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Looks good Greg :metal: Can't wait to hear it run.

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You and me both, Dennis. It's full speed ahead. I'm really going to try and fire this thing by the end of summer. damn it.

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sounds like a plan we'll be right here chearing you on!!!

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I just got and email from Keisler. The RS500 is on the way.

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Nice stuff Greg!!!! I'm just as excited as you.

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MAN THAT MOTOR LOOK MEAN !!!VERY COOL:metal:

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Wow, very nice. Did you win big on the strip, or down town? :lol:

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Thanks guys. Things are finally loosening up a bit with the cash flow and I sold an old trans so the time is right. I'll have pics when it shows up.

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Should I just fill everything and start from scratch?

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I think you already know.:lol:

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I got the sbc to ls adapter plates mounted. I just need to do some trimming and paint them.

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I pretty much knew the answer before I asked. I remember a firewall thread going around a while back. I'll search it out and see if I can get some inspiration.

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;)I thought I had a better shot. My garage is to full to get a better one. I filled most left the heater. Damn there was a lot of holes. I wonder what they were for.:lol::lol: Love that transmission you got. Why don't you just ship it up here.

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It's costing me $160 to get it to my house. I just bought a cam, oil pan and new gas tank too. I'll be broke for a while after this, but now I have everything I need to build the engine.:waah:

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That's where I'm at too. Need to sell more parts I have sitting around.

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Looks good Dave. :metal:

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Yep. Thanks for the firewall pic. I just sold a bunch of stuff to afford the new stuff. I ebayed a trans, fender, intake, carb, valve springs and a bunch of other random stuff. Now I have to pack it all and send it. argh.

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Have you tried Craigs List. It's FREE.

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Craigslist is a pain in the arse sometimes, but I use it for big stuff I really don't want to ship. All the lowball offers get old. I did sell the fender on there to a guy who lives down the street and just bought a 60 apache.

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This seems like half the fun on here, I'm a long way from developing skills in fabrication, but I can't stop studying the details. I was staring at the pic of the firewall with the cover on the engine. My first thought was the way the firewall recess gets cut off by the cover, but to widen the recess would loose interior space and probably too much effort for little gain. You've got the skills to cut out all the holes and bumps, and flush weld in a smooth panel...leaving the contour of the fire wall recess, then cut only the holes you need where you want. Give it a smooth stock look, but a couple blisters to aid the recess to engine cover lines would be cool excess. I know I'm not telling you anything you haven't thought of, just my 2 cents.

Look forward to seeing your execution.

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Thanks for the suggestion 65. I have actually been thinking about contouring the firewall to match the profile of the engine cover so it looks more like it came stock from the factory that way. Since there's no distributor I don't need the upper part of the recess any more, so I might come down from the top of the fire wall and square it off or put a little arch a few inches above the engine cover. That will help hide wires going back through the fire wall when I decide where to run them. I want it to be as clean as possible. Stay tuned.

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Oh right LS motor...nice plan, and that will leave more room under the dash should a AirVintiques AC be in the plan. I'll be watching.

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Some sort of AC is in my future since I'm planning on driving during the summer when it's a buck o five every day. I haven't figured out which one yet but it's a ways off so I have time to research it. Let me know if you see one that fits nicely. I've never heard of Air Vintiques. I'll check it out.

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Wrong thread pic

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Fill em all! If I had to do it again, I would cut out the raised part where the heater box was, and fill with a flat panel. It was really hard to block around that area.


on another note, where did you get those engine covers?

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I got the engine cover on ebay. I'm working on some more ideas for the firewall, so I'll keep that in mind. Many hours of blocking ahead. Thanks

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Yeah no one has, that should have been Vintage Air...now I'm blending company names, that can't be a good sign. The link below is the one for 67-72 Chevs, the street rod AC's may be smaller.

http://www.vintageair.com/67-72chevygmcpup.asp

105* ouch, floor vents and vent windows= convection oven.

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Great headers, what make and primary size are they?

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They're Dynatech MuscleMaxx headers with 1 7/8 primaries and 3" collecters. I meant to post that pic in another thread so I can get a measurement and see if they will hang down past the frame rails. I've seen them on different trucks and they seem to hang about 2-3 inches below the frame. I'm not sure if they'll work but there aren't many long tube alternatives for a 66 C-10 with an LS swap.

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Looks sick Greg. I don't see why they wouldn't work in your truck... hopefully they do... BADA$$!!

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Yeah I hear ya, I've been looking for 1 3/4" primaries for a 1st gen SBC, suppose to use headers for 68 and newer trucks, frames are the same, is the advise I was given. With an LS swap good luck, I'll check out Dynatech.

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I decided to go with a CPP tank since they were on sale on ebay with free shipping. I need the feed and return bungs anyway, so no time like the present. The welds on this thing are unbelievably perfect. Great quality. The tank is just sitting on top of the rails in the pic but it will have to go lower. To get it to fit as high as possible I'm going to put a piece of 1" square tube on top of the bottom rail and the tank will sit on top of that. I'll have pics of it mounted next week.

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What are you going to do with the bed supports? Maybe this was in a previous installment:lol:.

Welcome to the projects and builds section!!

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I'm sure glad to see you back to work on your truck :) Your truck is the closest one on the forum to what I'm building ;) Still waiting on your 5 speed?

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Bed supports are going to clear just fine. It's the filler thats the problem. I would just leave the tank where it is in the pics if the filler had enough room to connect with the outlet on the tank. The rubber hose between them will be short and the pipe inside will almost be butted up against eachother. I'll move it down a few inches and still have plenty of ground clearance.

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Thanks. The 5 speed should be on the way shortly. I'll have pics when it gets here.

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Looken good Greg. So many are way ahead of me with the builds. :waah:

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It doesn't feel like I'm ahead of anyone. I just passed my 4th year of not driving the 66. I'm determined not to let the 5th pass me by. More soon:sumo:

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You've come a long way. Looking good! I realized a few weeks ago that I'm coming up on my 4th. Maybe this will be the year for the both of us. ;)
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Thanks Alan. It's really the $ that's been holding me back. I just spent a ton and when I look down the road I still need a wiring harness, engine harness, PCM, fuel system minus the tank, clutch, hydraulic throwout/slave.......it goes on and on. There's another couple grand and it won't even be painted yet. I'm glad I never set a budget on this build.