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Closer to road ready, just took a few laps around the block and so far so good.

Windows all in finally

Dash complete

Apparently i did something right . Now to wrap up the led back lights in the gauge cluster .

On with the electrical finally dash is in and the heat/ac controls wired up. Now to wrap up the blinker switch, head light switch and the wiper controls. Then tidy it all up and loom it back in its final mounts.

Blinkers, washer squirters and new two speed electric wiper motor adapted into the original linkage .

The black surrounds match better than the gray.

Front bumper and lower high/low beam lights installed , also removed the gray headlight rings and they will be black to match the bumper.

The slotted wheels are brand new and are already the 2nd set of new rims and tires I have had on it . Considering it hasn't even left the yard since I started building it. They are going to have to work for now. I looked at wagon wheels but are only rated for 2,200lbs.

Green finally

Getting closer to final paint

Getting metal work smoothed out and closer to paint

Windshield fit dialed in now I dug out the other glass and new gaskets for a test fit. On to fixing the other body dents and then paint . The curves are a challenge under the windshield.j

Windshield fit fine tuning is close to complete(lots of grinding to go) then on with the rest of the body work. It is road legal and insured now as motivation for myself to finish it this summer.

Finally weighed the thing and it is 6,989 lbs in its current state. So out went the load E tires and bullet hole rims that were only rated to 3,000 lbs . In came the load F rated tires and slot mag rims rated to 3,700 lbs each. I think the tread is a little less aggressive than the prior tires...

That is a good point but there is very little side force on the air bags and link bars. All of that force is in the panhard bar. I will see if I have the room to put in some gussets. Overbuilt is always better than broken.

Also finally squeezed in the bilsteins that have been on the shelf long enough. It took a little odd mounts to get them to clear the links, bags and brake lines. I also grabbed up a sprinter 1.125" rear sway bar to squeeze under there, one bar in the front and one bar in the rear somehow.

Changed out the old Minneapolis Moline low pressure single acting cylinder for a modern 3,000 psi double acting one and a new double acting pump to go along with it. Nice not to have the leaks anymore.

Finally fit the windshield and it fits Lots of welding pays off