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2/12/25: With the rise of shipping cost and the threat of rising steel prices, I decided to make a trip to the “Truck and Car Shop" and pick up all of the oversized parts I still need to complete my build. I called to pre-order the parts needed and my wife and I proceeded on a three hour trip to Concord NC. The day called for light rain but it didn’t start until I pulled into the parking lot at the “Truck and Car Shop”. The predicted “light rain” turn quickly into heavy rain once I started loading all my goodies.

The parts I bought were the front bed panel, the lower radiator splash panel and SS angle and bed strips for the bed. I also bought everything I needed to get the cab back together, new glass for the windshield all of the rubber moulding to install the glass and some bling. Polished SS outside door moldings, polished SS windshield trim, polished SS hood center moulding and a chrome center bead for the rear and corner glass.
I also bought the front and center bed cross sills and support blocks.

Being that we are NASCAR fans and since we were so close the Charlotte Motor Speedway, we stopped at the Gift Shop but the weather curtailed any other activity. Still, it’s a really impressive complex and I plan on attending a race there someday.

On our way home, we stopped at the Wooden Robot brewery in Charlotte for lunch which I highly recommend.

The trip home was a bit nail biting, with the downpour continuing for most of our trip. It’s like Christmas, but a bit disheartened as they won’t be getting installed anytime soon. I’m still stoked that I’m creeping closer to that “light at the end of the tunnel”!