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[Rhinoliner]

Man, I reached a milestone today. The drivetrain is in. Check out these sexy pics!

Here in about an hour, I think i'll have me a celebratory

 

[Rhinoliner]

I was just out here looking at everything and making a list of a few items I need to order and it dawned on me that the parking brake is going to need some mechanism to make it operate. Like maybe a cable.

It made me smile. I am pretty sure I know where that cable is at the house. I'm guessing that's about a one mistake.

 

[DanS HJ-45]

it dawned on me that the parking brake is going to need some mechanism to make it operate. Like maybe a cable.

When it looks as good as yours does, is a cable really necessary? I'm pretty sure it might just be a detail at that point.

Dan

 

[LC_Hamma]

Fabulous job so far on the resto FYI, I'd disassemble the parking brake assy cuz you won't be able to get those bottom 2 bolts in the speedo housing, I've tried a few times The lever arm gets in the way no matter how you try & clock the brake shoes. You'll need to attach the cable to the arm, bolt up the backing plate, then reassemble the shoes & springs. Your sheetmetal work looks top notch!

 

[Rhinoliner]

Finally getting around to downloading some pics from my camera this morning.

These are all pretty self explanatory. Just a whole bunch of tedious sheet metal work. The cab is finally starting to look pretty good to me. I only have a few more trouble spots to fix.

 

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[dr_claw]

even your inner rockers look like mine

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Awesome work!!

From my perspective (about to start the disassembly) it looks like you are done. I'll be hard pressed to finish with that nice of a product.
Thanks for the thread/ manual!!

Can't wait to see the rest

 

[Rhinoliner]

I've sort of gotten out of the picture taking mode on every single step along the way on this project. Here are a bunch of pics of my progress over the last couple of months.

I've made a lot of progress on the mechanical stuff. If I could ever finish the cab repairs, I'll get this thing back on the road again someday.

 

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[dr_claw]

looks good!