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thanks Jimmy I do try.

Justin I understand the weather. we are cold here but no snow. and that is a plus

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I ordered my exhaust system from summit racing tonight. also my carb.

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Looking good

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Thanks Dean, got to ship the manifolds back tomorrow. Waiting for the exhaust system to get here. Tomorrow I got a couple places to look for a another set of manifolds. A friend gave me a set today but they were for a 89. bolt pattern was wrong. but good try.

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Hi there. I wanted to say thanks so much for posting all the pictures along the way. It has helped me understand what is ahead for me, and I'm using your pictures as a reference for what's missing on my 1968 GMC 1 ton.

Quick question all the way back to page 5 when you installed the front shocks. How did you attach it to the frame on the top and the bottom? The new shocks I just bought come with one bolt with threads on either end. I'm not sure if that should be used on the frame side (top) or bottom A-arm. Any advice or picture you could give would be greatly appreciated.
Brian

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What kind of sandblaster was you using?

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I'll take pictures of the shocks tomorrow and post them for your viewing pleasure. George

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Look on page one and it shows the sand blaster and the hand held sand blaster along with the air compressor that I am sporting George

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Today I received my new set of manifolds that I purchased local, I will sand blast them and paint them with 2000 temp paint. I will post pictures of them tomorrow. I also picked up my 1406 edelbrock carb. 600cfm electric choke with the chrome fuel rail and the braded gas line. I need 4 stainless bolts for the carb base so I didn't even try and install the carb. I also got a chrome air filter. Not really sure if I will use this air filter. I see now why I put off buying the carb. What a price.

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Today, it rained all day long. so nothing got done on the ole girl. George

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I know, and the weather guy said only 10% chance of rain. Today and the rest of the week doesn't look good either. It has been a super rainy winter! :-(

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George if you can get some carb studs you will never go back to bolts. Even Pep Boys and Advance Auto have them.

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I will try them then thanks. My exhaust system came in today. And also some odd and ends that I picked up from our local parts house.

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I agree on the stud kit, there are different length kits avalable, Edelbrock also make a spacer thats roughly 1/2" thick, i have read that it helps it run better so i added one myself, but to me the verdict is still out.

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George, Is that a "universal type" exhaust system that you are going to install, or one specific to 67-72 chevy shortbeds ??
Interested to see how it fits on your short stepside.....I am going to be needing one soon for my ongoing project soon also.

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Curious to know what system that is too... I just ordered the Flowmaster down tubes for mine, but have to have them bent a little to route through my crossmember. Also I was wondering with systems like what you're using.. do they clamp together or will you have to weld it?

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I already bought 4 new staninless allen head bolts and lock washers. I am going to use these this time. If I would have thought ahead I would have got studs. but oh well george

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This is one for the short bed 1968 and the only thing that I screwed up on was I ordered one for headers not thinking. so I had to order the down pipes separate.

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I ordered a header back exhaust system. I thought it would have the down pipes in the kit also. But I was wrong it had set up for headers only. So I ordered a set of down pipes separate from another company. Summit racing did not have the down pipes. I would have to box the kit and send it back so I just kept the kit. Didn't want to go thru what I went thru on the front and rear bumpers.

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I ordered a set of down pipes for my ram horns today. Also the pass side exhaust manifold ram horn OEM off of e bay.
parts that will be coming in this week.
locking gas cap for a Camaro gas tank off of e bay
a set of stanless wire looms off of e bay
a set of wire separators alum polish off of e bay
manifold down pipes off of e bay
pass side manifold ram horn OEM off of e bay

next week should be a very busy week.

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Check out JEGS.com George if your EBAY stuff doesn't work out, that's where I got my Flowmaster downpipes... then I'll get the rest of the system when I get to that point, but these will at least allow me to fire the truck up. Also JEGS will beat any competitors price... so you can price match. http://www.jegs.com/i/Flowmaster/389/81072/10002/-1 found them on Amazon for $109 with free shipping and they price matched them.

I'll go with this kit later. http://www.jegs.com/i/Flowmaster/389/815936/10002/-1 for stuff like this I find the lowest online price and jsut have JEGS price match because if it doesn't work out for some reason they have easy and simple return process.

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that is the same as mine. 109.00 and free shipping. I only paid 243.00 for my dual exhaust from thrush with mufflers clamps and hangers all bolt ready

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received my chrome wire looms today. I really like the way they look.

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waiting for parts to come in.

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sand blasted the drivers side exhaust manifold today. Then painted it with 2000 temp. silver paint. look good fits good and now I am waiting for the pass side to arrive and do the same thing.

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Very cool. Everything is looking good. Gotta love getting new parts.

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yes it is nice to get new parts.
fedex came and delivered my down pipes from
ups delivered my pass side manifold
uspc delivered my distributor wire seperators

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Today I painted the pass side manifold and installed it on the truck. I hope to start the exhaust tomorrow. also here is a picture of the other side I installed yesterday.

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What happened George? You got the correct parts? Something has to be wrong with the shipper, they must not have realized it was you they were shipping to. :-)

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It even amazed me also/ the right parts for a change.
Today I mounted the rails for the distributor wires they look ok, but not in love with this set up. I got some stainless 5 inch 1/2x 20 bolts coming for the rails. My brother in law works at a machine shop and he's doing me a favor and cutting these out for me. I only put these on for now. I also installed the down pipes that I got in the mail yesterday. I will be installing the pipes and muffler tomorrow.

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Yea, you will hate that after a while, I think under the exhaust manifolds would look better. You need the old stock wire looms or something like them to keep the wires off the hot parts though.

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I bought some alum wire seperators to fix that problem. You might be right on the rails. after I get the special bolts I will try the lower site for the rails.

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I mounted the carb today. and ran all my rubber hoses except for the gas line. I need a straight fitting. I bought a elbo fitting, so I will return it and get a straight one.
also here are a couple pictures of the down pipes mounted on the engine.

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Looking great man... almost there! I would shorted that vac line up a little bit so its off the water neck though.

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Lookin good George.
From the looks of things you are a few short weeks from driving the old girl.

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I just stuck them on a little while. I have to do some fine tuning on the hoses. but thanks for bring that up.

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hey brian it's been a while. thought you got lost or something.

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Today I put the braded gas line on the carb and mounted the new air filter. looks like it going to work. The other one was a little large and it hit the HEI distributor.

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That engine looks sweet!

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Hope to finish the exhaust Monday or Tuesday. Took the boys fishing today so nothing to report.