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Hi Navy, this is one of those periods in a build where it sometimes feels like nothing is moving forward... it's just the hours that get consumed and nothing can be substituted for that labor.. It's still looking good, who's floor panels??? And is that a 40 ford instrument cluster?

Originally Posted by 34_40

Hi Navy, this is one of those periods in a build where it sometimes feels like nothing is moving forward... it's just the hours that get consumed and nothing can be substituted for that labor.. It's still looking good, who's floor panels??? And is that a 40 ford instrument cluster?

The floor panels are Bob Drakes, good thickness to them with well defined bends, toe boards are from .060 flat sheet. The instrument panel is an original that I milled the center out to get max clearance for gauge viewing. A .100 aluminum sheet was than cut to fit. There's going to be more to it than that when its done, pictures will explain it better than I can attempt to describe the finished panel .

Got a little painting done on the truck, well really the the tranny. Used SPI Black epoxy primer and that will be all for the tranny.

Bought 2 new/used doors for the truck this weekend and they make no difference in the fit to cab clearance issues . So as far as the doors go I'll just be modifying the door edges a bit.