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Installed a 69 camaro front lower spoiler.
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Went out to a cruise in Fri night and another today and everyone said it looked really good. |
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New cab mounts in today . I really enjoy working on this truck everything unbolts real easy the bolts almost look new . I re used all the original bolts
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Appalachian Engineering for getting the car-whose-brand-shall-not-be-spoken into the garage solo
....after I moved the 70 onto the street(relevant content :-D ) When I get back to the Chevy, I have to start from the bottom with points-->dwell-->timing-->carb tuning and then see if I can fidget the choke into a happy place or rebuild the Quad, cuz she's a grumpy girl starting u and she's running on after I shut her off |
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After a lot of talk on Rufas' thread about cooling system woes, I went out to see if the fan clutch Stocker posted in his link would help with clearance between the fan clutch and the radiator. I used to have to take the fan off to replace the belt. That's the way I got the truck. During said inspection, I noticed that the radiator (aftermarket) could be moved forward about 3/8" in the top brackets. There is now at least 5/8" clearance between the radiator and the clutch, plenty of room to slip a belt by. The clutch Stocker posted would be a better fit at some point, in terms of fan to shroud in/out recommendations. But I'm going to wait until the severe duty clutch fails, which, given how much I drive this truck any more, may be never. I have yet to road test it, but nothing interferes, so why would I do that? Idunno.
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Finally sealed the driver side kick panel vent. PO installed a speaker in it and that sealed all but the top 2 inches and so I had a constant stream of outside air coming in while running down the road. Passenger side is sealed. Very happy with the results as my A/C now has true recirculation. This is now allowing the thing to perform better and maybe not work as hard. For sure though, humid days will no longer freeze my evaporator! Ambient temp at photo time: 91F -Kevin |
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Coming along should be driving it tomorrow. I know putting all new cab and radiator bushings lift the body some but it’s really noticeable. Thinking maybe the aluminum heads took weight off the suspension ?
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Are the radiator and AC condenser in? By the time you get them and the bumper back on it should look a lot better.
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Former co-wirker and I. Drove my 67 truck to Hot Rod Power tour show in Hebron, Ohio.
US40 all the way. Yep... she has a deep gear. Followed, clocked speed, 40mph @2000 rpm. |
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Former co-worker and I (both retired same day) Drove my 67 truck to Hot Rod Power tour show in Hebron, Ohio.
US40 all the way. Yep... she has a deep gear. Followed, clocked speed, 40mph @2000 rpm. Cool cars and trucks. Cooling system was consistent 100deg over ambient. 3 core stock system. Clutch fan with OEM Shroud. 402BBC. TH400 HD. |
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All done drove about 50 miles today . Ran real nice and smooth seams to have some grunt can’t really know how much since I need to be easy on it for the first 500 miles . Think I’ll be changing out the mufflers to some old school glass packs they have a deeper tone that I like . These are Magnaflow no drone but it’s not a deep rumble
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Cool! That ride height looks good now.
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Well, I finally found/bought an original woodgrain cluster bezel. I've had a saved search on eBay that emails me for ages and got a hit a bit ago.
It's coming from Canada and with shipping (which was more than the bezel) is costing $79 USD. It isn't NOS but isn't in horrible shape either. It will match well with the overlay I put on my glovebox door. Also, after all this time looking for one, I have only really seen much worse. |
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Its not what I did to it as opposed to what I did with it. After being down for 18 months for a whole bunch of changes including a new rebuilt engine I started driving it last year in May and had a few bugs to work out which was done. So this year been driving it for 6/7 weeks now and last night with about 1300 miles on the new engine I drove the truck about 85 miles on the highway to my job, She ran like a champ. Pic is sitting at work last night.
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Pulled my 46+ year old headers (unknown brand) and gave a thought of trying to patch them. I decided I would pass and get new ones. They did their time. Now to just wait for them to arrive.
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I just spent 5m trying to figure out how to get the flexplate off so I can mount my motor in the stand. :banghead:
Think I better sit down with some cool water and wait for the stupid to go away |
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More wood . 4 1/2 cords so far of black locust . Some Parts came in for the Taco today left and right knuckles lower ball joints new hubs and bearing waiting on the CV shafts .
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I've been installing my new Porter Built frontend, all or any of my old parts are available cheap. Just ask for a short list
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Some flips for a neighbor. Looking very nice.
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Today I removed my drivers side door and top hinge for rebuild. The door opens and closes just fine, but the door check doesn't work at all. I rebuilt the passenger side hinges in 2017 because you had to lift the door to close it.
On Edit: I want to note that I realized the top plate inside the pillar was floating around and I captured it with a bolt so it didn't drop to the bottom when I removed the factory hinge bolts. I read other posters having that happen and glad to notice it. |
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Stumbled upon a 67 hubcap at an antique store. Hit it with chrome polish and quad zero steel wool and it came around.
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Awesome find! And it turned out really nice.
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Drove GMC about 50mi thru small towns, see what was shaking. Truck ran great, likes to cruise at 1900-2000 rpm.
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Stripped several coats of old paint off the bed. Clean strip type disc on a buffer worked pretfy well. Will prime and block once the weather decides to cool off
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Little detailing before I put it on the trailer
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She looks perty
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