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I am loving the seasonal wall paper ! :lol: .

I spent some hours yesterday cleaning 292 engine covers & stuff in the solvent tank and made a serious discovery ~ the 1977 timing chest is *much* thinner steel than is the old 1964 one , there are numerous changes in how it was manufactured too so I'll be taking the extra time to de rust the 1964 one and use it on my '69 .

The good thing is : the lighter '77 cover didn't leak atall so it's a good used part , maybe I'll install a new seal and re paint it correct GMC/Chevrolet Red and offer it cheaply on E-ay .

I hope to get more tear down works done to - day , the sun is rising so my achy old bones and injuries might give me a break in the pain dept .

Truly , these ARE ' Mistresses ' ! .

Cheaper and BETTER than any modern truck I can buy .

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Added one more to the fleet. :lol:

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started putting my front clip together....also gave Mary a lil more rake....

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No lmc. Little pricey bUT excellent fit and quality. I was surprised myself and actually pretty easy install.

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Your truck looks great, Is that a rechrome original for the rear bumper?
all the repops i've seen "like mine" have an upward bow.

Thanks
Joe

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No problem and thank you. Got the triple chrome from ecklers. My mechanics father does the chrome work for them here in Orlando and pointed me in the right direction. Once again I was surprised how well it fit and looked especially after all the nightmare threads I've been reading about aftermarket parts.

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ole dollor has been setting for a few weeks , next year I am going to pull the head off and do a valve job... been busy taking care of the wife after her back surgery ,and just about the time we got her staples out , my kick starter in my chest went bad , and I just got out of the hospital from having a new defb. put in wires and all. the old wires were broke and it went off 2 times this year . so it may be a while before I can enjoy working on old dollor again.

Hope every one has a Very Merry Christmas ...

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A bunch of little stuff ..

1) Started chipping away at the cheap respray that's sitting on top of the OG hugger orange paint
2) Restored my gauge cluster. DEciding whether to get a new bezel or keep the sligthly patina'd one I have
3)Pulled out the rear "CHEVROLET" tailgate panel, scraped off all the old chipped/faded/cracking woodgrain decal
4) scuffed up the inner fenders for paint. The PO sprayed them gloss black with a rattle can...

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Take care of yourself and the woman. ole dollor will wait for ya.
Best of the season to you, Brother.

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Thanks a bunch mag. hope to be around here for a long time. hope you also have a great season .

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Used tailgate installed after painting, sport bumper, and hidden hitch. Looks so much cleaner now. Will get the tailgate trim and letters on soon.

-Jeff

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Pulled the drivetrain and front end yesterday. Today the drivetrain went to its new owner.

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Nothing to the truck but I finally went and bought a garage heater and mounted it.. tomorrow Ill have to push the Vette out so I can get to the gas line stubbed into the wall behind it and run it to the heater and fire that bad boy up. No more freezing days and nights out there :metal:

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finished powder coating my hurricane/outlaw/turbine rims. Now the search is on for tires,after I get the kids cars fixed( home from school)

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Picked me up a ghetto grandpa shell!

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New wheels and door panels.

18x8 up front and 18x9.5 in the rear

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what size wheel and tires you running? Nice truck

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wheres the 4th screw hole?

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Finally got to put my cab on my frame....it's only been 3 years and 10 months since tear down....wire harness is next I'd say..oh ya, I got my engine started too after new forged crank and roller cam, custom TPI fuel injection. I had it started without the cab on, I just rigged up a tank and battery...sounds healthy! (406 ci).

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Just drove mine. Cleaned the windows, etc.

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Installed Porterbuilt Inner Frame Structure:

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still stripping paint.... so much paint.... :m6:

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Screw pack only came with 7. It's in there now.

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ahh.. it looked like there was only 3 holes in the panel

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Thanks. They are Wheel Vintiques, rears are 15 x 10 with MT 30x12 and fronts if I remember are 15 x 8 or 7 with Firestone bias ply skinnies, just for some fun at high freeway speeds!

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Gonna be a real sharp 4x4

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....more stripping.... Im thinking that when I get to the bed Im gonna get some paint stripper....

The cab is completely stripped except under it and Ill get that when we lift it off the frame.

The right front fender is ordered. Once I get my "after Christmas bonus Ill order the cab corners and inner rocker patches and the lower inner left side door patch along with the bed front. Still deciding on doing the wood bed floor or not.

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I realized it's unlikely I'll get my 292 overhaul finished before the paint Jail needs a drive line to install so I hoisted the old 250 CID i6 onto an engine stand and began stripping it down and cleaning the engine and all those ding dang brackets.....

Whew , I'm tired and still have lots to do plus I need to find a pair of those side plates that fit 194/230/250 engines ~ this engine has chrome covers and i want stock .

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1. get the bbc up and running.:metal:
2. get the truck to move under its own power:metal:
3. more important...got it too stop:lol:
4. putted through the back roads with the lil' guy riding shotgun.

all went great on its maiden voyage after 2 yrs & 2 months of being torn down. you can see the big kid just had to follow me around in his 67 swb;).
I'm building this truck for the lil' guy he was super thrilled when i took him out and showed him it starts and drives on christmas afternoon.

pretending to be fiddling with something I asked him too turn the key (he had no idea it was gonna start) and when it crackled to life you all should've seen the biggest suprized smile i got from him:metal:

the granddaughter was waiting her turn for a ride.

unfortunately very much sanding and body work to do yet....ugh

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Got the frame back from being water blasted, taking front and rear suspension, related parts off of the frame.

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@ midniteblues : GOOD DADDY ! you're teaching him well no matter what he goes off to do in life .

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@ Teninchbluff : what is this ' water blasting ' you speak of ? .

TIA ,

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Ill give ya 3 guess what i did today...

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Started pulling all the salvageable parts off of the ol' 283. Opened her up, found out she's a very dirty girl.

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working on A arms wish some one would give advice or tell me a good place to find it been along time for me doing it all on me
sandblasted them got all new hardware 1970 c 10 SWBSS 350/300 375trans

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I had a company blast the frame with high pressure water and small particles of glass. This process is an alternative to other medium blasting such as sand or soda blasting...clean as a whistle!

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That 283 is *very* clean ! .

Dirty engines have packed in gooey crap you have to scrape out with a spatula .

To - day I worked a bit more on my old 250 i6 ~ I found what I think are rebuilder's tags , one on the back of the cylinder head , another in a welch plug on the left side of the block .

Everything was going O.K. , I was scraping off old crispy paint , then i wire brushed it a bunch then I tried to roll the engine a few feet for the next application of degreaser when CRASH ! the ding dang El Cheapo three legged engine stand tipped over , dumping my engine onto the cement driveway :mad: .

The chrome rockerbox is now all bashed in , too bad but I didn't like it anyways and was going to give it away .

I hoiseted the engine and stand back up and cleaned some more , this thing is going to look really spiffy when I'm done with it .

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Put the grill and front bumper on, also took it on its maiden voyage yesterday afternoon.

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Got a sand blast cabinet for christmas, put it to work on blasting and coating parts. Check out the how-to I just finished to see how you can do it in your garage. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=654423

Here are some pictures. of my progress.
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Finishing the new door bottoms...

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Brought this home:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1419114625

Then took it apart:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1419658589

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1419658589