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some more pictures! i got to cut out a small patch to fix on the fender well lip, and i flipped the fender over and seen some small dents! so i started hammering them down just to find so bondo, i got to take it off but i got most of the dent out with about 5 mins worth of work! they used alot of bondo for some really small dents! but i think after i get the bondo off i got about another 5-10 mins and it will be straight again!

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after i get the small patch done and the bondo off and get them primered up! then i'm going to start welding bolt to the inside of the bumpers for a smooth look and get them atleast primered before it starts to get anymore colder here i still got other stuff to do before winter get here! and then its back to saving up for more stuff!!

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I like your thread, and like someone else said, it is really cool to see someone with my level of skill and budget doing this stuff.

You are going to have a great ride there when you get it done!

I found your build from another post, you should add your thread to your signature like most the other guys do, so it is one click for folks to come visit ya!

congrats so far, I hope to make some progress on mine this weekend too!

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thanks mcmurphy, i look at alot of threads on there to learn things! i've also seen your stepside your working on, i like the paint scheme you have for it that looks cool! anyways thanks for taking the time to post!! i think i got it figured out on adding my thread to my sig., i hope!! ok, it worked

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well i thought i would update my thread! will really just to move it back up to the top, lol! i did double check my pass. fender on the truck, it's looks good! i haven't worked on my 64' lately cause i was working on a 99' silverado, i had two exhaust bolts on the same side, driver side the back two broke! i dont know why or how, but it has taken me two days and i'm still not done, yet!! the first day was taking evrything off, i had to pull the head to get to them! second day was a long day, i drilled them a lil smaller and used an easy-out on the first one it came out within 5 min., second one the easy-out broke! so had to use a carbide bit and buy a new easy-out, then cleaned everything, had my dad scrape and clean some parts why i started putting everything back together! what i have left to do is bolt on the coil pack, alt., throttle body, then put the belt on, add some coolant, plug in the spark plug wires, hook up the batt. and start it, i'll be doing this friday mourning!! so i can go see a fellow member 'JesseSimon' and get a few parts from him this weekend for the 64'! hopefully a windshield and both doors! my doors are ok but pass. door has a big dent and a crease in it and need small patches in both bottom corners, his look better, my driver door doesn't fit right like it should the top is kicked out some! so i hope his doors fit better and i can't beat the price, even thou his 2 hrs. away!! anyways wish me luck, lol!! i'll post something up this next week just been a lil busy with life and stuff!!

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while i got the truck back together! runs alot better, lol!! i gave myself a pat on the back, i've never took a ls motor apart,i broke a qd connector for the heater! so i had to buy a new connector ($6.29) part! i took the whole topend off and got the exhaust bolts out and put everything back together drained the oil, filled it back up, and it fired right up (the second time), lol! had to get fuel back to the injectors! smoked a lil, had me worried but that because when i pulled the head off some coolant got into the exhaust pipe! i now see why shops charge so much to fit this kind of stuff, lol!! so anyways i'll be able to get back to the '64 and get a few more things done before winter gets here! i can't wait til i get my other inner fender and firewall cleaned and painted, so i can put the frontend back on for now and see how low the front sit with the extra weight! that and it will look whole again, lol!!

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well got back about an hr. or so ago and i picked up the windshield and both doors from "JesseSimon"! the windshield is from his truck, that he was putting together! he happened to crack the other windshield before i got there, i think it was very cool of him to give me his windshield out of his truck!! thanks man!!

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ok so i did a lil work to the truck this week! there was a crack the shape of a upside down "T" in the wheel lip on the pass. fender about 2in.x 2in.! i got that cut out and patched, grinded off all the bondo off the front of that fender to see how bad it was! really not that bad at all, i've seen way worse! they just put 1/4" of bondo on it to cover it all up! i didnt didnt start hammer on it yet but i will its weekend! i got both my inner fender cleaned and painted! i'm going to clean and paint the firewall this weekend or next week sometime and put the frontend back on for now! i had the cop called on me today for being too loud, grinding and hammering! so i guess i'll just have to go back to only working on it on the weekends at my g-mas house, atleast she lives in the country and they dont care how loud i get, lol!! anyways on to the pictures

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fenders and inner fenders looking good,also nice job on repairing the speaker holes. stinks you have go to grandmas to work on your truck though, some people just dont understand.you ever thought about moving to tn. the house next door just came up for sale would be nice to have another gearhead in the neighborhood and we dont care how much banging you do.:lol:

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thanks flips, for the offer! but i dont think the wife would want to move, your about a lil over 11 hrs. from here and about an hr. from my cousin, he lives in copperhill!! her family lives 1 1/2 hrs. away from here anyways and she dont want to move any further away from them! i've tried a few times to get her to move further away but she wouldn't!! have you done anything lately to your truck??

