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I wish I knew how to find the shows around me. I usually here about them after they have gone or drive by when I have a full day planned.

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Try this. Go to events and pick your state. ;) http://www.oldride.com/classic_truck...offset=40&PG=2

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Thanks. Wife is not as happy, but I will just need to get her some comfy shoes. :lol:

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I am a member of United Street Rods of Idaho which which looks after our interests as far as the legislature and state laws that affect us and our automotive hobby.
AND they publish a big calender which lists the majority of bigger annual shows/ cruises /poker runs and dates/phone contacts.
That makes it really nice to plan your whole year.
Every show i attend there is always at least a dozen flyers left on my seat for upcoming shows.


Thanks for the link Dave- I did not know about that site....:bowtie:

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Bubba nice work , i don t know how i missed this thread enjoy reading the whole thing

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Thanks Dino- I have enjoyed viewing your work and your collection.

Finally got around to working on the gas tank again.
Went to my Uncle's machine shop where a nice tight filler spout was welded up to replace the vertical filler which came on the RCI fuel cell.
I just did not like having the filler spout in the hole in the bed floor
The aluminum pipe was a little big so it was turned down for a snug fit for the 1 1/2" ID rubber fill hose.
The clearance between the top of the frame rail and the bottom of bed is 2 inches.
Nice to have friends and relatives with mills /lathes and tig welders.
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Attachment 614792 Ready to put the bed back on again.
Spent 3 bucks on the chrome exhaust tip at the Northwest Motorfest swap meet.
I may have to bend a longer piece on get it closer to the tire but I wont know how it looks till I get the bed back on

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Looking good Bubba. Finally got some work so now maybe I can get somthing done on my truck.:metal:

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I found the mother of all bumpers at the Jalopy Jungle yard. Came off a early 70s chevy .
I have not seen rolled channel iron bumpers before. Has a little rust but is usable and stout!
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With the gas tank filler neck back on I can put the bed back on Attachment 619538

Attachment 619539 Marked out the filler door

Attachment 619540 Well .........This is where it is gonna get ghetto for a while. I'm not proud of this arrangement ,but with school less than a month away and my daughter desperate for her truck to get drivable, I am gonna just get a function able filler set-up and come back someday and weld in a proper filler door. This will trim away when I cut in the door.

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Attachment 619546 Took a filler from a 72 dodge truck and a 71 International truck and cut and pieced together. The IH filler was in the left front fender between the front tire and drivers door. And it necks down to 1 1/2" at the hose attachment point.

Attachment 619547 A little Rust-oleum Harbor Blue Rattle can and good to go for now.
A locking gas cap is ordered as the high school parking lot is not always a safe place.
Bent a longer tailpiece behind the glasspack and mounted the chrome tip closer to the tire. Sounds sweet. She will NOT be sneeking in late quietly.

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You a busy guy.:metal: Good idea on the exhaust.:lol: All I did was catch the last part of a rod run in West Yellowstone. About 500-600 cars. Went up late Saterday no pics:waah:

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Very nice progress!!

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Hey Alan .. I'm kinda wishing you were closer. Then it would be easier to show me how you did the filler door bodywork when the time comes!!!

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Had a wonderful day!!
Had a 8 AM appointment at the alignment shop where the front end aligned perfectly. The 71 front cross member toe was only 1/4" out with my rough guessing. The frame and thrust angle were square and perfect and also no problems with the fit of the 71 steering box/tie-rods and shafts ETC. All that was great news. We took a short test drive in the parking lot as I had no license plates.
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What the Heck .. Daughter and I hauled it to DMV and got registration and plates. Noticed the title had 1 digit missing from the VIN and that got fixed N.C.
I had asked daughter a while back about her choice for a name for her truck and was it a boy or girl truck? She replied it was now "trans-gendered" as it now had a Automatic and the stick-shift has been removed. Chosen name is "Lola" In honor of the Kinks classic hit of the same name. L-O-L-A Lola
Thats my kid alright !
She thought about personalized plates "Lola" was already taken -"Lowla" was available, but she decided it was rather a expensive luxury to shell out just for vanity plates. The great lady at DMV let her pick from a new box of plates so she ended up with basic number plates but a cool number combination.
Next stop -Insurance agent to make daughter primary driver . Heck the price went down from her previous coverage in a 99 Toyota.
Finally went for short cruise after it quit raining.
It is a long way from finished but sure feels like a huge load of progress was made today!!!

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Good idea Alan.:metal: You've taught them southern boys long enough. It's our turn now. Sounds like Bubba is a happy man.;) How's the truck drive at higher speeds any wobbles? I get one around 70-75 I think it's my drive line not sure.:uhmk:

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A big thumb's up Bubba it's really allot of fun when you get to the point where you can drive it, and I'm sure your daughter is happy with it too. That's a purty little truck I like the blue & white enjoy....Vernski:metal:

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You know you need it.:lol:

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:thumbs: you never know we might move someday.

