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Made this lower dash piece today for a radio and 12V & USB outlets, sending the dash out in couple days to have Hydrographics applied, burl wood pattern like on the 37 Packard, trying to class up the joint...:cool:

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Welded up and sanded the fenders, they look a little nicer now.
Next is figuring how to mount them so they're not flapping in the breeze...[S[S

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Fenders are mounted!! 3 mounting tabs on each trailing arm with 4 struts to each fender made from 1" square tubing. Stronger than they look, I can sit on them without deflection, in fact, I can stand on the tail without them bending (found out by standing on the left one to try and get the twist out of it - still needs a tweaking...:rolleyes:)

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This is fully lowered

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This is at ride height. This is the reason I put the upward sweep on the fender shape from the running board back - if it had run straight back from the running board, like a short step, at ride height it would tilt down and look goofy..

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Started making the bedsides, welded 1" tubing to the top for a rolled edge ('cause that's what I had on the rack..;)) The bedsides will stand away from the fenders by about 1" to avoid contact. Starting to look more like a pickup now. :)

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Todays progress, made and attached the bed corner posts, whittled from 2x2x.063 tubing. I curved the bottom ends and splayed the tops out for a sort of factory look instead of just square cutting them.

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