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as far as the truck goes, not one thing, deer season has opened and between work, family, church and hunting the truck has suffered, i think i heard it crying the other night from neglect:lol: and i have a lot of family in copperhill, if you ever come to visit let me know and we will get together and shoot the bull over supper, my treat.

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sounds good to me! it will be awhile thou! the wife wants to go to cali in feb. or march! we have been married for 5 years and she's never met my brother or sister! plus she has family in cali she waits to see again and for me to met! but whenever i do head your way i will diff. let you know, would love to see your truck inperson!

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looking good so far .. I can't wait to see how that cowl hood turns out i want to build one out of two hoods ive got one with a bad hit in the front
corner and one that looks like if was used for target pratice with a b.b gun
from the inside of the hood:lol::chevy:

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thanks niterider for the comments, i got alot of work to still do but i'll getting there slowly! my truck was a farm truck too, and the last time it was tag was 88' also! as far as the cowl hood, i'm thinking of buying a steel cowl induction hood piece and cutting the sides off then notch my hood and weld the side on and go from there! but thats another mod. i'm going to wait on doing til i get the inside of my cab done and sealed up, i'm wanting to do a front tilt hood also! but that will have to wait also! thanks again for the comments!!

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ahhh you did the seat belt buckle on the tailgate! i had that same exact idea! except I want my tailgate to swing sideways, although i really like the way you did yours!

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Id find out the noise ordinance in your area. In this area you can be loud til 10pm and 11pm on the weekends I believe....and I have!:lol:

When we gonna see that bumper?

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did you ever get any where with your cowl induction hood? curious to see how that would turn out!

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well protrash i'll see if i can get my bumpers done this weekend, i got a full weekend of things i'm going to do! i'm going to strip and paint my firewall, put my frontend back on for now before winter gets here and drop my motor an trans in that way i can see how low the front is with and the weight back on it! i also got to install my front and rear sway bars too! the motor isnt pretty, yet lol! the plan with the motor is gilmer belt and pulleys, finned valve covers, finned oval air cleaner or finned shotgun air scoop with paint between the fins! i got a edelbrock 600cfm and a air gap intake!
JWest- i haven't started on the hood yet, i'll be waiting til after winter to do it a long with the other stuff! i got to buy more parts and stuff, winter is a good time to buy parts since i won't really be doing anything to the truck then! my truck sits outside i dont have a carport or a garage!

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ok i got a lil bit done this weekend! i got the front and rear sway bar mounted, got my firewall cleaned and painted, got the frontend sheet metal on, got the bracket from captainfab and my hydro boost mounted, got the motor and trans in for now atleast for a test fit! checked to make sure the motor still spins freely and everything checks out! will be pulling it out to clean up, paint, and the new exterior goodies! i did have a lil help my dad, my cousin and a friend, so things did go a lil easier, they mostly only helpped with the motor, while i did everything else! i didnt get to the bumpers this weekend, they will have to wait til next weekend! anyways on to the pictures!!

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Hi Chad ! Nice build so far!!!
In response to your PM, Here are some pictures of my hydro boost set up.
I wish we could attach pictures in a PM, so I will have to just attach them here in your thread.

Attachment 821587
The linkage- I made an adjustable push rod using 3/8" rod couplings and 3/8" threaded rod. I cut off the shaft from the hydro boost and left just a short stub. Drilled out one side of a 3/8" rod coupling to the same diameter of the shaft, pressed it together and spot welded in place. I had converted the existing eye that fit on my 64's brake lever previously in the same way.
Then use the all-thread to fit between the two rod couplings and use 3/8"nuts and lock washers as jam nuts when the adjustment is perfect.
It would be better if one side was left handed thread so you could adjust like a turn buckle, but this works OK. The hydro boost side spins so I just left a little free-play and movement of the pedal arm before engagement and tightened the jam nuts.

