Ok... Ok gentleman... I've caught a little flack over my last U13. lol All the the little bits and pieces that are not 100% original I knew about and passed it for one reason or another.
The speaker cover plate is came off a 66 parts truck I had and it was definitely '66. I compared it to my #51's speaker assembly and both are C6TZ part numbers but had different mounting and hardware. Why I decided to use the speaker plate... without it the dash looked like it was really missing something! Being open top and such a light color, you could clearly see right through to the firewall... it just looked bad without it.
The radiator was the nicest origina FoMoCol radiator I ever owned. It's was perfect and at the time didn't have a '66 and didn't need a '67 I6 radiator so I used it. Looking back I wish I wouldn't have but oh well. The hose clamps the reproduction Wittek SUCK... SUCK... SUCK!!!!!! I hate them because they leak, strip, or break! There is nothing worst then getting a truck all put together and having some stupid coolant leak on your fresh motor. The larger Wittek hose clamps are a bit better then the smaller ones but I wasn't going to put up with it this time.
All the chrome... well there are two main reasons why I didn't. First being a "Delete" and mute color without some bling I was worried the truck wouldn't pop. Ok yes I'm mainly a purist but I still wanted it to be eye catching. I made sure everything I added could be easily swapped out back to original. About the hardest swap would be the cluster gage bezel. I offered to provide all the original pieces to be sold with the truck. The second reason I want with the chrome although it was a "delete" truck it originally had the bright package on it so I just tried to add some tasteful touches too. Looking back there are some things I wouldn't have added. With that said honesty she looks much better in person then pictures. Most of the chrome looks right and not so out of places if your not a bronco guru.
I was surprised that the Arcadian Blue looked much better then I thought so all the extra chrome really probably wasn't needed after all.
The floor mats yes '76 mats well the truck was mat delete but how do not put a mat down on a fresh paint job? I certainly wasn't going to do a cheap Autozone mat. lol
So, in short... my little deviation off original is short lived now back to my purist ways! ;D I do really appreciate the positive feedback because I put a lot of time, money, and effort into each build.
