90's Palomino complete rebuild and upgrade: Overland-Expedition Build

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New to pop tops, not new to overlanding.
Bought this Gem cheap enough, near as Palomino can figure (warehouse fire destroyed older records) its a early 90's designed for an oddball: S10 long bed!?
Roomy enough and makin it work with my Dodge 2500 shortbed.

here's initial pics, initial buils specs coming and ever evolving.

1st pic...day I bought it.

 

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260 mile drive home from picking up in Oregon

 

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got it home to Idaho, popped top next day for anticipated close examination.

 

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as delivered interior layout and initial status-condition

 

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Starting truck chassis for this build is a 2001 Dodge 2500 Cummins. Scored it a year ago on its way to salvage auction after a lite front end hit totaled it.
Ive had several of these 2bnd gen Cummins trucks. Taken them close to 500k miles! Best diesel engine ever! Not a Dodge fan but for sure a Cummins FAN!
Great donor truck that I am Also upfitting for both overland and desert racing chase truck.
Ill be including info its build also.

 

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work and colder winter temps slowed my progress but finally got my old propane furnace out, and new diesel heater installed. Lots of little "qwerks" that i had to work out with the heater, watched many YouTube videos from the UK and got it working awesome. 1/4 the space of the original space of the propane unit.

 

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More build pics coming but this evening I finished all the new cushions

 

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Testing out the color I’m going to paint it