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Looks great Eb! Gettin close!

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Rob, here is the roof. A little tweaking, but the fit is pretty good. I think I will post this over in the other area for others who have asked about roof skins to see.

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Eb please go ahead and cut the hole for the radio. it is 7" x 2" cut it low so that when the screen is open it dont cover the ac control. Call me if you have questions Thanks

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Eb here is a pic of the radio. The screen flips up out of the radio.

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Looks great! Post more of the cowl area as you get to it. Thanks

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Any more progress ??

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Finished dash, and the drip rail detail where the new roof skin was a little short. I'll post some pics of the drip rails in a bit.

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sweet progress

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This is my favorite build. Except I don't know where it's headed, dropped, stock or whatever. Anyone know what colors it's getting ??

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Very cool,

It might be to late might but did you consider the other vintage air controls?

http://www.yearwood.com/cartimages/prd_sm_823.jpg

or

http://www.yearwood.com/cartimages/prd_sm_822.jpg

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LOL.........msgross, with sheetmetal its never too late:metal:

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very true... and you always make it look new anyway!

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a little late, but I had the same problem too.

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Nice, nice, nice. Good work. Let me know when you want to fix mine.

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Very very nice Eb :metal:

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Hey guys the truck will have 2.5 drop spindles 1 inch springs in front, 4 inch springs in back. It will have the same stance as "project copperhead". I havent nailed down a color yet but it will be anything but stock. I had planned on a 6.0 ls motor, but I have a shot at a really good deal on a 572 gmpp, we will just have to see if it works out. I really want to make this a Retro Rod Truck. I want it to have most of the latest goodies, while retaining the look and feel of old school. I dont think you can improve the body lines of these trucks, as they are PERFECT. The rear end has a 3:42 posi in it. If this build has nothing else I know that it has the best metal work that can possible be done. Thanks Eb.

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Thank you everyone for the compliments.The replacement roof skin was a good fit with the exception that it was a little short which left a wide area at the drip rail. The side view line was better than factory and the overall shape was good. To narrow up the drip rail I had to cut it off and grind down the the lip of the material where the metals came together, then weld the rail back on. Not hard and fairly straight forward. Here is a before and after shot of it.

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very nicely done.

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Hey Rob, how's this make you feel?

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Like a million bucks EB. Looks great Gives some vision to the project you are the man!

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Can you show more pictures of the finished cowl areas please?
Looks really good.

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idonutnO, hang tight for a bit. When I get this cab back to Rob I plan on going through all my photos and want to do an "anatomy of a cab" post that should be pretty cool. I'll show the cowl area as this is about the only area that I think could use some modification. This is why we went the way we did on this cab. Also it's what Rob wanted from the start. Seems we were thinking along the same line here :)

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Oooo! I'm looking forward to that!

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That is some excellent work ! I like the idea of the rear glass being recessed. Again, excellent work !:metal:

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It's nice to see these trucks getting done the right way. Good job guys!