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I swapped my tired 250 this spring for a gooder used 250 from a '66 Impala. I figure at $250 I can't go wrong. I never could get the Rochester BV that came with the motor to run right, even after rebuilding it. It would bog off idle when you hit the throttle and just seemed weak. I still had a Holley 1940 that came with my truck originally that was already rebuilt so I thought, what the heck!

I had to fabricate a wooden spacer for the carb since the the throttle linkage was hitting the intake. Long story short, I buttoned everything together this afternoon, set the timing, and the idle and off I went on a test drive. I drove it like I normally have to with the old motor and the old carb: lots of gas. Low and behold what's that sound I hear? Tires squealing! It's never done that! Runs like a raped ape, I was grinning all evening...

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Awesome!!!!!!

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Loaded my frame on the trailer for the powder coaters and discovered why my winch quit working , a 2" high water mark in the motor. How come it was water proof on the bottom and not the top, grr.

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Ordered the CPP notch kit!! Got my guy working on 2" drop hangers for the back. And got my brake guy rebuilding the brakes on the 2.73 rear. Sept is gonna b a huge month!!
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LT1 Burb--how much to P-coat the frame in Oregon? I have a P-coater close to me but haven't talked to them. have a buddy that blast's but 2hrs away--just thinking---

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Started putting the 65 style e-brake set up on my 61. the rear cables were waaaaay too long. Bought a swaging tool so I could cut the cables to a working length and put the stops on the ends.

Now to figure out where to route the front cable from the lever to the intermediate cable so it doesn't rub on the frame.

progress!

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Finally completed a quality paint job on my new grille bar. Should be able to put everything back together tomorrow.

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Stopped by the local autobody store and picked up some new shims for mounting the fenders. This weekend is shot but I hope to start gettinng the doors set and them the front fenders on next weekend.

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I dropped it off today and he figured 350 with the sandblasting, I am going to load him up with stuff on monday though, inner fenders and rad support plus all the bed pieces and trailing arms, hopefully under 800 for all.

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I have been so busy, this was done last weekend. Finally got it started and dwell set. Had to set timing by ear but it was running. So I decided to take it around the block. I addmit it went 1/4 of the way on its own power....had to towed the rest of the way. Gotta get a timing light. Other things I found out...bleed clutch more and also the brakes. But when it ran on its own, damn sounded good and had a nice ride to it.

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On my first real ride, I was more nervous than a virgin who married a Marine ;)

I listened to every little tick and sound the truck made expecting at any moment sumtin’ to blowup……

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I painted my roof white

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Nothing.
It's 110+ outside in the shade...
Just looked at them through the window..

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pulled the engine and removed everything except the exhaust manifolds. Degreased the bell housing and some other parts.

Will remove the manifolds tomorrow and degrease the block and start sanding it.

BTW, my Harbor Freight engine hoist worked perfectly. Best $100 I have spent in a long time.

Steven

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Started test fitting & modifying a Lincoln Mark VIII electric fan to fit my C-10.
Friday at work I cut & folded up some stainless sheet metal for the mounting brackets but they still need some more work. After going as far as I could with that I installed my A/C vents I pulled from a 64 Chrysler. I now need to find one more to replace the Vintage Air center vent. I ran the A/C and I got enough adjustment to get the A/C to blow in my face. It was 104 today and I was very pleased with the outcome.

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Windshield out and second round of pressure washing and degreasing. The frame is still nasty though. I only found one little spot of rust on the window mount area... I expected much worse given the state of the rest of the truck.

Steven

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Those certainly look much richer than the plastic aftermarket versions. Nice upgrade.

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ran over a screw and had me a flat tire! luckily i was around the corner and drove it slowly home didnt have to get the spare out.....stuck a tire plug in it hopefully it does the trick.

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Spent 6-7 hours breaking the front suspension apart and cleaned 15#'sof grime off of it, also took some parts to the storage locker, it was looking a little shady around the side.I also dropped the frame off on Friday, drop the rest of it today.

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i like that !!!! those vents are cool looking

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finally got to shift the body over. got all of the mounting holes fixed and other places that were attacked there are mounting plates under the frame where the gas tank goes. crap gets between those and the frame and that orangy-brown stuff does it's charm in there. replace those parts and the corresponding sections of the frame and paint
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some more pics and put away for the night
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Drove it! Also, tired troubleshooting the front turn signals. Went ahead and ordered a new harness to see if that helps. I'm thinking I have a bad wire/connection coming from the firewall though. Multimeter shows good signal to the left side but no signal to the right.

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Check and make sure the pin did not push back in. I had that problem with one of my pins coming through from the inside through the firewall connector.

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I think the firewall connector may be the actual problem. I ordered the other harness just because the sockets have loose connections. Using the multimeter, I get a signal with the ground and left turn sig. I get nothing with the ground and right turn sig (This is from the firewall connector) Rear signals work fine. Appreciate the info!