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Oh and I walked by my '57 this evening and patted it on the fender :)

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My mind is blown every time I work on this hood! No kidding guys, sectioning this hood makes chopping the top look like making a PP&J sandwich! I went out there today to get the upper halves sized and marked for trimming. And then it hit me that I had to get the bottom mounted permanently first. So I started on that and then a planet from space came and hit me in the head, OMG the hinge framing of the hood is too narrow at the bottom because I trimmed it off the 2.5 inches I sectioned the hood. Well....................in doing that it was too narrow being the hood sides are at an angle, WOW. Ok, so I spent a few hours taking the hood bottom you see open off and on about 127 times to modify the lower pieces of the hood support to mate with the upper part. Now, after all that work I am thrilled with where I am at, I feel a lot better but damn this thing is something else!
Sectioning the cab wasn't even work it was so easy!

Brian

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i'd be all over electrifying 58truk, granted i'd be looking for something quicker than a kia :lol:
i'm still waiting for my flying car that popsci promised me in the 60s :D

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Brian, you dah body man, man. Post up pics on how that quick little section job goes.

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Hey, what's the holdup - you've had a year to think about it! ;):lol::confused::jest:

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And I have thought about it plenty! The funny thing is when I see something and go DUH in my head!


Brian

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I'm with you. My carb'ed vehicles always fire up after sitting and have no issues. I"m not smart enough to have EFI on these.

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I'm slowly gaining on polishing the back case on my blower. This thing is kicking my butt. I broke ground on a new O'Reillys auto parts store the first of the month. They give me 90 days to be selling spark plugs so it's been hard to get much done on the truck. I'm getting my 15 minutes a day in and making truck money.

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That is so far beyond my skill level. I'm thoroughly impressed.

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That’s one way to get a parts discount, open your own O Reilly’s. You are a patient man.

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That’s one way to get a parts discount, open your own O Reilly’s. You are a patient man.

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I just build them for O'Reilly's. I have built several and still don't have a hat.

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What a bunch of cheap a**es

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I'm getting close to completion on the back of my 6-71. It still needs cleaned and a final once over. Now I have to do the bearing caps. They should go easier. This is a new blower with really nice internals stuffed in a classic case so I didn't want to take it apart to make things easier.

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what are you using for polishing compound? doing a great job

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Looks like your dog photo bombed your blower. Lol

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I have pretty much all the polishing stuff always looking for that magic bullet that makes it easier. I normally go with 220, 400, 600, 800, 1200, 1500 and then Tripoli and white followed by mothers by hand. I just tried the speedy compounds and was impressed. I was able to go with 220, 400 and go straight to the heavy cut and the fine cut followed by tripoli and white. It was a real time saver on these little sections. On something bigger I would still go with the sandpaper because it keeps it flat. There is a difference between shiny and flat and shiny. For some reason these things don't photograph well. It looks better in person. Thanks for the complement and thank you for your time.

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Here is the entire staff of Lazy Hound Racing, Joseph and Mary. Joseph is a big ham and as soon as he sees me taking pictures he jumps in.

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I finished polishing the back cover on the 6-71. I still can't figure out why the photos look so bad but it came out nice. I'm going to try to paint the bearing cap centers. I also replaced the bolts with ARP bolts because they are cool looking and made in Ohio, that's America!

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I had the front and rear glass installed and hung the doors. This makes for a much more civilized driving experience ! I'm not completely pleased with the stance, I'd like to lower it in the rear by about two inches and rise the front a little. I did install new Camaro big block coil springs in the front but only helped raise it about 1/2". The rear springs(The entire rear clip)are from a 1986 c-10 so lowering leafs are available. I also ordered and had delivered a wiring harness from EZ wiring so my next two days are going to be busy.

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The scoop came in from "Good Vibrations Racing" for my 6-71 blower in 4 days since I ordered it. This is made by "The Blower Shop". It's a really nice heavy piece.

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Looking good. EZ is my favorite wiring kit.

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Saturday attended my first car show this year with some friends. Walk away with my first award. Yeah...

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I finally finished getting the blower and linkage ready to paint. The nightmare linkage was pretty nice but the castings on the little arms was pretty rough. I have noticed that the go fast guys and the pretty guys don't hang out together. When I hade my 5 stage dry sump oil pan made for the 292 I asked them if I could get it polished. He replied "why?'

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DIAGNOSIS: Well Mick, if the go fast guys and the pretty guys don't hang out together, you're schizophrenic. I hope you can come to some compromise with yourself! :m3:

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I stayed up way too late and did the painting on the blower and linkage brackets. 2K primer base and clear. They came out pretty good. I still need to polish the adjustable links and I think I will blue the pivot rods.

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Am I the only one here that works on my truck? It would be nice to see more of what other people are doing. I already know what I'm doing. Anyway I finished my linkage painting and polishing. It's like the girls I date, not perfect but not bad.

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hahahaha, I like the girls comment.
nice job, as usual, on the polishing and painting. your truck is gonna look great. I dunno what mine looks like anymore. there is a wall of "honey do" projects piled up in front of it.

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Have you checked the Projects and Builds Board lately?

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/f...play.php?f=205

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Posting a bit late but got my new motor that was built by Class A Performance in Nor Cal. It’s a 6.0L from an Escalade and EVERYTHING is NEW! Supposed to be 525HP at the motor. Also purchased a 3000 stall converter for my 4L80E trans.

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Most of my parts are a "one off's". A lot of my costs are engineering fees. The next guy (or me) will be able to get them a lot cheaper. Just a couple of examples, billet crank, $8500 with $4000 engineering fees.
SFI damper $1000 with $500 engineering fees. Maybe I can help the next guy get them more affordably.

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More in the way of fund raising for the 48. I dug the pair of 53 doors I had out back out and brought them around front but haven't cleaned them up yet. They would be great patina doors for anyone with a 52/53 that was forester green .

The working on the daily drivers to be able to drive them is eating my lunch right now.

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x2.

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Been working on paint blocking and bed wood fabrication. Talking to painters too. Sorry for the sideways photo, I rotate it but it still shows up sideways.

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Here ya go!

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Took advantage of this crazy ass storm, this weekend. I finished smoothing the fire wall and got the cab mounted to chassis for the the first time since I’ve owned it.

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Thanks!

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What I did with my pickup, but 3 days in a row. I'm just getting around to going through pictures, edit, post on Flickr, then share here. First up, who wants to guess where, it's literally end of the road, off-grid so I couldn't post pics.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5b301b28_c.jpg

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4 corners Arizona or Utah

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I'll guess Monument Valley. Except for the patina - and the folding chair - it could have been taken 50 years ago! (I can't quite see the license plates but I'm assuming they're vintage.)