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**GregWeld** · #**891** 10-25-2017, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by preston

MMMmmmmm......Macintosh amplifiers. Even though they will be hidden away they match the truck perfectly !

I'd love to be able to see those needles dance -- but it won't happen.... but I'll still hear the quality!

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Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

McIntosh....sweet!! That's some top of the line, high quality ish right there fellers.

Yes sir!

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Originally Posted by DBasher

Great looking detail on the front of the bed, most will never know what's been done...perfect. Same goes for the bullnose, a "factory" appearing piece that just looks better. Will it still release the hood?

Thanks Dan --- No it will not operate the hood latch -- the hood latch is a modern version (shown in pictures in here somewhere) -- and it has a separate handle. That was the reason for eliminating - or being able to eliminate - the huge factory moldings and release for this slimer less garish garnish. LOL

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Originally Posted by waynieZ

I like the custom touches to the bed. It's amazing how narrow that hood looks in the shot from the front.

The truck is SMALL ----- as in OMG..... and thanks! When I saw the crude factory bed "end" and the gap ---- I immediately said -- "okay, can we fix that please".

Boss 5.0 · #**892** 10-26-2017, 04:10 AM

The new mods are nice additions. Funny thing about 40's is how bad most front ends line up, fenders and hood. It takes some real work to get nice gaps there. The cab to bed is another one that in my eye has always needed some attention on this era truck, the mods being done are spot on.

Love the interior color with the exterior, they compliment each other perfectly.

Rock on Greg!

**GregWeld** · #**893** 10-26-2017, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Boss 5.0

The new mods are nice additions. Funny thing about 40's is how bad most front ends line up, fenders and hood. It takes some real work to get nice gaps there. The cab to bed is another one that in my eye has always needed some attention on this era truck, the mods being done are spot on.

Love the interior color with the exterior, they compliment each other perfectly.

Rock on Greg!

Thanks Glenn! You have no idea how much I've spent on METAL WORK to get this truck right.... I'm not a fan of "get it close and spread some bondo on it"..... There are so many compound curves to deal with. One of the biggest helps IMHO is to put these old clap traps on a real chassis that's stiff enough to hold those nice gaps when you start putting some real life road miles on. That's why I called Phil and Jeremy (The Roadster Shop) and ordered their chassis.... versus bandaging (boxing etc) the old stock chassis. Now it should drive nice and hold up to being a daily driver.

**clill** · #**894** 10-26-2017, 10:01 AM

And in a week when his short attention span kicks in I can buy it cheap and paint it.

**GregWeld** · #**895** 10-26-2017, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by clill

And in a week when his short attention span kicks in I can buy it cheap and paint it.

You already have your Ford XP farm truck......

Blake Foster · #**896** 10-26-2017, 01:34 PM

Love the color. i have been trying to talk people into Grey for years!!!

OLDFLM · #**897** 10-26-2017, 07:19 PM

Being an Ohio State Buckeye fan, I'm diggin' the Scarlett & Grey!

**GregWeld** · #**898** 10-26-2017, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by OLDFLM

Being an Ohio State Buckeye fan, I'm diggin' the Scarlett & Grey!

See --- people only look at the pictures ----- I AM NOT using the red/scarlet interior --- that was only a suggested color..... but in my head I see black and caramel or dark brown accents.... not red.

**FETorino** · #**899** 10-26-2017, 11:27 PM

That Gray with Scarlet interior is a great choice Greg

**kwhizz** · #**900** 10-27-2017, 07:20 AM

After meeting Harold and his crew (CHRA) during the Good-Guys Road Tour.......Greg is in good hands and probably doesn't even need to go there anymore till the car is finished and it will be completed with perfection without any shortcuts taken...............What a great experience meeting the Chapman Family...........Class all the way !!!!!

Ken