Joe H Yup no problems with the weather in Independence, we came out fine. Thanks for the concern.
Prairie Sailer Thanks for the info on the air cleaner now I know where to look for one. My father and law and I had been talking about making and Extended cab AD truck for some time (I'm tall) and had looked at doing it a few different ways but finally determined it was outside of both of our skill levels and I'm to cheap to consider having it done by a pro. So about the time I had given up on the idea, I found this truck in Iowa for sale. The guy had done lots of work on it but had lost interest so I was able to get it and all the AD parts he had for a very resonable price. It still has a long way to go, and it's looking like the only part from that truck that I'll end up using is the cab. It's been pulled and put on a cab cart at this point. I had a sheetmetal worker buddy build me a custom "Bowtie" firewall for it. And I now have a fresh bare 54 frame sitting in my garage with plans of building up a new chassis for it. The '53 (The truck pictured above) is gonna end up being just a fun driver for the time being in order to keep me motivated on the Extended cab.
Mongo
