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Well I got a bunch done on it today and yesterday and decided to share! I put the fender badges on. I was able to locate a pair of NOS ones!! I finished wrapping the steering wheel last night so I put it back on. I put the gauge cluster back in yesterday as well as the new locks. I also put the vinyl letters on the tail gate. I have to say I really like them! I put the new door panels on and the handles and window cranks. I then moved on to putting the new door weatherstripping and window channel welting on. I even put the new clutch and brake pedal pads on. I am just looking for the gas pedal pad as it is bigger then the brake and clutch but smaller than the roadsters and 620 trucks. I still hadn't heard the wife poke her head outside and tell me the kids were driving her nuts so I put the sound deadening in as well! The new carpet will be in Thursday so I will put it and the newly recovered seat in next Friday. I should have the grille, front bumper, hood badge and exterior door handles in a couple weeks so I can finish it off. I am putting in lap new belts and they should be here by next weekend.

Wow, your 520 is coming along nicely!

Dale

Really looking good, it must be satisfying to put all the jewelry back on!

Yes, it's looking great! I hope to have mine wrapped up in a couple months, maybe in time to take to Solvang. It's really interesting to see all the little differences between your 67 and my 66. Keep it up, almost there.

Mark

Yeah! Looking really good!
I don't recall ever seeing an accelerator pad on any pre 73 Datsun truck, is there really such a thing?

pebbles wrote:Yeah! Looking really good!
I don't recall ever seeing an accelerator pad on any pre 73 Datsun truck, is there really such a thing?

It looks just like the brake and clutch but just about an inch longer. I found one on ebay and I hope it is correct and not just a brake or clutch pad.

I finished up installing the interior today. I made a template and cut the headliner and glued it in with 3M upholstery adhesive. I used the same adhesive to put in the new carpet. I also put in the new lap belts but have a set of new retractable lap belts I want to give a try. I put the newly redone bench seat in as well. I cleaned up the hub caps and put them on too. It all looks so good! I am just waiting for the chrome and then Keith Williams is coming over to finish up with some last minute wiring. Enjoy the eye candy!

Congratulations again, it really looks great, and I love the bench seat!

Gorgeous from every angle, well done.

notoptoy wrote:Congratulations again, it really looks great, and I love the bench seat!

Yes the bench seat turned out really well. I debated on recovering a set of late roadster seat and using them, but decided that everything else was so original I would just have the bench redone.

The bench seat is a lost feature of cars and trucks. My 65 Impala has one, something is just classic about them.

Well the chrome shop took a week longer than promised but they work pretty cheap so I can't complain too much. Put the three piece grille, hood emblem and front bumper back on. Man it is a lot of bling once it is all on!! I don't think it is too much but it really makes the truck look new again. I posted a picture of the before again for comparison. The before picture is how is sat for more than 18 years prior to me buying it!

Man that truck was like , and I was like , but now its like , and you are like

Again, looking good! Thanks for the before picture it really underscores the transformation.

Great! Are you going to paint the red on the hood emblem as original?