I started working on replacing the wiring in my uncles 48 Ford F-1 pickup.

I guess since he grew up in the age of depression.. he's ... um.... "cost conscious".. aawwwww hell.. he's just cheap!

So he and my buddy Mark have conjured up a plan to re-wire this truck and at the lowest expense possible. They located a pre-wired fusebox for about 85 bucks I think it was.. it ain't terrible, but I wouldn't buy it! Mark said look - the wires are all labeled, of course the printing is so small and faint I need my magnifying glass to see what I think is a word! And the so called directions are just copies of copies of copies that were somewhere back in time misaligned on the dirty copier glass and I guess the copier was low on toner...

So Mark has ripped out the old wires and last night I asked him what he's doing for switches? He said, "what d'ya mean?" and I replied "You DID buy switches right?"

Of course you know he says.. "No! why do we need switches?"

And so it begins... it'll be like building a Rolls Royce on a Yugo budget!

I'll find out what the real cost is to building cheap!

And I've got 4 weeks to deliver! but I was able to clear enough snow and ice so the truck could deliver my heating oil! at 10 degrees outside it took 4 hours to get the shop to 55 degrees inside. Bring back global warming please!