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Finished the door seals and window felts, put door panels on and got the dash painted and put back together. Next week windshield and alignment.

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Painted some stuff, and rebuilt the rag joint. The parts are original less the disc, pins, sleeve nut and wave washer that came in a kit. The coupler and flanges are ceramic coated:chevy:

Some gibberish, kind of cloudy. I take a lot of notes, though this little project called for captions. Took me a little while to figure it out, cuz I'm slow:metal:

Might help others build one. Doubt I'll ever build another, but who knows. Glad to have rebuilt this as opposed new. The old parts are nice. On a side, I used blue thread locker on their nut where the kit calls for a lock washer. Lock washer don't fit.

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They're made for motorcycles, I got it off Amazon. The new ones have blue tooth built in, I use a small adapter.

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Working on installing some new front speakers, made a new bracket and think about what I did with the old speaker screw. It pays to be organized, it was blasted, painted and stowed in the bag marked dash.

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I made some progress buttoning up the rebuilt engine for Old Red. All I have to do is put on the exhaust manifolds and it's ready to plunk down in the engine bay. I went ahead and primed the oil and set the distributor in on #1 so I won't have to crawl in the engine compartment to do that.

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Can you yank the engine without taking the hood off in these? I have to pull mine this year and I just assumed you did have to take the hood off.

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Yes I was able to remove the engine with the hood on. I lifted it up and forward and then rotated it so the distributor would not hit the hood and then lifted it enough for the oil pan to clear the core support. It's close but it came out.

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3 inch lowering spring and 2 inch block in the rear. New bilstein shocks and adjustable panhard bar!!!

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I did some web research and ordered new inner door panels that will be arriving today. It was a bit of a wait for them to be customized. Will post pictures when I get them in.

I got my camper on and bolted up last night. I made some mounts for stake pockets. Needs a back door , insulation and couple other things but it’s on.
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:metal: looking good, I like your pocket mounts.

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I bored out 67 wiper knobs to 1/4" and added some aluminum tape to simulate deluxe knobs. Added the knobs to my under dash A/C unit. Fabbed up some brackets and installed the under dash unit.





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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

very nice

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I cant tell from the pictures is your exhaust tucked up in the frame ?

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I put a 1 1/4 front sway bar on my truck today,also pulled my gas tank,had a annoying vibration when tank was full, must have had no deadner behind it,put some glued on deadner on the back of the cab,reinstalled tank,and good to go,brought in the 85 c10, gonna go over it and get ot ready for a safety check and put it on the road.

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Sanded and painted my 6” steelies for the front and waiting on the 8’s to get back from sandblasting to put my “new” ‘72 on steelies.

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The vibration may be from pinion angle under the weight of a full tank. Ya may need shims in the mounts.

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Yes. I don't have a pic from the side but it is approximately even with the bottom of the frame rail, you can see the headers a little bit though.

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Put some on new Tires and painted my steels a nice bright white.

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Nice engine. Is that roller rockers on it and where did you get the valve covers, I like them.

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Just finished these. This is the second water pump I painted, because dummy didn't think to fit the first one. The GMB "OE" replacement is not an OE replacement (BBC), doesn't quite clear the factory timing chain cover. I'll be most replacements are the same.

They probably figure you can just bend the cover, but I'd rather eat the labor. A four hour lesson learned, because both were brushed. Should have bought the Delco to begin with. It's a lighter pump too.

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Pulled the two saddle tanks. Going to Carlisle so they will be for sale there.

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All detailed up

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Looking good. Already for the 2019 season!

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those are beautiful

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thanks for the reply what brand headers do you have a part # ?

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Not roller rockers, just OEM. The valve covers are Billet Specialties. Got them through Summit like most parts cause you get free shipping.

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Swapped out a battery box is all. The bolts can be a real (^( without pulling the radiator. The box I wanted is solid. I don't see any pitting, but know better. Hopefully it suits my rebuild.

Pulled the RH skirt off the same truck recently. Fitted a few skirts on it, practice:lol: I was hoping to use it for the rebuild as well. Nice fender, but too much rust in front. So I'm in the hunt for a RH fender. That or pair of replacements.

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Cleaned up 4 horn buttons. Disassembled. Polished out scratches starting with 220 grit wet sand worked up to 7000 grit.

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I keep missing your replies. Hedman 68190, for 68-72 Chevelle I painted them with Rustoleum high heat paint. Don't have the $$$$ for Jet Hot coating...

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Almost finished the interior:

https://www.wvstreetrods.com/Wow/ima...wInterior1.jpg

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Finished my interior too

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Mostly, neglected and drank some beer, but I did finish blasting the air cleaner, shot the first coat of paint on it. Sorry, no pics, it’s at work.

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...and Nice!

Gotta get after my interior and dash. Interior is shot and I want to get more instrumentation than the stock gauge dash has.

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Mines all back as well.

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thank you for the reply

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I got the engine fired and run in yesterday and today I put my Billet Specialties Speedways back on and put her on the ground. I went back to the 5 1/2, 7" static drop I had and I like the look a lot more. Ran to the gas station and filled her up and took her for a spin before the rain showed up. Life is good.

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I like it a lot!! How's it run? I'm guessing good as it looks.....

I tried getting my horn setup fixed. I was missing the pin. Also went to car show and saw this cool carryall.
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It runs well so far. The ride is "firm" being lowered that much but I like it that way.