[dubie]

we bled out the brake system on the truck. The connections had more leaks than the titanic but it was just a matter of a slight tweek with a wrench to seat the flare all the way and we were in business. We also had one front lower shock bolt that got a little beat up in the tear down. The shocks were the originals and were seized onto the post. When I tried to remove them, the hammer got away a couple times and mushroomed the ends a bit. This is where my millwright wife comes into play. She filed the end of the threads down and then re-cut them and finished it up with some new hardware. It's so nice to have a woman in the shop because they just think differently when it comes to mechanical things. She's my secret weapon in this build.
We also got a new tranny cooler all rigged up and ready to be installed along with the rad. I ended up swapping rads with one from a 65 Chevelle that fit like a glove.One of our car club buddies stopped by with an exhaust system for me on the weekend as well. It was complete from end to end, all aluminized pipe with mufflers and tips. So It'll take a little cutting and welding to make it all fit, but we'll get it to work out for us. SO it's been a busy few days at the Dubies shop.