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Dave _Do you need my shipping address?



I have been trying to get the timing right as it is a driver now but a little doggy.
It has been to town three times for parts runs but more work still needs done.
Found the vacuum at only 5"hg. at idle and is a leak somewhere but I cannot find it. Tried a different carb but still only 10". Leak must be at intake so.. it I have to pull it all apart and change the gasket ....
So whats up ? Are you gonna use that intake on your truck or what???
Went to jalopy jungle and got a front sway bar off a 73.
Cleaned it up and painted it maybe get on it this week
Western Idaho Fair starts on Friday and Animals go in Thursday. Fair time is way busy around here with 4-H and FFA kids. Trucks gotta wait.

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Attachment 622070 This one is for you Alan .. If you lived closer ....
I got brave and welded the old gas tank hole up.It is only metal and bondo will cover it . Actually 6 coats of High build primer did a pretty good job for a temporary thing. I'll do the body work after the crash!!!

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The intake is on my truck. That's just a old picture to tease you with. Hows the pig growing going.:lol::lol:

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Dave You are terrible_ I thought you might ship that up here to let me try it for a while.


Does that Clifford bolt to the exhaust manifold like stock? How do the Offenhausers mount ? Wonder if a guy could TIG weld a water heater line on the bottom of the Offy like Cliffords
I like the Idea of the heated intake here in Idaho for the winter use.
I might just upgrade manifolds if I can find one. I am really tired of one barrel carbs
My weber carb idea might work but they are EXPENSIVE and the tuners I talked with are really not very excited with my idea of putting a weber carb on a Chevy Inline 6. Maybe a 38/38 would work but not the 32/36 progressive I have.
Fair pigs are ready to go. Girls have had a fun summer raising Market swine.

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Score!!
Found a buddy of my father-in-law with a stash of intakes from his super six race car days . Says they are Holley , same as Cliffords ?
Thinks he still has some water heat plates although they never used them on the race cars. He will dig them out this weekend and I will pick it up on Monday.
May have some carbs also.
Okay -- We are off to state fair for a week of 4-H/FFA livestock shows

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Bolts up but you also need headers.:uhmk: Cool find on the manifolds.:uhmk: Where's the fair? I bet I get better gas mileage then I did with a one barrel. Except I rod it everwhere I go.

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If the Holley were the same as a Clifford it wouldn't need a heat plate, the Clifford is plumbed with water lines in and out it also cools the gas at high temps as well as heat at low temps. The heat plates just boil the gas, the Clifford is the better design IMO. I always go to the fair in CDA and a week latter at the Spokane fairgrounds [love those elephant ears] every fall...Vernski:uhmk:

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It is manifold Christmas!!
I Now have 2 Cliffords, but both are un-heated, One stock gm one barrel and one stocker modified to mount a Holley. Plus a Holley 7448 race carb (350CFM 2 barrel) but it seems to have the choke butterfly removed. Gee it is good to have friends who have old parts stashed away.
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The Cliffords are both without heat risers . Not exactly what I wanted but they were CHEAP and I could not let them get away. One has the 2 barrel adapter on it . I did not really want to change to headers right now since I just finished the exhaust system
Any body made an exhaust heater box or hot water box for them? What does the bottom of the water heated Clifford style look like?
Post some pictures if you have any of the bottom view of a heated Clifford manifold and also how it is plumbed in the the hot water loop.
I also have a line on a Offenhauser 5416 single 4-barrel which can use the stock exhaust / heater box OR a water heater if using headers . I will have to wait a few days to see if it is still available.
Survived 5 days at Western Idaho State Fair. Daughters came home with a big bunch of blue ribbons. 4-H Project sale pig went 284 lbs

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Hey yeah I for one thought all Clifford's were plumbed with a water jacket it seems the early ones did not have it. What does the side and bottom look like?
here's a link to the Clifford site maybe someone there has an answer...Vernski;)

http://www.cliffordperformance.net/M...gory_Code=C250

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Attachment 626279Clifford side and back view

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Put a stock manifold from my 71 on to see if vacuum leak is cured. It has 17"hg at idle-I still have monojet installed as it works best. It chirps the tires every time you start out with the 3.73 rear axle. Should get better mileage when I put in the 3.07.
Still hoping to get the Offenhauser but School starts Monday.
Daughter would love to drive it to school. Lots of little stuff still needs done. Better get back to work on it while I have daylight.

