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Stripped the old intake off and got the edelbrock performer EPS installed and then ran into a snag with the HEI not fitting.

This

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Just got to sort out if I can fit a stock HEI or whether I need to convert the twin point mallory to electronic with an external coil and then finish cleaning up and painting all the odd little brackets etc and refit them. I've even got a cool little direct mount moon temp guage to go in one hole on the manifold. The Mickey T valve covers are getting soda blasted as we speak and then I can either polish or paint them.

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temporarily mounted a new radio in the spot for the heater controls (it will be stealth mounted later) replaced the door speakers with marine speakers (so that water won't kill them) and continued working on painting the door panels.
I am thinking about putting a pinstripe design on the bottom of the door once I get it looking ok. Maybe something in yellow (Navy blue paint right now)

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My dad found my Bowtie wingnut yesterday so that was my big install last night. Between a headache, sore jaw from a visit to the dentist and the 98* temp, I stayed inside. Hopefully I can get my carpet all prepped for install and get all of my stereo components installed for good tonight.

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Looks good. Even with the v8 in the rear position (with good motor mounts), the HEI will fit. You should take the cap off to install anyway and it will give you more clearance. If it's intake manifold interference you're worried about I won't be any help with the EPS. Performer works fine.

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Cleaned her up and enjoyed my new 406...

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Even with the cap off its hitting the firewall enough to push the top forward and stop me dropping it in I think its engine mount bodgery. I've decided to go with a Pertronix conversion kit for the Mallory as its nearly new and a flamethrower coil, should be here tomorrow. Coil is a black one so it should dissaper on the firewall a little and it'll be relocated a bit more out of sight and rewired anyway.

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I walked out this morning, turned the key, and drove to work!! After my 8hrs, I'm gonna dump the grass clippings out of the back and drive home! Man, is it nice not to be building this one at the moment!

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completed my big block install, worked out a few monor bugs and drove her!!!

(broke the motor in last friday)

Yeehaw!!!!

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Hey Chris, I have the same rub on my upper and lower. Got any pics of how you did it. I have been trying to think of a low vis way to make a rub gaurd.

Anyone else have any cool ideas?

Matt

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Here ya go.. I just went outside and took some pics! Now it is raining! THANKS! hahahha All I did was use some 3/4" Heater hose. Slit it down one side. Rolled it over and ziptied it to the upper hose at the bracket. Works good so far.

lata
CHRIS

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Bought an iPhone 4 so I can take many pics and hd video of her. Hopefully tomorrow I'll start my cam and heads swap

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Renewed my insurance policy.....

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Hung my fenders on the wall...

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dRILLED OUT THE RIVITS AND KNOCKED OUT THE 3/4 TON FRAME SUPPORTS ..

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I had a problem with fuel @ the pump chased it down to crap in the feed line (in the tank that is brand new) blew it out runs great. not going to say where this tank was purchased but you know who you are. might want to up the quality control just a tad! cheers, Pat

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Managed to get all four new panels cut, and installed on the head liner of the burb. Tomorrow I plan to remove one and cut out a new one, since the gaps are to big for the bow strips and just barely hanging on.
The whole thing looks good, but I predict that I will re do another panel in the future.
Trying hard to get her looking good for the Brothers show, and not having any head liner was bugging me to much.

Hopefully she will look her best amongst so many hot looking trucks at the show.

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Worked on the sound sys. Jeez there's a lot of wires? Thank god for by-focals.

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1969 stepper- bolted carb down, put in the radiator, water, added gas and busted it off for the first time. Went to local parts store and bought wheel cylinders, brake hardware kits and new front and rear shoes. Going to make it road worthy.

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I tried to hook my fan switch up but failed badly lol I have no idea what's wrong with it.

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Finished the headliner.
Vacuumed up all the mess.
Took her out for a cruise around town.

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added new trim before then after

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Looks good weircc.
I got my carpet installed yesterday, put the seat in today. Then put new door weather stripping in and capped it off with new door sill plates. So glad I'm done with this go around, tomorrow I clean in preperatoin for next weekends huge car chow. Very excited about that, can't wait!

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Swapped the rear and front suspension for a 5 lug disc. Going to slide the frame out tomorrow for blasting

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This was a few days ago but I finished part of the exhaust and mounted the cab. Today I rebuilt the bed and started to figure out how I want to mount my air tank. Let me know what you all think.

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one more

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Currently deployed but mother and Father-in-law did her up and put her in the 4th of july parade.:metal:

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I had that problem on a car once. Turned out they had the wrong transmission mount and crossmember in there and the engine was tilted down in the back too far. It was just enough you couldn't even get the distributor out of the engine without jacking up the tail end of the trans.

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installed driver door panel, and hauled some wood, drove around

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Washed the exterior, wiped down the interior and cleaned under hood. Took it for a quick drive, first drive in 3 weeks, running good. Gonna have to pull the engine and fix some major oil leaks though, may even put a standard pressure pump back in it, getting tired of it puking oil every time I drive it.

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installed a ton of parts, 4.10 gears with an eaton trutrac differential, monster transmission 700r4, and got my david boyd aluminum gas tank under the bed, plumbed, and wired. what a difference on the performance, went from a tired th350 with 2.73's to all those new goodies. it was a good 4th weekend!!

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I started wet sanding and blocking my 72 gmc cab inside and out- Painting it this weekend DBC Black base coat,PpG dc 4000 clear coat..Will post some pictures.

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put my 69 on jack stands and pulled all the wheels, its time for a full brake job

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Changed the engine and rear differential oil. Mobile 1 fully synthetic.

Next is the tranny fluid and filter.

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Modified my square body K10 frame to make it fit the 67 cab structure better by moving the back of cab frame arch 10" rearward and cut it down in length a little to place the tires where I want them relative to the 67 body wheel arches.

The cab now sits 2" lower in the back and can align with the bed without the need for a 3" body lift as is typically done with this swap.

Just need to get the truck into my driveway where it can be leveled out then I can secure the bed in place and fabricate the cab mount brackets to fit the new cab location. Hopefully I can get that done in the next weekend or two.

After that is done I can move on to the fun part of retrofitting the more modern drivetrain and accessories then tackle the rust repair & body work.

First pic is before the frame mods, second pic is after (the bed & cab are just set in place and need to move forward a little in the second pic).

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Looked for trannys and info on them for hours.

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Did a compression check on the engine had 140-150 lbs on each cylinder except one. On number 4 I only had 130 lbs. As long as I had the spark plugs out I put new ones in. Old ones only had about a hundred miles on them but I wanted to try the accel header plugs. Made a big difrence on how close the wire boots are to the headers about a half inch.

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Saturday getting ready to work on the frame and cab, I installed new tires, wheels and adjustable suspension...



...on the ghetto welding cart.
After pic with the prior wheel/tire combo next to it.
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fixed the steering yesterday, and ordering parts today

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Went and got some new rear tires this morning. Went with BF Goodrich 275/60/15. I think they look a lot better. I am getting 245/60/15 for the fronts soon... They are 235/75/15 right now.

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new brake booster, master cylinder, and a wilwood proportioning valve.