69 c10 -- first project!!

[noonzor]

pull one string, and another, call in a favor, bribe and bribe someone.... and *BOOM* paints on its way, its all in who ya know! haha

aside from that heres a few pictures of how she'll sit till the color comes in. gotta save up for the balancer, accesory drive and intake/fuel system aswell as rockers and pushrods.

[djracer]

Lookin good!

[noonzor]

Originally Posted by djracer

Lookin good!

Thanks Kevin!

[nibs]

soooo, you keepin the paint color a surprise???

[67cheby]

Great looking motors !!

[noonzor]

Haha yup, color and theme of this truck/motor will be kept secret till its revealed. Keeps it fun. Haha.

Thanks Cheby.
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[nibs]

Originally Posted by noonzor

haha yup, color and theme of this truck/motor will be kept secret till its revealed. Keeps it fun. Haha.

Thanks cheby.
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boooooooooo!

[noonzor]

prep'd my motor for paint, then little bro called n said he bought motor mounts. i need his camaro out of the garage before i can get my truck in there so its priority. anyways, heres tonights progress.

[mike nutt]

engine is lookin' good. just finished puttn' a 6.0L together for my '68 camaro project.

[noonzor]

Originally Posted by mike nutt

engine is lookin' good. just finished puttn' a 6.0L together for my '68 camaro project.

Nice! Cant wait to see what this little camaro is like now. 5.3L, tko 5spd and a 9". Should be fun!
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[noonzor]

Primed!

[Cameron 1137]

looks good! what kind of primer did you use?

[noonzor]

Plastikote engine primer
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[noonzor]

little update, im still waiting on the engine enamel, ordered some harland sharp 1.7 rockers, measured the pushrods and ordered them. ive been kindly asked to stop buying truck parts for a while, so im going to need to concentrate on things that are more affordable than say, porterbuilt tubular a-arms/ridetech coilovers, building my 4l80e/getting a converter, building my 9", efi intake/rails/injectors, corvette front acc drive... etc... and concentrate on things i can fab myself and do for lighter cost. going to start by finishing the fabrication and crossmembers for the frame/suspension, then move on to cab and box bodywork. the camaro should be out of the garage end of april, so at that time i will bring my truck over.

reason being......
in the summer of 2011 i asked a beautiful, patient, and understanding girl to marry me, and we've just recently set a date for sept 2013 and now have to start saving up. for those of you thinking "oh no, now the trucks never going to get done" please understand, i say she's patient and understanding for a reason haha. figured id attach a pic of the happy couple, this is at the disney store in new york.

[69CST-V]

Congratulations on your engagement.

[noonzor]

Originally Posted by 69CST-V

Congratulations on your engagement.

Thanks man.
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[67cheby]

good call, if she is patient and understanding...oh and that cute ! SHE's A KEEPER ! WELL DONE !!

[noonzor]

had to post those... little bro got his headers in and we bolted em up to take a look..... wow. Last pic is a shot of my latest ink.

[67cheby]

wow, that is pretty wild how the headers are side by side like that at the bottom !

[noonzor]

yeah, the k member is out of the camaro right now getting cleaned up and new parts installed. really interested to see how everything fits, or if they fit at all. already have to trim the motor mounts just to get the headers on the motor.

[noonzor]

well life is a learning experience, and the lesson i learned today is either better research or dont build a motor in stages haha. went to finish the top end off yesterday, was all excited, soaked the pushrods, assembly lubed em, went to bolt up the rockers and noticed they are touching the head at the tuip with the pushrod cup. now ive got to take the heads off, get some new gaskets and clearence the head for the rockers... booo. haha. heres a pic of the contact.

[68GMCCustom]

interesting....that the rockers sales/specs info didn't mention this?

[noonzor]

yeah, believe they were adverised as direct bolt in, as most aftermarket rockers interfere with the valve covers. dont seem to touch the covers at all, but definitly hitting the head. this is assuming i got my pushrod measurement right, which im hoping so cause i followed the directions exactly and even went as far as checking each valve.

[noonzor]

so after the latest discovery i was getting ready to pull the heads. then my paint came in.... so i did this to tease us all, cell phone pic sorry. and yes i know the valve covers are on the wrong sides haha.

[68GMCCustom]

stock is 7.40"...what did you come up with? I originally measured mine at either 7.350" or maybe it was 7.375".... and later changed to 7.40" because they were noisy.