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It's Chrismas.:metal::metal::metal: I would sell all that stuff on ebay and get a heated one and headers for free.;)That's way to much fair.:lol::lol:

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The Offenhauser intake deal fell through.
Spent last night and today building a receiver hitch and bumper supports. The hitch is more protection for the gas tank than anything.
Put the old bumper back on for now. got everything in the back welded and put gas in the tank for the first time.
We have been driving around with a 5 gallon can in the bed all along
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My uncle the machinist still shakes his head and wonders WHY I keep messing with the inline six when the Chevy small block is easier to find and parts are everywhere and cheaper and more horse power is available
I think I am starting a engine fund rather than upgrading the Inline.

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Front sway bay went on today. (1-1/8" from a 74 3/4 ton)That took a lot of the roll and push out of the cornering.Took a drove to wally world and bought a JVC stereo and speakers. Drove on to school and back home (12 miles one way). Wife wanted to be sure it would make it there and back!
Went for a drive tonight with me in a pace car because the speedometer is way off. Actual 25mph reads 35---- 50 reads 73-74 --- actual 55 reads 80. Gotta watch the school zones.
The gas tank is half full but no gauge yet. We will let her drive it a few days and see how things go.
Brakes are still hard , I don't think the brake booster is working but then the vacuum is back down to 14" hg at idle with everything hooked up. May have to put a soup can in the vacuum line. Read somewhere that boosters need 18"HG to work right.
School starts tomorrow- and it is going on the first day!!!
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Attachment 627340Well the first day of school came and off they went. My 16 year old and her 46 year old truck.
Not without a coulee of glitches. The alternator belt started howling when the headlights turned on , I guess I never had them on while the motor was running and the belt was a little loose. So I had her just use the running lights since it was fairly light. BUT she forgot to turn them off when she got to school and the battery was dead after school. She had to stay for a volleyball game so I took the jumper cables and went to school for the rescue.
Day one- operator error- (Her Yota has a buzzer when you leave the lights on)- Not the truck's fault

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that's awesome...brings back memories of me driving my dad's old beat up '66 short bed to school sometimes...it looked like hell & wouldn't go much faster than 55mph, but it never seemed to let us down...even though it was our beater truck & only got driven when something else was down, it was always fun to drive...and it was blue/white/rusty

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it must be a rite of passage....

i drained my batt on my light blue 66 the first day i drove it to work.

buzzer, auto headlights, etc - I fell into the same trap.

Great truck, great story, great daughter, and obviously a great Dad - congrats on the first day of school!

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That's awesome Bubba,I'll bet she was thrilled (I know I would've been)
I wish i was that lucky at 16,
T

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Thanks for the support guys!!
No problems since day one and the dead battery. We have put 200 miles on it so far since Sunday -It is 25 miles round trip to school and I have been cruising around the country roads in the evenings.
She drives SWEET! It just floats down the road. I put a new 1" shorter fan belt on Monday night so the howling stopped.
The 3.73 rear gears are still OK at 55 mph but a 3.08 or 3.43 ratio would be needed if freeway driving was required. For now the country roads speed limit to her school is 50.
Still having low vacuum (12-13"hg) at idle. Power brake booster not really helping but still have good solid brakes.
Stopped by a buddy's house for advice (He races street stock and super mod) He listened to my trouble and listened to the motor and swears there is a cam installed to make it lope like it does. He wonders if the head has been milled to raise the compression.
Maybe so -I never took the motor apart. Would explain some things like low vacuum and high compression (145 lbs average ) Motor sure runs out nice!
Not sure what to do about the Brake booster........... maybe hook a vac line from another car over to it and verify low boost vacuum is the problem. Central vac in garage is only 5"hg ..not enough..


Jocko - nice dog in your avatar- Heelers are my favorite-I have owned several, but have a Aussie now. They are a little gentler on my kids tame 4-H livestock

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That's awesome how well things are working out. Let me guess she is the only one that is driving an old truck to school. ;) I'm guessing you don't have a mityvac hand pump for testing systems on cars. Sometimes I forget I have certain tools. :lol: Especially the special ones I don't use much. Maybe a friend might have one.

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thanks bubba - i've had several heelers also - but know what you mean about "gentle" with cattle, and kids for that matter - he's not exactly gentle with anything...

I bet your daughter is the hit of her high school with the old blue chev!

What a great project.

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Daughter is Student Body V.P. this year at 5A high school and THOUGHT she knew most of the other students as she is very active in school activities . She said lots of new people came up and asked "Is that your Blue truck? You are SO lucky. What an awesome truck !!" Yeah --She is pretty proud!! The week went well. Heck-- she drove it all week with out a radio !!!:chevy:

Tore things apart tonight . One headlight was dim (Bad ground ) so I am doing the headlight re-wire using relays , and pulled the voltage regulator and going to new style GM internal regulated alternator (63 amp). maybe the new stereo system if time allows.
Has to be back together by Tuesday morning
There are a few other older cars at her school including a 60s mustang- a Baja bug a El camino and two Camaros and a few other 70s trucks and a couple Blue oval trucks (F%&DS)