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Old May 18, 2026 | 09:12 AM
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Back( back surgery and 3 centimeters taller than before surgery)working on my truck after 8-9 years dash extension for the ac

 
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Welcome back, glad you're doing better.
 
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Wow, congrats on now being a bigger man. Good looking work as well.
 
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Welcome back und have fun finishing your Truck.
Where you from? ...measuring in centimeters? :-)
 
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Welcome back und have fun finishing your Truck.
Where you from? ...measuring in centimeters? :-)
I’m from the home of $7 gas people’s democratic republic of Ca.
 
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Welcome back und have fun finishing your Truck.
Where you from? ...measuring in centimeters? :-)
It's the medical community - they like to pretend they're very continental...

I just returned from a cross-country trip and paid up to $5/gal....grateful for the 25 mpg the jeep got!
 
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welcome back and glad you are better
 
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That looks nice. Now get yourself one of those "under dash creepers" to lie on to get under that dash and save your back.
 
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That looks nice. Now get yourself one of those "under dash creepers" to lie on to get under that dash and save your back.
yeah it’s very hard even 8 months after, took the seat out
 
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Did you make that extension for the ac or is that an available part. I only ask because it look identical to what I built a few months back from scratch.
 
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Did you make that extension for the ac or is that an available part. I only ask because it look identical to what I built a few months back from scratch.

started out with this

bent into Chanel then Used shrinker.to bend the slow arc and the ends

it came out ok driver quality
 
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