Chipped away all the old sound deadening as it was impregnated with oil and permeating thru the carpet. Installed new stuff. Took forever! Spliced the wiring into a junction box where it will split to the diferent lights and trailer wiring from...
Cut the rear pannel, i will put an rv sliding window on it. Built the rear body mount directly on the bottom of the rear frame. Started building the flat deck with 2in x 1/8" 6061 tubing. Turned half the garage into a paint booth to prime and...
Blead the brakes , changed the rear calipers, slaped a seat in it. Added some temporary brackets as a level refference point for the flat deck and took it off the jig. Quite a milestone to have a rolling chassis. It will make working in the shop...
Brake lines have been extended and the gas tank is back in. I Also made 6 aluminum brackets that will hold down the roof section in addition to being glued in
In order to weld the top of the fish plate inder the cab, I had to disconnect all but the front body mounts, jack the rear of the cab by 10" and use my stubby tig torch. It was a verry tough weld to lay. I am glad that I spent the time and build...
Boy its a lot of work! Getting decent progress but still lots to do. The frame extension along with the LCA brackets and new body mounts are now in. The rear rool cage/headache rack is built as well as the new roof section.