Brian good to hear that the Dude is still up and running. It was a long tough life for the Dude M1028A1 but it always came thru. It was driven east coast to west coast 2 times and I drove it about 20 time to Fort Polk and tow barred CUCV's home. When I bought that truck it had less then 2000 miles on it. Ran it hard all them years. Towing, Logging, Hauling everything that was to heavy and dirty to haul in a nice truck and it always shined like a diamond. Towards the end I parted with it because I had to many vehicles and no where to park them. I loaned that truck to every friend and relative I have. Never failed. 100% stock in every way. Glad you are happy with it. All the work you done to refurbish it paid off. Just goes to show that they do hold up even with Autozone replacement parts.