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Mitch, you were asking about my ft shock mounts. well here they are--cut off. what a mess lol. just get the stick welder and go for it. I guess because of the winch (an being a search & rescue tk) they had coil-over shocks on the ft. so new ft shock mt's coming.

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some ft brake pic's

1-pic's of parts
2-backing plate
3-shoe retainer clips
4-adjuster cam for shoes (2ea)

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some more--

1-springs--long one is for the top--same as early jeep
2-wheel cyl is 3/8-my hoses are 7/16 so the adapters
3-how the in of shoe fits in wheel cyl
4-backing plate with parts installed

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some specs

non sevro type and note on 2nd page #3 for shoe placement

and special thanks to chevy-man5 for the brake info (thanks again Jason)

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AH! I wish the brakes on my 66 only had a couple springs like that does!!! LOL!

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Thank Kimble! I finally got my shocks all mounted up too. Just bout ready to start body work...

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Woulda been nice if they put that in our 1960-1962 chevy 4x4 manual!

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No problem at all! I have gotten so much help from this website, I am more than happy to be able to help back!

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well got my ft shocks mounts back on. they are for a jeep tj rear. worked out fine.

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cab is getting real close for paint---

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Paint... then it's assembly time! Getting excited yet? Sure looks good.

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Mitch--glad you are starting the body work (not as much fun as the frame for sure) excited, well a little. more tired of working and spending $$$ on it. still need the seat done and windshield, bed wood. all are $$$. rear end probably needed to be rebuilt (looking for another to rebuild for the future) don't even know if i can find a 3.90 r&p, but it's getting closer--- take care--

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Hey Kimble... what ya doing?

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WOW Nice work! As asked...How's it going? :chevy:

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Hi guy's--was out of town. next week paint the interior and then the outside of the cab? depends on the weather---

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well no paint--raining/cold, so installed rad support and fit the shroud. tk came with a 63-66 rad thats good and they added supports off the rad support to hold the rad. It did not have a shroud so i bought an after market one. bottom line, i have to drill new mounting holes for it.

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and a little more sanding

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going to fire up my eng today, break in the cam and ck for any other problems.

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Bet your looking forward to cranking that new engine up. I'm in the same boat!!! Looks great.

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well fired up my eng and broke in the cam. had only one problem. my gas line to carb had a pin hole at one of the bends, and my rad has a pin hole some where? ordered a alum one off e-bay for now.

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forgot to mention my exhaust sounds great, real quiet like the org.

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What....no video of the engine running?

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Exciting! Must feel good to have it running.

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Gonna be 1 fine looking truck, cant wait to c when your all done

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I did take a video--could not get it to upload. no big deal as the fan made more noise than the exhaust at 2k rpm.

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We'll let you slide this time on the video....haha. Glad the break in went well. Bet it sounds great!!

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Nice and quiet. That's the way to go. Did you go with the stock barrel type Walker exhaust?

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You have to upload it on youtube then transfer a link here. If you didn't try that already. Anyhow..glad the motor is running good! :chevy:

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thanks TJ for the info

Mitch--used a round muffler like stock--back up a page and you will see

by the way, barbeque paint smokes big time when curing lol.

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got my new $165 3 core rad. pretty nice for the price, so should i paint it black or leave it alum?

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I vote to leave the aluminum bare. Paint just hinders the heat transfer efficiency, and it already looks so nice!

I've realized its okay to have a few shiny parts on an otherwise all painted pickup! :)

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Yea ^^^ what Jason said I would leave it.

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I've been running one of those radiators since 2009 with no issues. Great radiators.

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1963-c10--could not go wrong for the price. on e-bay there are a bunch of rad's from $150 to 350 and they look the same, and yes from china. some want to make a couple of bill's profit i guess, so beware if buying.

Jason-Randy--it's staying alum. had to get a new top hose as my old one was 1 3/4 and the new rad is 1 1/2". got everything mounted up and looks good.

I had a small drip on the floor, can you believe a soft/freeze plug (should of knocked them all out and put in brass) we will see if the south of the boarder iron will rust up lol.

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WOW! Impressive! :chevy:

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I see you have pre-wired your headlight relays, smooth move !!
The only nice thing about mine being my first ever buld of this magnatude, is that the next one will be easier as I pre-plan things like this !!

It was Markb that I first saw mount the relays on the rad support there, where they would be covered by the radiator support skirts.

I have since tucked the wiring for my headlight doors up in there, as it had made a rats nest in the engine bay, but in the future I will no doubt move all those relays to that location as well.

Looking good, cannot wait to see more :metal:

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thanks guy's---so many little things to do.

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Once you completely build and assemble your own vehicle, especially if you customize a lot of things, it really makes you appreciate what the auto manufacturers and their engineers do!

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very true Jason, except the engineers don't get their hands dirty or half to lay on the concrete or dirt lol.

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well i painted my dash (rattle can hammer paint) came out ok for an old 4x4 lol. dark gun metal gray and the lt gray is the same as my inside of the doors and the rest of the interior (which i need to do)