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Thank you Pastor Bubba. I'm about to start up again, maybe even today. Here are a few more pics from last fall. I think I will cut out a new fascia for the dash from a piece of hardwood laminate flooring I picked up. Here I am making a pattern from paper to transfer to the wood, then cut it out with a sabre saw. Ready for later. I have a dash panel of gauges from a Fiat, BUT, they may be 6v.? and the speed-o is mechanical. My transmission has an electronic output, SO, I either need a conversion device OR a new electronic speed-o. Neither one is in my budget just now! Anyways, here are pics.

Here I am trying to identify and label the wires coming from the Ranger steering column. This column came from an '89 Ford Ranger, and when I stripped the truck, through ignorance, I left the wire harness et al, and it went with the cab when I sold it. I've never messed with anything like this before, so I had to do a LOT of research. Anyways, my friend CrazyRat helped immensely by sending me a complete wiring harness from a Ranger that he had stripped (thanks friend Larry). So now I am trying 'ring out' the wires with the help of a couple of wiring diagrams. And here's a shot of inside my garage, a big greenhouse. Kinda primitive BUT better than outdoors! And pictures of the body joint where the top sits down on the lower (rumble/trunk) section. It has a little rot. Here we go!