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random update time, been slowly working on truck but no big changes. after ~4 year slumber, 4 new injectors and an hour to prime the fuel system, I successfully started the old Detroit and turned fuel into noise yesterday! good oil pressure, no run-away condition. back to doing sheetmetal fab, rebuilding the inner fender since I had to remove most of them for CAC/intercooler plumbing. Im hoping to focus and be done with sheetmetal work this winter as we are looking to move next year so would be nice to drive the truck to the next location rather than trailer.

luckily no my first set of front sheetmetal didnt show any damage to the radiator but the hood was cracked worse than the replacement I got. I ended up getting a custom made aluminum radiator from DCM as I was worried about cooling capacity of my transplanted diesel engine, but I likely could have kept the radiator. keep up the good job thus far!

looks like the hood is slightly bent, in the first photo right above where the hood touches the overflow, and of the two hoods I have, both have tears in that area where it transitions. if the gap between the front of the hood to fender vs. rear of hood is vastly different, that may indicate a bend.

sorry to hear about Puma. The time we got to meet Puma we could tell she ran a tight shop operation.

per the listing they are by MoPar-Pro and new knobs, though look like possibly cleaned up used ones. interesting for sure.

been a bit since I last posted, my father in law passed then a week later my appendix decided it didnt like me so it came out so been recovering the last week(3 to go) before big work will resume. As seen on the BBQ raffle post, I got my cluster back from Keven, highly recommend his services, top notch and great person to deal with. I did do some firewall work, I used SendCutSend, as some had recommended, along with my free CAD software Fusion 360 to make the insert piece. as seen below its exactly to my posterboard and to my dxf I made...however I should have measured a little more as its about 1/4" too long, so the radius is too big but nothing a little sanding wont fix. Ill get a photo in the truck later

Keven did a awesome job, got them back a few weeks ago but life threw the family and I some unexpected challenges...but here in all their glory is the cluster he reworked and sent back...looks great! now to finish the rest of the truck. super professional looking.

been working on the truck but havent done a post in months so sorry about that. got my intercooler mounted, but this caused me to have to relocate the A/C condenser so will be mimicking what GGDad is doing and mount the AC condenser remotely under the cab. since I am mounting the intercooler directly to the radiator/sheetmetal support, I am ok with the 3/8-1/2" of gap between the core and the front clip. next up is finishing the inner fenders to allow the piping to pass through, then back on cab sheetmetal. Happy times!

can I ask, I think it was above, what software are you guys using? I dont have access, and cannot use my work software even if I had access to it for personal use, to a free or reasonably priced software to do basic things. I would like to have some laser cut sheetmetal made but the local shops to me are not interested so hoping if I can find a good software to get to do some basic work.

Im in for $250

Count me in for $200

Love seeing the fender repair. Im currently doing the front cab corners with parts from DCM, I will post photos later this week or early next week but was thinking how to do the fender repiar and boom! ggdad to the rescue!

havent been working much on the truck since last update but I did stop by DCM Classics when I was in Holland, MI over the weekend(actually on Friday). that place is pretty sweet and the staff were awesome! got some sheetmetal parts while there to work on my cab. hope all is well with everyone!

I have the motto that "any progress is better than no progress" and I enjoy learning all I can. I think that low gloss black looks cool, almost like a matte black, which I think looks sweet. Im super nervous when I get to it to paint my project. Im going back with the stock Dodge red(or as I call it Coke red), and I too am not a painter nor bodyman, so it may not look the best. Keep up the great work!

sorry to hear about Puma. she was such a sweetheart the time we visited