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That's my problem: I've been to Shore Acres many times for the Christmas light show at night, but never actually seen it during the day.

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OK fellow and gals, only 5 days left to vote on TOTM, only 143 votes total so far. If you haven't voted here's the link http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=800072 Thanks...Jim

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YES everyone vote! every time I log in I see 10-20 people browsing this forum, and only a few repeating usernames!



thanks for the pictures, got any more of this one? I like the 56 car trim but I am wondering what the bedside looks like.

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Joedoh,
Yes I have a few more. It was a beauty. Notice the glass had no rubber seal.
John

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Object of the game is to put this AN fitting in the water pump. This is a Flowkooler high flow water pump. They are the only ones I could find that make a high flow for a 292. I still have some smoothin to do. I cut it off reamed it out and ran a 3/4" pipe tap in it. This goes to my Ron Davis drag radiator between the frame rails with electric fan and electric water pump. This radiators prime function is to cool the engine after it is shut off with override in case I get caught in traffic in death valley. I have Dakota HDX gauges that control 2 fans with individual speed and temp cutout and will run for up to 6 minutes after shut down. If I am posting too often or too many pictures please let me know. Thank you for your time.

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Mick, there’s no such thing as too many posts or too many pictures.

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thanks, I was wondering what he did about the spears and it looks like he just removed them.

that rear glass probably cost more than childbirth.

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X2 keep them coming...Jim

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X3. At some point you'll do something that isn't over my pay grade! That's some neat stuff!

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nice work.
just curious if the AN fitting will restrict the flow of the pump due to the necked down inside diameter.
I am sure you have that covered

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[QUOTE=dsraven;8668345]<snip> ...just curious if the AN fitting will restrict the flow of the pump due to the necked down inside diameter... <snip>/QUOTE]

I hope not. These are -AN10...

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Go at 4PM and see the waves then stay for the light show and the free hot cider and cookies in the Gardens Victorian house. Don't stand too close to the wall overlook as we watched some folks really get splooshed/knocked down by a wave top.

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Should be fine. If I didn't have the extra inlet I would have tee'd it off the heater hoses. It's an aux radiator. The electric pump has the same fittings.

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I got my complete ignition system last night. I bought 2 extra coils. It has sensors for manifold air pressure and air temp. Coolant temp, knock sensor and exhaust gas. It has continuous spark for 60 deg. rotation on the power stroke. It has multiple soft rev. limiters. You can store multiple ignition programs. That gets me through page 8 of 134 in the manual. It has a valet mode where you can limit the rpm's and the speed. Don't think I'll need that. My racing team that cost $28 to set up saved me $277.

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I put the safety wire on the front rotors. This was not fun or quick. Here are a couple of things I learned. This follows the general rule that the hole you need is in the worst spot. This is .032" stainless wire, when you cut it it is hypo sharp. The $25 for the twisting/locking pliers is money well spent. Always cut the wire at a 90 deg. angle and deburr it with sandpaper. It only takes a few seconds and will save you much pain. Bend over the ends and point them down when you are done. Pick up your scrap. Thank you for your time.

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yeah, but it looks soooo cool.

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Pulled my 3 speed trans and installed a 4 speed trans , used my 3 speed on the column and converted it to a 4 speed column shift with reverse shifter under the seat . Tested it up on stands and shifted great may tomorrow to test run it and make sure it shifts good.

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I had painted the CHEVROLET letters on my tailgate, but found where I had cut the tape around each letters, CUTS appeared into the body color. So NOW, I had to sand that down, tape up the letters and will be repainting the tailgate. I've been told repeatedly that the "smart" thing to have done, is to paint the letters before painting the body color. Sunday will be a great time to complete this.

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Oh crap...

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My new handmade wood gearshift knob made my used wood steering wheel look shoddy by comparison, so I refinished the wheel in deep gloss varathane to match.

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Nice...Jim

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finished fitting my inner fender. its ready to come off to be painted. I have a small crack to weld up as well. I started fitting the lower valance. I had to trim it and the front frame crossmember to get it to sit right. need a tiny bit more trimming. its coming.

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Installed lap belts.

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Spent two days reading here to get me back in the mood. All I need now is for Spring to get here.

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I'm in Indiana and I feel your pain. Hoping for a early spring.

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I get tired of fighting with parts people sometimes and have to retreat to the polishing bench and hide for a few days. I'm polishing brake and clutch stuff. The parts I have left to do in this batch should be easier than the ones I have done. These babies will slip right through the air, polished parts are so much more aerodynamic. I don't know why polished parts photograph so poorly but they look quite nice.

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Finally got around to starting my '57 with the new Street Demon 625. I bought the carb at the tail end of 2019, didn't arrive until the first week of January, a few weeks later ran it out to my dad's shop and got it installed, went to turn the key, but the starter kept winding out. Bought a new starter, got it at the end of January and finally ran it out to my dad's shop today and got it installed and on the second turn of the key she fired right up. The truck starts so easily and idles perfectly now. It was raining today (Pacific Northwest) so I'll have to wait until next week for dryer weather to take her for a spin.

http://defyperception.net/img/truck/street_demon_01.jpg
http://defyperception.net/img/truck/street_demon_02.jpg

YouTube: Street Demon Second Start

I'm going to need to shim that new starter :/

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This is one of my Wilwood remote reservoirs. I rigged up this setup with a drum sander holder I took from the wood shop. It's on there quit well. I still put a blanket on the floor to avoid that sound that haunts us all of a polished part hitting the concrete. I didn't run the drill super fast and layed a wet rag on it. That's probably not super safe but no one will ever know. It was in nice shape just the normal fine machining marks. I sanded with 600-1000-1500-2000 and then buffed with tripoli compound. I used the rotary tool in the tight spots and the die grinder on the flats. It passes the serial number test. Next piece please.

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Exceptional work!

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Installed the tailgate, roll pan and fixed the lower gap on the drivers door!

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That's how you do it!

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Thanks!

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Can you stop by and do some welding for me?

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Would love to!

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I worked on my truck for the first time since moving to Idaho, WHOOOO HOOOOO! OMG did that feel good! Got NOTHING accomplished but the good feeling of touching my truck.

I posted about the problem I am having in the "message board" if you have any ideas let me know.

Brian

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After taking a week off to help my Mom after my Stepdad passed away, I got back to working on hiding the under dash wiring and reinstalling my center console.

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I feel like I went to a therapist tonight, I got out in the garage and put my "five minutes" in on my truck! Damn did I miss doing that! Stopped on the way home from work and got some metal. Made a template of the shim for the cab mounts and marked off my metal and drilled holes. Damn, I feel like a man again!

Brian:metal:

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It's surprising how 5 minutes makes everything so much better!!!

Jim W

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Yep! The hardest part was getting my "anvil" off the floor under a cabinet and up on my work bench. That baby is HEAVY!


Brian

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I hear you. I have a few things to do to my truck that won't even cost anything but cold and rain have me out of the mood to work on it, even though it's in the garage.