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Engine looks great.

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All the little details are looking good together. Now you can scare the deer with your spotlight so you don't hit them.

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I always say, "It don't matter what the truck looks like long as you have a perrty engine." lol Looks great man! And spot lights rock! I have been able to pick up 2 so far. One a GM and the other an S6 universal.

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Thanks Craig, took a lot of work to get it this nice

Thanks bill, the details are what make the vehicle different. And yep now that whitetailed buck will see me coming from a mile away!

Thanks tj, your sure right about a Pertty engine! This spotlight is a unity s6 almost identical to the factory 60-63 spotlight, just a little earlier.

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Spent some time disassembling and polishing the spotlight and boy does she ever shine now! Chrome came out way better than I ever would've thought

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Very nice. :metal:

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I have one as well.

Desperately want it on my truck but in two minds about cutting a hole in my cab.


Probably will fit it though.

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:metal::metal::metal:

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Thanks bill
I say just go for it, holes can always be patched later down the road if need be.
:metal:

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Well after contemplating about the motor mounts for a while an I decided after all to adapt the front mount to the new crossmember. So the first step was to take a bunch of measurements and then grind and drill out all the rivets to remove the perch from the crossmember, this was quite the chore but I finally got them all out. Next I will finish the last lower control arm so I can begin the crossmember swap.

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And the perch

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Engine is just about all buttoned up, I painted and reinstalled all the little odds and ends, she's looking good! Also ran some other lines

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Can't wait to see that thing start up, great work.

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:agree:

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Thanks, Neither can I

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Awesome job Nik! Your motor is looking great :metal: How's the motor mounts and front end coming?

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Thanks Anthony, in one of my past posts I mentioned that I decided to adapt the front mount to the new crossmember after all since it would be a lot less work than building side mounts from scratch. Now all I need to do is track down a rubber motor mount as mine has a large chunk missing and they are not reproduced. I'm actually in the kootney's right now and I have a couple leads on some

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Looking great dude!

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Been a while since Ive been on here man, its came a long ways, looking good!

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Thanks a lot guys!

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While on my ten day fishing trip I picked up this wilwood 3/4" clutch master cylinder, this is the same one that captainfab uses for his kit

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While passing through the middle of nowhere in northern B.C. I was able to track down and purchase a 60-62 v8 Bellhousing with the v8 horseshoe and other stuff for $75, this is just in case I ever decide to go with a v8 in the future, since these Bellhousings are hard to find and it was a good deal I couldn't pass it up. Oh and I have been searching while on the road but still haven't found a motor mount :no:

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I've been pretty busy and lacking in updates recently but this weekend I decided to take advantage of the picknpull half priced sale. I got a set of springs from a half ton to cut down one coil ( my donor 78 had 3/4 ton springs), and a 8" brake booster from a s10, this is because my bigger booster from the 78 wouldn't fit in the engine bay with the oilbath aircleaner.