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Body prep, and interior for my rebuilt 1991 dodge first gen

Pulled it out today and washed it, took it for a ride and noticed wind whistle around my brand new window seals, WTF.
When I got back i compared the new I just installed and the old that I still had at the shopšŸ˜© the window strip kits include a couple different styles, I imagine that this kit also fits other trucks or other years so like carburetor kits, there is always parts for something else. I had installed the wrong rubber seal around the top and rear of the window and when it went up it wasnā€™t properly sealing. Door panels had to come off took a couple more hours of profanity, but it looks right now, tomorrow the tires and wheels show up by 11 am, so Iā€™ll take it for another ride and see.
 
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Almost forgot, this is the first thing I did this morning before I washed it, got the plug out of the bung for the EGT thermal couple, took 2 old 3/8 drive sockets and welded them together so I have a 3/8 square on both ends, then heated up the fitting with a propane torch really hot then melted some candle wax on the threads, works like penetrating oil but better and faster, came right out, then installed the thermal couple. I have to pick up some plastic color spray to match the interior plastic to paint the new A pillar pod gauge holder and finish the gauges installation.
 
There a a few mor improvements Iā€™m going to make to it like, finish the gauge installation, turn the power up a little more and head studs, plus the tires and wheels. The thread was body work , paint and interior on this truck and that part is done. Fat lady is singing
 
Wheels and tires showed up and got them on, but still canā€™t drive it, ( there always has to be something ) they seat me a six lug wheel nut package instead of 8 lug, called customer service, they are on the way, the other thing Iā€™ll take care of tomorrow, see the black center cap in the bottom picture, Iā€™m going to chuck the 2 for the front in the lathe and put a 4ā€ hole in them so they fit over the front hubs and install them.
 
Plastic was too flimsy to chuck in the lathe, the hole needed to be 4-1/4ā€ so I screwed it to a piece of plywood with the mounting holes so I could clamp it in the drill press, used a 4ā€ hole saw and finished it with a Dremel with a flapper wheel, tomorrow Iā€™ll paint the hub black and shine up the chrome part. Now just need the rest of the lug nuts.
 
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