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theyre 15x10's if i do believe
6 inch lift on bfg 35x12.50's
it is a small world. we dont ever take this out except to take it to sutherland reservoir every weekend and do some camping. i got a '72 blazer with a fuel injected 5.3 i drive now, gets a little better mpg haha. funny how they were saying mcconaughy would never be filled up again! :p
glad i could help haha :lol:

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http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/71_203/5...ture088-vi.jpg
http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/71_203/5...ture084-vi.jpg
Out with the old
http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/71_203/5...ture087-vi.jpg
In with the new
http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/71_203/5...ture085-vi.jpg

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Behemoth!!! :-)

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Big truck ... neat. SBC going in or out??

Ratty 46

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454 bbc out and 350 sbc in cause the 454 is exhausted and the 350 runs

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Will a 350 even move that truck? lol. Its gonna be exhausted soon.

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Sure will, has a crazy geared transfer case so it will do fine

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I guess that's what that heap is laying on the pallet??

Good luck with it.

Ratty 46

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Yea thats the big block

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did you use the tree as an engine hoist?

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As part of it yes, then used a 1-1/2 ton come-a-long

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thats bad@$$ :metal:

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http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/71_203/5...ture100-vi.jpg
http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/71_203/5...ture101-vi.jpg

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That is a monster. Looks like you got it up & running. So ...... how's the SBC turn with those tyres/gears??

Video???

Ratty 46

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Look for the thread i just posted it has the vid. tires turn great its a very interesting truck to drive lots of power

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love the 73/74 grille in the 80's front end

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Yea it didnt have one so i robbed it off the rotted 74 before it went to the scrap yard in wich we got $600 out of it with no motor :metal:

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Suprisingly that 73/74 grill with the 80's headlights looks good. Might even look cooler with the headlight bezels on.

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there is a dude selling this one on CL here in AZ its a crew cap short bed with 19's wow i want

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here's mine i picked up this weekend.
http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/r...17_2149011.jpg

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dude, bigcow, me and the wifey were talkin over paint schemes for my crew last night, that is exactly what we agreed on, guess i have to do some more renderings...

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On most vehicles im getting tired of seeing flat black and red wheels but I thought it works on the dually. If you need some different pictures for a rendering let me know.
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imo flat black is not a paint scheme. Here's my take on this phenomenom: in the old days, an unfinished project might be black primer, and eventually people started bringing their unfinished stuff out on the road, then to cruise nights and eventually to shows. Initially, it was a tiny bit cool that someone would dare to bring it out before it was done, but since then it has come full circle to where people do their entire build with the intention of painting it flat black and leaving it with the unfinished look.
Obviously my (negative) opinion of rat rod flat black is just one opinion, and since so many gearheads like it, there must be something appealing about it to many. But I just wanted to say I don't get it, I don't like it, and most of all it has been overdone these last few years. Can't we move on and complete our vehicles by painting them? WHy the need to look unfinished?
Let's leave the flat black to the true rat rods, homemade hotrods that don't have enough smooth sheet metal to justify a paint job. It just looks silly to me when a project that obviously isn't on a low budget tries to look like it is. Even worse is an unfinished primer flat black paintjob with fancy pinstriping or flames over it. ?? is it just me??

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some people do it for the look. however, more people do it because they ARE on a budget and they would rather spend the 3000+ it takes to cover a big truck in good paint on; wheels, tires, suspension, interior and other stuff. it comes down to budget. 90% of the people you ask would take a free paint job in a heart beat and leave "hot rod" black in the dust.

me personally, ill drive around in grey primer and peeling paint until that paint job comes along. 40$ in rattle can? too much money :lol:

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Deteoit dan and camshaftgsxr. I agree with both of you. Camshaft you took the words right out of my mouth. Like I said flat black is played out, bit like camshaft said I picked the truck up and this is how it came. In a perfect world everyone would have a nice paint job, but like many others including me money tends to get spent on drivetrain/suspension etc etc. the money sometimes just isnt there for a nice paint job. So why not be able to atleast take your truck out and enjoy it?
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to be honest bigcow, i will gladly take any pics you want to offer, i am always looking for new ideas and inspiration

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i also agree with both of you, it is played out to do that as a finished product, but i am only 25, with kids and a very tight budget, so it will be flat black for some time until i can get the money to get the materials to paint it. i like the flat black because if i decide to change doors or a hood or tailgate, it doesnt take much time effort or money to get it back to one color. As of right now, my front clip and tailgate are green, front doors are black, back doors are white and bed is flat black. Wont take very much money to get it all one color as i get the body work done. and as a side note, it you leave it in flat black, when you get ready to paint it, its alot easier to see the small dents when blocking it out, the flat is just a guide coat.

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I didnt mean to say its unacceptable for a work in progress, and by all means, if it's runnin', then drive it! I just meant that it got so popular as a "color" that too many people built big dollar trucks and cars without ever intending to spray color on it. Which is made even more noticeable when theres nice pinstripes or flames on it.
And "played out" is a perfect way to describe it. When you can't go two minutes without seeing a picture of another flat black spray bomb job, then it's gotten too much. Hopefully it goes it's way like the earth tones and bizarre colors of the 70s, or the crazy multi-stripe jobs of the late 70s early 80s. Or how about late 80s early 90s, when all the 4x4s had hot pink shock boots with matching windshield wipers and two dozen KC lights mounted on a triple double rollbar?
I'm just gripin' here, don't pay me too much attention.

And don't get me started on brushed aluminum finish plastic gas door covers that stick on to make it look like you have a custom racing gas door. I better never see a stick on gas door cover on a flat black truck...

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I think we all agree, now more crew cabs!!!
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Hey can you post some pics of the wheels? I would like to see what kind of center caps and how they are mounted. I have the typical simulators on now but was thinking of taking them off and painting the steel wheels black and leaving only the center part of the simulators on.

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dude, me and you are about the same, i do my share of griping, but overall, i figure to each his own. but being a child of the 80s, and loving monster trucks as a kid, i really dig the 2 dozen kc lights, just not the hot pink stuff.

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hmm the stripes can go unless it's factory(mine did)
did a truck flat black about 10 years ago,never again... drunks don't see it in the dark,
then again passed out ones don't see the shiney gold ones either
lotsa lights i like too
after looking at the cost of painting the truck i chose roll on flat black ,
cause the sun melts snow faster!and it was for camping and winter snow /mud
my most recent paint is roll on tremclad fire red rust paint.....NOT flat lol

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the one problem i'm seeing is that most people dont do the body work anywhere close to right when doing flats...THEN they use rustoleum industrial enamels or spray bombs to do it black. If you take the time to do the body and prep RIGHT, then sure you can use the black as a base. Most don't and you can make a helluva mess trying to spray modern urethanes over crappy enamel air dry paint. I know EXACTLY what you're talking about as MY 70 Halfton Shortbed is getting a semi gloss black urethane sprayed on it soon. My body has many hidden land mines and ****ty repairs and more than one or two repaints, so i'm gonna halfast it for now, but when i decide on the finish its gonna get stripped to bare metal and done right.
Hopefully it looks decent enough for a few seasons...
Tim

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I'm in a similar boat. I have simulators, but dislike the look of the small holes they have. I've been debating on either black, gray or silver painted wheels with either the centers from my simulators or maybe some '88-'98 factory chrome caps.

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i like the later model caps, but will they clear the floaters??

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Dunno. I thought I had seen them on a square dually before, but I'm not sure.

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oh ok, i have seen a few pics with later caps on the front, but if anyone has pics of them on the back, let me know...

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Didn't that truck belong to another board member here @ some point? What size wheels/tires are on it?

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QUOTE=SCOTI;4910355]Didn't that truck belong to another board member here @ some point? What size wheels/tires are on it?[/QUOTE]

it's very possible. the guy i got it from had owned it 3 different times. i know its bounced around illinois and indiana and now its made its way to iowa. as far as the tire size goes its got 215/85/16s on it.

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Hey can you post some pics of the wheels? I would like to see what kind of center caps and how they are mounted. I have the typical simulators on now but was thinking of taking them off and painting the steel wheels black and leaving only the center part of the simulators on.

I'm in a similar boat. I have simulators, but dislike the look of the small holes they have. I've been debating on either black, gray or silver painted wheels with either the centers from my simulators or maybe some '88-'98 factory chrome caps.

here ya guys go, hope this is what you're looking for
http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/r...untitled-1.jpg
http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/r...ntitled1-1.jpg

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I have the 16" 10-hole Alcoa classics on my CC & they just don't work for me. They're nice enough wheels, just not something I'd roll with. I really wish 20" dually wheels were available. Not enough tire sizes to justify cutting some 19.5's down & definitely not enough 'direct fit' wheel choices. 22's are too much $$....

Regardless, I don't know that I would buy 20" billet wheels anyway as I was usually the guy in the group w/steelies while everyone else was using something 'cool' like Centerline Auto drags.... then Welds, then Boyds, or whatever next trendy wheel. I stuck w/steelies where applicable & was trying to come up w/something similar for the CC as well.

I definitely like the painted factory 16" steelies w/some 88-98 caps