Dang thats a clean truck! Those seats look great! I cant wait to see it with the rims!

 

Hope you're doing something to combat the salt

 

Thanks for all the compliments, Ive never owned a vehicle that was as clean as this one and I hope to keep it that way for a long while

This spring will be the time i deal with the frame and components that way the POR-15 can actually cure lol

 

Well done man. It looks nice. What you have in the center console are now? Keep up the good work.

 

Clean! If you need a center console in blue, I think I can arrange one for you...

 

I will also say that after removing the bar in the floor the seat has lots of room to lean back and pull forward and the best part about it the seat is three way adjustable ^v, < >, and \_ /_ with lumbar support

You have one in blue!! awesome I am very interested send me a pm with all the details and we will work something out.

 

Well I was gonna say 4runner seats will bolt right in, but you beat me to it. Looks good!

 

UPDATE:

Finally put the rims on 18x8 225/45 up front and 245/40 in the rear
I also added a Blue Pinstripe down the side to break up the white a little bit







Now on to the latest news. The other day I went to my step dads to put rear brakes on his yukon and as i went to leave my truck wont even crank!
As I Curse and yell "why me why now" (12hr work day 2hr brake job, and it was dark)
When turning the key alls you could hear is ziiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnngggggggggggg!
My starter went out
Luckily I got some help pushed it out of the driveway and popped the clutch to get her home.
I was able to locate the ONE starter within my region and it so happened to be 2 miles away
Pulled the old starter and guess what? no gear on the end of the spline
Where the gear went you ask? Yep sitting right at the bottom of the bell housing
Lets just say it got creative finding all the pieces of the gear

I need to upload the picture of the pieces but will have them soon


Also in the making is a new fuel door latch to replace the lock cylinder, Dang thing never likes to open easy Pics to come of the new solution, a specialty flush knob i found off amazon.
And I also bought a small digital tach which I hope to install this week!

 

The truck's looking good though! at least it's a manual so you can push start lol

 

Truck is looking pretty sick. nice job on the pin striping.

 

Pictures of fuel door install












sorry i have no pics of the broken starter gear but im making it into a key chain haha

 

Wow that is awesome! Where did you get that from?

 

Thats a good idea. i hate when i have to take my key out , go unlock the gas door and then put the hey back. Just like DionTDE said , where did you find that at.

 

Amazon.com: Southco Inc SC-2103 Knob-End Push-to-Close Latch Southco Push to Close Latches, Fixed Grip for Perpendicular Door Configurations Latches - Push-To-Close Latches - Knob stores flush: Industrial & Scientific
heres a link to the latch, it was quite an experience finding this little guy but after 3hrs of searching I found it on amazon :doh:

 

Nice man, thanks

 

what car is that in the back ground? mid 70's riv?

nice build its looking good bro

 

nice fit, looks klean!!

so do you push that in and then pops out and turn to open?

 

Close! its actually a 1979 Buick Electra, It's my brothers and the deal is if he helps me clean the garage and help me out we will restore it for him, So i can get my truck in there to bag it!!!!


and yes twizted1 you push the middle and it pops out and works as a knob then close it and push the knob it to conceal the knob

 

I think i am going to pick one up. I hate the key one and think it is ugly.

 

Update

So I know its been awhile since I have posted an update on the truck but I wanted to wait till I had time to upload the pictures

Well about a month ago I was on my way towards West Virginia when I hit some traffic on the highway. Normally I wouldnt mind if it wasnt for the fact that my truck wouldnt stay in 3rd or 4th gear.
At this point I knew i needed a clutch since it would slip every now and then but I wouldnt think that would make it so i couldnt engage 3rd and 4th...right?
So I bought a clutch kit and tore it apart the next day I got the clutch in, but wait my problem continued.....I now had a new clutch, flywheel, master, slave blah blah blah here we go now i have to change the trans.....I would have gone with a w58 swap if i didnt need the truck since it is my daily. So I got a used trans from a parts yard and threw it in.

Now for the real story (yes the one with pics)....
While I had my trucked parked at the shop for 2 weeks while I was trying to track down a transmission (you wouldnt believe how hard it is to find these trucks on the east coast) When we finally got the trans, I went to the shop to put it in and when we put it up in the air I was like WTF HAPPENED TO MY TRUCK!!!
I was a victim of a hit a run I wish I found out who hit me
LEFT REAR

It also buckled the bedside near the fenderwell but i couldnt get a good pic

Pushed the bottom of my bed to the right (notice the tailgate/bedside gaps)

But not only that they hit me so hard that they pushed me into another car damaging the RIGHT REAR

They broke the taillight and put two dents right next to the light

Well I did go back to the shopping center near by to see if any cameras caught what happened but none of the cameras pointed to the shops parking area.
So now im stuck with the damage and no money after the trans/clutch deal and need to buy taillights a roll pan and more paint/sandpaper blah blah blah

On another note I decided to raise the front of the truck about 3/4" so I would stop eating my brand new tires apart (the inside edge should not have that nice groove)
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