That's why this hobby is so fun :crazy:

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My wife calls it re-arranging the yard art.

I cut up the 77 Duaiie suspension donor frame and sat the front suspension and rear springs on the back of the 51 1-1/2 ton along with some other axles and the Jag XJ suspension and turned it around and got it to the other side of the yard out of the way of work on the shop and some other needed work.

Pulled one of the donor cabs for the 48 stretched cab out and have to figure out where I am going to put it until the shop is finished. An acre isn't big enough at times.

That doesn't sound like real progress but it gets me headed in the right direction.

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Got my seats back from the upholsterer today. Will install them tomorrow.

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I'm out of the slammer, I'm free. Seats look good...Jim

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washed the truck today with soap and everything! sadly the ugly didn't come off. its about time to shoot some fresh primer.

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I got the exhaust taken care of today, 2 1/2" with electric cutouts in front of rear tires, and Magnaflows and pipes out the rear!

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Sweeeet!

Me, I got nothing done.

Brian

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Went to a car show 40 miles away. 100 cars got a trophy.
I have seen the multi colored (is it chopped) truck around for years. I like some of the things done to it