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They are from a 1957 Cadillac

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Those look really good Rod, (and like factory). Bang-on with my mocked-up photo in post 652.

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I put my headlight relays into a external regulator housing. I wanted better lighting but didn't want to pur modern relays into my engine bay. They would look out of place. Now I just need to change the lighting harness to work with this. I saw another member do this and thought it was clean looking.

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Few more

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Slick!

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I got some led fog lights for my truck and made a relay for them as well. I had to add the ring to the base of the led lights as the originals mounted different than most bulbs of the era. I won't throw out the originals though. I also ordered led headlights that have a glass pattern like the originals and got robznob11's led bulbs for everywhere else. It can still look original with modern lighting! https://www.ebay.com/itm/5-3-4-Stock...53.m1438.l2649

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That's pretty damn cool man. Good stuff!

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Nice lighting! Where did you get the headlights?

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I got the headlights from octane lighting. They fit the headlight buckets with no cutting which I liked as well.

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Starting to get ready to fire it up and making sure all the brackets fit as they should. It's amazing how crude gm made the ac brackets in these years. Guess it was just for a work truck back then. I'm going to mount the instant aire vacuum port to the ac bracket on the top corner. It's close to where Pontiac put it on their engines.

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I had to redo the oil pan as everyone says to put dabs of rtv in the corners to the block with it so I did. Hope this is the last time it's upside down and hope it doesn't leak. Now I can finish the top side!

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Looks pretty nice! So shiny :metal:

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These are my goodies for this engine to make it period correct. I have doubles of most. Going to put the block heater in this afternoon. The one cord is original from my 67 and the other is Nos. The angle of the plug to the heater is different and the Nos is about a foot longer and has a ground on it.

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Making sure all the brackets line up and so far so good. Not going to mount the ac compressor till its in the truck. Now to take the accessories off and get it in the frame and start it!

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So fresh and so clean.

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I almost don't want to hide this detail with the cab and hood. You must be relaxing this weekend. I'm waiting for more of your assembly pictures.

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She's been winning some battles. Hopefully more progress in the coming days...loving what you're cooking though. Thanks for the pics!

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So I have been fighting my distributor for. The last while. It won't sit down clean to the intake. It sits 1/8" or 0.010 high and bottoms out. Heads were shaved, block was not decked. All gm parts here and were checked by professionals before I assembled it. I've tried everything so I guess the pans gotta come back off and take a look at the oil pump-shaft connection. Thats all that's left. Good thing I haven't put oil in it yet. I have tried a few hei dizzy and they all sit exactly the same.

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That’s frustrating, hope you can figure it out

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How thick is the distributor gasket? I measured one and it seems to be about .054" thick.

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I'm just worried if I double it up and tighten it down it will bind or put too much pressure on the oil pump.

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Right. Best to find out what the problem is and fix it properly.

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Got it fixed. Just lightly tapped the oil pump shaft down and it dropped a little. Now the distributor sits nicely. Next to get the driveline on the frame

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Is the T400 and gear vendor unit the plan for the drivetrain?









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Yes it is

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Getting it off the stand today! Should be on the chassis next week. Took a break from anything major for a bit but feeling like getting back at it again.

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Looking good. When do you plan to have it running?

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It was supposed to be running before Xmas. Guess I missed that ship. I'll probably get it all in the chassis Tuesday. From there It will probably be a month. Need to get my rad done still before I can run it.

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The suspense of seeing your truck done is killing me and my dad. Your doing some amazing work though. Want to work on my truck. LOL! Have a good day.

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Thanks for the kind words. I too wish it could happen faster. Happy to have you following along.

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Not to fast though, you do want to enjoy the moment of things coming together piece by piece. Happy to have you on here too, giving me ideas for truck

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My next modification. Ez lift tailgate and tailgate lowering damper from the newer Silverados. When completed you will never even know a mod was done with the gate on the truck. Plus I'm going to use the trunions with the delrin bushings to quiet down the gate when in use.

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That is awesome! I was just wondering if that would be possible the other day. Where did you get all the parts?

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If you look at member crossbreed's build in the blazer area at the end of it he gives all the part numbers and shows how it all works. It's sweet.

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I'll have to check it out for sure. Thanks

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Agreed. That sounds like a good read. I'll have to check it out.

Project looks great!

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Thanks for bringing the crossbreed build to our attention! I'll be wanting this mod too....:metal:

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Do you have a link for the thread on this mod??

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https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=736217&page=5. Pages 4 and 5. He has a video showing it in action. It is pretty cool

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Primed my engine yesterday getting it ready to install. While priming it I noticed my new oil pump sure is noisy. I may have to replace it. Not sure if this is normal or not. Had no problem with getting oil to the rocker arms though. Pressure seems good.
Watch "Distributor noise 327" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/yxYskCEgSHA