made a little progress...pics inside

[bigblock73]

Well I haven't gotten near as much done to my truck as I would have liked to in the last month...but just last night I found an awesome bodyman who does LOTS of body/paint work on the side and I now have an actual date my cab goes in for bodywork/paint...next weekend (Friday - 9/12)! He is going to smooth a few minor imperfections on the cab, shave the cab seam (by welding it), and spray the entire cab, inside, outside, and underneath. So I have lots to look forward to! It really sux trying to find a shop that even works on old cars anymore let alone one that will do a show quality finish and not rush it to get some more insurance claims in!

What i have been doing lately is buying parts I need to finish the interior...such as this shifter for one!



It is a B&M Magnum Pro Stick...similar to the Megashifter only more modern lookin IMO.

Next up is my newly completed dash/gauge bezel...



These are all Auto Meter Ultra Light gauges mounted in the same position as GM mounted them in our trucks (if you had a tach dash of course). I bought the brushed overlay online (Thanks Swerve) and had the holes in it "widened" by a friend of mine who owns a machine shop. He actually wrote a program and had a machine do all the work based on the measurements of the gauges!

Not seen in the pic is the matching trans temp gauge (gotta find a nice place to mount that) and my turn and high beam indicators.

My fiance (shes the one in the pic) says i am not coordinated enough when it comes to style/matching stuff...I think I did a pretty good job here didn't I??! I will prove her wrong yet. heh heh

-Jeff