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Today changed out the 16.00 tires for 14.00s.
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Status of the conversion. It's been too dang hot to work on it. September weather will probably kick my butt as well, so maybe some good progress in October?
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Mocking up the bedsides around the engine. Four brackets then it's done.
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Lots of stuff done: rebuild the floor, mount folding bench seat, add steering column, hang the brake pedal.
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Some notable progress when comparing "then" to "now":
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Progress update December 2
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Got the steering lines routed, new fittings, hoses, fluid, all buttoned up. At least SOMETHING is done.
Relocating the steering box to the diagonally opposite corner of the chassis was way more difficult and expensive than I imagined:
-redrilling the frame
-shortening the brake actuator on that corner
-bumping out the firewall
-longer high pressure & return lines
-custom bracketry for the steering column
-12" offset 1:1 gear box
and a whole bunch of hours....
Relocating the steering box to the diagonally opposite corner of the chassis was way more difficult and expensive than I imagined:
-redrilling the frame
-shortening the brake actuator on that corner
-bumping out the firewall
-longer high pressure & return lines
-custom bracketry for the steering column
-12" offset 1:1 gear box
and a whole bunch of hours....
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Change of plans for the bedsides: am going fleetside.
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31) Change of plans, doing fleetside.
I was struggling fitting the stepsides, found these J20 bedsides, going that way. Will mount them backwards (long side aft), line up the wheel openings, add ...
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An update on the Kaiser/Gladiator for March 23. Mounting the radiator guard, simple enough.
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Working on the interior abit. Easier to do before running the electrical and pneumatic stuff.
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Working on buttoning up the air intake plumbing and some other little stuff.
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I am sooooo loving this truck. Great job and well thought out!
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Thank you Kind Sir, I appreciate that very much.
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It's getting hot out, but I cannot complain coz deserts are like that 
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Incremental progress, but it still counts
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Today it was too hot to do alot, but I did manage to install the batteries:
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Pulling some harnesses to the instrument cluster. "Assemble in reverse order".