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adjusted the floats on my Holley. Then had an electrical short under the dash while cranking the engine...good times! loose wire on the back of the cluster.

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Been picking at it little at a time but finally got the torsion bars in today to complete the frame. All new ball joints,tie rods,control arm shafts,wheel bearings and seals and new wheel cylinders.. Everything was blasted and painted. Brake plumbing is next, but I will wait awhile before doing brake shoes and shocks. No reason for them to sit out in the weather. Time to get the engine together and cab ready.http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...psuvkyljdb.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...pszlht6sri.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...pssjmbjneg.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...pszahd3oyo.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...psqvjtdals.jpg

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Strong work. Keep at it. Love the high quality you are putting into this build. Very nice.

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Drove my truck in the local Christmas parade today. Picture of my truck with my grandson

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Put on. New to me rims .... I love the look of them

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Very nice ride!

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My daughter & I did our local Christmas parade as well. Then hit the feed store.

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Oh crud turtleman! I keep forgetting your 2 boxes of avos ;) they didn't have any there, but they did have a pot belly that my girl was trying to talk me into.

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It took me a few seconds to realize that the picture of your daughter in the back was an optical illusion, the top of the fenceline makes it look like to had retracible glass window. And it almost perfectly aligned.

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Installed 5 lug rear axles and new brakes.

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Rewired my tach on Crustine. Now it doesn't bounce all the time(loose ground) and when I turn my head lights on the tach light comes on. :metal:

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Didn't do a ton but I put fluid into the rear end, finished connected the steering shaft to the power box, put the wheels and tires on and installed the new battery tray.

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After almost 2 years I uncovered it today. I hope to get back at it full tilt. It's been a 4+ year project already. Where does the time go? My sons got there license and all their projects took priority. I have a GM 427 and a Tremec 600 ready to go in it. Just uncovering it sure was a motivator.

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WOW nice project!!! Looking forward to updates!!!

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Finally after 3 weeks & 4 haulers cancelling on me(because it's not running) it's on its way to me from Californiahttp://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_8541.jpg

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Paint is coming along

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After all this time.. I finally got the 1.25" sway bar on..

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Turtleman,
Where did you get that sway bar? Off a Suburban maybe? Also, is your truck lowered? I'm looking for the same thing. My sway bar has the linkage rod and bracket and I'd rather have the setup you have.

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I guess I'll look for a 3/4 ton bar then. Thanks for the info. The sway bar looks good. I will also be installing a third generation Camaro rear sway bar on my rear. It's a pretty neat swap with the bar sitting over the axle instead of linked to the rear control arms.

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Wired in some relays for the headlights. After I put a NEW alternator in, and its charging properly the headlights would flash from too much current through the harness and switch....Hopefully now they wont start flashing after 20-30 minutes!!!

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took it back to the alignment shop and replaced the idler arm and he working on my alignment again trying to get it to settle in nicer at highway speeds so now we have this...

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now the truck drives perfect at all speeds right up to 80-85 it just settled right in with almost no effort or adjustment needed. I didn't want to push it faster just to be safe but it showed no signs of wobble or shimmy or shake totally rattle free I was so happy almost got misty when i noticed driving along easy at 35-40mph i can feel and hear a rubbing noise from the front end. is that what happens when you adjust it too far? Do i need to adjust it back some lil it stops rubbing not sure what is rubbing yet haven't had time to look deeper into it. I was thing of changing the upper control arms with the tubular ones from brothers

http://www.brotherstrucks.com/prodin...=UCA7200&qty=1

good idea or no?

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i have drop spindles and shorter springs with sway bars front and rear

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Not today but on Tuesday we got some nos parts for our trucks!! Nos 292 manifold, y-pipe for 63-66 automatic, mirror heads and a complete set in box, tailgate chains and covers, ect. Some parts not pictured.

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I really need to get some wheel dollies like yours!

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I got 5 lug disc brakes on the front. Replaced ball joints while doing the 2.5" drop spindle. That was fun. Now will be turning towards engine and transmission.

Started here
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Did this
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Now looks like this
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Tucked it away for the winter.

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My girl and I did the vinyl floor, picked up our newly upholstered seat and installed it.

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Cleaned and partially dismantled the 350 in prep for painting, but cold weather and a non-insulated garage don't lend towards painting...

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The new set of wheels I ordered arrived, so I bought some tires and put them on. The wheels are Cragar Delux 69, 15x7 front and 15x8 rear, with bullet center caps and lug nuts. The tires are Hankook Optimo H274, which seem to be the most affordable white walls I could find. Rears are 235/75R15 and fronts are 215/75R15. I would've liked the whitewalls to be thicker than the inch or so these are, but I didn't want to pay for Coker or Diamondbacks.

Also pictured is the cleaned up and painted swaybar I pulled from a 77 C20, ready to install next weekend.

Not pictured is the solid state external regulator I swapped out for the mechanical one. Voltage meter reads a solid 14 V while running now!

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Looking good Craig, now drop in down about a foot lohttp://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...212151531a.jpgl

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Got the last of the parts from the painter. Bed strips and wheel tubs! The painter did such a great job removing the dents out of the tubs and sandblasting them they look new. The semi-gloss black paint looks like EDP coating, he also undercoated them as well. The bed strips were new from Mar-K, he painted both sides.

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Wow, those do look like brand new tubs.

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Finished rebuilding my carb...installed. Rebuilt my headlight buckets, tried to figure out why my front end was sagging. Turned out it was the radiator support bracket mounts are completely shot. So...I ended up with this. I guess this is how one starts the "frame-off" process. Lol. Here we go folks!

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That looks amazing! I've been wondering what my truck would look like with white grill and bumper.

Lowering is definitely in the plan for mine.

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Started doing the gas door on the blazer [oATTACH]1477377[/ATTACH]

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This is how it looks shut Attachment 1477384

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That's funny. I haven't seen leaded gasoline in years.