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Thanks fellas.

I drilled the wood holes and everything seems good. I then did the fuel filler. I contemplated moving the fill location, but will leave it where it is. That way it's a straight down shot. Fill her up quickly, no long flat areas to deal with, no sheet metal mods. I am considering making a rubber splash mat that could fit in the stake pocket rolled up and be unfurled to go around the filler hole to avoid fuel drips. Or just pay bloody attention whilst filling. 😎

Next, I opened my reproduction doors and I am 1/2 happy. The right fit quite well and I am happy with the gaping I have all the way around. The door fits and clears all my floor/rocker repair so far. I will be adjusting and lining up the front sheet metal and hood before I take a bunch of notes and pictures before I disassemble and prime. I still have to do the throttle hook up.

The left door is a little bit wonky I think. The cab dimensions check out left to right and I think it's the actual door itself that is the problem. I noticed when I drug out the boxes that my LH door was an "open" box. It had been taped closed. Upon opening, the packaging was not the same and I thought, "Odd..."

So I hung the door. I noticed the lower left hand corner was bent inward. No big deal. A little hand pressure to true it up. I gaped the bottom to the rockers, the rear to the cab wall , the rear window runner to the rear cab roof wall. All good. Right?

Wrong. The diagonal where the vent window sits is way out. I can stick my fingers through the gap. No seal, bending, or what have you will make up that gap. So, I am going to voice my complaint on this one and politely ask for another door. They can try to sell this POS door to someone else. The box was enough. I'm not going INVASIVE on a door, too. I had old rusty ones to do that, and we all know how that went for me.


But it is looking good!

Coming up:

Some wood work hopefully: stains/brands

Move the 1/2 ton 1950 and '62 Rambler off of the front pad to the farm.

Bring in the 1972 c20 Puzzle box truck. I'm tired of running to the farm to snap pictures. Fix its hood hinges. They seized on me while trying to close it in the winter and the RH hinge broke. 🤦🏼‍♂️

Figure firewall holes. What's needed? What's not?

Weld and modify the throttle setup.

Hang rear bumper brackets in prep for the bumper when I get it.

Seatbelts? Possibly? I will install them for sure, but I don't think I need to weld on the cab after paint for this. Maybe I'll just order them....😬

Hours: 432

I also cleaned the parts shed. Everett saw his golf clubs after I finished and said, "I FORGOT ABOUT THOSE!"

Well, it has been a year. 😬