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Lol Ray, I knew you wouldn't be able to leave well enough alone, but on the other hand it's nice to have one you can just hop in and drive.

I've had a few diversions, but it looks like its going to be a productive Winter. Should have a couple ready to drive by Summer.
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Had a little mishap back in January. I was doing the repairs outside on the weekends so it took a little while to get it back together. I used the old grill shell/head light bezels from my Black truck, bought a new inner grill from Bill Athey (pickupman). The Right fender has slight damage, but isn't very bad. Had realign the hood, as it threw it off.

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All back together.

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I cleaned and repainted a Charcoal canister set up and installed it. Someone had removed it and plugged the vent line to the tank. It would be build up a lot of pressure and as well a terrible smell in inside the cab. I sanded and primmed and painted the battery tray while it was out too.

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In the last month I have been restoring the wheels and center caps. The wheels at some point were painted White and center cap area around the lug holes were painted Blue. I am try to keep cost down on this truck. Since the tires are in great shape and didn't need replacing, I didn't want to have them dismounted/remounted/ balanced again, so I sanded the wheels by hand leaving the tires on. I started with 150 then 220 then 320 sand paper. I taped them up a long the edge of the very inner lip, then once they were primed and painted I used a Tester's model painted marker to do the very edge by hand. It isn't noticeable with the trim rings on at all.

I sanded the Blue down on the center caps and repainted them Silver as factory. I used the Details brand Argent Silver for the wheels and caps. I also gave the rings a real good polishing, they came out well.

Any YES my fingers were really sore for a few days.

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Back yard job Literally :)

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To me the look better Silver and they turned out very nice.

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That looks great.

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Thanks Chuck.

I have the wheels all done. I also removed the aftermarket seat cover. The original cover is still there, although it isn't in as great of shape as it had hoped for. The seat was covered in dust and dirt. I cleaned it and the seat belts with Woolite Carpet cleaner and a soft brush and water. The seat belts are in great shape, they were just a little dirty in areas, they came out great too.

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Original seat cover pictures.

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Beautiful truck man
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Really nice job on the wheels, that looks great. What size are those tires?

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Thanks! and thanks again for the pictures of the Charcoal canister and routing of the hoses.

Ray

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Gary thanks :) The tires are 32x11.5. I will porobably go with 33x12.5's when the time comes to replace them.

Ray

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Nice work!