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Location: Sacto, CA
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Default Black Widow Build (first year)

This is a list of the various and sundry items I changed on the truck during the first year :
April
- installed inner & outer wheel bearings, front passenger side - added missing lug nuts - replaced air filter & housing (in hind-sight, I shoulda just modified the housing to accommodate a standard filter) - added 8-ball gear shift knob (father-in-law extracted from his attic and drilled it out for me) - added turn signal controller to fuse box - wired turn signals to fuse box - fixed broken lug, driver side rear - wired cigarette lighter to fuse box - removed old floor coverings - removed "tow hitch" wiring - added driver side exterior rear view mirror
May
- changed oil & filter - adjusted exhaust pipe and muffler - removed bed rails, pinned down plywood bed (everything rattled like heck)
June

- added reflective foil to front turn signal housings - removed old speedometer cable
August

- replaced steering wheel w/one from '62 C10 (had a shmarmy 80's style steering wheel, good riddance) - added V-6 emblems to hood ($10 for the pair at local swap meet, couldn't help myself even if they're not factory corrrect) - trimmed plywood bed and re-pinned it down - replaced rear springs w/used springs from '62 C10 (old springs had been "heat treated") - replaced speedometer cable (used 68" length, can use 62 length") - rewired rheostat on old fuel sending unit (this didn't really help things though) - replaced fuel sending unit gasket and mounting hardware - removed seat, spray painted interior floor and sill plates - patched upper door sills (under drip rail the whole section was gone, both sides. Cut and bent some thin sheet metal, riveted in place and "sealed" with black poly-euro seal) - eliminated steering wheel wobble - removed exhaust pipe from muffler rearward (tried to cut it, but entire thing came off in my hand)
September
- cut exhaust pipe and added short piece behind muffler - cut and installed dash panel patch cover (got into the free pieces bin at the local plexiglass place) - cut and installed front turn signal covers (that free bin again)
- refurbished stock turn signal switch at base of steering column (not currently using it, but had fun learning. Practiced on a '62 column first.)
October
- refurbished front turn/parking light assemblies (grounding issues fixed)
- intalled new yellow bulbs in front turn signals - installed used gas pedal
November
- replaced both brake/turn signal assemblies with new ones ($7.50 ea at Pep Boys, yep went cheap but they look fine. Spent a minute spray painting the insides for a touch of class) - replaced screws that hold fuse box to firewall - restored brake/turn/running light harness connector
December
- replaced positive terminal battery cable - replaced battery
- replaced locking gas cap - added battery hold down assembly
- added two seat belts (after the kids slid across the seat during an average left turn this addition became a little more important) - added exterior peep mirror, removed temporary exterior mirror.
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