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Yeah, that's the Chevelle. It's been nice weather lately, so I have been taking it into work often. Had it almost 20 years, since I was 14. She was my first vehicle.

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Trevor, The truck is coming along nicely. Do you have a color combination in mind yet? Your Chevelle is looking good. Love the Black.

Ray

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I finally broke down and bought my gauges. Expensive, but wanted the look of our era gauges. They were 12 weeks out from working on them. Figured I better get on the list. New Vintage USA.

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Black exterior with all the Cheyenne Exterior trim, Bright Blue Houndstooth Bucket interior. I know the Houndstooth didn't get put on buckets, but I like the Houndstooth and I think it wears better than the scroll vinyl buckets. I am a big lover of different color combos. Get tired of all the blacks, tans, and grey interiors of today.

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Trevor
What do you use for your Cab mount frame brackets for the rear of the cab?
Truck mounts or Suburban?
Dwayne

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I used truck since I put the truck floor in the rear.

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looking good! I can't wait till I can roll mine outside!

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That is one sweet machine! I've got some really fond memories of a 70 from a friends car back in high school. We missed an opportunity to buy a Cortez Silver 396 a few years back one of my buddies put together. :hc: Still a bucket list car for us..

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Long old road with the inner roof, but have made a huge dent in it. Going to go with a 3M flexible foam or sound deadening foam between the layers which will also act as a glue.

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Looks good from this angle, but dang those clearance light lenses have taken a beating!

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Good looking build. When do you plan to build the frame?

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I already started on the frame that’s under it now. Still haven’t decided if I am going to splice in my longhorn frame yet or not to this one. As far as putting the engine in the frame, I am waiting to get my cab done before I move on to the drivetrain.

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Still tacking on the inner roof. Finally dyed my Dana 60 Spicers. Should make the hubs pop.

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Nice work! I painted my knobs on my lock outs and no one has ever said a word about it. :lol:

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Finally got my gauge cluster done. Glad that one is off the checklist. Only a few more large parts left.

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That Gage cluster looks Awesome!!!
I like your plan with the Roof.
I have been watching your build.
I hope to start the cut on mine in a few months.

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I really like your gauge cluster. It's probably the closest thing to a stock appearing one I've seen yet.

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Thanks guys, they weren't cheap I know that, but I wanted the truck to still have the nostalgic look and feel when I got behind the wheel.

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Wow, everything is coming together just great. The truck is definitely gonna be a head turner. What did you use to dye the hub dials blue? I have a set of original faded yellow (almost white) spicer hubs on my Dana 60. I guess I could send out the metal outer parts and have them rechromed, I know yours were very nice when you bought them. Do you ever get anxious to finish the truck, or do you just take it one day at a time when you’re working on it? It really looks great. Kurt

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I used to get anxious on finishing it, but after the surgery I just take it a day at a time and not stress over it. I still enjoy working on it, but will still redo items if I don’t like how it looks.
As far as the hubs go, I just clean my knobs and sprayed adhesion promoter and sprayed Krylon Fusion paint and cleared the knobs.
I had my chrome hubs rechromed to look that nice.

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Trevor, forgive my ignorance, but what is the difference between a Cheyenne roof, and any other ‘67-‘72 roof? Is the inner roof skin different somehow? I was reading back through the thread and saw you mentioning something about Cheyenne roofs? Thanks.

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Originally I was going to run 2 separate headliners, so I chose 2 cheyenne roof skins. They had the holes punch for the headliner trim already that the Cheyenne/CST/ Cheyenne Supers had. I eventually wound up switching to one big headliner instead, as the headliners didn’t quite fall where I thought they would. Trevor

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Trevor
You have built great strength in your roof.
Great Job.
The one Headliner plan sounds good.
I hope to start my build soon.

Dwayne

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I'm a big fan of the square bodies but I got a little bummed when you got sidetracked, ha. Read your thread start to finish and am very impressed with the work. Congratulations on the wedding and the remodeled house looks great. I bet the previous owners would move back in if they could see it. Glad you got your heart fixed up too! I look forward to following this truck to completion. Did you do a thread on your square CC?

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Thanks LT7A, yeah the surgery really stopped my movement on the truck and then life happened with getting married. It will get done though, still have a couple big pieces left to puzzle to buy. The square body just needs a paint job and I'll have it on the road. I finally picked my color for it, and I will probably paint it early fall this year.