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Sanding, disassembly and more sanding!

Ordered my dual master cylinder conversion along with new brake lines, tube bender and flaring tool.

For the engine I have new rings, cam and lifters, oil pump and gasket set. Pretty much clears out the bank account but gives me plenty to do. Will be starting a build post soon.

John
66 Chevy C20

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been cussing a cracked 283!

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i replaced my grill today !!

BEFORE!
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AFTER!
http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...0810180049.jpg

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A wonderful day.. A trip to the alignment rack where things went perfect on the 71 front end which I put in last year
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Attachment 620542 A stop at DMV for registration and plates.. A call to my agent for Insurance.. And when it quits raining this evening... A short road trip!!
I did crack a molar tooth today that will need a crown . BUT it was a truly happy day!!!! Finally getting close after a year and a few months of rebuilding and replacing.

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I STARTED IT. I had to put new head gaskets on it so I finally finished it today. A lot of fine tuning though from this point forward. Woo hoo

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Went outside to see if my money tree was blooming, nothing yet. Truck will have to keep waiting, LOL.

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hahaha... went to see if my money pit was giving back, still not. o well. its better to give than to recieve, hopefully ill recieve when its all said and done

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Got the rest of the random storage stuff out of my shop so I now have room to work again. :cf: Also may have gotten a few parts scrounged up to replace damaged body panels. :metal: And I drove the Camaro today for my 40+ mile drive in to work. :bo2:

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Worked on Clarabell, added a little Coca-Cola flavor to her. My wife is a serious coke collecter so i decided to go with Coke theme without being to corny.Her bike will go in the back when we hit some car cruises,just need a old coke cooler now.

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Got the truck all cleaned up this morning for the Goodguys event tomorrow and Saturday.

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LOL, i hear ya bud. I hopefully i'll receive something back on of these days as well.:waah:

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Removed hood and fenders, found new hood for $200 on CL.

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got it ready to be loaded on a trailer to bring it home. I also made tie rod adapters to take my Mustang rack to Chevy knuckles but I'm too lazy to upload that picture.

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I got my dash board parts and put in the lights and the glove box door bushings. It all fits real well. I also put in the vents and cables. With all the powder coating on the interior parts it is looking very nice and new. I got my brake hubs and seat rails back from powder coating.

I decided to invert the new fuse box and run the wires out the top rather than bend them around from the bottom. That means the writing is upside down but it seems a much better fit to go out the firewall hole.

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It looks great sam I would like to say thanks for all the help in motivating me to work on mine finally...

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shes coming along, its definitely a budget build, i only have about $600 in it so far and 400 of that was in the 78 i yanked the motor out of, theres a local car show on the 28th im takin her to, buddy just dropped off a carb for me so thats what ill b doin here in about 5 minutes

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Got to stripping the cab finally. What a mess!

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got my ididit column in the mail friday. today primed and painted it. should have the mooneyes steering wheel tomorrow.

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Started radiusing the bed rails. I saw this idea here on our forum and decided to give it a try. I am using long radius 1-1/2" pipe elbows.

I need to fit-up a short piece of 1-1/2" pipe now to continue the rounded edge on over to the tail gate, then patch the hole from the original stock tailgate latch. Then weld everything up.

The radius looks good 'cause it is visually similar to the fender radius... makes it look like something GM should have done, back in the day, IMHO.

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I got PO'd and slammed the hood...

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Yesterday I ordered my misalignment spacers for my steering knuckles. Today I ordered poly bushings for the front end. It's coming together.

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Well, it wasn't today, but I traded the truck away to a buddy. Turns out I wanted to use it as a truck-truck, when it is more suited as a show/cruising-truck. Felt bad throwing stuff in the bed, scratching up the painted rails and such.
I'm kinda a more-door kind of guy anyway, the Bel Air is what I traded for. Needs a small block and a 700R4, but it's pretty cool. My buddy did the bags, panel paint work and the stripes before he traded me.
I'm thinking of getting another 64-66 to use as a daily/hauler, but only with a static drop.

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Man that is a nice looking '61.:cool:

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Removed my old stock rear end. Getting the 86 model rear ready to install. Next will be the front end crossmember complete swap out.

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Lakeroadster,
i like that mod.... looking good.

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are you going to do the fronts of the bed the same? any pix of your progress on the rear 90 degree elbows? looks nice;)

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I got it runnin with no smoke today!!! Woo hoo

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Thanks for the compliments.

The front rails: From my perspective it is a "visual flow" thing. The back of the cab is flat, so the rails look fine in the front. But in the rear the fenders have large rounded edges, and the radiused rails just seem right.

I will probably finish these next week, maybe... life has a way of getting in the way of my hot rod projects... if you know what I mean.

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^^this for me: no time + no money = no progress. Not even enough time for one bolt. :waah:

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I yanked out my motor for a well deserved scrubbing ans a smorgasbord of new parts

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I got her running again...and figured out I have a lot more work.

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Drove it like I stole it home from work.....:rice:

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Finished up the truck and spent the day cruising around localy with my special lady and the dog. Ready for Woodward Dream Cruise tomorrow

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Define 'smorgasbord' . . . ......

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Didn't get anything done on the truck but i did my my other project painted today.
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That's going to be sharp when you're finished. I want a gas pump for the garage too, I've been looking for a 1958-62 model but have not found one yet. Also all theh extra $$ are going into the truck for now, unless I come across a real steal.

I got just the spot for it.

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Thanks jbgroby. I have been collecting and restoring these for over 20 years now. I love these old pumps as much as these old trucks, LOL. They are alot of fun to restore and really add that extra touch to a shop or garage like you are talking about.

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Put in a SBC and 700R4. Now just got to hook up all the miscellaneous and I'll be ready to do some burnouts!!

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Got the entire front crossmember changed out. I wish it was as easy is it seems. :banghead: