The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Pics of my project.

The task force style instrument cluster is an interesting touch. Did you do that? How neatly was it done?

My grandfather did that, apparently the original gauges crapped out on him, he lived in a little tiny blink and you'll miss it town, and his hours as a ranch foreman didn't give him a lot of time to go find parts. His friend owned a tow company and a guy had wrecked his truck, my grandfather got that gauge cluster and welded in the circles cut the lipped area off the donor dash and welded it in. It's pretty clean but I'm going to have to do a little bit to clean it up, I'll post pictures when I get to stripping and prepping the cab.

The later utility body is a nice touch.Are you planning on keeping it or swapping for a standard bed?

Haven't decided on the bed yet. If I keep it I'm going to go one route with the paint, if I find a decent bed for the right price I'll go a different route. My Grandfather had a cab over camper in that bed, and the boxes were filled with camping gear, if he felt like heading to the lake or the coast all he had to do was hit the store for food, everything else was already packed up. I doubt I'll do the camper part but having gear ready to go would make it that much more tempting to disappear for a weekend.

Nice looking truck.

Started stripping the front end today, the hood is stayin on till I go to take the engine and tranny out. It's comin along slowly.