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Thanks guys. That is the first full weekend in a long time I spent on the truck. I really wasn't looking forward to making all the rest of the holes to mount my trim and emblems but I did get it all done. Only drilled 1 wrong and had to weld and redo it. I can't imagine adding the trim after it's painted. That would be full on stress.

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I removed my hood and am going to send my hood hinges to willie for restoration so tonight I got half way thru the next job I'm not that fond of doing. Being my truck is a 67 it did not have cab to fender seals. I have to drill the holes and mount them. I have tried this on 3 other cabs with new seals and they never work. So this time I took some originals and mounted them. They have been molded for 50 years and were a nice fit plus my doors can close and open without catching them! Passenger door next. The special washers that I had 3d printed worked absolutely awesome and with my door wiring boot mounted at an angle it won't get in the way of the seals like they would if they were mounted just on the face of the Pillar.

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I Got the passenger side done today. Much easier the second go round. I realized that I put the seal backwards on the bottom 2 screws on the driver seal so I'll have to correct that.

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OK so here's where most of you are going to think im nuts. I've decided not to use any fat mat or anything like that to put inside the doors, on the cab floor or firewall. I have decided to go completely stock. Which is basically nothing. But if I truly want the 60s experience it's gonna be loud lol. Just mocking up the new original style insulation with the heated seat wiring. I may put just on the back of the carpet but we'll see. Carpet will be original as well. No carpet under the seats.

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Dude....I'm on the crazy train with you! I'm putting bias ply tires on mine!!!!!! :lol:

We hidin' from the world too much nowadays...let's feel it and hear it!!! :metal::metal:

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So here's something I've been thinking about for quite some time. I love the flat ribbon that I'm using for my heated seats. Lays flat under the rug and you can't feel it very much under the carpet. I want to run my fuel tank wire and interior lights wires there as well instead of by the sill plate and those wires are thin so no worries there. Now for the power seat motor wiring. I have a 10 gauge wire running there and you can absolutely feel it. It's thick. I have pondered running it thru the ribbon but I'm concerned it wouldn't carry enough current if both were being used at the same time. The chevelle I got the harness from also had a plastic sleeve around it but then you have a large bump. I was thinking I'd find something thinner to wrap this in.

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I layed my original carpet in my cab to see if you could feel the wires and it's not too bad. I'm happy with it. Especially once the carpet is new it will look smoother.

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Floor mat makes it so you can't even feel it.

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So instead of using the original sheet metal type screws for my sill plates I decided to use t nuts like this. They sit in the hole you drilled and give you extra thread for a real nut. Nut gets welded on the flange to the body underneath and it will tighten better without stripping and it will still look like a truss head from the top.

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So tonight I mocked up the heat stove pipe into my air cleaner. The big block this air cleaner was on had a big metal piece that obviously did not fit my small block so this is what i made. I used 2 stove pipes to make 1 so both ends are expanded to fit tighter. Now I just have to weld it all together.

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Today I made the mount for the instant aire connection. I'll run a metal vacuum line across the inner fender to the engine with a rubber hose on either side.

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Tonight I added a cup holder to the ash tray of my truck. I was really hesitant about adding this because I hear how flimsy they can be. I used a 4 runner slider cup holder and had a 3d printed housing made. I'm helping this guy make one for 67 trucks as he has already made a housing for 68 to 72 trucks. I had to modify a bit and I'll report back so he can offer a unit for 67 trucks as well. I must say this turned out really well and it's nice and tight. I may just keep this . I also mounted it in a way that without any modification I can put the old ash tray in no problems. Takes 2 minutes.