so finally got the rear tub mounted ..
I used bolts for now (mock up) .. and I will be replacing them with elevator bolts for the final product . just like these



heres the floor



and the side wall




i'm also mostly done the body work , so now its time for the cab to come off


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more work on the harness today ...

Finished up the main dash harness ... and ready now for install



here's the rest of the pin-outs and scrap I further stripped



and now 1/2 done the engine harness ...




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front engine harness is now done as well



also started on the vent windows..
i'm tinting the windows , so while I was at it , I figured I might as well clean up the frames (there was a little rust)
so all sandblasted , and ready for some epoxy





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so I think I finally have it figured ..


some updates very soon ..



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What a useless teaser post thanks alot man.

 

sorry man !!






ok .. so cab back off.. and now almost ready for some color





just some welding and prep. first


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continueing on .. and excited for it's coat of color ...


I welded up a bunch of unwanted holes on the firewall and got all the new nuts installed to make the pieces "boltable" .



also working on the tranny tunnel ..



got it cut and ground



also started to attach some of the "hold down studs" for the emergance brake cable .. still have to do the rear heater line hold downs .. I used these pieces , and just drilled holes to plug weld them in place ..




got lots of the welding I wanted to do .. but I still have a bit more ..



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Looking really really good!!

 

thanks .. ran out of gas (for my welder) again so have to wait till monday to continue




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got my tank filled today .. and continued on ..
got lots done .. but was slowed on finding 11x1.25 mm nuts for the seat belts .. crap , I forgot all about it !!

I ended up spendin 1/2 the day looking for these stupid little nuts , finally I went to the wrecker and "knocked" some off with a hammer and chistle ..

so anyway .. made some backing plates for the seatbelt and seattrack bolt down nuts ..



and got them welded ...



just about ready to seal up the underside and give it some BLACK ...

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I have finally finished up the welding .. another tank of ARGON was spent finishing up .

just a little body work left to do .. and off to inner paint ...

hope to have it in the paint shop by friday

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still prepping for paint ..

got the firewall all cleaned up .. found a wee bit of rust , but soon got that dealt with

cleaning up the firewall





all wire wheeled , and cleaned



scuffed and zinc'd



also got the underside scuffed and zinc'd



the topside and bottom side wil be "sealed" in the paint booth ...

ant last but not least .. I POR-15'd the inside of the rockers , cab corners , and cowl ... I was able to scuff the rockers and cab corners when I had them apart .. the cowl I was not able to ..
I dont know how well the POR will work in the cowl , but I figured It would be better then nothing





and YES .... tomorrow it goes to paint the inners




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Lookin pretty sick there brosky.

 

thanks ...




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One day I will import a gen1 four door truck and do this same thing but with a 1uzfe. And oh boy is she gonna be a street queen. I must perfect my skills now before attempting the dream truck.

 

did some quick seam seal .. and off to the paint shop



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250 years from now, and it still has not rusted.....LOL

 

Too bad gas is gonna be like a thousand dollars a gallon.

 

might be flying by then and using "garbage" in the flux capacitor



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looking killer!!