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BTW, I was going to paint the inner fenders and rad support with eastwoods underhood black but the rest of the truck is turning out so nice I wanted under the hood to be a little nicer.
SO, I wanted to try Duplicolors paint system, I bought the primer base and clear from Autozone for $72. It took about 2 hours start to finish to spray it all and I think they came out really nice.
Not sure I would paint a whole car with it, but you could.
There were no suprises and it layed out very easy. I sprayed it at my painters place but I did most of the spraying with his guidance.

Re: 71 Cheyenne in Chandler
 

IT LIVES!!! I got the LS1 running today. I had a few injectors stick, I had it running on 2.5 cylinders, once I tapped on all of them with a screw driver it runs perfect!

I should be driving it in a month or so, at least around the block.

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I got to drive it around the block today, it's not done by a long shot but mechanically it's solid. Shot a couple of pictures also. Enjoy...

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Looking good! I love that color combo.

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You're buiding an awesome truck! I'm going to keep up with this build. It looks as if you've done a great job so far!

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Latest update, I drove it to Tucson for Super Chevy last weekend, about 120 miles each way. I ran it on the 1/4 mile twice and it went 14.39 with my 20's on it and the scale said 3920 with me in it. I think that's prety good for basicly a stock LS1 with headers and a CAI and no tuning to the computer. I had to back off the throttle to let it shift and I had to baby it off the line.

I did not even take any tools with me...
It cruised 75 at 1900 RPM and was a lot of fun!!
I also ran into the guy I bought the truck from and he liked it very much.

Re: 71 Cheyenne in Chandler
 

Too cool! I am not a yellow guy except the darker Vette Canary yellows, but my brother had a butternut yellow 67 chevelle many years ago. I am building a 67 in his memory and will more than likely use the butternut yellow color as it'll be "his car". Looks sweet and glad to hear the LS1 works good for ya!

Re: 71 Cheyenne in Chandler
 

wow nice! and a local guy too! im at circle g in queen creek.hope to see ya soon at power rd show maby? now that your complete come over and restore mine.. i will even help. coyote dave

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i feel the need for another get together for us metro arizonians!!!!! lol!

Re: 71 Cheyenne in Chandler
 

any word of bed liner

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This is the product we used, the paint store gave us a small can of the same pigment used in the regular paint. It really looks great up close.

Re: 71 Cheyenne in Chandler
 

right on man and by the way truck is bad azzzzz

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really nice truck congrats :ito:

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i will def check this out. how hard is it to scuff or damage?

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Here are a couple of pictures for Shon.

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It seems to be very tough but I don't plan on loading a lot of heavy or sharp stuff in the bad, I do plan on coating my 2008 bed with it later this year.

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Excellent work. Truck looks great and I'm gonna need to research that bed liner myself. I want to match mine to the medium olive green.

I'd like to have that Malibu you sold too..................... i'm just sayin..........

Re: 71 Cheyenne in Chandler
 

Went to a car show last night and on Friday night.
thought I would update what the truck looks like now.
I still need to buy trim and finish the interior but it shows nicely and always draws a crowd.
Dan

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Oh, so you're not going back with the trim then.

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I will have trim on it eventually, I just have to buy it. It's a real Cheyenne so with the two tone paint it must have trim. :metal: IMHO.

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looks good!

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Yeah I agree. Same with mine. The total trim package is like 1000.00 though right?

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dan,
glad to see that it is up & running!! by chance is the car show you went to last night the scottsdale pavillions one? we were there from 5:00 to about 6:00! there is a car show on friday nights over here at arizona ave & ocotillo rd. i am itching to get mine out of storage & drive it over there.... maybe a few of us could meet & give the show some "character"...lol!!!

looking very good!!

jake

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Actually on Friday I was at Ocotillo and AZ Ave, there must have been 150 cars there, it was packed. It was also the season opener. I forgot my camera both nights :( .
Saturday we were at the Sonic at Higley and Germann they do it once a month.

I'd really like to meet up and hit a show. I'll post a meet in a couple of weeks and see what we can do.
I need to print out the web address for this site, I've met some really nice guys with Chevy trucks that do not know about the site. I always ask "are you on the site?" Like everyone should know which site I'm talking about... :lol:

Re: 71 Cheyenne in Chandler
 

nice truck!