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77 C20 hauler to crawler

Spent some time out here after work, and took care of most of the in cab wiring. Not a whole lot left to do and the 41 years of cobbled wiring jobs will be fixed with my hack job. Lol
@MTBLAZER89 here is what I did to my switch panel.
These lights were on all the time with constant power to the switches. Terminals 4 and 5 were tied together so I pulled the power wire off the switches and jumped from switch to switch on terminal 4 and cut off the extra 6 connectors. Then I used the part I cut off to jump from switch to switch on terminal 6 and hooked that into my gauge lights. So now those lights only come on with the headlights, and the rest of the switch lights up when it’s on.

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Nice man! Thanks for the tip! I havent even figured out what all the switches are going to do yet!
 
I also started working on my headliner. It was in pretty bad shape. I think the vinyl got ripped off 15 years ago... literally. The corners where the visors mount were toast and I considered ditching it all together, but I really want to keep all the sound deadening I can. The first couple layers were in rough shape so I peeled them off.
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I wasn’t sure how to go about repairing the corners and then I remembered I had the headliner out of my dodge and figured it had to have some material I could use. The top layer is a thin layer of fiberglass so I peeled it off.
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I used cleaned up the old headliner and used some spray adhesive to glue the fiberglass to it.
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Used pieces from the layers I removed to repair the damaged areas.
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Added a couple layers on top of that to tie it all together. Then in true boat guy fashion.... I mixed up some fiberglass resin and slathered it on.
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I’m going to add a layer of “fabric stuff” that I can’t think of the name of... to level it all out, and then I have some dark brown faux alligator skin picked out for it.

I really wanted to cage this before I put the interior together, but I don’t have the funds and I really need to get this thing on the road and get my sons truck put together. He has dumped a couple grand on parts/tires and I’m keeping him waiting. So without cutting corners on this I need to bust it out quick and do the cage later on. I am off tomorrow, and my boss called me asking if he could talk me into coming in but I told him no. He’s in a bind but I don’t have any sympathy for him. We are starting on his new house this week and we still have boats to winterize! Lots of poor planning on his part so he’s going to have to figure it out.
 
Very nice! I’m intrigued by the idea of using a phone/tablet for gauges.
I wish fitech had a way to plug into a tablet like an obd2 equipped vehicle will. I am pleased with my cheap digital gauges though. Hope they last! I like how it all turned out. Probably should have went with another coat of nightshades on my high beam indicator as it’s still plenty bright!
 
Oh and I forgot to mention this... I mounted the Ram mount high enough that the camera has a good view of the road. I don’t think my cowl hood will block the view but I’m not positive.
 

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