3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
 

Just thought I'd share the progress on my 69 my wife and I bought new. Just the front bumper and the molding on the left cab corner to go. Started the teardown in 2010. Frame-off resto with some 71/72 creature comforts and a GM Performance Parts 330 HP/350 crate engine added.

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And... under the hood.

Before I forget... THANKS TO THIS FORUM AND ALL FELLOW MEMBERS FOR THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE!!!!!


Jim

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Looks good!!!

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Nice!!

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Very niiiiiiiice.

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Looks great, where'd you get the valve covers?

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Looks Great ! :metal:

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Wow! REALLY nice truck. Great work!

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Time to cruise!!! looks great.Enjoy the ride!!!

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Really love that color!! Enjoy her.
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Bought the valve covers here on the parts for sale board.

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Thanks for all the compliments everyone.

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Yes, very very nice!!!

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Nice truck!!!

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nice work beautiful truck

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Thats a beautiful truck, congrats. I had those wheels on a 2003 chevy I had. They look perfect on there, very clean.

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Very nice, good wheel choice.

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What size tires do you have on this nice ride?

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Beautiful. You've owned the same truck new twice
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Great looking truck. Where in AZ ? Where please did you get the A/C compressor mounts? They look a little different than what I am used to seeing.

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Tires are 265/65-17. I was conservative in my size selection since I bought them when all I had was the rolling chassis.

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Thanks. Great point. Only, it's even better the 2nd time around!

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Beautiful.

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We spend winters in Sun City West with other old retired folks.

The A/C mounting on the Vortec head engine was one of my major challenges. Originally, the 69s came with 2 different styles of compressor mounts. This one had the set you rarely see here on the forum. The main bracket had the lower mounting points under the front exhaust manifold bolts than arched up and over the front half of the valve cover and attached again under the intake bolts (different on Vortec heads). So, anytime I needed to remove the valve cover, the whole thing had to be removed 1st. A major PIA and just plain ugly! So, I converted to the style most of the Chevy trucks and cars of that era had. The problem with that was that none of the top brackets would work with a Vortec head engine. As a result, I had to fabricate the three top brackets from the front and rear of the compressor. The one at the top of the intake under the intake bolt and water neck bolt was based on the original but reconfigured for Vortec heads. The one at the front is very similar to those used on some of the passenger cars.

Since a picture is worth a thousand words, here are three of the original mounts for comparison.

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Thanks for the ideas on the mounts!

Once again, nice looking ride.