thats part of it, just like the buggys. is the rear main a one piece seal

No Eric, the rear main seal is a two piece.

I fixed the rear main seal on Sunday. I found out what that loud chatter was. It was the starter not pulling back far enough and the teeth were rubbing on the flywheel. New starter fixed the problem.

I had it running up and down my driveway this morning.

looking good

Now I get to deal with non functioning electronics... I hate electrical work on these vehicles.

whats not working? replace the gauges with mechanical ones

Blinkers, brake lights, reverse lights, and headlights. Park lights work.

one more

now that is looking better

What color are we talking? Im thinking brown with an Eagle on the hood

1985 chevy truck has a great Brown mettalic, its real transparent so you have to put a couple of coats of black under it

Thinking metallic blue.

like these, I will send ya up some color chips

Close Eric, I want it dark enough to show off all the stainless steel hardware that it will have, but not too dark that the black fender flares get lost in the color. Does that make sense?

This was a pain in the butt. I hate taping!

Here it is.

that turned out nice

That's a lovely shade of blue. Just teasing...

Very nice build all around, I really like what you ended up with.

Well done!

I don't have the shine I wanted. I don't think I put enough clear on it, can I clear over it again?