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Stopped buy the paint shop again and here is what I saw.

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Looking good forest:chevy:

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Tried to install the vent glass into it's trim and broke the litte pivit tab at the top of the trim in the process. So the glass is fully installed in a broken trim. Now I have to get the glass out of the trim without breaking it and have the table welded back in and then repaint the frame. Not a fun day. :waah:

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Visited my truck at the paint shop today and saw my new white interior. That is the good news the bad news is I got the top stud fixed on the vent window frame stripped off the paint and reapainted it and tried to install the glass today and the bottom stud broke off. At fist I thought it was the vibration of trying to use a mallot to tap the glass in the frame but I am now wondering if the nettle chanal is being stretched appart by the width of the new glass tape and causing the studs to fall out. The other side went together ok so that is good.:waah:

Doors are on the cab and cab is on the frame.
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Looking good, what was the reason for so much go do on the roof?

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I think the P.O. didn't want to try and pull it out. It's hard to fix on these trucks because there is a double skin and you can't hammer it out. I think the my painter tried his best to pull it out but probably had to put a lot of bondo on it also. I didn't want to try and take the skin off and straiten it out.

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Love your color choice!

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I finally got my vent window put together without breaking anything (I hope).

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Also experimenting with my new taillight idea. Here is a sneak preview.

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Taillight idea looks good!

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Visited the truck again tonight. It is coming along. A little slower than I would like but getting there.

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I think I got my tail lights figured out.

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Painter sent me a photo of my newly installed trim around the windows. Also first sighting of bed on the truck

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Wow that blue looks really good with the white.

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Thank you

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The painter got the grill surround, grill and bed installed. Newest pics.

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Put my gauges in the freshly painted gauge cluster panel and bezel.

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Looking good! I commented in another thread, but really like the gauge panel. Simple theme, but makes the gauges really pop.

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thanks

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old photo

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Thought I would give you all an update. I thought I would be getting my truck back this Saturday but last Saturday the windshield installer came and tried to install the front windshield. Turns out that the weather stripping I got was for the window without trim instead of the one with. I ordered the right part and it even had the right part number on the bag but the wrong part in the bag. They were supposed to send me a return label for it yesterday but it has not arrived. They don't want to send me a new one until they receive the old one. Sow now the delivery date is being pushed back. In the mean time the hood has been installed and progress on the wiring has been made.

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Went and visited my truck today. All that is left before I get it back is for it to be buffed out. I should have it back by the end of next week. Here are some poor quality photos.

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Now I am playing the waiting game. We had someone all lined up to buff out the paint because it sat in the paint shop for to long but that person has disappeared. Now we are trying to find a new guy. It was supposed to be finished today but now it looks like it will not be.

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Nice color.

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Started varnishing my bed wood on Saturday. It started to bubble a little at the surface. Thinking it is because of heat. Will nock it down with some steel wool and give it another coat.

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Maybe you posted before, what are your wheels size and type? I like the look.

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They are wheel vintique 17x8 inch rally wheels with the standard back spacing .

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Thanks
I'm anxious to see what they look like with the trim rings and caps on with your blue.

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I am sorry to let you down but I am planning on painting them white. Still trying to figure out if I want to run the same trim rings and caps.

I should be getting the truck back today.

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Got her back yesterday :bann:

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Oh yeah, that is nice!

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Man she looks great! Wish mine was that far along

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Looking fantastic!!!!!

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I started putting her back together today. When I got her back the transmission was not engaging unless I got the rpm's really high. Filled it with 4 quarts and is now working. Before I got it painted it had a slight league. I guess after sitting for a year and a half it lost a lot of fluid. While filling her up I noticed my new electric radiator fan was not coming on. Turns out that the thermostat was not working. While trying to figure out why the fan was not working I saw that my inner fenders were not fully bolted to the core support. Also noticed that the rear of the front fender was not bolted down.

I did get my old seat back in for the time being. While doing that I saw that two of my seat belt bolt holes had been welded shut.

In other news I got my rear bumper, sun visors, arm rests, rear and side view mirrors installed and put my searing wheel on correctly.

I have a long list of things to do and with every one I check off, I seem to add two more.

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I am getting really tired of this bed wood. I am thinking of going a completely different direction and doing something custom I am looking to use a flat sheet of sheet mettle that I can place a set of stainless strips on top of. I would powder coat the sheet of mettle white. to mach the inside of the bed. Just an idea I am toying with.

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I have gotten a lot of little things done over the last couple of weekends sense I got the truck back.

1) changed the location to the thermostat for the electric fan from the back of the intake manifold to a port in my thermostat housing. I was not turning on until the engine got up to 220 degrees when it was in the back of the manifold.

2) Added trans fluid so that the trans would start working and it did.

3) installed a set of stainless visors over my head lights. I am still undecided about them. Pictures to come.

4) Installed rear bumper and license plates. Tried to wire the light for the rear license plate and that did not work. I am getting power but I think the bulb is bad.

5) Added blinker lights to my dash. They work but I scratched up my dash bezel while doing so. I will have to get it repainted when I take the truck back to the painter to get some problems fixed.

6) Installed all the brackets that attach the cor support to the grill surround.

7) Tightened all the bolts on the front inner fenders that the painter did not tighten down all the way. Plus the bolt at the rear of the front fender that he did not put in at all.

Trying to figuring out the wiring has been a pain sense the guy that installed the harness used a universal type harness so there are a lot of extra coils tucked into different places. It seems like with everything I get done I fid 2 more things to do.

I cant install my old seat belts because they need two holes in the floor and one was welded shut. The new belts only require one hole in the floor so I have to save my pennies until I can afford to get those. So until then I can not drive the truck.