Project-Atlas

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Now that I had exhaust through the frame I decided to take a page out of tootsies book and had these exhaust bezels made with a v band flange on the backside to keep everything nice and secure

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Now that the exhaust was finished I needed to shorten the existing wood floor which hadn't held up Well at all so it was refinished with dark walnut stain and satin spar varnish

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I had also decided the accuair remote wouldn't be on the seat anymore after a near incident while driving so I made a little form to fit in in.there was a little trial and error but the piece turned out great and modifying the ashtray was pretty straightforward

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Next on the list was a heater which I had ditched in favor of a clean look but found out I needed for this climate. I went with a vintage air gen 2 heater and built a tray and new shallow glove box to keep it out of sight. I also used a heater bypass with the stock cable so the heater is controlled entirely with the factory sliders

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Now back to that motor. I had wired the entire engine and located the ecm and tac module under the seat along with all the accuair components for a factory look. Everything went smoothly and the truck even fired right up first try! But I had issues with the factory abuse mode kicking in which took me a while to figure out. Now that I was finally running I decided to tear the front of the engine off to address the terrible alternator mount and failing paint on the accessory drive

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After deciding a new accessory drive was out of my budget I set out to build my own! I didn't like the big billet pieces everyone was using so I built my own low mount alternator setup and even saved my old belt. All I had to do was buy one idler pulley and a few bolts. This is what I came up with. I also modified the water pump neck for a more favorable look as well as smoothed the entire body

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That pretty well brings the truck to its current state I'll continue to add pictures as I move forward