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I found the filler door down in Phoenix and had my local guys track it down for me here...just getting ready to cut in the next day or so. I had to drop my fuel tank and remove a board from the section I wanted to install into....pain in the a$$ to say the least. But my tank had the filler in the wrong spot so wanted to mark it and have it done right

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Thanks man....
I saw your truck before in person I can't remember where....it might have been the pullayup Wa good guy's show?....I had my 58 down there ...nice truck

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It's based on a VW color and then we messed with it a bit...for the record I don't want Bomp not sleeping at night...lol

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Crap I forgot to measure it but I think it's a 32 " I will have to recheck that ...
Well did a litle work on the pro the other day but it's in body shop jail at the moment. I think I might get the engine finished it's all sitting down at the engine shop as we speak.... 454 with aluiminum heads 671 Blower 2 x 4's with twin NOS.....If i hadn't already bought the blower carbs I would have done injection I think

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Sounds like the effect I am looking for.....I can't wait to roll it out into the sun

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I stuffed into my buddies shop because I am building my buddies 54 ( totally crazy truck the most wild thing I have ever touched )

But there is a spot at the body shop so I might take it too him to do a couple of things....I would love to drive it this year...So many projects so little time lol

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Thanks...

You have no idea how nice it is to hear that kind of stuff....I have been pulling wrench for what seems like ever...and once in awhile it's nice to get something positive back. I ain't no Dino but it's nice to be able to park beside him some times....lmao...and I did with my 58

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Pulled the gas tank back out and have it all marked to move the filler neck to the right spot for function and form.....Hope to get that done tomorrow so I can get this thing done and on the road. Got my new fuel pump delivered and thats on the weekend list

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Spring is just around the corner and can't wait to see this thing buffed out in the sun!

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Those valve covers look so awesome. Definitely be worth the trouble of making them work.


Bret

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Man this thing is gonna be Saweeeeet.

You gotta take some Awesome pics so I can use'em on my phones screen page. Right On!

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Doing good work! :chevy:

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Me either ....I think once it's polished and the sun hits it it's going to be deadly. It looks good in the shop with crappy lights so ....I hope it was the right color choice.

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Yea I recked the roller rocker set up and they clear so.....I figured out what i need to do to make it work and there is no going back once the drill hits it...lol....But thanks I was nervous powder coarting the red into those fins but it looks great. The next trick for me is to get the right air cleaner to go with those covers.....something finned.....something with out a brand labeled all over it.

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Dudeeeeee...
Any time the Masterful metal man Bomp graces my page it's got to be a good day lol...As soon as the front end gets painted I will move it outside and take a picture for you. But you better make it your screen page dude....lmao..

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Thanks man..
It's always nice to hear something positive...I think it keeps all of us going forward.

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I haven't seen how Dino did his valve covers, but here's how I hid the PCV connection on mine:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...3+valve+covers

It may be of interest if you haven't started drilling yet.

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Yea I haven't started drilling yet and have talked to my buddy who has a small C&C machine about building something for me and now that I have seen what you did I am inspired....Yours is very sexy and I really like the monolithic kinda look. Great job...great design...and thanks alot for sharing that...

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Started my sub box the otherday....I have a few ideas I am kicking around at the moment and I hope it all works out in practice like it does in my mind....lol

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Well I bent up the fuel line from the pump up to the carb today between some other tasks....it took awhile to get it bent the way I wanted and I am not sure yet if I want to try it one more time , so I am giving it a day to grow on me.....lol

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Valve covers are BAD-A!

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Hey man thanks.....
I really dig'em

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So for those of you live in the warm places here is what a little freezing rain does.....

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So I had to change up my tank....I never built it but it came with the frame when i bought that so long ago. Anyhow I changed it up and have a couple of really cool things in the works ...cool = something I have never done before....So I try to add one thing everytime i build a truck and when it came to the fuel tank/door combo i had this idea. I will wait for this and revisit that when complete.....

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But I did have this thought today as I was sitting having a coffee....You see I have this rule and it's a simple rule actually. Everytime you get a part or a piece from someone you have to assume it's wrong and it's up to you to find out why....Well I broke that rule with the tank, i thought to myself okay the fill tube is wrong it's right on a cross support.....and the neck is the wrong height. So i figured out all of that with out it putting me behind . But it was too obvious....it was a trap....As i sit here thinking about it I realized that it has the fitting for fuel,vent,and return but I haven't confirmed there is a pick up tube connected to any of them yet.....Wanna bet there is a fitting and no tube?.....cringes.... stay tuned for the answer tomorrow when I run the camera in there

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I have been building a new and improved sub box for each truck I build and I haven't ever showen that process before...not sure why. But I started building the boxes for this project and low and go at the same time as well as my new patterns...This is the first round of cutting and as I go I will update the look. Still not sure how many subs or the size I want to run just yet so thats a work in process.

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Some fuel line work

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I dont care if I ever get to see one of your builds, I would just like to meet you some day.

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Well I am going to take that as a compliment and not as a hey my cheque bounced thing.....lol. Ya could you imagine if about 20 of us ever got together the kaos that would erupt ? I dig your thread too...and you and Bomp together crack the hell outa me....I spend more time laughing at what the 2 of you say to each other then i do pulling wrench somedays

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Got a few more things done today.....
Shround and eletric fan mounted to the rad........Check
Trail mounting for new and improved sub box.......not sure if I like it
Did a bunch of work on the gas tank door.....It's going to be sick
Ordered funky new windshield wiper motor

So all and all it was a good day for a saturday

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I'm anxious to see what you've got planned for the fuel door. I'm brainstorming some ideas myself and not sure if I'm going to go with a fuel door set-up or just flush mount the caps to the bedfloor using custom Harley fuel caps that are flush to the surface and spring-loaded.

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Well can you wait a little bit....?...I have showen the fuel door that I am going to use and I can tell you I am going to part cut it in...then carve out the rest to fit it in flush. But then I had this really cool Idea to step it up and do something I have never done before on one of these. I just want to make sure that it's going to be as cool as I think it will before I say what the plan is.......lol...

But the entire fuel door tank in the rear thing I have alot of suggestions..I have learned that it really depends on where you life to the kind of cap/door you need. The one one on my 58 is awesome until it gets wet then inside the cap there is a rubber/coil return...So when you push down and spin the coil pushs it up . Well at soon as it rains the moisture gets into the rubber cap which causes a suction and the cap won't release. I drive it down to phoenix for 6 months and it works 100% perfect each and every time......It's in that that I have decided not to have any caps exposed and to cover it with a door everytime....but thats just my 2 cents on that kinda stuff

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Our weather and climate here are really close what Phoenix has, and I never considered the possibility of what water can do to the spring-loaded caps. Makes perfect sense. Hmmmm....may have to think up a fuel door idea now.

Years ago, I saw a truck that Scott's did, and they made it where the entire bed board was on a hinge, and it flipped up for access to the gas cap and other things. Pretty slick.

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Ya thats a billeted kit you can buy that turns the entire board into a cover . I would recommend the cap that you saw on my tank as well , you don't have to unscrew the cap to put fuel in. The center section is spring loaded so the gas filler pops right in and closes as you pull the filler back out.

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Well with the front end held up in body shop jail still I turned my attention to the radiator,shroud and fan and managed to get it all installed together and a trial fit.

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Well this is a little old but it shows what I am going for.......

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It's not much....But I call it home.....

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So I am always guilty of posting more then one truck on a thread so hey....why would I stop now...lol
This is the pile of parts for my buddies truck that we have been aquiring as we get ready to attack it

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Just a quick sneak peak.....

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Can't have too many truck projects going on at one time. Sweeeeet