Truck Reassembly!

The front panels have been painted so its time to start putting Thunderpig back together!

We have lots of parts that have been painted and are just waiting to be put back on the truck!

Joe is installing the new hinges for the hood.. The old ones were pretty warn out and were modified so the hood would stay up.. Trust me, the last thing you want to hit your head on is the hood when it comes down on you.. So new hinges were one of the first new parts I ordered! :)

Dad putting on some edging to protect the inside edge of the inner fender where it connects with the cab.

Here's the new edging installed around the inner fender suspension cutout.. This stuff is cool. There's a metal insert inside that can be molded to the shape of the panel edge.. It really looks great!

Here is one of the inner fenders with the edging in place.

Here is the radiator support and drivers side inner fender ready to be put on the truck.

Inner fender installed.. Perfect amount of clearance around the front suspension too!

Here Eric, Joe and Dad are installing the front end on the truck.. With the new panels all nicely painted, everything needs to fit perfectly..

One last approving glance from Eric tells the story.. This baby is coming together nicely!