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Thank-you TUTS for the encouragement and thoughtful comment;

I was/am taking a break for a while. Not that it was a chore to post as I enjoyed the process and the feedback.
Life gets in the way and for a while things have been pretty gangbusters!
I am currently in outage mode at work and going 7 days a week 12+ hours/day so I have no time for anything but Work, sleep and eat...

I was also taking a break from STOVEBOLT after the "incident" but have since spoken with the site owners and am happy with the conversation.
I was encouraged to return and I will once things settle down on the homestead I will.

The progress on the truck has been steady, but slow. I have been trying to follow the advice to get a little done each day or as time allows.
For the most part I have been painting the "smalls" and a ton of screws!
I have gone through 3 spray cans of matte black and 5 of the gloss black. Had I realized the amount of work to paint all the little pieces I would have started way sooner.

Something the bolters might find interesting...
I inherited my Father's collection of hardware when we cleaned out his shop and I have been having fun going through the drawers of screws and finding, what I think, are almost exact matches for the original slotted interior screws.
From the truck dis-assembly, I have been sorting, cleaning and painting the screws that are in good shape.
I have about 200-300 new screws from Dad's that are near identical, just the head is thicker, that I have been using where needed.
I think Dad would be happy that the screws are being used as no-one, at least around here, uses slotted screws anymore.
Phillips and Robertson have become that standards and while I am not a "purist" I am happy to use something that is very close to original/stock.
Not that much on the truck is stock anymore, but I think it is cool to add some small touches that increase the sentimental value.

I have attached a few pictures. The dash has turned out very nice - I like the gloss.
The model was a "Home Hardware" piggy bank I found online and had it painted at the same time the truck was so I will have the matching model.