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Plug wire's in loom's.Added a boot with trim around shifter.

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Mounted up new dual needle air gauges I received from bagriders. After mock up of several different and common gas tanks for these trucks I chose to modify and use a first generation Ford Mustang gas tank.Using a Stewart And Warner adapter plate for a universal 0 to 30 ohm sender for the stock guage.And modifying the original sender to be only a pickup tube for fuel.

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Set up the classic instruments sender kit to fit the tank.

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After a stack of different pulley combo's a match is made.A few shims on bracket's we now have alignment.Fan spacer and fan.Now a load of belt's and match them into this and a shroud. Considered going electric fans though still sticking to a plan and theme.Budget $ and use what is in the garage.

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Another extended summer day in Seattle.Finished mounting adapter plate in fuel tank for S&W sender.Painted tank.Support frame work fab'd in for tank .Mounted in at the end of weekend after painting support frame for tank.

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Fuel tank mounting.

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Finished plumbing, Fuel line's done.Brake line's done. After a stack of v belt's got a set to match.

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Looking good. Getting closer.

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Thank you.Not to far from it moving on it's own,Almost to heavy to get in and out of the garage.

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Plumbed in air gauge's.Routing the little line's are something to watch what the they can rub on and protect them.I know some people don't like this set up and would go for full Accuair controlled though this is a budget project and a bit old school. >> Noted that now the Accuiar vu4 has pressure on both side's of the solenoid's it is not bleeding down.This drove me crazy .There where no leak's and the truck would drop overnite. Now it stay's pumped up.

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Wired in the lockup release and the dual circuit stop lamp switch and got it mounted in. This is needed for the 700r4 lockup circuit.The cardboard box is the only left over part's from the start of the project.The truck was stripped for the most part.

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Had a driveshaft made this week with new yoke's installed. Gotta say Measure and measure both up and down and loaded suspension before getting these made up. Fit perfect . Fluid in steering pump now. On to the next step.

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Got the hood back on.Take sometime to set up gap's and latching next. The Bull has it's nostril's back.

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So this is no show truck nor resto.It is done within a budget and with a lot of collected part's from the year's past.It still need's to look ok when done. Tightened up the frt. sheet metal today.These are the cab corner upper cowl cover's gapped out fairly ok.

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Set up of the speedo drive gear and driven gear housing. Here is a calculation method to set up speedo gear tooth count's.

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Maybe I missed it, but are you using your factory idler arm? What center steering section are you using? What year power steering box too?

Thanks, Wade

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I am using a frt donor suspension and crossmember from a 1987 c-10. Idler and gear box is from it also though new. The center link is original 1960 only becuase for some bling.i used Cpp tie rod sleeve's.I put in steering box adapter plate kit from Cpp also. QUOTE=rwade;7323252]Maybe I missed it, but are you using your factory idler arm? What center steering section are you using? What year power steering box too?

Thanks, Wade[/QUOTE]

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Start battery in.This is the primary though a constant duty solenoid will keep the other battery charged for the compressor's.Transmission dipstick and tube in and it hide's well.Transmission cooler I am searching for a good mount location .

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Put on the transmission lower cover for the flexplate and convertor.Removed the tailshaft housing of the trans to install the drive gear for speedo.

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Mounted the constant duty solenoid and started wiring it. Starter wired. Transmission dipstick tube mounting tab attached to rear of block now also.

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Nice and clean!!!!

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Thank you, trying to keep it sano. a bit.

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Gettin close.

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Thank's again Chizzler. Ya close though still some wiring.Exhaust mock up and build and install. Trans lines. Mount rear shock's. Still got to pull my rear axles and redrill for 5 on 5 and some rear brake work in the drums.

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Got a couple things done at night during week. Shock lower rear brackets ready to get tacked on. Battery cable terminal ends done. Been busy at work so not to much time at night.

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finished the tailshaft of transmission .Speedo all hooked up.

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The batterie's are all wired in now.Finishing up harness of truck.Got interior wired,Back lighting wired in for guage packs,Exterior lighting wired.Alternator wired.

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Working on the rear lighting harness.This truck had a handful of hole's in dash and everywhere.I filled them various period style switches instead of filling them.Keepin' the theme.

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Diggin in part's boxe's I had an old school fill neck. From a 30"s Studebaker. For now it'll work.Set in the wood in the bed to mock up fill neck.

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Thank's tryin' to keep it simple and clean.

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Through out this project rust is in the way as it for most of us.This stuff is the fashnizz. Aerokroil none better work's like a champ.

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Even though this truck will look like a road side left over little detail's like ugly windshield squirter's bugged me..Found some original style on a parting out truck in the paper.The little round head one's are now on the hood.

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Turn signal lever I modded. This might mess with some folk's . Back in the fiftie's rodder's would flip the shifter to left of the column.

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A license frame from the sixtie's in Seattle . The gmc in red matched the lettering on the tailgate of the truck.

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The red positive battery cable stood out.Used some old school asphalt loom to blend it in under the hood.The loom is cool stuff.Using it in other area's also.

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Got my seat belt's and anchor plate's from Juliano's today. Started to install. There will be belt's also for a center passenger.Sorry about the grainy pic's.

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Looks good.

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Thank you., Appreciate the comment.

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Got my gas cap and fill neck today from BAM Manufact..Look's and fit's better than my temporary set up.

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Good progress. like that gas cap setup. Clean