Well, it has been a couple of weeks and about 300 miles. The D50 is running very well. I took it downtown this past weekend for a cruise that was going on. Normally would have taken the Valiant, but my wife and I decided to take the D50. Got a lot of positive feedback. People love the color and stripes (lil' Tonka truck) was a common remark. A few of my buddies really liked the engine compartment, and how clean and simple that it is without all of the emissions hoses and piping.

I spent a couple of hours and made some new exhaust hangers to replace the baling wire that someone previously had used to hang the muffler and tailpipe. Now it is hanging on some nice 1/4" round rod from the frame down to the rubber insulators which is a lot more rigid. I also dug into the trailer wiring plug. It has the smaller round 6 connection, and when I tried it with my little trailer, everything worked but the tail lights. Turns out a previous owner had the taillights and constant 12v leads routed incorrectly. I removed the constant 12v from the receptacle as had I already cut it off and repurposed it for the electric fuel pump. Once that was sorted out, everything worked great. Someone had already wired in the smart box that combines the brake and turn signals for the trailer which is the way all of my other vehicles are wired, so it is golden.

Still working on getting the second set of wheels blasted and repainted so I can finally have all 4 tires the same. It is still a bit dodgy driving down the road as the front tires are 2 different sizes and the rears are a 3rd size.
Luckily both rears are the same size, just really old and weather checked. I haven't ventured above 45 mph for short distances in town as I really don't trust the rear tires. Aside from being 2 different sizes the front tires look to be in decent shape and the better of the the 2 will replace the current spare studded snow tire that is hanging under the rear.

I am narrowing in on getting all of the questionable things repaired on the D50 and am looking forward to some fun summer driving!