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Ya I had to trim a few spots on the frame and had to beat in one spot on the trans hump a little bit. Then I just welded some strap across the front so I could use all the original bolt holes. It doesn't slide forward or backward but the bottoms do flip up and the backs lay forward. I'll try to post some more pics later today.

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Hope these help

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Thanks! Those seats look great in there. I would really want the ability to move them forward and back. I'm sure someone on here has made them work that way.

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Spent another $26 for a service manual. Taught how to read GM instructions for bolt patterns.

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Got the inner/outer fenders bolted back on. Hung the bumper including the heavy push guard. Hung the hood. Ran the front brake lines and hooked up the proportioning valve.

Little more brake/fuel lines and it time to set the short bed box in place.

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Out with the old, in with the new. Today I installed new front shocks w relocated upper mount points.

http://www.hotchkis.net/product/1963...-front-shocks/

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Got the truck towed back to the house from the body shop, firewall filled and rust on cab floor repaired.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps446lsxxt.jpg

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Finally finished up the engine and tranny re paint , rented a pickup and delivered it to The Paint Jail where my rig is looking very nice indeed .

Engine pix soon , I'm no where near my patch cable right now .

Is there a separate thread for TH350 service ? .

I have a couple Q's about mine .

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Modified stock heater controls for vintage air streamline 4 knob controls

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It was yesterday but I ran the brake lines to the rearend. Once that was done I finally got to set the bed on for the first time. Mind you this is the first time I have ever seen this truck with any kind of a bed on it at all except in my minds eye or vision if you will. Been a long three months and still lots to go but at least I can now see that once I widen the bed about 5 inches it will look ok.
This is all phase 1. which is make it a running/driving truck. Phase 2. will probably start as soon as phase 1. is finished.

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Where did you get those shocks and relocation kit? That looks good.

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Knocked some of the winter patina off (washed it lol)http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...0330151507.jpg

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I dreamed and thought about driving it agin before 2016 as I was doing brake work on my '59 Metropolitan Nash FHC and installed the left front wheel bearings _backwards_ ~ old English cars use ball bearings and you have to install them with the thrust side facing in or you'll have troubles.... (duh) .

I'd cleaned and re packed them with the good Moly grease , installed new brake shoes all 'round , wish I was driving my truck instead .

I had to take it all apart again and knock out the bearings , flip them over and re install , button it all up again .

At least the dogs were happy ~ I usually close up shop earlier .

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I painted the white inserts/roof on my 72 cheyenne today!!!:smoke:

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Thanks! Found best price/shipping on Amazon. The install was mostly simple, apart from drilling the hole in top of frame on passengers side, but eventually got it done.

http://amzn.com/B0055ARLUW

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And the work continues..... New tie rods (inner/outer/adjuster sleeve), idler arm, pitman arm, quick ratio steering gearbox and power steering pump.

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Today I installed 69-72 tail light bezels on my '67. Considering how rusty my truck is I was pleasantly surprised that all 12 holes drilled were into solid steel.

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Drove it 225 miles over the West Virginia mountains...

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Took more than a day but had my inner wheel wells blasted. Then prepped, dp 90 and underhood black. I have to drive my junk every day, so one project at a time.

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Nice job and looks great. A friend of mine has some chrome ones for sale but that's not for me...:chevy:

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Got my drive line installed and ordered new belts, hoses and p/s lines.

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Got my exhaust finished up!

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dang that looks good....that is some fine work.

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Nice.. I should be at this point next week. Building the rear end this weekend

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super clean looking... I had to do away with the turn downs because of the dust they kick up though. Ill do a side dump in front of the rear tires with a 6 inch oval tip

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Thanks, man! I used the Flowmaster u-fit kit and hacked up about every piece to make it the way I wanted. Then ground down all of the welds to make it "seamless" Don't know if I'll do it again because of all the time involved doing it the way I did it.


Thanks man, I hear about that. Hopefully I'll keep it off of really dusty roads and parking lots.

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http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...149C8B8DB9.jpg
Modified the billet shifter to work in our non-tilt columns

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looks xlint
:metal:

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More polishing on the paint and better yet , I finally did the headlight relays ! Omg! Huge difference I'm talking night and day or day and night or maybe it's turned my nights into days ! Unbelievable how much of a difference this makes . I will post pics of the headlights after dark lol

Thank you everyone on the site for all the help

Peace all and Happy Easter

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74baggedbug , you gauge panel , steering wheel and shifter look great .
I am about to buy the same shifter and was thinking it was a direct bolt on
Can you tell what did you have to do to the shifter to make it work ?
Thank you , Frank

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I had to have the part of the stock shifter that goes I to the column machined down to fit into the billet shifter.. The piece that comes with the billet shifter is to short and won't work on our non-tilt columns

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Did you use a kit for the headlight relays? Where did you get it from?

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Drained remaining fuel from my tank in prep for tank/lines replacement next week. Rebuilt Edelbrock carb and man was it dirty with all of the rust and junk in the tank. PO told me it was a 600 CFM but once I removed it I found out it's a 750 CFM. Bit overkill for a stock 350 and I will have to look to change that out in the future.

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Learned when assembling my rear end that something is wrong... wrong part somewhere. Summit Tech Line is closed.

Eaton posi carrier is making contact with the pinion gear before the carrier bearings are even in the seats... So progress for the weekend is dead in the water.... On to the Rum and Coke.... :waah: :banghead:

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https://youtu.be/4iIFMcI5GW8

Fired it up for the first time since the engine swap. F$@k yeah!

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You made the video private. No one can see/hear it

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Well... I guess I bought 3 series gears and a 4 series carrier.... SMH....

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Well, crap. How about this one?

https://youtu.be/Hy8CGih1rMs

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Easy to fix:

Go to:

YouTube>

Click: "My Channel" (left side of the page)>"Video Manager"(top of the page)>

Find the video you put up and there's a box next to it (on the left), Check it with a click.

Then Click:

"Edit">"Private">"Public">"Save Changes" (bottom right of the page).

Done.

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That works. Very Nice.