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Looking great! That's one funky shift lever. Looks like it's made to fit perfectly around a bench seat.

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Late to this thread, but man, your work is awesome! :metal:

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you are spot on when the buddy bucket is mounted properly:) its almost like a bench Hurst is nice enough to make them to get around benches

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thanks Shifty for the kind words ....sometimes i think its OCD other times its just plain rewarding when you get it the way you visioned :chevy:

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Nice work, great color combination coming together nicely

Keep the pictures coming it entertained me

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thanks Jim

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Cpp rear sway sat on the shelf for a few years waiting for this build ..simple install drilling on trailing arms laying on my back looking up:waah: but check this one off the list:mm:

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got lights......

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small steps cab light visors rearview :ito:

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carpet day :)

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Did you make your own powder coating system?

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Nice work as usual, jess

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use Eastwood powder coating gun and their powders ... a residential used electric oven ....I have a blast cabinet from harbor freight .....prep like everything else is most important I set them up with wire hangers on the oven grill shelves apply the powder bake @ 400 for 20 mins and usually I have a nice finish:) here pictured mirror brackets and outer steering shaft I coated with EXTREME CHROME powder ...one of my favorites ...limited to size of parts you can coat by the size of your oven .... a few years ago I made an oven with electric hot plates and round 10 inch forced hot air duct for long slim parts like cross members center lines etc. just having fun ....its faster more durable and a lot less clean up than painting :)

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TY Jim....

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Looking good!

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thank you....ill get back to it tomorrow

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double pulley installed no more belt noise:waah:

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Belts are about maxed-out on that adjuster bracket, eh?

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good eye Shifty ...the belts come in one inch increments as far as I can find out this way and that does not give me enough room going the other way with the alternator on a aftermarket bracket cause of the headers and original 327 heads have no provisions for bolting up a bracket to the head! originally the bracket bolted to the exhaust manifold I have clocked the alternator also ...long winded answer but I have run out of options ...there is just a tad left to pull the belts tighter ...no need to at this point ....thanks for looking as always open for advice

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I had that same issue on my 55 Belair that had a nice set of fuelie heads....I ended up with two of those brackets, one on either side of the alternator ear.

What belt number are you currently running?

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please send me a picture of your set up ....
I was using the Napa belt shown
and when I put the double pulley on I went to auto zone for two Duralast that were supposed to match ....

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Much to my dismay, I haven't had the Belair since the late 80's... :(

Seems to me that you could use 15545's for a 1/2 shorter, or 15540 for a full inch. It's kind of old skool, but you can ask for a matched set, and hopefully you are dealing with an older counterman.

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im going to ask for the 15545s matched set ( your right about older counter man I should say politically correct more mature) and give it a try if not they will take them back ...funny after I asked you for a picture I thought I wonder if he still has the car :) hey thanks for the responses what's great about this board is its people

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Well, I am an old counterman (since 1983), so I get it.

I truly miss that ol' 55, wasn't the fastest, wasn't the best stopping or handling, didn't get great mileage, etc...but it was by far the best car I've ever owned.

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I rescued this one in 2019 my neighbor bought it new in 55 put 78k on it then parked it in 74 in his garage for 46 years he is now 90 ...when I got it running ( took me 3 months oiled down them cylinders marvel mystery oil )first thing I did was took him for a ride.....so there you have the rest of the story OLD Counter Man
God Bless

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Cheers!

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finally .....so never a short story paint shop didn't make enough paint to complete the entire truck ( gave them a entire disassembled truck) so when they made the new batch didn't match come to find out PPG discontinued a tint that was being used in the formula( body shop offered to paint the entire truck again I said no because of my time invested in reassembly etc. they agreed and turned up the heat on PPG, PPG rep came out got it 97% close only good in horse shoes and POLITICS ):body shop kept the pressure on PPG and then they ask us to send them a correct color part(step from stepside) to their Lab in Pittsburg so they could create a formula and do a spray out .........we have a match ....its tuff with pictures and this color looks more blue gray than blue in some light and a lot blue in the sun light .....so after weeks of the back and forth ....we have a match so back to assembly ..first get the bed wood prepped ....stay tuned

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no match back to shop for repaint

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starting on bed wood fed up with paint fiasco trucks in shop being repainted in is entirety

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satin................bottom side 24hr dry time another coat tomorrow

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What finish coat are you using on the wood?

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Really brings out the heavy graining!

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X2, looks great, don't forget to do the ends of boards, mine checked

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McCloskey Man O War Marine Spar Varnish Satin ...I was going to use an automotive clear but talked myself into this after reading a lot on the subject....I think im going to like it

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[QUOTE=Shifty One;9268042]Really brings out
yes it has second coat made them look a little darker... now on to top side tomorrow

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got the ends Jim

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buffin...bedsides

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shifting gears again.... truck out of paint finally now putting it back together for the finale :waah:

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Coming along nicely! :chevy:

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TY .....a little more today