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Thanks Don. I’m not a sheet metal guy, so this is like eating an elephant for me. Clecos are the bomb.... Finally got my 40 acres and a Mule... Thanks, it’s coming along nicely! Thanks Steve! Got the electric and fiber tube run up to the site. They hit some rock, so they had to hoe...

Finally got around to welding the doglegs and cab mount in... Floor pan goes in next, after a little clean up. So, I’m looking at 4 to 6 years till retirement from the grind and we’ve found a plot of land a little south of us were Mrs. Coop’s family is all at... Just over 37 acres of...

Times three... All the best to you Steve.

Thanks Steve! It’s been a while. Been really busy at work and lots of things going on. I’ll give a more detailed update real soon! Hope all is well with you Steve! Wow, 14... I stopped drinking brown tea after the first one too... I appreciate it. Stay tuned, more to come...

Looking good Jim!

Got the rest of the driver’s side pan out... This is why the cab mounts get rusted out... all kinds of debris catching moisture traps built in from the factory... Cut out the previous owner’s hack job of attempted sheet metal repair and test fit some patch panels... The cab mount...

Thanks Steve!

Finally got some shop time in today. Started the demo of the drivers side floor...

Got all the welds done on the top side, got a few on the bottom to take care of, then it’s getting primed. After that, it’s on to the front pans...

Looking fantastic Dave!

Cute pups!

Bette’s looking sweet Don! Awesome paint job!

That is pretty slick Jim!

Hope all goes well with the Doc on Wednesday!

Finally got some shop time in this weekend. Got all the plug weld holes drilled, about 180, then got all the brackets fit up... Started plug welding using .024 solid wire. Bought an 11 pound spool the other day before I started, as I knew I was gonna run out of the 2 pound spool I had in...