PilotHouse2500

A few steps closer....taking forever it seems: 6 hours days working on this thing and still not done! Hopefully, today I can call passenger side "done".

Right, and I plan on doing that...but I need to know where to weld a "ring" (thicker version of black thing in pic) to screw the boot and cover plate to.

That's ok, kinda figured right now it'd not be you. I don't know if it REALLY matters TOO much for overall location. I was planning on centering on the gear shift and let the TC fall where it may. I just don't know if that is a problem or not (cause I won't know untill stuff is welded up and painted), just hoping someone has a number/idea before I start making parts become one via MIG.

Anyone able to get me some location dimensions off the nv4500 so I can place the boot right?

Good to hear you are keeping up on things and a good attitude!

weekend's work: Inner fender vertical panel and arc test panel.

He's SUPPOSED to go in for paint this spring....frantically trying to find the energy/time to get everything done in time. The list keeps seems to keep growing sadly instead of shrinking! And I have a dockett already of woodworking projects I need to start on this spring as well (gotta pay for this all somehow as inflation is eating my main job check pretty efficiently). So figure about 1 year or so after I get parts back from paint I hope to have him on the road. And I AM planning a drive out to CA to visit my buddy for his car/truck show and hope to loop up thru the NW as part of the trip.

been a while for an update, so here you go: Power for front doors AC condensor rock gaurd foot pedal head light dimmer Turbo gauges holes punched in Cenrter console

Glad you have a good team buddy! One of my old neighbor is going thru some C as well and a good support staff makes all the difference in the world. Sorry to hear the Neo isn't an option. Hang in there and do all you can, lean on those you can and keep as much smil eon your face as possible. I promise to hold a Zoom here to look over my project by the end of the month.

Good people seem to have bad things happen...it sucks, but I am glad you are finding a way thru it as best you can. While not everyone will appreciate, do what YOU gotta do for YOU. Per request I suspended my donations and will watch for when we can start to help out again, websites aren't cheap and I fully want to help support this community. Drop me a PM if you ever wanna set up a call and check out my old dodge insanity stuff.

I'm heading "up north" near the Canaukastan border this week later to hang with some friends in their shack to have some fun w/o power or running water.....always a blast, so I won't be around till next week for any zoomy calls. If, after that, as I said anyone wants to zoom my shop and do a walk around my project I'd be willing. Glad to hear you in better spirits. I can sympathize your situation to a degree. My wife was in 4 accidents about 2.5 years ago. We count one accident as 3 because it was multi car and she took 3 impacts. She now has TBI and her (and my) life has changed dramatically. She's luckily still "there" but physically she can't do her old job, do house chores, drive at night etc. Severe concussions suck. It can wear on me as well with all the extra duties and understanding it takes now repeating some things as she doens't remember everything as she should. So I totally get where you are, just know people care about ya, are really hoping that you can find a new "normal" and keep a smile on your face as you move forward. Depression is insideous and remember there are help lines available if no one is around in your personal life to talk to in a dark hour.

if you get despaerate, I could zoom a call and walk around my project truck and you all could laugh at my insanity.....beyond that, I'm not too deep into the engine (yet) to get into a 6bt discussion.

It's been awhile since yu last visit here. Updates: outter body work all done as far as I can go. I have started interior work and figuring out how and what I want layed out in the cab. So some shots of the fender "rivets" which are now carriage bolts turned down to look like rivets, NOS arm rests for the people doors, and under dash panels built that will hold AC vents, AC controls and a radio.

Just saw this. Your attitude is a wonder to behold, too many would fold up and give up! Keep that attitude going and do all you can do in life!

Tipping doghouse basically done, some welding needs finished off under the rad support.

And done.

On to the driver side. Second time always easier!

Passenger side tacked on.

few days of work shown here: rear door skins made prepped rear doors for skin addition added power blocks for the rear window power rebuilt door side of the check arms replacing and re-enforcing the area

Snow birds! Once my tendonitis clears up back to the build!

Well, short of a few things to tidy up, "Pa's Shed" is complete for the year and I plan next weekend geting back to the truck. Got lots to do, so hopefully I can keep motivated and start to wrap up all the loose ends there!

parts came back from the plater! Rear door inner handle Vents Valve cover

While waiting to get more work done on the new shed, I have time to work on some stuff on TODD. So, the rears were removed, cleaned up and I POR15'd the exposed work where I knew it'd be hard to get to for coverage from the door access panel area.

Steel all around. Roof got weather tight this last Monday. Now I get to finish the steel siding (yes I paid for the roof steel to get put on).

Shed progressing. It was a busy weekend gettign th etruss set and sheathed.