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SAWEET!!!!!! Looks great bud!

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thanx guys,
b&a72, my tank is in the front of the bed, i will be installing a cover on it, not sure if i want a black soft cover or a painted flush mount hard cover.

today i took a trip to a local hot rod shop and bought some grill trim, headlight retainers and bezels, then i painted up my bowtie. also my new valve covers showed up so i put some paint on then and then polished off the lettering.

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awesome! Trim and valve covers all look great!

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Where did you order the valve covers from?

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killer love the valve covers

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looks good.

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i think your truck was a 50th annv. i looked at the begining of he thread and i seen the gold int.,gold bed and thegoldish firewall

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ATT- the covers are from summit racing

67chevy1series- yes it WAS a 50th, not any more... hahaha

but i have all the original trim that the PO took off in the mid 70s in great condition and i also hove all the iviory interior parts and seat.

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hey the trim you plannin on usein it ummmm , EVER :devil:

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where did u buy that at??? thats exactly what im looking for

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the trim is not for sale.

i got the covers from summit racing

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Love your build - great work.

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got started on the inner fenders today,
first i had to stretch the bottom to fit the truck fender, then i cut the rolled lip off on the side that will go on the body side then i ran out of wire in the welder, ill go get some more wire tomarow and start on some brackets to attach to the core support and the rail on the bottom of the fire wall.

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Right on!

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goen back to the bench seat. heres the new cover kit. still needs to be sent to the upholstery guy to be put on

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nice cover! who makes that, and do they have it in other colors too?

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not sher who makes it but its the same as original, just swaped the orange in. they have them in LMC in a bunch of colors, also brothers has the orange one. i got it from a local place here in WA www.pickupsnw.com

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picked up a cowl panel for $10 so i cut it up alittle...

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Nice patchwork on the cowl! that's gonna look great!

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I like the look of removing the louvers but how are you going to connect the windshield side of the cowl? You removed the screws attaching it at that area so I would think it would vibrate. S

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i did think about that. i pulled thw 2 screws outa the cowl on the truck off and drove to work a few times and never had a problem. but before i paint the new one i will bolt it on and drive a little to see how it is, that way if there is a problem i can figure it out before it sees paint

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I plan on doing this mod as well but I'm not sure what I'm going to do for that either. S

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i will try to get a pic of the back of mine , we bent a piece of strap metal in an L shape welded it to the cowl and you slide the cowl on from the front towards the back and the L locks under where the wipers mount !!! im sure this makes no sense without pics, but i will try to post some. anyway it fits very snug and doesnt move around

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Good idea! :chevy:

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did i quick test fit of the cowl. fits good other than i think it got a little hot and warped a little ware it meets the windshield, ill just have to put a little heat on it and help it back to how it should be

here are some pics