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Re: Project "What was I Thinking" 68 SWB
Thanks Scott, I think it was worth the work. I love the way a cowl hood looks and a stock hood wouldn't clear my motor the way it is set up currently. I also would have had to completely rebuild my stock hood due to all the rust which would have been a lot more work.
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Keith your truck is looking sick man. I love it. Nice work on the gaps, I'm getting ready to go down that final gap road myself. Love that pic you have as your profile now.
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Thanks Jimmy it was a lot of work but worth it. I love the way the cowl hood looks on there. I wish I had your ability and confidence to paint, your truck looks great.
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Spent another day on the hood, I now have over 30 hours into this thing
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Looks good Kieth, its a shame that a person has to do that much work on new parts..
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Hood looks great Keith, nice work.
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nicely done!
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Looking great!
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Next week I have to fix the passenger side door fender gap and put in my Slosh Tubz, then she is finally coming home for good so I can finish the bodywork and paint it.
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That's great news! Love the progress you've made lately too. Keep up the great work!
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Thanks, I hope to make some big progress with it this year.
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I know how you feel Kieth, it seems like you work your butt off and empty your wallet and nothing changes. With the end result you'll be proud to say you did the work your self.
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Making some great progress! Can't wait to see more.
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I havent even gotten to put on body panels yet and I feel frustrated also. Rearend issues, rust, driveshaft issues, list goes on and on, lol. But like Jason said we can look at it in the end and say that is bad@ass and I built it.
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Its a good feeling when you can say you've built it yourself. I'm a pipeline welder and a lot of guys ask me where I bought the bed at on my welding rig, " I didn't buy it, I build it myself". It makes a person proud.
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Your build is coming out really nice. I am amazed what you did with your hood and fenders...
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Hey Keith,
You might have said this somewhere, but where did you get your fenders? It looks like I'm going to have to replace one of mine, and I'm hoping I can find one that fits right.
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I got them from Auto-metal direct. They are triplus. I actually bought them from Jegs cause they had free shipping. Check craigslist too, I think I seen some on there locally.
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I've only seen 67-68 on CL lately. I checked Jegs and they want $99 ea truck freight. So much for free shipping. They'll ship an engine or a trans for free, but not a fender. Go figure. I need to get a good right fender. Mine is fixable, but the shop quoted more than a new fender will cost, so might as well go new if I can find one that fits decent. I don't think I have a lot of hope locally for one better than what I have.
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