Interior and under the hood

It occurred to me that in my first picture post, I showed only the vehicle exterior. So let's have a break from all that bondo and look a little further.

Heres the inside on that first day. Notice that some dash holes have been smoothed and altered, and that a big steel center console has been fabricated. These old trucks have a removable transmission access plate bolted into the floor which is kinda cool. Theres going to be a large tachometer mounted atop the dash, angled at the driver.

This is a stocker for comparison:

Here- I'll clean it up and open the door so you can see:

Floor looks pretty nice, all cleaned up. You can see where parts of it have been replaced, and the fabbed console bracket/driveshaft tunnel at the rear.

There was a long patch installed along the entire width of the cab, at the very bottom rear of the bulkhead. Must have been rusted out there, see the seam? Like the bedside patches, it was very nicely done. There will be another pic of it from the outside later.

Alright, now lets go around front and look under the hood: 

The hood is a mess, it will have it's own picture post. But heres the engine compartment. Most noticeable is the indent on one wheelhouse to fit the new air filter location, and additional hood rests built onto the core support. Dig the fancy hood hinges!

Watch for another post about these areas after they have been tended to, they haven't yet but the interior has been primed with epoxy and I didn't get a pic of that but I will. Just wanted to fill in some of what I haven't shown so far. Same thing underneath the floor. You haven't seen the underside of the cab yet, and its kind of a mess. I did quite a bit of work under there and y'all will see eventually.

To wrap up, well lets stick our heads under the front end and look under the truck with the hood shut: