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I was happy with how they turned out and started on painting the firewall.

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Also, I had chiseled out the dry seam sealer from the cowl and re sealed it. The cowl was painted with the firewall.

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Previously I had mentioned adding a stereo around Christmas. I made a board to mount the sub and amp on and got it in behind the seat. There were also 6x9's powered off the amp installed in the original locations behind the seat.

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Also got my mud flaps installed around that time. They do a good job of keeping the winter slop off the truck.

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Then it was time to haul some lumber. The truck rides pretty well with 600 + pounds in the bed.

[y5mgisi]

Thanks for the continuation!

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It's been a couple months since I posted about the build. Here's some more....

Once I got the cowl painted, it was time to set the box on the frame. It had been stored upside down so I could paint the under side so the 1st step was to get it vertical.

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Then came the fun part, getting back down without damaging the lower bed sides. With some carful use of wood blocks we were able to get it down. I was fortunate to be able to borrow a bobcat to set the bed back on the truck.

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I also found a couple more pics that show what I started with, as far as the rust went on the rockers.

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Been a few months since I posted on the build. I've been driving the truck daily for about a year with a bit over 10,000 miles on the rebuild.

I decided to go to an electric choke vs the divorced choke. So I rebuilt the carb that was original to the truck.

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I also found this pic of the 1st time the bed was put on the truck.

[Zane M]

Amazing work. Thank you for sharing.

[MTCK]

Looks awesome. Glad you have been racking up the miles.

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Originally Posted by MTCK

Looks awesome. Glad you have been racking up the miles.

Thanks. It's been a fun vehicle. A lot of people like to stop and chat about it in parking lots.

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Made a bit more progress on the finishing touches today. Got the new AC components in and charged. Man it's nice having working AC.

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Helped a fellow car guy get his new project home today.

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Originally Posted by Zane M

Amazing work. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks!

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Also swapped the steering wheel for one out of a late '80s/ early '90s. I think it gives a bit more room.

[MTCK]

Looks good. I like the handles. The wife unit would be very happy with a couple of those.

I think you are right, our plow controls look identical.

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Originally Posted by MTCK

Looks good. I like the handles. The wife unit would be very happy with a couple of those.

I think you are right, our plow controls look identical.

I like the handles because they give you something else to grab on the drivers side. I made a habit of not grabbing the wheel as it's hard on the column so it was kind of a trick to hop in before the handles.

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Back to the build.

After fitting the doors it was time to install the rubber floor liner.

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Then I threw the seat it and started gathering parts to bring it to the body shop.

[LF_MN_71GMC]

Hello from Isanti,

This is great work, I'm waiting for a good snow to get my square out to plow for the first time. It has a 4" lift and I have not modified any of the A frame brackets, I hope it's not tippy.

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Originally Posted by LF_MN_71GMC

Hello from Isanti,

This is great work, I'm waiting for a good snow to get my square out to plow for the first time. It has a 4" lift and I have not modified any of the A frame brackets, I hope it's not tippy.

Thanks. Yeah not much snow yet. If your plowing fresh snow the blade shouldn't be too tippy. It's worse when there's a layer that's already been driven on. I've only put it one once this year so far. May use it this weekend to clean up some drifting.

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Replaced the t-stat. Noticed the truck wasn't getting up to temp. Not a great thing when it's around 20 below.