My Unexpected '66 SWB-Fleet-Restomod Project!

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Originally Posted by Bomp

Top Quality All The WAY

Thanks Greg!
I really appreciate it!

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Congrats on the ride! Any issues?

Messed around the past two weeks at different times trying to get the transmission to shift correct, but because it has a dipstick that is only about 12" long it winds up in between the headers & engine block, so it is impossible to check when running.
Long story short, I obtained a different dipstick from a tranny shop, and realized that I was almost 3 qts, low on fluid...
Now this thing shifts so mild when driving normal, that you can hardly feel it, but if you stand on it, the truck gets all squirrely hitting second.
I am not talking about just squalking the tires, but rather spinning them for a great deal of time!
I like it a lot! This thing is a true rocket-ship, and I am impressed!
I put about 150 miles on it this weekend, and sat in stand-still traffic during the Grand Rapids Metro-cruise, and the temp never got above 195 degrees.
the only issue that I had was that one of my super-sweet billet power window switches fell apart when I shut the door, but it was because the billet piece was not glued on properly. I fixed it with some 3M trim adhesive. LOL!
What a great weekend!

No pics, because in all of my excitement I neglected to take any, but hopefully some will surface due to my friends...