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I started sanding on the "new, good" hood and am questioning things. The skin isn't what I'd call "tight, tight." I see serious highs and lows that I figured weren't as bad as I thought as I ran my hand over the surface. It isn't quite canning, but bounces up and down , and isn't tight. The right side is pretty serious as you can see in the picture. I’d rather not have to use filler over most of the hood. Weird thing though, is that it is almost symmetrical left to right, with the right being more advanced. I'm wondering if new vibration pads will help enough to warrant a "little filler." Thoughts, Bolters?

In the meantime, I began searching for a replacement hood. I checked at my Uncle/Aunty's (my departed uncle who gifted the truck) but that old GMC hood was worse off. I then tried an old boy who's a friend of my dad's. He said, "Sure. Come on over. I have a couple you can look at to see if they'll help you out."

So I did. And found a gem of a GMC hood with only two little bolt holes on top that are easily worked. The skin is very tight, straight, and made me drool.

I went to the house and asked about a sale.

"Oh. That GMC. (1 of 2 candidates) I'm not selling that. I'm fixing it up one day." He's done this to others, including me, in the past.

3 miles from the farm. And he won't sell it to me. After he said to come out and we will see if he can help me out.

"I'm gonna fix it up one day."

"Really? When are you starting?" I replied.

"One day... I already started moving things around."

I told him, "No, you're not and no, you haven't. That truck hasn't moved in over 10 years. And the yellow was parked well over 20. One day means never. That truck is going to rot into the ground and waste away. Sell me the hood."

"No."

Makes me crabby. Fix it up. Pfft. No means to do so. No income to do so. No ambition to do so. Old age won't allow him to do so. Hoarders are infuriating. Fred Flintstone's car has better floors than this truck does. The yellow one is even worse.

Offer of trade my primed hood + cash.

"Nope. I'm fixing it up" he says. 🙄 Grrr. Insert bloody "bleep bleep" here. I'm glad he wasted my time, too.

So, I'm sitting on my hood for a bit in hopes my dad can talk sense to this guy. My other uncle might have some leads on some possibilities hiding on people's back 40.

In the meantime, I removed the door skin on the left door. I HATE THIS LEFT SIDE DOOR PROJECT. The previous attempt's bottom edge missed (see earlier posts) and buckled/ pinched the lower edge. It wasn't going to make the cut on the quality I need on this build, so out it came. I cut the scabbed up piece out, cut a new piece of 18 gauge, welded, planished, ground smooth, cut to fit, straightened, and I think this go round will be good. Knock on wood. Test fitting right now. How many hours have been put into this bleeping door? Gotta be over 60 now. Ugh. Reproduction? Oh, right. The LH sides are a POS for A-pillar fit.

Hours: 542.

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