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last night I made a template for the booster and clutch master and brought it in to shop class today to make it. I used 10 guage cut on the plasma cutter and cleaned it up with the grinder. This is uses the exact same dimensions as captainfab's bracket except it doesn't push it outwards as I need as much room as possible to clear the oilbath aircleaner. I still will need to drill the holes in the firewall for the booster but the hole point in this bracket is to reinforce the area where the clutch master goes since it is only 18 gauge and a lot of pressure will be on it while pushing in the clutch

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Here is both the brake booster and clutch master mocked up on the bracket

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Another

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Nice!

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HI Nik I just got caught up on your progress.Looking good. Keep up the good work

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Very nice!

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im a 16 y/0 also restoring a truck,

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Thanks tj
Thanks Dale, good to hear from you, it's been a while.

Thanks Craig
Greetings, always good to see more young guys

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So today after school I got the four holes drilled in the firewall for the booster, they were not a piece of cake but not terrible either. The top two holes had multiple layers to go through which was pretty easy but the bottom two holes were a bit more trouble, once I got through the first later the drill bit hit the second layer which was on an angle and the bit kept on wanting to jam up but with some patience I was able to get through just fine. Here is the bracket mocked up on the firewall.

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I also have some more news, this project just keeps on snowballing. First it was "if I'm going to switch the x member then I might as well take the engine out" then "if the engines out I might as well clean it up and paint it" and then "while I'm at it I might as well do power steering, power brakes" and so on. Well I've done it again, I decided that while the engine is out I might as well paint the firewall since I don't want to take it this far apart in the future. So I have just put in an order for 503 glenwood green with one of my friends that is a painter so he can get very good paint for very cheap. I'm hoping to have the firewall in paint and the engine back in before it gets too cold

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Exactly! But it'll be worth it.

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Oh yeah, that list.....since I am this far why don't I also do......:rolleyes:

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Heck man, that's what my 66 was supposed to be...and look what happened. :lol:

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Oh yeah it should be
Yep! That's how all these projects work, went from doing a couple things to now doing a full restoration! Funny how that works
Yep lol, yours has gone from a daily driver build to a frame off restoration. seems like all projects go that way

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Got the booster and bracket fitted up against the firewall, I had to open up the hole for the pushrod a bit so the rubber boot would fit. Now all that needs to be done is to drill the holes for the clutch master cylinder.

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Looks good Nik! Nice progress

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Thanks Anthony

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Very nice! You are doing an amazing job.

I bought my first truck ('72 c10 swb) when I was 16 years old. drove it for a few years and then started striping it down but with minimal tools and money I did not get past that point, so now I'm 38 and still have the truck in pieces.
I bought a '62 GMC roughly twelve years ago and drove it most of that time, now I have it ripped down as well, yes two trucks in pieces. Every time I see your posts I kick myself in the butt for not working on my truck more. I'm not letting that happen to the GMC! Thanks for all the motivation, looking forward to seeing you complete your truck.

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Nice job. :metal:

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Thanks man, hopefully I can get you motivated enough to get your truck done. I know for me the most important part is keeping myself motivated so I actually keep the progress going and get the truck finished. Good luck with yours :chevy:
Thanks buddy

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Yesterday was the start of a 4 day long weekend, and I already got a good bit done. I removed the heater assembly from the firewall and took it all apart, cleaned and sanded and then got some practice with the paint gun and sprayed it gloss black. It turned out pretty good.

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I also removed the old steering box and started to mock up the 78 box, plus removed the cowl panel and started to get the firewall cleaned. Today I went out and bought a different rear end that's from a 71-72. I was going to use the rear end from the 78 but I didn't think it would work to well since it has 3.07 gears and the 261 doesn't have much power. The new rear end has 3.73 gears which should work nicely with the t5 and six. I am going to take the backing plates and brakes from the 78 12 bolt and use them on the 71-72 12 bolt so I can have the wider brake pads and larger diameter drums (the 78 had a towing package with heavy duty brakes)

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Mocked up the ps box on the frame with some spacers and clamps, this is exactly how it'll sit. Oh and some bad news, that rear end I just bought from my buddy turned out to be another 3.07! Just my luck, He was almost positive that it was a 3.73, but it's all good as he has a 3.73 gear set sitting around so I'm going to pull out the 3.73's and trade him gears

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Looking good, my friend!

Seeing your heater assembly all cleaned up really makes me want to do the same to mine. Looks like there are bolts at the cowl and then some coming from inside the cab to take it off?

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Yup, definitely watching this one, maybe itl give me hope in finishing my '69 before i graduate! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

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Thanks Scott, and yes to remove it there are bolts coming from the firewall and some little ones coming from the cowl area.

Just keep on cranking away at it, I don't know if mine will be fully painted before I graduate but at least it will be a nice daily driver. I've still got more than a year left

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Yup mine just needed a starter and a grill but it snowballed big time :lol:

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Yeah trust me I know about snowballing, if I wanted I could have replaced the clutch slave and a few brake parts and then been a daily driver, but no I felt the need to start modifying everything and adding more and more onto the list. Now it's turned into a full resto-mod

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Ikr! Itts like nah if I'm doing it I'm doing this this this this and this. Like i was checking wires because i had a gauge light fault. now my dash is all apart. i was seeing if my carb was good. Ended up pulling the intake. just because

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Yep, it's all fueled by the saying "while I'm doing this I might as well do that"

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I don't think I've shown this old school gun rack I bought a while back, it'll be mounted in front of the back window just like all the trucks used to have years ago. I'll be using it for my guns while hunting, but mostly things such as fishing rods plus using it as a hook for say jackets etc.

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Perfect example of "While I am doing this I may as well....." is my 305 v6. What started as a basic reseal and repaint turned into a almost full rebuild. lol

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I haven't seen a 3 gun rack before, cool!

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Yep lol, there's no such thing as a small project
Yep it's cool for sure, I bought it out of Oklahoma

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On the weekend I got a second coat of gloss black on the heater and then I buffed and polished it today with some very fine buffing compound. Turned out really nice.

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You can do mine to while your at it. lol! :metal:

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Hey 62, read all through your build and really appreciate your skill and focus. Been quietly tagging along and look forward to the rest of the journey.

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Haha sure, if you can pay for my plane ticket down there lol

Thanks for the complements Doug, I try to engineer and build my own stuff rather than buying it so I can continue to learn and improve at being a better builder, plus I'm cheap :lol:, keep on following and I'll try to keep all you guys entertained.

So lots going on at the time with the truck, making tons of progress, I have the rear axle at the auto shop at my school and just today I pulled the axle shafts out, removed the backing plates, removed the carrier and then removed the ring gear, I should have the pinion out in the next couple days and be able to trade gears. I'm also taking a huge advantage of the metal shop at my school with all the great equipment, tomorrow I'll be working on making an adapter for the power steering box and possibly building new axle perches. Also just yesterday I cut my frame open and removed the internal bracing that interferes with the ps box bolts, plus started sanding the firewall to get it ready for paint. I'll do an update in a day or two with pictures of all of this.