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Putting new copper-nickel rear brake lines

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It's a roller

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Looking good .

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You guys are making great progress. Looks good!

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Well here our donor - 125894 miles

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Disassembly has begun

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Motor out

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I like the idea of getting the complete vehicle, especially if you retain the factory computer and such. There's sooo very much stuff on the market to convert a LS into anything. I favor hooking it up the factory way. GM made the best drivetrain stuff, period, don't have to even say a word about the engine. Not many folks insane enough to do this w/ a stink'n dodge or ford...

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The LS engine family is impressive for many reasons. As one example, look at this cylinder wall in a 5.7 from an 02 Firebird with 160k. No ring ridge and the cross hatch is still visable.

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Fab work on our top rear shock brackets and using a front shock on the rear
This will help get a better angle for the shock

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Nice work you guys!

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Welding nuts onto the broken exhaust studs to remove them

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30 seconds broken stud removal

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Awsome trick i learned it from a exhaust shop i worked at after school back in the day. Things like this can't be found in book but can be learned from a true craftsman .great job passing down the tech tips like this one.

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Drilling and tapping for new temperature sending unit

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Boyd tank and pump is installed, this is one "nice" tank. Thanks Dave Boyd

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Boyd's tank

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Making motor mount plate

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Putting motor in

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Motor is in - now we have to pull it to notch the motor mount to clear the manifold

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Wow ,that looks good .

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You might as well fabricate new engine perches from scratch because the amount of work is about the same by the time you hack up the originals and re-work them.

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Looks Awesome!

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No - we sliced the edge off drivers side corner and welded it back up - about 15 min job

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The Yukon driveshaft was 1" to long - so we changed out to an old style yoke and it fit perfect

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Motor, trans, and driveshaft are in - now we are off for 2 weeks for Christmas break

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Look great! I so wish i couldve done somthing like this when i was in high school a couple years ago.

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Any updates on this build ?

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Love this project. I had a good shop teacher in high school but we did not have enough students that wanted to be involved in a project like this though. I did do some rust work and painted a couple of cars during my shop class. Love it!

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another great build,the kids are very lucky to have you as a teacher

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I just read the entire thread ,you remind me of my shop teacher,he made a big impression on me. Keep up the good work. I'm in.:metal:

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Thanks guys for all the compliments!!!
We started back to school last week
I have to go through safety for a few more days - we get new classes after Christmas, most of the original students got to come back - but picked up about 8-10 new students.
I'll keep the pictures and progress up to date as soon as we get rolling again.

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Doing a little cab mount work

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have you made any progress ?

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Been out for a week - due to snow
I decided to cut down the harness while we were out
We are finishing it up this week - followed LT1swap.com on the conversion

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Tuesday morning

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MCB is in for a radio! We can set you up with a direct fit RetroSound unit and maybe some other pieces as well.

Take a look at RetroSound and let me know what you think.

Matt
MCB

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Matt ,you are a class act to do that but anyone who has done business with you knows that .

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Thank you very much, we appreciate your biz! We do the best we can every day here, we have to earn it, nothing comes free.

Matt

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Heck yeah!
RC900C-119 radio with 23-73 knobs
I dont know on which speaker - we have a non-A/C cab but we are putting A/C in it and using factory center vent -- is there a difference in between factory A/C and non A/C cab speaker mountings?

Thank you very much Matt.