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Looks like i got the cart before the horse. Here are a few pictures of the little ls engine installed with my helper driving. We are going Saturday to look at a few more 5.3/4l60e combos before deciding which one to go with.

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Progress! :metal:

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Uh, oh...I see the LS bug has bitten you too. :lol:....what happened with the other engine/trans? Good to see you back working on it!

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Thanks TJ

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Yeah I guess so.

The 406/700r4 are still hanging around the garage. Not sure what i'm gonna do with them yet.

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it's somewhat re-assembled...

... congrats on getting back into the woods.

-W

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It's a lot easier to store when it is kinda put together.

Being back home is a slower pace of life but that fine with me.

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Progress...:metal:

Lookin' Good Brother!!!:mm:

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Thanks Don

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After deciding on a location for the accelerator pedal it looks like I have a few more holes to fill on the firewall. I knew I should have let Alan weld those up.

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We'll get them next time.

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I'm looking forward to it.

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Finally pushed the old guy out of the garage for a little sunshine the other day. For a little color I test fitted the heater delete plate.

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A few pictures of the DBW pedal bracket. the overall design was borrowed from TR65 build. I did add the threaded pipe union so the bracket could be adjusted correctly.

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And a few pictures of the pedal and bracket mounted to the brake pedal assembly. Still need to find the correct angle for the linkage and weld it in place.

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Good to see you tinkering with it Greg!

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Thanks Phillip. Now that Evan's football season is over maybe I will have a little more time for the truck.

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pedal assembly is slick, great work:metal:

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Progress!!! :metal:

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Thanks guys

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Looking good !!

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Thanks John

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Coming along with it looking good

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Thank you. This weekend I will be working on some pieces to send to be powder coated.

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Over the weekend I installed the new grille mounting panel. Almost looks like a complete truck again. Today I picked up a few pieces after being powder coated. I will try to post some pictures tomorrow.

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You're right that it's looking like a truck again! Looking forward to more pics.

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Can almost feel that cam rumbling.

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Thanks Phillip

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That would be music to my ears.
Thanks Bomp

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I picked up my power coated pedal assy. All shiny and black.

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Here are a few pictures after it was put together with the drive by wire bracket and pedal.

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Lookin Great!!! Waiting on the rumble! :metal:

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looking good, and you know I`m waiting on a video of the motor running: metal: love the sound of good cam.

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Looking good. :metal: X2 on video of the motor running. :chevy:

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Thanks guys. I sold my 406ci last week to a friend of mine to concentrate on the 5.3 swap. One of the conditions of the sale was that I get to hear it run again. I will post up a video of it. Here is a picture of the cam card. A little big for an every day driver but it sure was fun to drive. Not to mention it did turn a few heads.

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Saturday me and Evan got to go listen to my old engine fire up. Pretty cool hearing it run after sitting for over ten years. Check out my instagram link. Still having trouble uploading videos the correct way.





https://instagram.com/p/1a8IPYwlAt/?taken-by=19greg71

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Wow, over 10 years! Been a long time coming, huh? :lol: Congrats :metal:

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Thanks Phillip. It's the little 406 I sold a couple months ago to a friend. After hearing it run I wished I would have kept it.

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Oh, I gotcha now! Does he have a project that it's going into?

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He is half owner of Jim and Marty's Hot Rod Fabrication Shop. I'm not sure if it is going into one of his personal projects or in a customer's project. I will try to post pictures after it gets installed.