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The hoses- I grabbed the hoses from the 94 Astro van as they are metric and use O-rings. Cut off the hose right next to the old pressed on connection.
NAPA has some 3/8" compression fittings that they pressed on new 3000 PSI hoses. I had one side of each hose made, took them home and test fit and marked each hose for exact length, took them back to NAPA and them them cut to the mark and the other end pressed on. The compression fitting are rotatable before you tighten them as the hose is very stiff. I cut the hose from the old flared fittings and reused the flared ends on the power steering pump and gearbox side . I used bulk transmission hose to make up the return lines and Tee'd back in to the pump return port.

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The mount -- I had already purchased the mount from CaptainFab and had installed power brakes , but was not pleased with the vacuum booster I installed .
I may have had a bad booster but I also have a cam in my inline 6 and the heads are shaved so the 15" of vacuum at idle was not enough to have the braking results I was after,
I mounted the 94 Astro van hydro boost and master on the CaptainFab bracket and reconnected the brake lines.
Remember that on the master cylinder that the larger rear plastic tank connects to the front discs and the front smaller tank connects to the rear drums.
The proportioning valve is off a 71 C-10 and a modified S-10 bracket.

It stops AMAZING now!!! Maybe a little touchy, but it will not slide the tires on dry roads. It just stops fast and will set you into the set belts!!
Oh yeah--- get some new shoulder harness belts, these are too much brakes for the old style lap belts!!

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Hi Chad -- Good luck with your hydro boost!!
I am subscribed to your thread now and can watch the progress!!

Attachment 821617 One more picture from the side

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thanks bruce, for the nice comments, and for the pictures! the hydro boost i got had two push rods with it 1) long, and 1) short, both threaded and a piece that looks like the piece you have at the pedal! i hope i can just cut the all thread i have, put two lock washers and nuts on it, and be good to go!

On a side note, once i got the motor in there i started thinking (man, i want love to hear it run again)! i thought of grabbing my electric fuel pump, my headers and some wires, hooking the radiator up, get a spare battery, and start it, but i didnt! i feel alot better knowing that i am just that close, beside bodywork, paint, interior, wiring harness, i pretty much am that close! as long as everything go's well this next year i'm right on track with getting it done!

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Hey Chad, your truck is coming along good. I like the way it sits in the above pic. I ordered my 4 inch drop springs for the rear yesturday. I am hoping It will be low enough for what I want and I dont have to C-notch the frame. I need to get the cab back on the frame and some sheetmetal so I can decide what I need to do with the front. Keep up the good work!!

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thanks allaboutchevelles, for the comments! my truck is lowered with 3in. springs and 2in. blocks in the back! but i think the springs i ordered are jeep springs and are too soft! the guy told me they were for our trucks and for 3" drop, but me and two friends (about 600-700lbs.) got in the back and it got real low! the frame wasn't touchin the rearend, but i'm going to change to having air bags atleast for the rear hooked up to schrader valves, so that way i can put what i want and adjust it too!

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truck is looking great,really like what you have done under the hood, i am thinking about the hydro boost set up on mine as well. my cam is so big it dosent make nowhere enough vacuum, but it sure does sound good. cant have your cake and eat it too, or so they say:lol:

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thanks flip for the comments, pretty soon i wont be doing much to the truck because of the weather! i won't be doing the bumpers this weekend like i wanted to, it's gonna rain for the next 4-5 days! but i did get all 10 carriage bolt heads ground down to about 1/8" in. so i can weld them on when it's not raining!

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Looks like she's still coming along nicely. I've always wanted to run a hydro-boost set up for my brakes, but so far have been skunked on them at the junkyards. I'll keep looking and waiting, the cost of new (or even what people want for their old ones) just is too rich for my blood. Keep up the good work bud, I need someone to help me stay motivated on mine :lol:

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hey thanks fryer, for the comments! i know what you mean about staying motivated, not to many people comment on anything i do (good or bad), the hydro boost i bought new off ebay! the guy didnt spell things right, so there was no bids on it! i got it for just under $100, the master cylinder is worth almost that so i think it was a good deal! the headers i got are dynomax blackjack headers for a chevelle, i hope they work! a friend gave them to me when he got his ceramic coated headers! have you been doing anything to tanya? or have you just been doing your car club stuff?

