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Well work continues.

I have been working on the doors trying to get all the new glass in and get everything operating properly. When I installed the windows in the back doors and tried to roll them down, they would only go about halfway down. The window frame ran into the rod of the offset that I made to lower the exterior handle. The stock location is outside the window track, but the offset puts it in the way. I used mirrors and flashlights to try to get a good look at what it would take to get them to co-habituate in the space. The upper offset in the latch was on the exterior side of the track but the lower offset was on the interior side of the track. When I first came up with the idea to lower the exterior handle I wasn't thinking about the window, and I just ran a die over the square end of the shaft of the handle and put a nut on it to keep the offset from falling off. It is long enough to go into the latch on the interior side of the door. After getting a good look at it and understanding what was interfering with the window, I saw that the shaft didn't need to reach the latch anymore so I could just cut it off and file a new square end in it to fit the offset and keep the whole contraption on the exterior of the glass. After re-installing it the windows rain freely all the way up and down.

The last thing I needed to do for the doors was to figure out how I wanted to deal with the interior door panels. I went back online to get ideas, and it also made me think about armrest. When I bought the trucks, the interiors were mostly non-existent, so I didn't even realize it had armrest. I decide on a pretty simple design for the panels and then mocked up some armrest. Last year when I painted the doors, I did the interiors too not knowing if I wanted to cover the whole inside or just the area by the handles, I glad I did. I like the way the panels turned out, but the armrest may function well I don't like the way they look so I will keep working on those.

The next big step is to install the windshields. klhansen your right I may need to scaffold the cab to get to the upper one, my next-door neighbor is restoring an AD truck also and is ready to install his windshield too. So, in the next week or so we are going to do a windshield installing weekend, hopefully just one.

One last thing. When I finished all the electrical and got all the glitches sorted out, I decided to see if it would start. I primed it a little and it started right up. I feel like I'm getting close to the maiden voyage.

Thanks to everyone following along, I enjoy your support and comments.

COCOE