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Bumper done. Now I can tackle something else on Saturday. Probably the fenders and turn signal guards.

I was standing in my driveway after a long day at work, just having a drink a watching the kids play in the yard, and I decided to start sanding Betty's front bumper. (Kind of sounds kinky now that I read that!). I've been cleaning and painting a bit of the truck at a time for a couple of...

We need some more photos!

I'm still in, Ron. You've got my info already by PM.

Chris, I did get it on Amazon. Just search DynoMax 17724. I couldn't find it for less than about $85. Some guys have been posting prices around $50 but I couldn't find it that cheap. It definitely makes a difference. I don't know how to describe it other than it reduces the exhaust noise quite...

That looks good. A snorkel is on my list but I haven't gotten down to it yet. Is your entire truck flat black?

Regarding a video so you can hear the sound of the new muffled exhaust, still nothing good. I discovered that I do not like the exhaust flapper as it rattles and clangs way too much. Above 2K the exhaust note resonates with the flapper and it sets up a terrible high frequency rattle/squeal...

That looks much better than the last time I saw it! How's that new motor running?

Dang, you had a busy week!

Finally got everything put back together and looking good. I like the exhaust note of the new muffler but now I hear all kinds of other rattles and squeaks that need fixing. Really pleased with it overall. I'm trying to get some decent video for upload. The last couple of attempts have...

Thanks. I'll do a video when I take it out for a ride later this afternoon. Are your troop seats wood or fiber glass? I probably do much more than necessary. Prep is 98% of the job. Clean, scrape, sand, fill in the cracks in the wood, sand blast the metal, clean, prime, clean again and...

Slowly but surely. Sat down here for a break and a glass of cold rum. Ahhhh! The door is back on. Here are some photos of the progress.

I made a mistake and ended up with a too short exhaust stack. I'll have to pick up a new piece of 3-1/2" exhaust pipe to get the stack cut to the right length. I like the way it sounds now. I also managed to get the door hinges drilled out and separated. The drill cut into one of the hinges...

Weather is very nice today after the stormy Thursday night. I took the afternoon off and worked on Betty some more. I needed something low-stress so I didn't fool with the door hinges and saved them for tomorrow. I started installing the DynoMax muffler instead. I disassembled the stack, did...

I found out this afternoon that a 12-ton press maxed out wouldn't even budge the pins. I'm going to try drilling them out with my drill press. If that fails or damages the hinges, then I'll finally give up and buy new hinges. On the brighter side, the hood hinges that I ordered came in the...

I was expecting the new DynoMax muffler to show up yesterday (from Amazon) but it didn't. It was however, on the front porch when I stepped out at 06:00 this morning. Weird, but sometime between about 23:00 last night and 06:00 this morning it landed on my porch. It came by UPS but I've never...

Yep, I checked. The box is a good 3 inches too tall to fit above the fuel tank. It's a decent space though for a custom box. I work with a few fabricators. I think I'll see what they can fab up for that space.

I dropped the door hinges off with a friend that has a hydraulic press. He's going to try pressing the bolt/pins out. I'm hoping a lot of steady pressure and a bit of heat will do the trick. Just as a backup plan, I checked on the price and availability of replacement hinges. They range from...

Well, ain't this a fine mess! The passenger side hinge bolts are putting up a real battle, but its not a battle that I'm going to lose. I was worried about bending or breaking something else while heating and pounding on the hinges, so I took the whole door off so I could get the hinges in a...

The passenger side is even worse than the driver side was. I'll have to let the PB soak a while longer and hope I can get these hinge bolts driven out by next weekend. My DynoMax muffler should be here sometime this week. I hope to get the door/mirror finished and get the muffler installed...