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Awesome job!!!

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Thanks

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Got my wheels sorted out. The only step I have left cosmetically is to get my headliner back up.
I only wish my paint was holding up.

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I really like the push through caps with beauty rings and the chrome bumper on your truck.

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I've been so distracted lately, I hadn't checked in on your truck for awhile. Very nice!

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Thank you both

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I did a little corner carving in the mountains today and took a couple of photos.

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your truck looks great.

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Reinstalled my headliner for the first time sense last year with some VHB Velcro. Thanks jweb.

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That looks great! It does a really good job of breaking up the white roof

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So I pulled the trigger. Literally the drill trigger. I have been trying to figure out how to best install my belt line fuzzies. I removed the clips and cut about an inch off of the curved part and started drilling Holes through the fuzzies and into the window opening and screwed some vary small screws and it worked. The passenger side works just as I would like. The driver side is almost as good. When the window is all the way up it pushes out the outside door skin a little bit. I think I still need to take the window out and readjust how it sits in the channel. Window down and window up. It scared me to death to try this because I didn’t want to mess up the paint. But I laid down enough layers of tape to protect the paint when the drill ran into it.

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In other news someone almost plowed into the passenger side of my bed. I was making a left from a main street with no stop sign and he was making a left from the street I was turning onto which had a stop sign. It was one of those instances where as I passed in front of him and lost sight of him I was sure that we would make contact but we did not. I don’t know how we didn’t. Praise God.

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Totalled stepside bed = insurance money = new fleetside bed. :)

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That’s funny because I did think of that

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Well, glad it didnt happen myself. I like your truck. :)

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I took the truck to the dyno yesterday. I went to Westech were they film Engine Masters. I even got to meet Steve Brule. They changed out my secondary metering rods to get a good mixture and they also messed with the transmission cable that connects to the throttle. Because he messed with that cable I took it to the transmission builder to make sure he didn’t mess that up. All and all I am happy with the experience but it was fairly expensive and now I have a bunch of extra Q-jet parts. I took video but it looks exactly the same as the photo except the wheels are spinning. He took it up to around 4250 rpm. He would have gone faster but the rear end started shaking like crazy. I think I need to fix the pinion angle. 197 hp at 4493 rpm and 246 ft pounds at 3710 rpm.

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Also I was trying to figure out how much larger I would need to have the size of my window increased if was going to have a new one made and I think that the window I took out of the truck is slightly taller than the new one that I installed. It’s really hard to tell with the window installed.

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I yanked out my kick penal speakers that I was vary happy with. The reason I had to do so was because I blocked off my vents the air pressure inside the cab when I shut my doors caused the bondo and paint in my roof to crack. Real bummer but I don’t want my paint cracking :waah::waah:

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That's a great pic on the dyno, looks cool. :)

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thanks

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It’s been a while sense I have posted on here. I had my exhaust rerouted today. I got tired of having my loud and smelly exhaust right outside my window in front of the rear tire. I wanted it to exit behind the bed. Because it is a 62 and has a under the bed gas tank it would have been vary difficult to have it go up and over the rear axle. So instead it was routed up and over my back tire and dump out behind the tire. I am not sure if I am happy. It has a little bit more of a drone than I like. It will take a little getting used to. Also you can see the pipe a little bit inside the fender so I might end up painting it black to hide it better. They also added an H cross over pipe.

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My engine is toast:whine:
At least my heads are:whine:
My bottom end I have had for 22 years and who knows what the PO did to that.
So I think it is new engine time:bann:

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Up and over the tire, or up and over the rear axle between the rear tire and frame?
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How about something like this?:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...05#post1948905
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What are you thinking of going with?

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Up and over the tire. Between the tire and the fender.

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I really wanted to do a 383 from Blueprint. But I think I might have been talked down to a 350, also from blueprint. Something like what Rockenrod put in his. But I still what to go to a local shop that was recommended to see what they have to offer.

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I am expecting a big box with 390 hp in it tomorrow. I have had my current engine for 21 years and who knows how long the PO had it before me.

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Cool. Can't wait to see the pics. :)

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I ended up getting the 355 from blueprint.

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Got the truck back from engine installation today. It definitely sounds and feels different at idle. I have only basically cruised with it in light traffic. I need to take it easy for the next 500 miles. It is tuned down right now so that I don’t push it hard. The dyno sheet shows around 420 hp and around the same foot pounds. The mechanic said I need a Heavier truck. It sounds like he played with it a little on the freeway. I am excited to see what it can do. I will take photos soon. I am not happy with my new Accessory brackets and everything like the hoses and plug wires need to be routed better.

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He’s some pictures. It still needs some straitening up. I want to get some accessory brackets that mount lower and more to the side. You might even notice that the ac still doesn’t have a belt on it.

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So I finally got my new brackets, ac hooked up, old valve covers and filter lid installed. Vary glad to get the ac hooked back up. It’s been around 110 in LA for the last 2 weeks.

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Oh yes, those look much better than the first brackets. :)

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nice work sir!!

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I had a big surprise today. I have been trying to sell my old motor for a couple of weeks now and a guy cam buy today to purchase it. While looking at the block he ran the numbers on the block and it turns out I have been driving around and buying 350 parts for what turn out to be a 307. I have had this motor in the truck for 21 years. The previous owner told me it was a 350 and I believed him.

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Wow, that would be a surprise for sure.