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Hello again;

Thanks for checking in and following along.

I have been working on the hood. I bought a new center hinge so I have been fitting that. At some point the 90 deg bends on the hood for the hinge mount were re-bent. The new hinge is of course a different bolt spacing so since I will need to redrill the holes I am going to replace the hood bends. The re-bent sections had a curve to them which when bolted up gave the hood a twist so besides having fresh metal there I am hoping to remove the twists with the extra work.
On another note I have decided to have the last of the metal work done by the shop. I have hit a wall and cannot seem to get around it. I have been getting more and more frustrated as I am feeling out of my depth. This is Causing me to second guess myself and has pretty much slowed my progress to a crawl. This next week, the shop is not busy so I will have the "GURU" get it done. I am proud of the amount of work I have been able to complete on my own so I am feeling very positive about this decision and am looking forward to getting to the next stage. I am having the hood work completed, including completing the hinge install. The front fenders need to be finished too, and once that work is done I can move on to the next stage.
I do have a few items I need to take care of. I need to build the seat frame and mount the seats and seat belts. I want to install a torsion bar in the rear suspension, as well I have to narrow the sun visor. I have to fit the new wiper motors and weld up the holes from the deleted cab lights.
Oh, I forget if I mentioned it, but a while back I had asked if anyone knew what the fitting mounted to the rear cab roof on the driver's side was. I initially thought it was for a tarp strap or possibly something load related. A customer came through the shop and pointed it out and knew what it was. It is for a semaphore, or signaling device. That was very exciting to learn what it was for as it was a mystery to be solved!

Well, I will shut it down for now. Take care and stay healthy.
Steve