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Thanks. Just the stock 4:10 or whatever.

thanks, Clem, and thanks for the perches. they arrived yesterday. I owe you one. :metal:

Thanks for looking in.

Thanks, I've been learning as I go. Speaking of buckets, here's the final look for now. All painted up and put together. The sliders are still in primer for now but everything is operational. I like how the passenger side handle on the adjuster turned out and they both slide back and forth real nice. They've received a test run. :metal::metal:
Putting them away now until upholstery time.

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Nice job on the set frames

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Thanks, man. And thanks again for the seat parts that helped make it possible.

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So it was 66farmer that had what you needed?
Cool.
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I got to meet 66farmer when he bought one of his seats from a guy in Milwaukie where I got my fleetside bed for a possible future project.
Fun Stuff.

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Just read through your whole thread and really enjoyed it. Thanks for the motivation. I am about to do both my rockers and floors and your pics and WIP have helped me understand the job I'm about to tackle. I ordered all my sheet metal from Top Banana yesterday.

Bret

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Actually, I got the first seat from him. It was the second one that turned out to be so hard to find.

Thanks for looking in and good luck with the patching. If a newb like me can do it anybody can.:metal:

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I called about my new trans today and the trans guy said it would probably be done this afternoon but I'm not going to pick it up until my next days off. I've got a Blazers game to go to in a few minutes and I go back to work tomorrow so it will have to wait. In the meantime I picked up some rattle cans and did some blasting and painting of some drivetrain stuff. I got my new trans cross member from CPP and promptly sanded down the shiny black powder coat and painted it chassis black, I got my Serpentine system painted and the pulleys bead blasted.

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I picked up this console lid awhile back but when I got it, it had more pitting than I had planned. I thought it was just chromed pot metal and maybe later on I might rechrome it unless I found something I liked better. I drug it out last night while looking through some other stuff and realized it was aluminum not steel. This is cool. I can deal with cleaning it up and making it pretty. I'm hoping to make my own center console with this as the lid. It has a lock with the key. These pix are after I had taken the lock off and started some sanding on it :metal:

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Nice progress. That console lid will look great between those seats.

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Awesome build. I'm starting on my own 66. Would love to come see your truck sometime. I'm in the forest grove area so probably not too far from you.

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You'll be able to drive to the get togethers this summer.
Looking great.

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Thanks. I hope I can build an adequate console to go with it.

Good luck on your build. I'd love to see it sometime and you're certainly welcome to my garage anytime your in the neighborhood. I'm usually working out there Wed thru Fri or Sat so if you're headed this way anytime let me know.

Thanks, man. I don't know about being ready to cruise this summer but I hope I can at least have the chassis and drivetrain done and hopefully get the cab on so I can start fitting body parts and stuff.
My goals seem to always be about 6 months ahead of me so we'll see. Right now I'm having a blast spending money and prepping stuff to get the engine and trans in. A nice change from body work for awhile.

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Awesome. You going to be working on it over the Thanksgiving holiday?

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I'll be cooking turkey on Thursday but I'll probably be working on it on Fri and Sat. as usual.

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Sounds good. If I have time I'll shoot you a PM and maybe check it out if you're up for it.

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Brett, your truck is coming along f*&%$@ awesome! I think you are doing a great job! I love the motor choice and that you are staying with the period correct exhaust. The fabrication on the seats is unbelievable!!! It was cool to see the old pictures of your '55 and Duane's truck and camper. I loved it! Tell everyone hello, and I will be waiting for more.

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Good to hear from you. Did mom tell you to check things out like I told her to? Now I expect some updates on your '71. I know you're about done with that thing.
People need to see what an awesome job you're doing. :metal:

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Nice progress on the truck! Console lid will look nice.

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Nice truck. Cab work looks great!

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Thanks, I've been sketching out some ideas on the box. I think it's going to work out great.

Thanks for checking out my thread. :metal:

Here's what I braved "the day before Thanksgiving traffic mess" to go and pick up today. My newly rebuilt 700r4. :thumbs:

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Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

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Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving also! Nice tranny! :chevy:

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Glad you got the tranny...:uhmk:
Have a Happy Turkey Day!:metal:

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Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

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Well, we had a great Thanksgiving and I ate too much. I had a bad case of too much party so the work on Sanity suffered a little this week. I did get my brake lines all sorted out and installed. I am still missing a few fittings that I need to pick up but I wasn't about to go shopping this weekend. I don't do the crowd thing too well. I also got my pulleys painted that I stripped last weekend and I got the motor mount perches stripped and painted. I've got a package from Summit that should be here Monday. Motor mounts, intake gaskets and bolts, and a few other small parts I needed to proceed. When it arrives I can start bolting things up in preparation for getting the engine and trans mounted in the chassis.

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Pictures of your painted pulleys!!!! We are crazy about pictures around here!!!!LOL!:chevy:

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I spent a couple of hours yesterday chasing down some brake line fittings. 3 stops before I found what I needed. Then I worked some more on my center console lid. Bead blasted, 150 grit, 220, 350, 500, 1000, and finally 1200 grit so far. It's getting there. And here's a pic of the pulleys as requested. :metal:

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Great work on that Console lid...:metal:

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Looking good keep up the good work.

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PDX great job on the bead blasting. Are you using a cabinet? Also where do you get you glass beads in different grits?

Bret

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I really like where you're going with this truck. A nice dependable drivetrain combination, and a very slick use of other parts from different vehicles. This is my kind of build!

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Thanks, Don.

Thanks, man. You did quick work on that suspension mod and the truck looks much better.

Sorry on the mix up the way I wrote what I did. I actually just used an 80 grit glass bead and then the rest was hand sanded to the point it is now. I use the cabinet that I made out of a 55 gal drum and I get my blasting media from a local outfit here in Portland. Very inexpensive compared to retail outfits. I think I paid about $10-$15 dollars for a 50lb bag.

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I don't really have anything to show for the last week or so but I have been doing a little work on Sanity. My new trans came with a black paint job that didn't match my vision and there was some casting crud on the case so I decided to strip it all off and prep and paint it over with Eastwood's aluminum paint. The stripping and sanding is done but I ran out of time to get it sprayed. I hope to get it done on Wednesday.
Other than that, I chased down some nuts and bolts I needed and cleaned up the shop. Once the paint dries on the trans I'm pretty much ready to get it mated to the engine and get them installed in the chassis. :metal:

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Been researching panting cast aluminum myself. Decided to go the route described in post #9 here. Are you going to use a clear coat?

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Hey man, good to hear from you. I tried the diamond clear on another piece of cast aluminum and didn't really like the look. Eastwood's Alumablast, however, looks very nice. I painted my serpentine brackets with it and I really like it so that's what I'm going with on the trans.

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Looks good but.....it is kinda hard to imagine what it looks like...I mean you know....maybe a picture or two...or three....:lol::lol::lol::mm::chevy:;)

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Here's the transmission stripped, sanded, and painted. I also bolted up the flexplate to the engine. The trans needs one more day for the paint to cure enough to mess with it. Hopefully tomorrow the trans will be hooked up to the engine and maybe they'll both get moved into their new home between the frame rails.

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Looks great. What brand are using to hookup the 700R4 throttle valve and lockup with?

Bret

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Looks good

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Truck looks very nice. I hate to impose on your build thread but do you have a Suburban for sale in the ad section? Please feel free to PM me with info, thank you, Ben.