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:agree:

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I agree too, this is clever. Never seen it done before...thanks for the share!

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Time to go into business. lol

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Yes, thanks rian
:)
Thanks Doug, just a little something I thought up.
Maybe I'll have to see about that lol

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Still making decent progress here, just not many pictures. Just today I installed a new pinion seal.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Beauty Nik! Keep plugging away at her.

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Burnouts be coming soon! :D

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Thanks Anthony
Oh yeah, I just might have to do them on a wet wooden bridge since I only have the six:lol:




Just the other day I purchased some hubcaps from a good friend in comox bc, I believe they are 67-69 camaro/Nova/Chevelle. They should be arriving in the mail soon.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Great job on the truck. Things are looking nice.

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Thanks rusty.



Today at school I used the metal lathe to make some pieces for my hydraulic clutch linkage. I turned down some roundstock and used my tap and die set to thread them. The threaded hole on this piece attaches to the clutch master cylinder and the threaded stick-out part threads into the rod end. The lock nut is to make adjustments and tighten it so it won't come out of adjustment

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And the top piece here is threaded all the way through and attaches to the pedal and pivots on the rod end

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And here it is together

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I then installed the clutch master cylinder for the final time

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Here is the linkage all Hooked up and adjusted

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While I was doing this I decided to adjust the clutch pedal to a height that I like, it's about inline with the brake pedal (The angle of the picture makes it look out of line). I still need to add a pedal stop pad to prevent the master cylinder from bottoming out and also add a clutch return spring.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

As usual Nik, very nice work. Good looking hub caps too

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That T5 will make awesome 6 banger burnouts! This was on wet pavement but it does it just as easy on dry :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VynJxi-w8AM

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Nice machine work! Sure beats buying a part.

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Good job bud. :chevy:

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Thanks Dale, and the hubcaps were only $40!

Thanks Scott, that's awesome, can't wait until the spring or summer when I have it up and running!
Thanks Doug, I couldn't agree more.
Thanks tj😀

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On Friday I finally got the rear end all finished and buttoned up and I brought it home from the school shop. All it needs is a little paint on the cover and the adjusters to be set correctly

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And today I did some drilling on the frame and got the power steering box mocked up with the adaptor plate

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Another pic

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And a close up of where I had to redrill the box so that all of the holes lined up with the frame. Now all I need to do is weld the boxed portion of the frame back in place and buy some longer bolts

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Great work on the clutch hook-up