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ok great I will check it out.

I cant wait to see the cab on the frame!!!:metal:

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Nice work, cant wait to see pic's of the cab!

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Great job on this. im excited to see the results

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I'm going to see if I can get out of work early to check out the cab and make my final payment for the work Sky has done. I will get some picture while I'm their. Then I have to get the body home Saturday. Do some repairs on my 98 dodge so I can sell it. Next week end install the seats, steering wheel column and see how it all feels. Then look at getting it painted.

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Well their was a misunderstanding about the body work being done. What he told me was the body work on the cab is done 2 more doors to go then prime block sand and prime then it will be ready for paint. but it is looking good.

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Almost forgot I picked up these head light from Summit they are H4 main bulbs 55/60 and they ahve LED's around the edge that can be wired up to day time driving or turn signal. the LED are available in different colors clear, yellow, red and blue. I got the clear for day time driving lights.

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Here is picture

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Cab is looking sweet. Shouldn't be long now. Yup, the whole bodywork thing is a time killer. I swear it would cost less to take a couple bodywork classes, buy materials, practice and do it ourselves. And that's even considering I hate sanding!!!!

Good luck!
Chris

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I can work Bondo and do good job of it. I watched my brother when he would repair cars back in the day and he showed me some tricks that has come in handy over the years.

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Looking good. Ready to see that cab on the frame. Trevor

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Yep, very nice!

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Thanks guys. pushing 3 years from when I started. Now if I could just find the cab bushing I could move on

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The cab is looking very nice! How's the satellite going?

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Getting ready to pull the tranny of the Satellite this week for the 2nd time and see what is going on.

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I worked on the exhaust today and finished up the mounting locations 4 on each side started grinding the welds and I think I found the 2nd most hated thing I don't like doing is grinding. Each weld is a 3 step process grinding the weld with grinding disk then sanding disk and finally polycarbide abrasive wheel.
I think I will do 4 weld a week until in finish to break up the work.

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I installed the gear reduction shift lever today to bread up the grinding.

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Looking good! time to get the TIG welder out!!! I think I am going to buy one soon. Question where is your fuel tank going?

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Fuel tank is going in the back it will be about 18" wide 42" long the front will angle in at the shocks at a bout 45 degrees to clear the exhaust I should end up with a 5300 cubic inches of space I think it end up 25 gallons.

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No work done on the truck last week end had to work. Now that the job is signed off and they are moving in I will have some free time this coming week end to get some work done and deliver some part to 1 of the members.

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Howdy neighbor.
Looks like you got the Sattelite home. Is the tranny fixed now?
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The tranny is junk. Can't even remove the torque converter from the 727. I boxed the A904 and 727 to ship them back. The 727 is under warranty the A904 hopefully they will give me some money back.

As for the truck I did get my power steering pump pulley installed and the belt that came with the Vintage Air kit fits.

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Man, that stinks! Removing transmissions several times sucks for sure!

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Yes it does. But we have it down to 1 hour to remove and about 1 & half hours to put it back in.

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Almost something you don't want to be good at, hope you get it straightened out soon while summer is still here to use the car.

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Wow, that sucks for sure.
:bsf:
Hope you get your money back, or at least some of it.

(Pretty impressive swap-out time though!)