Slick 77
 

Hey guys, this is my 77 short bed that I traded my brother out of a while back
It was originally a big block, tach dash, front & rear sway bars, non trimmed truck
Now has a warmed up 350 with vortec heads, hooker headers, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, Edelbrock carb, comp 268 cam, & some other goodies

Short term plans are to swap in a 700R4 trans & drive it
But for the long term I want to do something similar to Dinos 78 (at least stance wise) with a smooth dash like the one below (but black) & some other neat ideas I have for it

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...8_03240027.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...8_03240029.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...8_03240030.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...8_03240032.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...8_03240035.jpg


Dinos truck
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/DSC00693.jpg
Smooth dash
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/IMG_0791.jpg

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Nice looking start. It will be an interesting read/build.

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subscribed.

man, you have a lot of projects going on :)

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I know right, but Ima start getting rid of a few so I can have the $$$ & room to work on the ones I keep :rolleyes:

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Sweet !! Now stop loafing and get to work !! JK Looks like a great start . Keep us posted . Bob

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Well today I got the trans swapped out, not finished but the hard part is out of the way

Still have to hook up the cooler lines, linkage, & have the drive shaft cut down

Old busted Th350
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...8_06300002.jpg

Good 700R4
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...8_06300003.jpg

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Subscribed, again:lol::D

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dude lay that baby out!! i cant wait to get mine started:chevy:

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I want to so bad bro, but I have to get it back on the road & driving for a while before I can :(

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nice truck

sure wish i could find a swb truck up here... i found 2 in the last few weeks.. 1 is 500.00 it has maybe 2 good body panel on it, no floors left in it, hm i might give 200.00 for it iif it ran...
the second one they want 2500.00 for. now it has a sweet red paint job, but they paint over all the rust.. its not in any better shape than the one for 500.00 other than it has a older set of mag wheels on it and decent tires... time to go back to the junkyard.. they got one, but i been waiting for them to get the title for it for over 4 years now...

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Dude, that sucks for you
I have like 8 of these things just laying around for parts or to build :rolleyes:

At least I have the parts to make mine really strait :D

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oh not again.... hehe are you gonna finish this one? hehe:D jj
its a nice truck u got there... now get it built...:)

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Get ready to open the wallet for the drop member... :D If you can get that thing to ride like Dino's, I can't wait to see it!

Great build, can't wait to see where this ends up.

Good luck!

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It will prolly get low in stages, but when I do the rear I will make it capable of going as low as I ever want it & if I have to use some blocks temporarily to make it ride even with the font I will

As for the front, Ima use the A-arms off Sinister & buy some 3" drop spindles
Then when I get the money a drop member will go in place

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Subscribed. And by the way, what did you have to change to swap in that 700r4? I'm guessing that cause my turbo 350 on my inline 6 is the same bolt pattern, mabye I can swap one into my truck.

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Well this is the second 700R4 swap I have done
The truck I pulled the R4 out of, I put a TH350 in its place & had no problems (driveshaft went into place just fine & I may have had to move the cross member a lil)

This truck had a TH350 in it & everything went the same, but I guess this TH350 was a lil shorter than the other as my driveshaft is now too long
And I think I had to move the cross member back just a hair on this one too

Other than just bolting it up, you need to wire up the lock up torque converter & make sure your driveshaft is the right length

Heres a good thread on the 700R4 swap
http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...ighlight=700r4

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I'll bet that one could get incredible gas mileage with an overdrive trans and a 250 inline. Thanks for the info.

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Is that green th350 a lovelady rebuild out of Crocket ?

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No, my brother rebuilt it & had painted a bunch of other parts on the truck green :lol:

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Ok, progress update :D

I got the 700R4 installed & had my driveshaft cut down to fit (mine had to be 55 3/4" center to center)

Now I have to make or mod a bracket for the TV cable, hook up the shift linkage & wire up the converter :metal:

Should get the shift linkage & maybe the TV cable hooked up tomorrow

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More progress :metal:

I got the TV cable bracket modded & the cable hooked up... at home researching how to adjust it

Also got the the linkage hooked up, doesnt work right but it works... I need to get all the 700R4 linkage & column for it to work right

Pics coming soon :cool:

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waiting on those pics,,,,of the modded bracket to

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I'll get you some pics of the bracket bro

I went & hung out with a friend & raced a guy, I whooped him :D
Then he got pulled over & I got away :rolleyes:

So after I hide out for a but I take my friend home & head to my house, well I dont have insurance on my truck till tomorrow & I pass a cop which starts to follow me & like a dumbass I try to loose him because of the no insurance & I figured that the other cop had a report out on me for street racing
Well I turned down a road & turned my lights off BIG MISTAKE & run into a ditch then proceed to plow through a fence, but not just any fence a nice strong fence with rail road ties on the corner

I pretty much screwed my truck up really good, when I plowed into the cross tie it bent my drivers rear wheel, ripped the axle back & made the drive shaft fall which in turn catapulted me up & I landed going the opposite direction

Im tired, & just got home from retrieving my truck, so Ima go to bed & I'll access the damage & take pics tomorrow

Moral of the story DONT FREAK'N RUN FROM THE COPS & DONT TURN OFF YOU LIGHT WHILE STILL MOVING !!!!!!

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where in texas you from brother?


btw... that sounded painful...

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Dude, to honest it hurt my heart more than anything
I love my truck & it just rips me that I did something stupid & tore it all up
My back hurts a lil from it, but I'll be ok... my truck may take a while to fix

I live in Mineola, its in east Texas about 2 hours east of Dallas towards Shreveport Louisiana