Tons of great info and pics Gene. I just noticed now that your pickup has the older Dakota door handles welded into the doors. Did you do that so you could use the Dakota door latches and handles in your build? My 56 has decent door hardware and the doors are really solid, but I'd really like to have the same remote door locks capability on my 56 C as I have on my current Dakota.

Looking at your pics and write up, all I can say is WOW! Lots of fabrication and engineering that anyone who has not done one bit this cannot fathom the depth of thought and design that goes into what in operation seems such a simple thing.