Welp... time for an update!
Got a few little misc. things done, nothing major but enough for an update. First and foremost we started with the important stuff, ended up installing a race radio, a dust light, and plate light for the night race a few weeks ago. Sadly the race radio shorted when the harness got pinched under the seat bracket when we re-installed the seat. So I ended up with no radio for the weekend anyway.
Tony and I also installed a set of his projector headlights two weeks ago, and boy oh boy are they amazing! They provide AMAZING light and look fantastic. I'm still getting used to the bug eye look but I can't get over how great they perform. Unfortunately the header panel is cracked all to hell, not allowing us to aim them high enough for the time being.
So, being that the header panel is cracked, and I was missing a drivers door handle, as well as door panels, and a passenger window that doesn't work, off to the junk yard we went. Again, Tony came along to help out and we wrenched in the sun all day. We searched and searched and searched for door panels, and of 15 or so trucks, maybe 2 had panels, and they were destroyed. Most of the stuff was relatively picked over but we came away with a decent amount of stuff. We ended up with a header panel, a window sash, drivers door handle, manual drivers seat bracket, and some interior trim. After arguing with the lady for god knows how long about their price list vs. her insane pricing, I finally went to another window, and paid the correct amount instead of the "White boy" price that I seem to so often get at PAP. But I digress... notice the difference in trim from above... I'm slowly getting rid of the funky ass fake wood grain all over the interior of this truck, one piece at a time.
Now, you may wonder what the manual seat bracket was for. Well, I picked up a set of Twisted Stitch seats from Chris (Cuz_Im_CR) and Alissa. They're reclining vinyl/leather two tone seats, and pretty damn comfy. They'll do me well for what I need them for until it's time to cage. I got to work on that last night / today and got 'em all in and spiffy'd up. They've both got a bit of a lean to the seat back on one side. The insides seem to lean more than the other. I'll call twisted stitch about this when I get some time to see if there's any sort of a fix for it, or if I can tweak something back into place.
First I had to fix the lever/bracket assembly on the track so it'd slide correctly... handy with the bailing wire if I do say so myself.
Then I fabbed up some 2x2 angle iron mounts for it, thanks for the idea Chris!
Dirty Carpet
And finally, the seats!!
Overall I'm happy with the truck so far. Stay tuned for some much needed rear suspension work. Once that's wrapped up, hopefully I'll have my shop set up with a bender and all the stuff I need to build some bumpers.