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sand blasted one of the wheels it came out sweet. will post pictures tomorrow.

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oh no.... I hope you dont have to drive on gravel or dirt roads. Mine had turn downs like that and would kick up dust like crazy.... No knocking your build because you have done a great job, just wasnt sure if you realized that would happen or not. Even at a stop on pavement the dust would blow up off the street really bad.

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No, I am not going to leave it that way. I just wanted to get the bugs worked out on the truck before I take it to the muffler ship for the tail pipes.

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good deal man... I bought mine with the turn downs like that and just drove it over the summer untill I talked myself into the frame off. Im going to do like a 6x3 inch oval side dump in front of the drive tires.

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Yea I under stand about the dust. My shop is just a canopy without a concrete floor. I hope to have the truck running in a few weeks. George

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Today I finished sand blasting my rally style wheels and painted then satin black. Tomorrow I go looking for four tires I can use on the wheels. I also received the oil pressure line today. I will install it tomorrow and then I can start my engine, keep your fingers crossed that nothing goes wrong. It is getting real close to a driver guys.

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I found my tires today. 265 R75x15 So I will pick them up after I get the engine running. These are the rally wheels that I sand blasted and painted.

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Going to pick up all the fluids tomorrow for the engine start. keep your fingers crossed.

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I bet you're getting pretty excited now. Heck , a bunch if us are probably pretty excited for you.

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Yeah, what he said :metal:

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got all the fluids in the truck. I will start the engine Monday. Got to do another job this week inn.

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got tied up this week in moving someone. Monday I will crank the truck.

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265 R75x15's are pretty tall (30.7) George. Is that what size you had before?

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George,

Are you gonna pull the distributor and prime the oil system before you start it? I cant recall if its freshly rebuilt or not but its been about 2-3 years since its been run so it wouldn't hurt if even if its not rebuilt.

If it is a fresh break in be sure to run it at about 2000 rpm for 20 minutes to break in the cam. got to keep that oil splashing on the cam during break in.

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George if you need a priming shaft I have one you can use.

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Anticipation....the suspense is killing us.

Seriously, I hope everything works as it should, I have enjoyed following this build.

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I went down to 235 instead of 265
I wanted to crank the engine today, But it rained and just didn't feel like getting my back side wet. maybe tomorrow.

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always something getting in the way. I did not get to crank the truck today . One day maybe.

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I am still waiting for my tires to get here. So nothing done on the ole girl today.

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so does Patches run?

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not yet. I am planning on starting it Tuesday. Going to get my tires in the morning. So Tuesday looks like the day.

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Cool, good luck George. I've been watching your build for awhile. It'll be cool to see you driving it.

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IT"S A RUNNER!!!!!!!!!!
I finally got the ole girl running. I had to but another HEI distributor from a local supplier.
The MSD distributor was no good that I bought from a fellow board member 1 1/2 years ago. Guys check out the parts you buy and not just put them up somewhere. I also bought a set of four cragar 8" black wheels and center caps with new lug nuts

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here is the video of the truck running. I still have to put my rails back on the truck to separate the wires a little. To make it look clean. I will mount the tires on the rims Friday. Will post how they look on Friday. I can't up load the video something about a security token and ideas

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Probably just needed to replace the module in the distributor, they are cheap and easy to get. You could have put in a GM one even