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    Your shifter turned out great!
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    I agree. That shifter looks like a slick setup. Nice Job!

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    Thought I would show how I planned the frame change. I found a photo of a bare explorer frame and a photo of a clean stude. I used a free photo shop type software called gimp to superimpose the images to give me an idea of how the frame would fit with the truck. I planned to raise the bed up some to clear the frame humps so I stretched the bed sides a bit to check the look. I always thought the stude bed looked a little too low anyway.
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    Wow, that software is pretty neat. Thanks for sharing!
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    I went to picknpull and measured and measured but doing this helped make up my mind that it would work.
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    Now what is that saying " Let your fingers doing the walking to save the soles of your shoes " or something like that. That is an impressive software package.
    I maybe a little crazy but it stops me going insane.

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    You can download it free, I know photoshop is pricey. Took a little while to figure out how to use it, had to have a little help from someone younger than me.

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    Yea, that software looks very useful. I've got a very old version of photoshop that I use mostly to crop and resize pics. Even the old version is complicated to use.

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    WOW..awesome build,that gives me inspiration for my M5.,...wanna make me some headers for my Stude 259?...I just put my truck on an s10 shortened frame,my stock frame was a twisted mess....keep the posts coming,I love the footwell idea..can I "borrow"it?...ps, followed your build over from Truck Farmers.
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    Hey, very cool, glad to see another m. Feel free to steal any ideas you want. You should do a build log here. I thought about the s10 as well as dakota and ranger frames. If you were doing a chevy engine there a probably headers out there for v8 s10 swaps. Is the cab and bed all mounted?

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    v8nutz,

    I really enjoyed going through your build page. Really nice work man.
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    thanks very much.

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    I have just dropped the cab on so so far,I want to set up the ride height(drop) so I can make sure I have clearance to run the running boards etc without:"too much" rubbing on mother earth.....the cab corners you used are they the Classic Enterprises ones?so they are crap?...if so, I'll make some jigs and make my own.I have a Stude 259 cu. I'm going to put in it...kinda funny the 4.3l that the S10 comes with is a 100cc bigger than the 259 from 50 years ago...
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    The corners are pretty crude, I made them work but I was sure disappointed for the price. They looked like they they they had been quickly hand hammered on a buck. they would be hard to make because of the way they curve into the bottom.
    It's cool your using a stude motor.

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    Haven't done much on the truck in a while but I got a new radiator for it so thought I should make some permanent mounts for the front clip. Originally it mounted by one bolt to the center of the radiator hoop but I wanted two mounts to make it a little more stable. I used some of the explorer body mounts I had. The brackets slide up and down for body adjustments.
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