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Hahahahaha! I did the same thing. But I also went out and removed the cover. Started her up and drank a cup of coffee in the cab while I waited for the temp to come up.

Then, I went into the house and Quickie-PShopped some trim on the sides. And gave her a little white in between the trim. Just for jollies.

:lol::lol::lol:


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Moving one step closer to the end.

I'm currently rebuilding the front end with all new ball-joints, bushings, shafts, tie rod ends, springs and shocks.

I have all the parts cleaned up from the driver side (sorry no picture of that)

Hopefully tomorrow I can start assembly.

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I visited it in the paint jail ~ they have taken off all the sheet metal , doors etc. and bead blasted them and primered , painted the bottom of the can glossy black , I reminded him I wanted it all green , every inch .

The replacement cab shows almost no rust through except where I saw it before purchase , at the bottom of the A Pillars and forward ends of the rocker panels .

The front fenders , hood and replacement core support are all de rusted and primed as well , I couldn't find any rust in either door .

He says as soon as the cab is finished he'll begin striping the chassis and moving forward faster , still couldn't give me any E.T.D. though :waah: .

There's now piles of cleaned up and re painted small items , brackets and so on , he re bushed all the door hinges .

Yay ! :chevy: .

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New rear brakes today and rust busting done this morning. More rust busting tomorrow. i think when I finally get rid of all the rust all that will be left is 4 tires and a steering wheel.;)

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Wow. Great interior!

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My tank is in the cab also and I'm wondering if the new carpets are cut for this?

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There is, check with lmc, brothers, GMC paul one of them has it.

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man you did good , that looks great .....congrats on the great work you have done. been working on ole dollor .....pic's will come.

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well new white wall tires . new dash wood grain , new rocker panels left and right and painted doors and front fenders, been at it for about a week and a half , waiting on some of the paint to dry so I can put the doors back on and go to coffee....her are some pic's .

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Prepped for the engine swap. S@$t just got real.

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Got mine running for the first time in 17 years and drove it to the end of the street and back. Once I figure out how to load a video where I can link to it, I will.

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I pulled a tired l6 and put a 72 350 in my 71 long bed this weekend... What a chore for a first time swapper to do alone. May rebuild the l6 or may sell it. Haven't decided yet.

Pulled the old motor Friday night. I didn't have the parking brake on so the truck rolled back a little and turned the transmission a bit. I'm pretty sure the only thing that stopped it from rolling further was the transmission dip stick. Oops...

Saturday I replace the transmission mount and use my police crown vic to push the truck up the driveway to turn the transmission back. Got it pretty straight. Jacked up the tranny so it was level. And lastly put the old motor on a second engine stand so I could use the hoist. The wife had other things for me to do so that was about it for today.

Today I got the motor in place and on the new motor mounts. Was getting late and have calculus homework so had to call it quits.

At this point, I need to figure out how to get the last half inch between the engine and tranny cleared and get the transmission all the way turned right. Probably about 3/4" off. Any tips would be appreciated.

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Got the floor cut out and prepped for the complete floor replacement!

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Wowzers that's a lot of cutting. Going to be awesome when it's all back together though.

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Got the modulator valve, governor and accumulator back in. Plus, a nice coat of cast aluminum paint. As soon as I get a cherry picker borrowed, I'll be adding the torque converter and marrying it to my freshly rebuilt 350 and in the chassis it goes...!

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Yep! I can't wait either. Then the new motor and tranny can get put on :chevy:

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Just saw this - online from Undercover Innovations...

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While prepping my truck for sale, I noticed the headlights were flaky. I bought a set of relays a while back so I finally decided to work on the entire headlight circuit. The flakiness came from the connection to the dimmer switch. The low beam wire overheated and melted the connector and the wire. I didn't want to scrounge around at the bone yard for another connector so I drew one up in the 'puter and 3D printed it. With the headlight relays in place, there won't be enough current flowing through the dimmer to be a problem again.

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Had some spare time today so I made a new over flow tank.:metal:

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I dig the bumber !!

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That's quite the printer. Nice job.