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Old 03-19-2019, 08:16 PM   #351
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Wow.....didnt see that coming...sorry to it go...
All is well Greg. I figure I have a good 25 years to build more trucks. I have a lot in my kit-bag for later.

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Old 03-20-2019, 09:25 AM   #352
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Got some paint on the front end this morning.
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Old 03-20-2019, 11:04 AM   #353
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Looking fantastic Jayson. Can't wait to get up there next week!!
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Old 03-20-2019, 04:10 PM   #354
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im jealous...wish mine was getting painted...looks great!!!
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Old 03-20-2019, 04:26 PM   #355
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im jealous...wish mine was getting painted...looks great!!!
Thanks Greg. Here is a pic of what Jayson sent me this morning. Awesome work! Mike
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Old 03-21-2019, 11:15 PM   #356
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Had a chance to stop and see JaysonB's work today.....Awesomwe!! Can't wait to bolt the front clip to the cab.......uneventfully
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Old 03-25-2019, 03:20 PM   #357
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Very nice work Mike! A lot has been done since I saw your build thread last time. Congratulations on buying an acre.

By the way, I heard my brother had found your Instagram photos and admired some great pictures of your trucks.
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Old 03-25-2019, 03:41 PM   #358
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Thanks Ilkka! I figured I had better get a little more with the times. Mike
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Old 03-28-2019, 04:12 PM   #359
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Finally on the frame, needs some leveling etc.!!!! Had the Cavalry come in today and lift into place!! Trumper is keeping an eye on everything in the background!

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Looking good Mike!....
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Old 03-30-2019, 11:52 AM   #362
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There's alot of Badassery going on here!
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Old 03-30-2019, 02:24 PM   #363
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Old 03-30-2019, 11:05 PM   #364
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Few pics from this afternoon. Was able to get an original set of 350 valve covers cleaned, blasted than painted. Also installed the air cleaner and air intake sensor along with the sport mirror brackets.

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Looks good Mike!
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Old 03-31-2019, 11:49 AM   #366
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So fresh so clean!
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Thanks Frank. Today I started on LS wiring, some rear brake work and installed the firewall insulation.
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Getting the front end sanded and buffed in preparation for Mike coming to pick it up! It's looking nice! One of the fenders didn't turn out quite nice enough, so it got sanded down and repainted, and all is well now.
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Jayson, is this a picture of your shop with some sort of red filter over the camera lens?
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Old 04-15-2019, 04:07 PM   #370
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Sort of! The painting part is easy, it's the hours spent running the pictures through photo shop to make the paint look good that will get ya! Mike came up Saturday and hauled the front end home. He built custom fit wood cases mounted to his trailer, and with the parts wrapped in moving blankets they made the trip to his shop without a scratch.
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I really need to get you folks caught up on this build!! The Mrs. and I have been doing a lot of house work in prep for a future sale so I've been balancing that with the truck build. Down and dirty:

-Went up to Jayson's and picked up the fantastically finished front clip. I built three different compartments on my little trailer to safely haul the parts 200 miles; made it without incident thanks to a trip to Harbor Freight for some on sale moving blankets.

-Continued the wiring work and have since installed the under dash wiring and finally have all the LS wiring rerouted have started re-looming the wire. Also was able "add" power windows to the build and cut the necessary holes and routed the wiring.

-Rebuilt the rear end and brakes and last night installed the flip kit, new leaf springs and e-brake cable.

-All the core support pieces have been blasted, repainted and installed.

For some reason all my notifications are going to junk email??? I'll have to get that fixed.

That's about it!
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Power window stuff. I used a GMachinz harness and used well nuts and stainless screws to put it all together instead of rivets.
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Old 04-23-2019, 04:32 PM   #373
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thumbs up Mike!!!!!.ready to see this thing going together..i stocked up on the hf blankets as well...
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Some sandblasting and painting, etc.
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Misc work.
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