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thats sick man. how big is the motor and what hp are you thinking its gona have.

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It's a 350 4 bolt main. We put a Comp Cam's Thumpr Cam in it. Sounds mean, but doesn't lose vacuum. It has 202 heads, edelbrock intake, and 600 edelbrock carb. I'm not sure on HP. I didn't want to get too crazy on it, and looking back probably could have went a different route, but it will be cool when I get it in there.

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nice work

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I love that blue! Great choice!

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Is that 140 MPH Speedo stock? Edit never mind Jus saw it was KM. Sorry had alittle brain fart.

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thanks guys and ya i cant wate to see it done and see the colour in the sun.

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truck went to the paint shop today. dident get any pics but it shure did look awsome on that flat bed lol. im gona head down to the body shop friday and snap some pics of it. im so excited.

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your truck is looking good an that blue is sweet.........

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Looking forward to the pics of it after paint! :metal:

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well some bad news. i got a phone call today and they told me that my frame is bent. im not to shure where it is bent but i think its under the cab. any way they are having trubles getting the box to line up and the fender curves out a bit when you look down the body line. they are saying that it is out of wack about 2-3 inches. but they are gona continue to paint it and see how it turns out. all keep you guys updated on it.

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Man that's a bummer. I don't know much about bent frames, but maybe it can be straightened. Keep us posted.

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ya i have no clue about how to fix somthing like that but this one dude is saying they can just throigh it on a frame michine and fix it.

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yes it can be fixed. usually though, its fixed 1st after the crash and then new body parts are put on and aligned. its not really a good idea to do it after all new parts and especially new paint. there will be more damage to the new parts when you put it on a frame machine and start pulling it straight. make sense? in my opinion it would be best to look out on cl for a cheap straight frame or parting out truck and swap everything over.

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mines the same, also the front suspension is pushed to driver side but I found several almost complete short beds in my area for $500 then the good thing is you could part it out and make your money back

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i get what you are saying thats makes sense. but i just dont know what to do i would love to get a new frame and swap it all over but that is a big project and i have no money. i just finished paying of the motor and now im in the hole 2 grand in paint and stuff like that.

so im at a stand what do i do still tell them to just pait all the body parts but the cab. then buy and swb truck with a clean cab paint the cab and swap all the parts over.

or do i risk it and send the truck to get it fixed at a frame shop and risk screwing up my paint that i just spent all my money on getting painted.

or do i sit on it build up my money and start on the truck in a year agen. with a clean frame and get the new frame sand blasted and paint it.

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ya i see what you are saying so you did end up fixing it?

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not yet, it really hasn't bothered me till now

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ok well im just gona wate and see how it plays out the paint shop said they are just gona paint it and try and get the body parts to line up the best they can. so i should be getting the truck back late next week and i guess all just see then.

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hey man nice build. im going with a vista blue on my 85 chevy c10 its a bit darker then ur blue. but ur blue sure is pretty

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The paint looks good , but a bummer on the frame. Let the frame shop decide on what to do. Find a good shop and they can have it square again.

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thanks guys. ya hopefully we can get it into the frame shop next week. they are saying they should be able to fix it with out messing up the paint.

any way hear are some pics from before it went to the body shop.

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...sher/028-4.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...sher/031-2.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...sher/032-2.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...sher/034-1.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...sher/029-4.jpg

and now i just got some parts back from the body shop.
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...sher/051-1.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...sher/052-1.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...sher/054-1.jpg

paint looks sick in the sun light.
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...sher/055-1.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...sher/056-1.jpg

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:metal: looking sweet!!

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thanks man

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Cool color! The body work looks great. Good job man.

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I like that color..:metal: