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So we are now doing the assembly and bolting things on for the final time, man does that feel good.
The Moser rear end is now all done. Attachment 1752231 Attachment 1752232 Attachment 1752233 and the suspension is on the chassis Attachment 1752234 Attachment 1752235 |
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Looking good.
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That frame came out spectacular! Worth the long wait I'm sure
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Very nice work
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Dagnabbit! How'd I lose track of this! Good Stuff, Guys!
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Looks great. You're about where I am in my build. It's so fun to just bolt on new parts!
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That is really top notch work and a fine looking product!! I hope you have big trophy case because I see lots of them in your future.:metal:
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Cab renovation began.
cab back on the rotisserie and all the stiffening support in place. Will be replacing the entire floor, firewall and a both sills. Attachment 1760820 Attachment 1760821 Attachment 1760822 Attachment 1760823 the rear passenger side cab corner too. Attachment 1760824 |
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Greg and I have zero experience with how to do any of this. No one around to recruit or even ask questions so we are just figuring it out.
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On that I usually jump in with two feet and one arm just in case if I get in a pickle dick I have the other arm to save me
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So to help (not that we need to be encouraged) visualize my vision of the finished truck I had a rendition of the final truck made. I really wanted to see it in color with it's stance and bright work. Though I'm not a big fan of chrome as Robert will attest, I think she has just enough bling to turn a few heads. Comments are welcome of course.
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Yep shes going to be very nice ,stance is killer too!
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Love it!
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IMO that is a perfect look. 20 years from now it will still be cool. Truck is turning out very nice.
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Greg is killing it:metal:
While I fittered away most of the weekend butchering a fuel tank Greg cut the floor out, as well as all the rusted panels that he is replacing. For a guy that has NEVER even cut a single spot weld out, he is amazing. Attachment 1762673 Attachment 1762674 Attachment 1762675 Attachment 1762676 |
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Wow, he is doing an awesome job. If he really has never done this, you can't tell. It looks like he is an old pro at it...
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Wow...I was just stressed out about welding some a angle iron on my frame...read this whole build...now I am going to sell the whole thing in pieces for nothing and start bird watching or maybe water colors? Thanks for sharing. I all ways dreamt about doing it "right" but never have. Motivation to learn! Ok so I'll be the first...why after all that you've been through...are you putting a gen1 small block in that? I know it awsome and I know it's kinda traditional but...guys with a 64forth your talent are making 1200 horses with junk yard pull outs and 1200 dollars worth of Chinese shi@. I just think you guys should go all the way and do the most extreme example of drive train in a rig so beautifull You have the budget and there are plenty of your acquaintances/friends who could help. Hell call scoggin dickey and "turn key "one.
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Big day. Greg and I wrestled that floor into place.
with the help of the rotisserie and some good planning we now have a new dance floor. Attachment 1768391 Attachment 1768392 Attachment 1768393 Attachment 1768394 Attachment 1768395 Tacked into place. we will be bolting it on to the chassis up on the fixture to finalize the rockers and get the front fenders and doors adjusted. Once we are satisfied with that we can pull it off and begin the actual body work. (I so dread that part of this build.) |
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Sorry we have been off the air for so long.
We have been working, honest we have. Plumbing begins and we needed some specialty line hangers to run the brake and fuel line along the inside face of the frame. The aftermarket left us hanging so I grabbed some aluminum and chucked it up in the mill and widdled out what we needed. Attachment 1774390 Attachment 1774391 Attachment 1774392 Same problem with the forward mounts under the core support. So the lathe saw some action and we made these. We will use a 3/16" Delrin isolator to get our finished height. Attachment 1774393 Attachment 1774394 So no more delays time to put on our coverall to show some proper butt cleavage and become plumbers. :lol: |
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Using some 2 inch bulkhead fittings we penetrated the frame at each wheel and brought the brake lines inboard
Attachment 1774397 Using steel braided flex lines we got the connection to the chassis/wheels. Made some hard lines for the lower a-arms and some cute little uprights to keep everything nice and stiff. bent up some stainless 3/16 hard line and began plumbing. Attachment 1774395 Attachment 1774396 Attachment 1774397 Attachment 1774398 Attachment 1774399 |
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This gets us to fuel lines. We will be running a in tank first gen F.I. General Motors pump for the old TBI systems. This truck has a carburetor so the 19 PSI pump needs to be regulated down to @6PSI. Holley builds a nice adjustable billet aluminum regulator and summit has a cute little 4 micron in line filter. We took all that and bent up a few yards of 3/8" hard line.
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Fuel lines look nice!
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Do you touch up the bare metal when you drill holes? With my project I wasn't sure whether to run all my lines and get everything done and then blow it all apart for paint or do as you did and get "most" of it done and then not worry about drilling the odd hole here or there.
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We were also going to paint the fuel lines as they are not stainless and will rust, however we ain't doing that until we see rust start. (A little scotch brite and WD 40 should keep them new looking. ;) Greg has a talent for cleaning up the mess I tend to make. 99% of why our build looks nice is due to his attention to details. :metal: |
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Super nice work. Very well planned.
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Very nice.
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