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No worries my friend, I like to watch all the guys building on budgets like mine. Not hating on the pros and high dollar trucks, they just don't do much for motivation for a guy with no money (but they sure are nice to look at). :lol: Your Chevelle headers should work just fine actually, if I were to swap to an auto tranny that was what I was planning to use. They should even give you a little better ground clearance over the truck headers. Unfortunately Tanya has not seen much love recently, some club stuff, and some just life. Plus I am working a spot this quarter that has me filling in for people who are on leave of one kind or another so my days off change quite a bit. Hopefully here I can get back to work on her, parts are piling up and she needs some big adjustments to make a better daily driver. Keep it up bud! :metal:

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I guess I am lucky to have a pick and pull yard not very far from home. I spent maybe 50 bucks on the hydro ,master and the old hoses. probably spent only 140-150 bucks or less on the whole hydro change-over including a new filter and fluid.
I was looking at 7 different astro vans, a couple diesel half tons a diesel 'burb and a C-30 crew cab all with boosters.
I love wrecking yards but I get sad when I find something that somebody wrecked or parted out that could have been rebuilt and saved!!

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fryer, (they just don't do much for motivation for a guy with no money), i know what you mean! the guys on a budget get you thinking (hey i can do that this weekend)! about the headers i was thinking the samething about clearance! i'm thinking of taking them over there tomorrow and double check to see how everything will need to be routed since theres only 20% chance of rain this weekend, it didnt rain yesterday or today like they said it would!
bruce, thats funny since i moved back in march, theres a salvage yard in walking distance for my place! i've only gone there once since then and they don't let you take tools or anything! they will go with you and pull the part for you, which to me sucks cause its like they kind of want you to hurry! they had a few other ones around here but i haven't gone to any of them! in tulsa where my wifes family lives theres a few that you pay to get in and i love those kind, you can spend all day in them! but not to many of them have older cars and trucks in them anymore!! there is this one that i went to years ago with my uncle it's within 10-15 miles from here but i can't remember the name or what roads it's on, i'll have to talk to him today! theres nothin but old cars and trucks there, just hope there all still there! i remember that they had 2 63' impalas they only wanted $1000 for both but what one was missing the other had, i didnt have the money or the place to put two cars!

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Chad you`re making great progress, like the build...:)

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rich thanks for the comments, i'm going slow compared to some, lol! after winter i'll be doing the interior stuff, weatherstripping, wiring, paint the motor, install the gas tank and i think i'm going to start driving it! i can do the bodywork as i'm driving it, i'll paint it later, and if i do that i'll still be on schdule with getting it road ready in the next year! thanks guys for all the comments, it gives me motivation to work on something everyday!!

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well i had no luck today, the chevelle headers i have (dynamax blackjack 85001) will not work with the cpp tubular perches, i tried! so i got to get the right headers! anyone need some headers?! i tried to get my grille support panel bolted on today to, but since my trucks on an 70' frame and i eye-balled mounting the front crossmember for the radiator! i got to move it in 1 1/2", to get the grille panel to bolt up and to mount the radiator mounts to the top of that crossmember! i just got more work but today was just trail and error anyways!!

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Chad64chevy,

Nice Job on the build. I am in the middle of a 65 build. Like you I am Trying to do it without breaking the bank. I have been Hitting a lot of u pull yards for OEM parts. I like your brake boost set up. I pulled a vacuum boost master from an early 90's 1500.($20) Have not installed it yet but now I am thinking will the med size cam in my 350 be too radical fro proper brake boost? I guess I will find out when I install. Any draw backs to the Hydro boost set up? I have seen a few in the yards around here. Cheap.$25-30 (Side note... on your upper ball joints where you drilled out your factory rivids...turn your bold over so they are facing down. this will give you more clearance. and its safer)

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thanks summerj for the comments, about the ball joints i was told to leave them facing up so that the threads dont cut the rubber up then turning! the only draw back i can think of it that fact that you have to hook it up to the power steering box and gearbox! that and the price of hoses for them!

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i've been looking at the hedman 69640 headers cause they are short for ground clearance, and i was looking at the hedman 69090 cause i like full length headers! i'm kind of leaning for the 69640 cause i hear the 69090 hang down below the frame rails! if anyone knows about this let me know, but i think i'll still go with the 69640!

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Yes the 69090's do hang below the frame a little.