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I drove by the scrapyard today so I swung in and took the truck across the scale. I pulled the front end up first and it showed 7800. After pulling the whole truck up it showed 13,100. That's about a perfect 60/40 split so I'm happy with that. The truck ran across the scales at 14,800 before...

I actually like the gap between the boxes because I can sit on my rolling stool and rollup under the truck between them.

Bed liner done, liner in the cab, seats installed, tires painted with Miller Tire Paint, door seals installed on the passenger side (still need to do the drivers side Monday). I just need to sell some parts now to fund the window tint and headliner.

Well, we had paint day yesterday. This week was long getting ready, but I'm happy with the outcome. Still need to put the interior together, top coat the bedliner, and fix a rear axle seal leak (as well as I'm sure 100 other small things). Will get some more pictures later. The first picture...

I was originally just going to use the same 16ga I used for the floor and side panels so it would be nice and thick but Lt. Dan questioned me on that which made me think twice. I ended up using 20ga which I think worked perfectly.

Skeleton in, sheetmetal welded on. We still need to clean up the welds, possibly weld a little more, clean the edges, and do seam sealer. It's plenty strong though because I sat on it this morning (which I would never do on the factory top). I also got the muffler the other day so I hope to...

We're working again on Thursday and I hope to have the top completed by the end of the day. I'll try to post pictures after we get that done. I'm hoping to have it in the paint booth within 2-4 weeks.

I got a few hours of work in on Wednesday. I finished the upper B pillars, welded them in, cleaned out the cab, installed the front seats, started it up, and backed it out to take it to the exhaust shop. My son was sitting in it waiting, but when I went back out it had an air leak. It looks...

Any thoughts on the best options for the window seals? I had thought about making something up but them also thought about buying more of the factory seals/hardware. Is stuff like that just available for universal fit?

Well, the past two months have been really crazy with getting the house ready for sale, vacation, and family time. We've missed a lot of time on the project but have made progress the past couple of weeks. The cab metal work is complete, the seats have been completely installed and then...

We got the final floor metal down, rear seat crossmember installed, drivers side exterior sheetmetal installed, and the passenger side sheetmetal prepped to install.

I'll have to look at mine, I'm not sure.

We got the center cross members installed, 5 of the 6 floor panels installed, 2 of the 4 B pillar inner sheet metal panels installed, the 2 lower outer B pillar panels cut and bent, the rear seat rear mount cut, and test fit the seats.

I tried both ways but ultimately did more cutting than peeling. I think you could cut the whole back off as one piece, you'll just have to take your time. I'm with ducer on the floor thickness, I would suggest doing proper frame work underneather with bumpstops then adding a 16ga floor...

I'm planning to solid mount them. Not that I would mind doing springer bases but I think that might push these seats too high and funds are getting stretched now that we're getting near the end. Also, I figure since these have more padding than the original seats it has to be an improvement...

For anyone who ever wanted to know what it's like to build a lifted four-door deuce here you go, a big stack of receipts, that's what you get. Now you know...

When I had my first deuce and would go to the local Saturday night car show people would just help themselves. It's the only vehicle in the place that someone would just walk up to, open the door, and get in or put their kids in. I don't mind people getting in at all but I want to be there...

It's .30 and I'm using gas on the welder.

Well, we made progress today but it didn't feel as productive as last week. Got the metal on the inside and outside between the cabs welded and ground down on the outside only. Braced the front floor section of the rear cab, made the front portion of the floor, and prepped it for welding but...

I got the seats at a local yard today. Originally said $800 at the register and the person I was dealing with said they'd do better. I was hoping for $400 or less and then the guy said $113 with tax. I about died! I was excited all afternoon after that win. Metal was $108 for both sheets at...