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Well made some progress upfront.....Built a new support for the front of the box....with enough clearnace for the driveshaft I don't have yet . Did the math don't have the drive shaft and you know how that works out sometimes.....

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The front section of the box will open up as well.....hinged to the front....There is no empty space in this thing i am not trying to cram something into. So under the front will be ...a gas tank,2 or 3 batteries,air tank,air pump,and air mangement system. It's tight under there but I think I can get it to fit.....

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You'll get it all squeezed in. Shoe horn, hammer and a little spit will get things to fit.
Portland swap meet????? Thats were I picked up the white and gray '67 Camaros 20+ yrs ago. The "Fall meet" (the little one).
You have a booth or walk around???
Really dig the floor work man!

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I might have to lose a battery and go down to 2 instead of 3 but the rest should fit......
I go to the big one in april....usually no booth but i might try and do the track this year with the motor home.....

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The Bed is really taking shape, looks good man. All that just under the front, what do you have plans for the rear space? Was the steel bed floor that hard? Any pictures of you fitting it and cutting it up? How much did you end up rasing the bed floor?

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Well if i was just going to put a steel floor into a bed it would have been less work ....But I cut out all of the old frame work boards and steel...it wasn't going to cut it. Then Took out the tubs someone else had put in, and replaced them with 66 tubs that were stretched wider. Which was sitting on the frame work that had to be all redone and lifted up just a bit more. The steel floor is split front and rear with pans and boxes in both.Added the trailer hitch for a future add on project I want to build.The front box was built to carry the front of the box weigth wise as well as having a tunnel built through it .Had to remove the fuel tank from the rear and those comparments in the back took awhile because i needed every inch i could get back there.

Plans for the back:
Ya well i have some cool plans for the back and that took a little while to figure out, it's still not all done and I am still working my way through it. But the cats out of the bag now...I am building coolers into the box floor on the left and right hand sides to keep the juice cold.....or beer either way...lol...the rear is a work in progress .....

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Well ......it's a start......

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Finished the rough in for the floor......it turned out really well and I really like it. Just have to make a few small add ons and make things a little bit more fancy...lol..

I guess the big news for me is i made the choice for engine and tranny last night. I have been dealing on a complete package thats going to be the wildest thing i have placed into one of my builds and it all came together last night. I should pick it up tuesday and I am both scared and pumped....this year i really want to up my game....

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well let the cat out of the bag! what size motor, and is it a ls or not?? and when you going to start back on the prostreet truck? ive been a lil lazy on my updates and been staring at mine wondering what move to do next!

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Hey I was just on your thread the otherday and your making great progress.....Well I want to wait till I take a picture of my new drivetrain...but i am so pumped

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One more sleep till i get my new engine and tranny.......pumped

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ooOOOooh Yeah

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Nice work!!

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[QUOTE=Plans for the back:
Ya well i have some cool plans for the back and that took a little while to figure out, it's still not all done and I am still working my way through it. But the cats out of the bag now...I am building coolers into the box floor on the left and right hand sides to keep the juice cold.....or beer either way...lol...the rear is a work in progress .....

you said 'beer'... now thats a fine idea there. i'd be working on the rear of the bed first thing.:lol:

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Thanks guy's and welcome to the thread.......

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Well...

I have really been trying to step up my game lately ,with so many of you building such wicked rides it's hard to keep up....lol...My 58 turned out to be a sweet ride and I really want to try and keep pushing myself.....Can't wait to pick up my new gear tomorrow morning and really hope I haven't taken on more then I can handle lmao ****

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It's here......it's here.....it's here

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Well .....this is the best picture of the best end......the rest not so much

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This was a fricken nightmare.....I broke my number one rule for loading the trailer. I always load engine to the front...howeverwith the front being hammered ( a 3 wheel caddy )we went wih he easy way which was backwards....first thing that happened was my winch shorted out after it was on 3/4 of the way......that was ugly..so we used a forklift and frankly the tow was only maybe 10 miles max. Well it wasn't heavy enough on the front of the trailer and it towed reallllllly bad lol. It was all over the road but hey i made it home slowly...and attacked the front of it stripping out my new Engine.....It's a beast and I am pumped

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After a couple of hours of peeling back all the steel that was hammered .....This is what is sitting in the rails . By the way I have never seen so much aluminum construction on the front end of a car before......it's everywhere and it's all broken.... lost the altenator bracket and the altenator so far so good.

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Still working on getting the engine and tranny out and i am sure it's going to be a challenge. I think the plan is winch it onto the hoist and drop what we can from the bottom and see how it rolls. I will be looking online today to see how they do it at the dealers....The harness is free now.....ECM is out....it's pretty much down to engine and tranny bolts...We had 3 of us on it for a couple of hours to get it to that

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That motor is gonna be insane in that truck! So cool!

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Firstly, I have pulled an engine from a front end collision car before, and what I did not realize at the time, until I got it all the way home and started prepping it for installation, was that some of the key bolt points were either gone or cracked beyond use.
Particularly the bottom d-side transmission bell housing bolt hole, which was totally gone, and one of the two (it was a OHC6 motor) engine mount bolt holes was cracked and basically useless.

Hopefully you dont run into any of that !!
Otherwise I am pretty envious of that power pack you are getting for your build :metal:

Second, are there any photos of the car in the background? The one with what looks like "Hot Rod Patrol" on it?

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Ya it should give it alittle shake and bake ......lol

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If i had a dollar for every engine I have yanked out of a crashed car ....I could afford a crate engine.....lol...I do understand the point and I am sleepless untill it's all out but at this point it's all good and I have my fingers crossed and I am focused on my positive vibes and karma.....I don't have any pictures of the other car....but it's there all the time...and will hook you up when i get a chance