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[speedking]

Hi;
I'm James,my friends call me Speed. (nothing to do with drugs-mostly to do with driving style)
Currently I'm down to only 5 GM vehicles;1957 GMC 1/2 ton,it's my work truck,cracked glass,dents and rust,floor of the bed is missing chunks,good runner though. It has a 1968 Pontiac 400 in it,running through the stock truck 4 speed,and a 3.08 rear end from a 74 Chevy 4X4,235/85-16's on the back and 215/85-16's up front. It powers out before it runs out of RPM;it still went fast enough to get a ticket in the high dollar range. (84 in a 60)The speedo cable's broke so now I have to figure the speed by the tach.
I'm building a 355 for my '62 Chevy 1 ton flatbed duallie. I'm also looking for a 4.10 geared rear end for it. I'm trying to find one with normal sized brakes-the one in it now has drums so big my 16" wheels won't fit over 'em.
I have a 1966 Chevy C-60 I just put a later 292 in,the wiring under dash and under hood was butchered so I have to re-wire that,then it'll be for sale.
(BTW-does anybody know anything about motormount pad alignment on these big trucks? The motormounts seem to be offset one forward from the other.)
I also have a 1980 Chevy Citation that needs a timing chain replaced and a 1966 Pontiac Catalina my folks bought new for $1.00 down on a Sunday. It'll be getting restored as soon as I get some of these other projects to a stopping point. I'm hoping to do some upgrades to the suspension and brakes and build a little more power into the 389 when I rebuild it. My other wheels are a 1980 Ford Fairmont wagon with a 4 cyl. and 4 speed( my road car-it has cruise control and a stereo) and a mostly 1968 Triumph TR6-R motorcycle. I say mostly because I'm now installing a 71 Triumph front end on it (to replace the Honda 350 front end with 61 Harley Sportster springs and 1" spacers),a carb off a snowmobile,the intake manifold was made from a VW exhaust pipe and some radiator hose,an ignition switch from a 61 Opel,a kickstand I made from a Harley Davidson muffler hanger,a taillight from a Honda 750,bars from a Yamaha 850,and an air filter I made from some scrap pieces and an old Harley filter element. I'm into the bike about 500.00 counting the price of the bike. Okay-I'm done boring you now.
A friend steered me to this website,and I'm glad he did. The information base and resources are incredible. I look forward to interacting with many of you in the future. I'm a gearhead so if you want to talk cars,trucks,bikes,or whatever,feel free to shoot me a line.
James Stepp
sk8080hd@yahoo.com