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A little more progess at body shop
Firewall may look butchered to some but looks fine to me and will be really pretty covered up when the heater stuff and brake stuff is installed. The 454 will now officially fit. Body guy still needs to paint the outside of both doors and the cowl. We are painfully close to it coming home but at his rate of speed lately, I'm not thinking it will be home too soon.
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1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14 Last edited by Yukon Jack; 06-24-2010 at 10:58 AM. |
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love my truck
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looking good yukon, I bet you cant wait to get her home. I would love to help you put it back together but your to far. keep the pics comming and as I said, I will be posting pics in bout a week
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Well that certainly looks a lot better than when you cut the holes to make the engine fit. Hope the rest goes as well..
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I can't believe I nominated that "hack"-storation for truck of the month - project category. OMG, what a mess.
![]() J/K, Yukon, sometimes you have to use a BFH when a shoehorn won't cut it. ![]() Hope to see it whole again soon. ![]()
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Dang, didn't even know I was nominated, thanks!!!
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You can cut with a shoehorn? Nice job. It'll be a sweet ride when it's done.
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Quote:
English idiom "cut it" meaning "do the job, satisfy, work" :p
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Currently on or near the homestead: 67 Chevy SWB 2WD stepside 350/3 on tree (Pat's) 67 GMC SWB 2WD Fleet 402/auto (Brian's under construction) 67 Chevy 3/4 ton 2WD 402/auto (Business Hauler) 67 Chevy 1 ton dually 2WD 396/4 speed (Former business hauler, Needs TLC) 68 Chevy 1/2 ton Suburban 2WD 250 six/3 on tree (Brian's Needs TLC) 70 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD 350/4 speed (Pat's - Disguised as a 68 GMC) 71 Chevy SWB stepside (Crushed by tree - parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD (Parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD Suburban (Parts Donor) 72 GMC 3/4 ton 4WD 292 six/4 speed (Mine - Disguised as a 67 GMC) 81 GMC 4WD Dually Dump Body 350/4 speed (Business Hauler) 82 Camaro Z/28 355/Super T-10 (Pat's toy) 93 Caprice 9C1 (Brian's Cop Car) 02 Toyota Camry (Reliable but a souless steel and plastic hulk) 2011 2SS RS Camaro M6 Factory Hurst Shifter ![]() Maybe I need to sell some of this crap ![]() Yet another Bozo with a sawz-all |
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Chevytruckfan - do you mean the two areas I have circled? These are the areas that needed to be modified to allow the big block to fit.
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Just like to part out trucks!!
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Looking good Mark!!!!!! I know what your dealing with as far as the painter, I've been waitin 3 weeks now for the bodyman to get my blazer in.
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You probably already told us, but one more time please...Why did you cut the firewall in two places? Is it for an off brand eng? Cad or...?
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I know you had to cut the firewall to make the big block fit, but what are the 2 small holes and patchs with in that tunnel for?
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The 4wd's didn't come with a big block and my research told me a 2" body lift was sufficeint to give clearance for a big block. When the body shop went to put the body on there was major clearance problems on both sides of the engine. I really wasn't able to move the engine forward at the body shop very easily and some other factors were in play so I went ahead and cut the firewall for the necessary clearance.
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It's coming together Yukon. But like always, at least for us the owners, it always seems to SLOW. It'll be worth it when you get her back homne and all buttoned up.
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