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Engine blig arrived, heavy aluminum air cleaner to match the M/T covers, just needs paint between the polished grooves. Got the raised base to clean the HEI.

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before and after today. Paint tomorrow (just the firewall)

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Painted interior side of doors, inner door panels and misc. trim so I can finish the inside.

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Getting ready to lift my engine out, sold the manual trans last week.

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Went to a auto jumble today, not much jumble but more vehicles than expected

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More pics

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Some more

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Put the straps on the endgate and made the latch grabber from stainless steel. Put the rear bumper on.

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Sunday I was able to get a bunch of the small front clip parts epoxy primered.

Today they got the color. 998 more things to do.

Earl

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Saturday, glove box lid and horn installed. Lid was a challenge, it had never shut right, now it does. Today 5 hours to put a fuel pump in the kids Saturn and get it running after sitting for 3 years. Old one had the in tank strainer completely destroyed from the ethnol gas they sell. Told Jen to start using fuel additive.

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Went for a 170 mile cruise with some friends today, pics are posted in my 50 build thread...Jim

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put in QA1 coilovers, and regreased the tubular upper control arms. Doesn't drive like a drag car any more. can't plant the rear tires like I used to though.... Now the tires spin easy.
I used 550 springs, and adjusted the ride height to get the camber in the ball park.
Goes around corners better, and it sits a half inch higher than before. Makes it look better front to rear. time for rear sway bar

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Picked up my 350 chevy trans today, Free, the guy was cleaning out his garage, said come get it or it's going to the scrap yard. Said it was out of a working truck. That working truck has me a bit worried but Free is Good, will get it to the shop and have them go through it. Fluid look good & didn't smell burnt.
I have worked so long, with so little, I'm now capable of doing anything with nothing.

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Installed fresh built driveshaft to stop vibration.

cleaned out clogged pushrod and replaced lifter...no more loud ticking from #6.

Somehow managed to jamb my transmission and or linkage in2nd gear, then after wiggling tapping and finally yanking on shifter out of frustration, jambing in reverse.

And finally kicked truck and went inside to cool off. :banghead:

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...fixed tranny

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Finally got my worn kingpin out. Been battling that sucker all week. Finally went to a buddies house that had a press and still barely got it out. One of the bushings was so worn it was only half there. Got it all re assembled and greased up good. Still gotta put the front axle back in the truck and reassemble all the brakes.

One step closer to getting this sucker on the road.

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Installed new Eibach lowering springs and drop spindles on the pass. side will do drivers side tomorrow .
Had a discount from Summit and springs had a rebate, so the price was right.

Should drop the front end 3-3.5" and level out the stance. I don't have the front sheet metal on it, but even with a block and trans core in it and me jumping on the frame couldn't get the suspension to budge, front end was sitting up like a gasser.

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removed right rear fender. now I can start working on the 50 year old dents

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Just finished installing drivers side drop 2" spindle and 1-1.5" drop spring . ended up with a 4" drop on my Camaro clip. leveled the truck out nice, not looking like a gasser anymore.
Rear bumper sits at 10" now rockers are at 8 -1/4".

I know.... this is worthless without pics

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A lot of work for a little painting. Did the windshield/cowl vent, back window, headlight and taillight area so I can get the glass and rest of wiring done. Also used the tailgate to do a bigger trial panel, wanted to make sure the color was ok (it is close to stock) and see if gray primer would work (does not paint does not cover). Also got to talk to a guy that offered me a vehicle he said was worth 12K for my Chevelle (declined, again) and another who was REALLY into the whole resto-mod build, apparently he had never seen one in progress, only finished stuff at car shows and was interested in the "hidden" details.

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Homecoming parade in Clay County TN

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Looking Good, Is that Gibbons Cameo Reproduction Parts?

It's going to be a Nice Cameo!

Allen

Picked up my truck from the interior shop today.
 

It was in for the custom carpet job and headliner install.

The guy is amazing! I just love the work he does. I'm happy as could be!

http://www.hotrodders.com/gallery/da.../IMG_36371.JPG

He put extra padding in the indentations of the cab rear to give the carpet a smoother look back there:

http://www.hotrodders.com/gallery/da...1/IMG_3708.JPG

This is what he did to cover the ECM and other electronics. He put a zipper on it for access. So cool! I didn't know what he was going to do there.

http://www.hotrodders.com/gallery/da...1/IMG_3710.JPG

Before:

http://www.hotrodders.com/gallery/da...1/IMG_8066.JPG

Also see here that he even carpeted the inside of the cab corners. I had to use the flash so it would show this. He said he did it more for sound than for looks. (The flash adds a little yellow to the color. It's much more accurate on the ones without.)

http://www.hotrodders.com/gallery/da...1/IMG_3703.JPG

I used the flash here too so you all can see how well he detailed up really high under the dash. Incredible.

http://www.hotrodders.com/gallery/da...1/IMG_3721.JPG

http://www.hotrodders.com/gallery/da...1/IMG_3716.JPG

The headliner looks super too. He didn't use the reproduction rubber retainer that I bought. He said there was no way it was going to fit (I found that is a universal complaint with this reproduction part). So he used another type of edge trim that he had. Looks great to me.

http://www.hotrodders.com/gallery/da.../IMG_36931.JPG
Driving home from the shop, I could really tell the truck is more quiet by quite a bit.

He did my seat a while back so I've shown that before but I'll post a photo here again just so you can see how it looks. Same material as the headliner.

http://www.hotrodders.com/gallery/da.../IMG_02634.JPG

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stripped the frame and pulled the C4 rear out to change oil and new gasket.

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shiny new stuff. new scuff guards. window cranks and door handles are nice and tight too :)