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Your making my dream ride. Very nice work.

Mine too. That rig is a thing of beauty!

Had some troubles with the gas tanks, the ford truck bed and rusted out old gas tank straps did not work had to fab up a mount. Front gas tank could not put the straps on because one of the floor repair supports I put in was in the way of the slots, so had to fab up that too. Then the front tank leaked out of the vent tube and the pick up tube had to weld, the vent tube then solder the flange of the pick up tube. After filling the tank three times and siphoning it out three times and getting gas all over I finally rigged up plugs so I could test it with air. It is all in now execpt the sending unit is wrong fot the tank and only registers half a tank at full (ordering correct one) more switches in more body work done and soft to and twin stick on the way. Bought the copper pearl paint $300.00 and hope to get some color on it this weekend. Will get some pics this week.

Got some pics again started getting some paint
Gas tank mount

Dash with stearing wheel

body almost ready for paint

final spot putty on doors

tailgate ready for paint

doors painted

tailgate painted
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gas doors headlight ring and hood latch and tailgate handle
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Oooh I like that color!

Very nice work broncolope.

That's an awesome color and you are making me feel very bad about being as slow as I am on my body work efforts on my numerous projects at home

Nice. What is the color?

Bad ass, that's what it is.

"Bad Ass" I like that.. It is a custom mix described as copper pearl
Got my twin sticks installed had to wait till next weekend to finish painting the body.. bummed me out and have to go to fort huachuca arizona.... work is killing me

I'd be afraid to drive it. It's a piece of art. Beautiful rig!

Don't know what happened, I posted friday after finishing painting the body and my post is not here so I guess I will try it again. finished paint and took off for black powder deer hunting. Now have to put all the pieces back together and make front and rear bumpers for it.

Too nice for the woods!

You're not kidding!

Awesome!!

Love that color. Just don't tell some three toothed crack head its got copper in it!

Beauty! Buddy once had a K5 Blazer about the same color. Within a few months of the new paint job, he ran 'er down over a bank between some trees and scrubbed most of it off the sides. Trimmed the new SS mirrors off, too.

Seeing them front hubs reminded me of the time I took a new one out for a test drive, '67 I think? Salesman wanted me to take it "off the road" and into some nearby muck, so I did.

Then he told me to "put 'er into four wheel drive". Sat there and didn't move. He had no idea why, until I mentioned that the manual hubs weren't locked-in. He wanted to know if I'd get out and lock them, I said nope. So he had to. She came right out then, but when we got back to the showroom, the rest of the salesmen had a good laugh over his muddy shoes and pants cuffs.



289 automatic, if I remember it right? Almost had myself talked into buying one at the time, but something came up. Don't think they had anything on the lot then, that wasn't a V8 automatic?

Very sharp!

Love the color...

Awesome WIP thread, thanks for the sharing.

As others have written, that color really works here...

'67 "Baja Clone" on last night's Barrett-Jackson that fetched around $25K. Broncolope's looks better and it ain't even done yet. ;O)

Thanks for all the compliments! a lot of work appreciat it.

got the soft top mounted, upholserted the seats, carpeted the inside with some costum wheel well covers to hold speakers and cup holders and provide storage. all the guts back in the doors and the mirrors on. The flares I bought won't work on the 77 going to have to go back to the regular flares, at least I can use the others on the 70.