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I put a "new" to me glove box in my 67, it was one of two that came with the 70 GMC 'burb we just hauled home. Started taking out the 4 speed in the burb to put into my 67. No I didn't take pics LOL.

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I installed a ECE hidden hitch setup on my 71. My 8 year old son was the perfect assistant to get the job done. It took a few hours to get the holes drilled but it turned out really cool.

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re-installed my heater controls and boxes. with new heater core

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well i hung new doors and fenders last week and had to walk away for a day or so.....went up today and removved fenders loosened cab bolts,ssquared up the cab, was a 1/2 in out sheesh......aligned doors so they close smoothly now and rehung fenders,got body lines i can live with,now for some new hood hinges and shims and will test fit hood and and install grill surround...see how in lines up then lol......have a good weekend fellas

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I almost finished the manual to automatic tranny 700r4, the last thing I did was the holes for the croosmember and then conect the TV cable, then drove it and I just noticed the big difference. I still having things to fixing like emergency brake cable, speedometer cable, carpet but I'm on the way.

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got all the parts i ordered from autozone to do the rear brakes on my longhorn c20.

Realized the whell cylinders were wrong, so went back to autozone and they started passing the buck blaming everbody and their grandma for the wrong parts.
Settled for a refund on the wheel cylinders from autozone, went to napa and picked up the "right" ones.
set down to do the brakes and realized autozone gave me the wrong size brake shoes. They gave me the 12' instead of the 11 2 and 3/4 i ordered. After driving there and haggling for a refund, i went to napa and got the "right" ones.
You think i would now better than to deal with autozone, but i thought i'd save a few "bucks" instead ended up wasting 4 complete days!
should have went to napa in the first place.
now daylight is gone and have to wait for tomorrow to start. All this after i waited 4 days for autozone to "order" the parts from their warehouse. then to realize they were wrong parts, wheel cylinders and brake shoes. (they did get the brake hardware right though)
never again with autozone.

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that's my next project, replacing the 350 longtail i have now with the 700r.
should be a direct swap except for the crossmember,tv cable,et..
already did the one piece driveshaft.

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Painted the top and wheels white!!! :)

Here's what it looked like when I first got it.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...ins70chevy.jpg

Here's what it's been like the last couple of years.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...yuke/Edit4.jpg

And here's what I did over the last several days.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/Driprail.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/P1030101.jpg

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Started mock up on my electric fan setup yesterday and removed all the bed to frame bolts. Got a couple buddies down today and acheived bed separation. Was gonna just install a fuel cell but I'm thinkin this is as good of time as any to clean and paint the frame and do some exhaust work. You all know how that snowballs!

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Built 3 inch tailpipes that come out behind the rear tires on a angle, changed the oil and cleaned up some mess....

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I sure wish I had got some stuff done on my trucks, but no.

I moved both trucks, '67 and '71 steppers, to carports so I can get the garage ready to start working on the back of the '67 so I can put the bed on it.

Having a small garage and working on two trucks seem to slow progress.

Danny

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Got my truck box painted today.

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I stripped my cowl panel to bare metal

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Installed my new/used Hurst shifter. No more column shifting!

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Got it up to 115 MPH.

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Vent window rebuild!!!!
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Slick67 that is gonna be one good looking truck! I love that color.:c2::chevy:

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More bodywork! Man who in their right mind likes bodywork. Knocked out some dents and glazed a few spots. This has to be the worst part of the build..geeez

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Went to move the truck the other day so I could spray/prep the rear for removal but it wouldn't start. Hoped it was the filter, but ended up being the fuel pump. Almost finished the install of the pump and found a leaky thermosat housing.:banghead:

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got a carberautor for my 302 next step paint it hugger orange set it in the frame along with the tranny and then im set :metal:

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Well my Wife did about 99% of this to my Truck today, but I figure since we've been Married 20 years, it would be permissible for this Thread.;)

I've installed the Leather Seats in my Truck, but with the Gas Tank still there, when the Console is folded down you STILL see it. :waah:

My Wife says to me,
"Hey you need a Pillow between your Seats to hide the Gas Tank".

