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I started installing my new rear mount fuel tank. I'm not quite done yet but enough to post a couple of pix. What do you think?

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well yesterday the neighbor kid needed some money to go to the high school football game, so i had him chase tools and had him crawl under the truck with me and i showed him how to install the th350 i picked up.He seemed really interested and it helped me since im still on crutches...then today i rewired engine compartment and hooked up a set of headman headers, and put the edelbrock carb that came with the truck on,and got the motor to turn over and a couple backfires through the carb ,but carb needs to be rebuilt and was leaking all over the place, so i moved on to putting some 6x9's in the gapping door holes and installed a cd player .....i now have tunes!

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Good to here you making progress, Losthope. did you here the news in our area, some guy working on his `54 chevy pu with a drop light had a fuel leak, set his garage on fire, lost his truck, `54 belair and mini van...sad

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no i didnt hear that!!!!!:jdp: what a shame!!everybody worrys about gas tanks in the cabs then others worry about them behind the axle sometimes its the things you dont expect that go wrong....

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I added some length to my exhaust. The duals dumped right behind the cab and echoed on EVERYTHING under the bed. Now, nice and quiet in the cab with a little bit of rumble outside... the way it should be. Now, maybe I won't get headaches from the roaring in the cab with me!!

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How far back did you go with the exhaust.

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The end of the muffler is in the center of the cab, but the pipe runs all the way out to the step on each side. Considering putting a X or H-pipe in it to balance it out. I dunno yet though.

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Looks good pdxhall, Mustang...? how many gallons....? How much room for the tracking bar...?

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Here is a picture of the mufflers and the drivers side extension i put on yesterday. Makes a world of difference inside the cab.

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You might also add a balance tube in the after muffler tubing between both pipes, near where the exit the mufflers.

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In addition to or in place of an H-pipe before the mufflers? What does this do to the performance or sound? It is an all stock 350 with some headers, so I am not concerned with peeling the street back or anything. I just like a nice V8 sound out of these old trucks.

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I would have built an X pipe instead of a front balance tube, and then, add the rear balance tube to the after muffler/tail pipe setup.

This does help overall performance, and helps keep the system quieter, without making it sound like a Rolls Royce.

I am building this system for my 1964 Chevy C30 1 ton dually flatbed truck, with 305E V6. Have same on my 1972 all aluminum Rover V8 engined Vega.

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Hey Roberto you could PM Mark about the taillights or look in the search under taillights I know he had a write up on the forums about them...Vernski:mm:

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yes, it's an early mustang tank, 16 gal. It will not interfere with the track bar where I mounted it. The cross bars for the bed will have to be modified slightly but I really like the way in tucks into the frame with very little hanging down.

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Hi Roberto, I didn’t see you post until I spotted Vernski’s reply this afternoon. The tail lights are aftermarket 1959 Cadillac, and the brackets were custom made by my son who’s a machinist.

I’ll pull together the component photos, install pictures and original drawings and try to get them posted later tonight. Thanks for asking, Mark.

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Vernski and Mark,

Thanks for getting back to me LOL. By the way vernski love the stance on your GMC, did you use drop spindles too or just the springs?

Thanks for the info Mark, I look forward to seeing the write up about the caddy tail lights...

Well I worked and sweated all day disconnecting everything from my '61's 235 inline six, gonna remove it.....

On a seperate note I bought a c10 2wd SB rolling chassis for the axle/cross members and I am considering puttin my '61 cab and bed on it. Any thoughts?

Captainfab gave me some great insights, I'd just like more opinions.. Thanks guys for helping a guy out.

Roberto:chevy:

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Just the coil springs Roberto it still has stock spindles but because it's GMC it has leaf springs on the rear w/3 leafs taken out...Verski:metal:

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I went out in the backyard today, and took a real good long hard look at my truck. Then went to bed. But a couple of days back I cleaned out he back. and removed the seats did some fiddling with the tailgate. Im getting ready to move it around front and begin work on it.

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i found a six foot long batch of shed snake skin... today i sprayed my truck out with spectracide...hopefully any lurking snakes will bail out.

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It's not that I am afraid of snakes... It's a game that I play... When I see a snake, I scream like a little girl and RUN. The farther away I get, the more points I award myself. And I have NEVER lost!!!

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I do that daily. :chevy:

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Here is the original drawing my son used to fabricate the brackets. I wanted the profile of the bracket to emulate the shape of the rear fender top. There are some extra screw holes in the lower drawing that were changed during production. Once all the machine work was completed they were sent out for powder coating:

http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/5...bracket002.jpg

And here are photos of the removable portion of the light assemblies:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/957/107gay.jpg

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9866/108cn.jpg

The lights slide into the bezel piece from the front, and the aluminum bar holds them in place. I don’t have any unassembled photos of the back portion that bolts to the truck, but it has a cavity for the aluminum plate, and a hole drilled through the end that goes under the truck bed. The wiring feeds into the hole, runs through the mounting bracket and is connected to the harness under the bed where it cannot be seen.

And here are a couple of photos showing the brackets and lights before the fenders went on. The back half on each side bolts to the stake pocket in the original holes. We added two additional mounting holes in the stake pocket and bracket. The finished assemblies are reasonably heavy and I wanted to make sure they wouldn't sag over time. The bezel with the tail lights attaches to the mounting bracket with an upper and lower screw between the lenses. These screw into threaded nutcerts permanently installed in the mounting bracket.

