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that looks nice!

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Awesome Color Combo!!!

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Intense color

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Thanks it's been a lot of work.
I would like to leave it this way but paint the interior the same color as under hood because it would only cost me $150 to paint the outside again versus $110 qt with reducer!! Plus wife wants it all candy and why she wants she usually gets lol!!!
Thanks, that's why House of Kolor is what it is!! It still looks like I just painted it even though I used a different clear than theirs under hood. I am still undecided what clear to use on the exterior. I love diamont RM clear but HOK clear is supposed to be very nice!
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Woooohoooo!!!!gettin closer.... Few more things to do!
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Looks amazing!!

Great job on the color choice & spraying it down.

Thinking about that color for my '68 Firebird...your truck is really convincing me to go with it!

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Thanks! If you was closer if love to help ya out but there's a bit of a milage difference. Figure $100 qt for the paint and reducer. And it takes 3-4 coats o cover over black so silver or gold base will take more. Thu recommend the kbc over black as it has a bunch of gold pearl in it so it changes about three different hue's.
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Well it starts and runs but I need to shim the starter tomarrow and add more coolant but it does run again! I also just ordered my x pipe for the exhaust also so soon as it comes in I get to fire up my welder...
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I've come to the conclusion that I am not an exhaust guy!!! I don't have the patients for it. But my x-pipe is in now on to the mufflers and tailpipes... I need to order some clamps that are made for butt connections so I can remove the tail pipes then I can mount mufflers...
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Most people don't realize what PITA exhausts are to build. It's not really that hard unless you try to make it look perfect. There's so many angles it gets real complicated real quick. Yours looks good though!
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Thanks for the kind words!!! Yea mines far from perfect but drivers quality... U betcha..my crappy video won't load but I'm on Facebook too.
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Well turns out my truck has lived up to its name AGAIN!!! Checke the oil the other day and there's water in it!!! Pulled the intake and sure enough gaskets didn't seal on the back so it was running right into the pan! SO... Now I will put yet another set of intake gaskets on and use a dab of ultra copper sealant around all the water ports instead of high tach spray I usually use and hope for the best!!! I can't win for loosing with this dang engine..half tempted to call jegs and have them send me a 260 horse crate motor because that's about all I can afford!!
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Bummer, that sucks. Hope you get it fixed this time.
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Yea me too this engine thing is irritating!! I was told by a guy that builds engines and he told me there's 3 P's to engines;
Power equals = Performance; Performance = Problems and we all know what problems = $$$ and that I'm all out of! I wish I had the $ just to buy a nice hi perf motor ready to drop in and go...
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Well I should know tomarrow if my intake sealed up. I used ultra copper gasket sealer on the water jackets and a 1/4" bead on both end rails just like I've done on my other motors so we will see. Last time I relied on the gasket to seal so hopefully it was my own fault it leaked... Wish me luck!
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Got to meet a cool guy today! Just happen to be around when we walked by...
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Oh yea my truck runs and drives just haven't had time to get it out before the snow. No coolant leaks just a small front pan leak! Don't know why but its seeping oil between the one piece gasket and pan! Oh well! My video won't load for some reason.
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Nice job, I love the color !!!!!

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Thanks man.
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Here's a short vid
http://s52.beta.photobucket.com/user...88569.mp4.html
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Motor sounds Sweet!!!

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Thanks
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I agree....sounds good :thumbs:

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Was that Jesse James?:lol::smoke:

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Sounds great, who is that guy? i can't remember?

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Thanks Cap. Can't wait to get the exhaust done..

Haha NO!!! I should've asked how that went...

Richard Rawlings from Gas monkey garage. Thanks

And today I put the hood back on so now I'm on to interior..
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Well I know the truck will start right up after sitting in 35 degree weather for 6 hours. Did some work on the shop not the truck and got a ceiling put in tonight! 6.5 hrs 18 sheets and a few drinks and laughs...
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I though you were talking about the truck interior. Looks nice should save on some heat when you get it insulated. Never can have enough light.:mm:

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I was guess I never thought of it that way lol.. That's my plan to keep the heat down instead of hearing the roof
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Troy, what paint did you use for the flat black? how is it holding up in the sun/rain/elements? was it sprayed at once and uniform? Thanks.

BTW Truck is sounding good!

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Thanks. The black is eastwood's rat rod black SS and it was sprayed in several pieces. Fenders, hood, cab and doors, bed last. It seams to be holding up well a few scratches from people's kids running around it but not bad... Doesn't sit outside much only at shows! The paint is pretty easy to lay when in good lighting but easy to stripe if in bad lighting.
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Well took a short drive tonight and other than a small powersterring fitting leak no problems engine wise BUT I have an issue with my dash lights and blinkers! My dash lights are always on when key is on and my blinkers light up but don't blink! Ideas on where to start?
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Check to see if you dont have one of your wires grounded that shouldnt be. If you are running stock guage cluster, they should be frame grounded at the socket.

I had to correct a similar issue with my dome light because I thought one wire was a ground and it wasnt. The two wires going to my dome are orange=constant hot....white=controled hot thru the headlight control switch.

Your turn signals are either a ground issue, or a bulb issue. Sometimes but not always it will be a socket issue. On these old rigs, one bad bulb or socket will muck up the entire blinker system.

Hope that helps, if not I hope you post what the solution was ....... always game to learn a new trouble shooting trick on these builds !!

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Thanks man. I'm going to do some huntin on this thing saterday after cleaning my shop. New wiring harness you would think would be good but guess not.. Oh well I can still drive it just have to manually blink the turn signals..
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Oh and on that note:
You know your blinker relay can go bad too yes?
Again, if you are running stock electrical set up, it should be the round silver unit plugged into your fuse box.
Glad you mentioned clicking the turn signals by hand, that is what reminded me of the bad relay !!

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dude that looks sick :metal::metal::metal: i like the color combo

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It's a brand new harness and relays but I'm not going to rule out relay.
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Thanks!
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Well took my dad out for a quick spin in the truck today! He loved it... Hammered on it a bit and not real happy with the convertor but it will be fine for a driver. Still have a small leak up front between timing cover and oil pan with the one piece gasket. Don't know what I can do but deal with it. It's so minor I'm not going to worry bout it. Hope someone gets control of gas prices though, $3.89 gal premium sucks!!!
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In Kansas City today and on the way home wife said lets go by LMC and we left with a new paintable bumper.... Love my baby's!!! Tomarrow I go and see if I can get some tubing bent for my exhaust pipes...
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