I put more pictures in the photobucket album. Got oil and temp gauges installed. Upper and lower radiator hoses built up and installed. "L" brackets attached to the air deflectors, for mounting the front end metal to the frame. I used radiator hose scrap for insulators. Picked up some 4" flex for the exhaust pipe. started in on the upper radiator hold downs. Next project is mounting the auxilliary trans shifter. Here's a couple pictures of todays progress, the rest are in the photobucket album linked in my signature.

Upper Radiator Hose, and Filler Neck: Summit Racing for the neck, local NAPA for the hose. 1 3/4" exhaust pipe for the radiator pipe.


"L" Brackets for Mounting Front End: $1.50 ea from local ACE, chunck of radiator hose scrap for insulator. A lot better than ordering aftermarket stuff and paying out the nose.


Mechanical Gaugs From Summit:Can't go wrong with mechanicals, and we have a racers discount, so they were $10.00 less than catalog price.


All the fabrication work is pretty much done, except for mounting the auxilliary shifter. Personally, it's all this little stuff that is far harder then the actual building of the truck. Give me fabrication any day, and you can keep all the tedious little details. It just takes soooooo long. Going back and forth, making sure you haven't missed anything. Routing hoses, and wires just right, making sure not to let them get burnt, or chafed, or whatever.

 

very nice. it great when you can see progress,even when it takes so long.
oh,wmjoe did you see the new cct mag its full of coe's and big rigs,way cool.
roy

 

No, I'll have to check it out.