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/9648/109xjo.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5335/110gu.jpg

And here are a couple of shots after the fenders went on:

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6818/106pm.jpg

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/447/114shh.jpg

They look pretty cool at night.

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/1830/bedrails.jpg

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2191/dark01.jpg

I’m sure something far less complex could be whipped up. I just happened to have a full service machine shop and expert machinist available back when these were created. If I could have found a way to mount six of them, I would have added electronic sequencers like on the early Mercury Cougars. I just couldn’t come up with a way to mount six tail lights that didn’t look stupid.

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i like those tail lights man!! those look great:metal::metal::metal:

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Very nice!! Creative, I like it. I been thinking of a third brake light? Any thoughts?

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I used a pair of Ron Francis Brite Lights for my 3rd (& 4th) brake lights. They work only on the brake circuit – brakes, turn signals, and 4 way flashers. With the twin Caddy tail lights this provides 3 lights per side for turn signals, and 6 for braking.

http://www.ronfrancis.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BL%2D69R



http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4435/3rdbrakelight.jpg

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Mark,
Another subtle detail I missed when I visited you last month.
I'll have to pay attention next time. Nice truck!
Dean

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Slick detail on those taillights!
I cleaned up and painted the bottom of my cab floor yesterday (firewall's next, or maybe the cab roof since it's already sitting there on its back?):

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i just dont wanna ride with one in the cab...under seat drivers.

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well today i rewired the cut and spliced wires under the bed that went to taillights....it took me about 3 hours to rewire the four wires in the tail lamp harness:help:!!!!! i couldnt believe this simple task would take so long, but i wired everything right the first time i know i did cuz i followed a thread on here that means it had to be right you guys couldnt be wrong could you???but everytime i stepped on the brakes the dash lights would come on....totally confused the hell out of me...so i came back in and checked the thread again and wrote down what color wires went to what, double,triple check everythings wired right but dash lights still came on when you stepped on the brakes??? so i figure the turn signal switch has to be messed up ,so i pull the steering wheel and find nothing funky going on probing every possible thing with my test light...by this time i cant figure out what is going on and im pissed im pretty good at wiring cars and at finding electrical gremlins and im stumped....all the wires under dash havent been tampered with i even pulled gauge cluster out so i could see every wire really good and nothing is spliced at all.....WTF....im really pissed thinking i should just buy a universal wiring harness and just rewire the whole damn truck.....so i go back to the back and check the wiring again everythings wired right and testing right with the probe light .....finally i remember that one of the bulbs in the back i couldnt really get out of the socket figured corrosion glued it in there.. so i finally wiggle the bulb out and its a single filament bulb :dohh:and was touching both contacts in the socket so everytime i stepped on brakes the power back feed up the running light wire making the dash lights come on as if you had the headlight switch on....Sometimes i wish i could go back in time and punch the previous owners in the face after they signed the title over for some of the stuff ive seen them do after ive got the vehicles......rant over..

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^^ That sounds about right.

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Well we finally got the fuel pump issue taken care of, I am now officially driving my truck again. It is not finished but are they ever totally finished. I feel just being able to drive it back and forth to work is a great victory. Kieth

Interior shot:
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...6_rjGkFPB-A-LB

exterior shot:
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G..._wLm4dMM-X2-LB

Still some small stuff to do, but it is running and it drives like a dream........

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Always a nice feeling to be able to drive them, truck looks super Keith the dash just right everything looks great. I wanted to ask where did you get the cup holder/console? I like the looks of that...Vernski:uhmk:

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I got it from Kennys' Trucks here in Tulsa, they come in a variety of colors, I got it because I am going to lose my glove box when I put the A/C in, so I have to have a place to keep my pistol, sunglasses, loose change. It does strap in but so far I have just left it sitting there. :gmc2:

ps Kennys trucks phone number is, 918-827-2600 His wife Tina will answer the phone they are $100.00.......Kieth

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I talked a lot of smack last night. :lol:

While I understand there are people who have stupid amounts of money and no motivation to do things for themselves, it still makes me giggle. This guy was at the bar talking about his brand new Cadillac CTS-V and how he was having this shop do all this "stuff" to it.

While I wouldn't be quick to turn a wrench myself on a precious ride like that, I certainly wouldn't just hand it to a shop to do "stuff" to it. I would at least know what they were doing, why, and not just hand them my card to run at their whim.

Why bother even having something like that if you have NO IDEA WHAT IT IS?

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OBVIOUSLY… to impress people like us in bars - lol.
Don't get us started on the "car" guys with fat wallets and clean hands - it'll never end!

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Hey thanks Keith for the info on the cup holder/console...Vernski:metal:

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i collected/purchased intake and VC gaskets and battery, re-built/rejetted a carb for the suburban installed it and started tunning. oh and picked up new intake bolts

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Got the wood done......buttoned it up.....drove it.....and took a picture of it beside the short box big window....It's not completely finished as of yet but it's really close just needs the stero finished and some interior work................It was a great day for mankind.

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Very nice... I am totally diggin the look. I am going with the satin black with a white roof cap and cab sails on my 63.
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They do get annoying with all the demands "turn here, swerve left, now right. Wipe out that parked car while you swat at me". I get it. They really are bossy!
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