Then it hits me, that I've got (2) 12" Embroidered Rat Fink patches, I bought from Ed Roth's Wife about 6 years ago. They've been tucked away, so I asked my Wife if she could sew the Patch on to a Pillow?

Viola' there you have it, and since the "Theme" of my Truck is going to be the Rat Fink, (license plate "RATIKLE"), it was a no brainer!!!:metal:

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Is that the "ford Norsea blue Metallic"?
if not, what is that beautiful color?

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went through the entire headlight/ alternator harness.. repaired 40 years of cutting and splicing...
made a whole new rear taillight harness from old stock...
ripped out the front to rear intermediate harness and found more cuts and splices...

geeze..
guess going to pick n pull tomorrow... Contemplating starting a build thread... was gonna use this as a beater DD.. but the more I work on her the more I fall in love with her.. Its not going to be show quality.. but a looker for sure...


not sure yet..

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Got to fitting my fuel cell between the frame rails, can't cut a straight line to save my life! Lots of touch up grinding to do to get it to fit.

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i sanded the cowl down and i ordered a clear distributor, 292 cam and a timing chain

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Finished the electric fuel pump. Fixed the leak on the thermostat housing (hopefully). Getting some feedback from a couple people on a used rear end for my '71, so hopefully I will have one accuired soon.

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prepping the big block to go in...

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs263...._8185645_n.jpg

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Finished up my front suspension and started putting the rear together. Today i will install the differential.

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Installed a new muffler

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I made a bunch of little holes into one big hole....

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Replumbed the fuel cell... Went from -8 to -6 bulkhead...had to make a couple of aluminum washers to fill the 3/4" hole in the fuel cell.

Also started making some fuel line brackets out of aluminum flat stock. They hold 2 3/8" aluminum fuel lines from the notch back to the fuel cell. Then the ones in front of the notch will be 2 3/8" fuel lines and a 3/16" brake line.
Originally saw how to build these on the HAMB forums...but someone has a write up here in the FAQ.
Pics later

Kinda hard to get the 3/8" holes right in center of the 2 pieces of aluminum. But they will work fine. The long bracket needs to get cut down. It was the first one...trying to get the spacing right.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...g/DSC06520.jpg

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Went to the body shop to tape out the separation for the two-tone paint scheme and the colored stripe that runs between the two colors:metal: the inside is painted, the jambs are done, and the gaps are set in stone! The guy doing all the body work is incredible! I had some pretty good rust issues on my (top) lift-tailgate... enough to have me lookin for another one. He cut it all out, treated the inside of the tailgate with rust arrest liquid... and then welded all new metal in there, and prepped and painted.... looks better than new!

I am stoked it comes home this weekend!

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Threw an entire demolished bathrooms worth of sheet rock, tile and concrete in the back! Love those extra leaf springs.

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Painted Front front clip and rear fenders, busted my knuckles and the lower bolt trying to lower the rear end, toook off the old bed and removed the old rusted fenders.
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Took off the old bed,
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Got my blower hole cover in the mail!:metal: Just need to fix a spot where old blower seal started to rust the firewall a little... didn't go through, just a little flakey. Then, my plan to get rid of all options will be complete.:devil:

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finally finished painting my wheels

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installed new tie rods

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Stuffed the '71 in the garage and jacked/blocked it up. Sprayed everything with PB blaster that I think I needed to for the axle removal. Chased a wiring issue with backup lights. Keeps popping fuses.

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This took longer than a day but I had "help" from Mother Nature :D

Anyone who saw my truck at GotG knew I was catching up with a "parking lot" water pump change and leak...chased it through a few quickie attempts until Sunday I took everything off the front of the motor, then the rain started falling hard and drove me inside. I cleaned, prepped and spray painted everything (not show quality, just better and lighter without the crud) and suffered through primer up my sinuses :lol: as well as nothing drying under the humidity then when it stopped raining I cleaned, prepped and sprayed the front of the block before reassembling everything on Tuesday.

No leaks finally and I identified my next project--the balancer needs to properly removed and reinstalled. Also discovered the replacement radiator I have to go in, has been a 4-row all along. Maybe I shouldn't do things to the truck anymore, I keep finding more things to do!!!

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I let my daughter take a friend of hers out in it. They made it back in one piece. whew.