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It's been a while, so I thought it was time for a little update.

First, I took your suggestion hcb3200 and added some under dash lighting to brighten up the floor area especially at night. I had a bunch of the small LED lights left over from another project, so I installed two on each side of the bottom of the dash. They are invisible until you turn them on. Thanks for the suggestion.

Next, I went to another car show in Buckley Washington about 20 miles each way from where I live. With the car loaded on the back I could hear the tires rub a little when I would go over humps in the road.
When I got home, I looked under the bed and could see where it was rubbing on the tires. I thought about how to raise it to prevent this and decided to add air bags to the suspension. Back when I was in the planning stage of this build, I wanted to have on board air so I could use it to change tire pressures on the car when racing. But as I was building the truck I decided that I could just bring my portable one and a small generator and not have to deal with the on-board compressor and tank. Well that all changed when I needed to add air bags. The system is all installed and works great, no more rubbing even with a heavy truck on the deck.

The second show went a lot better than the first. The truck and the Pantera combo were a big hit especially with the kids. They loved sitting up top and waving to mom and dad. The judges must have liked it too I won "Best Custom Build". This weekend I'm off to the Northwest Good Guy show in Puyallup Washington.