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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

congrats on retirement! also, the build looks awesome

nice start to the project! I would recommend getting the Dunn book as it contains alot of information. This site search will help you with many of your questions like master cylinder, etc. With the closure of the other pilothouse site, I dont know if there are paint codes here but I am sure we can find some. if I remember I will check my book at home if Dunn happened to put those there. Good luck and look forward to seeing your posts

saw that as well, sad to see the devastation in Florida but always nice to see the trucks in the wild!

got some more work done, wont be able to work on Mater until next week but got the foot floor area installed and welded in, started to look at the firewall and looks like the pre-bent pieces I made last week will work good, going to be fun filling in all the open spots, Im not a sheetmetal/thin metal person so learning as I go. the black lever in the phot is my transfer case shift ever, and the square opening next to it is where the gear shift lever goes. somewhat angled photo but the top of the sheetmetal firewall will be parallel to the ground and be welded into what is left of the existing firewall

Thanks everyone! given my floor structure being fairly close I opted not to do bead rolling(also finding someone to do that was proving difficult and purchasing the tools wasn't at the top of my list).

summertime is hard for me to find time to work on the project but am finding some time to do some things. First up I have sourced some new engine parts, newer bypass blower, upgraded injectors and finally after 6+ months of searching I found turbo parts. sheetmetal for the floor and firewall have been sourced, 14ga to get as close to stock thickness. Just started layout work so here are some photos, I am hoping by this weekend I have them all trial fit, firewall bent up and can see about replacing the toeboards/cab parts near the front cab mounts. the black lines in the first photo are for where to drill for the spot welds I plan to put in. I will fully weld the sheet to the existing cab structure but to the floor structure spot welds. recommendation on how many spot welds(i.e. # per inch)?

any input on those high bay lights?? Im looking at future shop projects and want to do those