Progress update

[SMUTCO70]

Dash and wiring…check
Roll bar/harness bar….check
Dynamat cab….check

 

[19Walt93]

Dash and wiring…check
Roll bar/harness bar….check
Dynamat cab….check

Nice clean job. Pad the roll bar so you don't crack your melon on a bump, though.

 

[Angie]

nice job. what is the black box on the floor pass side? and also what is under the gauges in the silver backed with what looks like coloured lights and a black knob?

cheers

 

[SMUTCO70]

nice job. what is the black box on the floor pass side? and also what is under the gauges in the silver backed with what looks like coloured lights and a black knob?

cheers

Passenger side console——MSD ignition box
Colored lights——-air/fuel ratio gauge
Black knob———choke

 

[Angie]

aren't you afraid someone will kick the ignition box being on the floor there? or you building a strip race unit? and passengers won't be sitting there? What is the engine you are planning? cheers

 

[SMUTCO70]

aren't you afraid someone will kick the ignition box being on the floor there? or you building a strip race unit? and passengers won't be sitting there? What is the engine you are planning? cheers

Nope. If you can’t ride in my truck without kicking my stuff…..get out.
It has a 1998 HO engine.

 

[Angie]

sweet looking ride nice job. does the air intake help having the carb set up like that? looks good

 

[Josiah Morgan]

Wow, you're doing a great job with this build. The engine bay looks so clean.

 

[SMUTCO70]

Update:
New black headline. Ordered.
Seats and 5-points. Half done.
New grill s/s hood pins and lanyards. Done
Manual hood release and gas shock supports
Tranny leak….fixed?
When the headliner shows up I am going to pull the dash one last time and get it painted.
I have to make the passenger waist belt mounting brackets up and the back panel of cab…..interior done… maybe new steering wheel. Then done….

 

[SMUTCO70]

Update:
To the car wash…
First time out in four years. Success.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Looks great! Can't wait to see it with the new headliner and dash painted.

 

[Bird76Mojo]

It oughta pop wheelies with that 40,000 gallon fuel cell. lol

Looks good.

 

[SMUTCO70]

UPDATE:
Back wall of cab complete…
Black headliner installed
Dash out and painted, going back in this weekend
9” differential rebuilt with Detroit locker,
Back on the road soon

 

[SMUTCO70]

Almost there, a few more small pieces to get painted and some touch up…oh ya, the steering wheel. Should be done this weekend.
with that the original scope of work for the interior has came to fruition after almost 20 years. marathon build

 

[SMUTCO70]

Interior Complete…. Finally.
next, get my new differential equipped with a Detroit locker installed. Heck ya no more one wheel wonder