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Ok, I'm sure someone will not like that we are off topic on the build, but I'm still chuckling about that Monday comment.

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It’s my thread, I’ll say what I want! Glad you appreciate my humor

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Yep!

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haha


nice work chris!

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So we mocked up the cab today
set where the drivetrain will be
The engine has the proper 4deg rake
Looking absolutely killer!

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Built the Transmission tunnel today
Wanted to get it done before we ran the fuel line (fire hazard, ask me how I know)
all tacked in, ready to seam
seamed and leaksealed
The floors are officially done, ready for sound deadener, jute padding, and carpet!

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Here’s the engine shot of the chassis
we took apart the rear brakes to inspect them. The right rear wheel cylinder is blown and leaked brake fluid all over the shoes, ruining them
We started out to undercoat the whole frame, but ran out, will pick some more up tomorrow
Got the modified Transmission crossmember tacked and ready to seam weld tomorrow

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It is coming together nicely.

How did you bend the tranny cover? Also, what brand of wheels are those?

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8man-I used a piece of 4” PVC 2' long to form the tunnel.

The wheels are Boyd Coddington

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Thanks. Old fashioned ingenuity on bending that roll for the tranny cover.

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Thanks

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Not many pictures today, but lots accomplished
We finished painting the frame today
Built the offset drop blocks for the rear, tomorrow we’ll install the drop
Finish welded the Transmission crossmember
Worked on fabricating the AC lines for the cowl

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Looks like you and the guys are working well together. Things are moving.

If you don't mind, I'd like to see the AC hose routing from stem to stern. I did the Vintage Air on the 48, but don't really like the hoses running through the firewall and was thinking about something like what you are doing for my 54.

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what do you mean from stern to stern?

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What unit are you using, and I see the lines going through the side to get inside the fender, but I've never seen how they get mounted and run back through to the compressor and the coil.

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ahh, we’ll be using a Vintage Air gen II compac. The lines will run under the inner fender (I’m welding a custom strap to the backside to hold them) and exit right by the compressor. The #6 runs along the inside of the inner all the way to the front.

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Thanks. When you get that far, please post pictures, especially the bracket you are making.

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You know I will buddy!

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The 3x10 u bolts I ordered turned out to be 3.5x10,so I had to buy new ones at Autozone tonight

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we got the transmission crossmember complete today
And photographic proof that the frame is fully painted
Tomorrow we build the motor mounts and finish up those AC lines to get after bodywork, I’m hoping to have the cab in paint before the new year

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In paint, now that's moving along!

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That’s the goal

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We got the correct U-bolts installed today and put in the rear shocks
Looks pretty good
next we started building motor mounts

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Then we put it on the ground to check out the new stance!
Looks much better lower!

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That looks great.

I missed it earlier, what bracket is that on the LS? It looks wide, does it fit or will the inner fenders need some custom work?

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The bracket fits in the inners. It’s an ICT billet bracket

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Thank you.

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Today we built the motor mounts and put the new 10.5mm plug wires on
Then we put the motor in the chassis for the final time!
Next week we start getting it ready to run and buttoning up bodywork on the cab

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We took out a dent along the beltline. It was a PITA!
Next we finished up the AC hoses
And buttened up the passenger cowl. We did cut an access hole in the kick panel which we’ll cover it when we do the interior.

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Do you have some type of grommet around the hoses where they go into the kick panel? It looks like you drilled a hole with a hole saw.

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yes, the grommet we ordered didn’t work, so we wound up lining the hole with door edge guard

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Some of the bodywork done before us was not to hot. So as a result the metal got really thin and wavy near the edge. When we ground down our welds it burned through in a couple places. we will use Duraglass (fiberglass hair impregnated filler) to try to rebuild the door opening

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Next we ground everything smooth
we did some work to the beltline and A-pillar
Sanded down the left cowl
And applied the first coat of filler to the right

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nice work man!

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Thanks joedoe!

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What kinda paint is that blue? Looks great.

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That sucks about the door opening edge. Are you using a flap disc? I find them great for rough work but they flex a bunch so around an edge or a body line you gotta be real careful. Same when grinding the high spots off a weld, it's easy to also bring the surrounding sheet metal and then you have a thin spot. They heat the metal up around the weld you are grinding down and it oil cans a bit so the surrounding sheet metal is easy to find itself high and get flap disced a bit.

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That’s Hot Rod Flatz "speed blue” we did use a flap, I think the Duraglass will do the trick

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so today was all about getting the engine ready to run
we cleaned and installed the valley cover and knock sensor harness
Then we construct an AN line and installed AN adapters for the high pressure power steering line
And we installed the ETC

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Then we built the exhaust back to the muffler
And bolted down the intake