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Cluster looks great Jon!

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Thanks guys......didn't have to do much to it. But figured I'd touch it up while its out.

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Well, the rain and hail stopped my body prep plans. Did get tons of tape down and cluster hooked up and installed. With no scratches!! Got courtesy light in glovebox run and installed along with new rubber bumpers for the door. Got se sealer down in jams and driverside inner door sanded before dark and muggy.

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Body to jam sealed

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Looks fine bud! :chevy:

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Nice

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Thanks guys. Still plugging along. Ordered the new engine harness since we went from a 6 to an 8. Will have to lengthen the alternator wires as its on the pass side now. Also got all the window weather stripping enroute.

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im gonna hold my comments til the paint is dry, but awesome job thus far. u know u close when the gauges go in!!!!

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Yeah......and was that a brow beater. Tons of tape....knew I'd only get one shot on install without scratches. Some come out easy and some are tight. This is a tight one. My fleetside cluster just pops out. But, no scratches so I was happy!!!!

Hopefully more color this week. Goal is to complete the cab and doors. (just pass door left to figure out. Then back to engine/trans so I can button it back up and bed painted if I get time before my Nov 8 deadline.

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Window belt line kit came in, door gaskets and the cab gaskets. Will work on stripping doors for paint and get back glass installed this weekend. Calling for alot of rain sat/sun so no paint work.

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is your flasher on the correct side for a 63'?, just noticed it on the drivers right side...

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Where its always been as far as I can tell. No other holes under the dash. Ive looked at the factory accessory book and it shows both sides which is kinda confusing. I have the vent cable on the left of the column...so ill leave the flasher on the right.

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Almost ready for final wet sand on cab. Little more glaze left to do. Door came out great but alot of work. Back glass installed this morning and should be ready for cab paint next weekend. Still need to disassemble door and prep pass door.
Also pic of tank and back cab undercoated from last week. Had it covered due to no back glass.

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Your dash looks awesome nice job.

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Looking perrty! :chevy:

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Man that dash looks nice!

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Thanks!!!!

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Thanks TJ!!!

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Thanks Mark. Was a night shot with flash....so a little dark.

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Couple of pics that kept turning sideways when I tried to load from the phone. Back cab prep and interior back cab done

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And next week the real fun will begin with the new door weatherstripping. Both the door gaskets and all the door belt line kits. Converting to framed glass and all parts found except the division bar for framed glass. I only find the reline kits....so may be the only option.

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6-9" of rain yesterday in our parts, so not much to do outside once I got home.....so inside projects for the night. Started with getting the passenger side donar door stripped down under the porch overhang. This is one of those projects where its nice to have the clutch head socket kit. Have to fill the trim holes and do some patch work on the front corner, but other than that its pretty solid. Must be a 62 door as it doesn't have the view hole on the side and its fawn not silver. I think 63 was the 1st year with the view hole.

Will have a set of standard glass and some extra vent wings, window/door regulators after I'm done with the metal frame glass conversion if anybody is needing 60-63 stuff.

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Back cab trim ready for mock up. Still need to polish the back cab strip. I have another that is ready to go, but it has a small dent, so I'll use this back cab trim and use the other on the fleetside.

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And last but not least....I started the clean up on the window frames. I'm not sure, but the frames appear to be stainless. I had some painted areas that had worn through and there was no rust at all around the frame on the glass. I'm sanding it down and polished a test area and I think they'll buff nicely. Still haven't gotten to the bottom of the stainless or not mystery....but it's looking like they are.

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Hoping to get this window done tonight and strip driver door as well. Too much moisture in the air for any kind of painting. Need to do a polish on the back cab trim also......

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pass the pepper please, as if ur build wasnt spicy enough!!!

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Haha...right on. More work than paint, but easier to maintain and will loom better in my opinion. Im not a chrome guy if I can polish. The instrument cluster bezel is chromed. But its also cast.

Did get the pass side door hose out. Got a good coat of rust inhibitor/sealer sloshed around in rhwre. Just put a good amount in the door and rolled the door to move it around. Rest will weep out the drains. Got the outer door stripped and have some work to do here to. One dent, two dings and a rust repair on the lower front corner. Will do inner side tomorrow night.

Nice steel and no mirror holes to fix though

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Here you go pimpston65. 1963 door plug by caplugs...#b-238. Pictured next to the clutch delete plug caplug #b-606. And in silver being oem.

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nice, i think the clutch delete is from 67 era cuz the original one i have is less oval,but they both will fit just need some finesse' to get it in...

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Man....I really hate when the phone flips my pics. Lets try again.....you can see the dent on the lower edge of the door and the lower corner rust repair. The other small dings are on the body line of the forward passenger door. No door check dents on this one and never had any mirrors on it. Ran out of light at 8pm, so back at it after work tonight. Goal is to strip the inner door then start repairs. The scuff pad on the grinder is cleaning it up nicely. Took around 45min - an hour to strip it, but nice to get it all the way down to metal for repaint.

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whenever i take a photo to upload, i take the pic how i want it. then i take a screen shot of the same pic with no banner meaning i crop the pic to show just the item and not the phone info stuff and upload the second edited photo, works everytime

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edited photo

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uploaded photo without banner, take a sceen shoot of this image and upload this one, you'll end up with 2pics and now you can delete the first...

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Ive tried that....tried rotating the pics, which sometimes works. I think I'll just stick to the computer uploads. They always come out right.

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i use my iphone and only that, no pooter for me too much work...

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Sometimes they are both too much for me. The more advanced they get....the harder they are to use.

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Im gonna look at some doors tomarrow..if they dont pan out I will definitely be interested in the extra parts you got

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Looking good!!

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Rockin' right along...:metal:

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No problem...just let me know.