intro + 66 black bagged long fleet

[low 90]

i just dont even try to kid myself anymore haha!

[coulter]

didnt get a hole lot done today.. put the motor and tranny together but the bolts on the torque converter dont line up with the flywheel so i gotta hold off on putting it in the truck.. but i did slap on the water pump and new alternator and bracket


didnt want to have to do this but o well... It hung way too low so i had to trim it a lil bit
you can see i cut a lil over an inch out..


luckly it didnt take much to get the tubes to slide back into each other.. but i might have to do a lil bending on it once i get it welded cause it kicked it out toward the frame rail a lil bit. need to put the starter on and get it in the truck to really know how its gonna fit

[daverod]

Sucks about the headers. Your picture of your shifter did make me go put mine on. I think I have the same one 32 double bend. I'm sure it took me twice as long as it did you. I don't like to read. Good to see you makin progress.

[71 GMCDRVR]

Originally Posted by creep

They always do.

I know what you guy's mean, I'm still working on my 71' GMC

[VeronikA]

Wow much respect homie. Love your pics. Great progress. You building one bad ass trokita.
Again great work! And thank you for stopping by in my thread too!

[rockasilly]

I love the build and your tasteful use of HDR photography. It seems most people process it way to much but yours look great.

[coulter]

thanx for the compliments!!! i cant wait to get this thing out of my shop and take some good pics of it

[creep]

Yeah, me too!

[coulter]

well i finally got to set the motor in.. i think its in there for good.. i hope!!!










got some more work done on the floor and the passenger rocker panel and cab corner in







still gotta do the kick panels on both sides and the drivers side rocker panel then i can get ready to paint all the interior

stay tuned...

[daverod]

"think its in there for good.. i hope!!!" If I was a betting man.
It coming along nice.

[creep]

Engine looks great! Getting closer to cruisin'!

[McMurphy]

Is your transmission manual or automatic?
I dont think I ever seen a manual with tranny fluid lines, or an automatic with a floor shifter like that....

[coulter]

its auto th350 with a lokar shifter

[VeronikA]

Damnn great job with engine. Looks awesome! I am not this far yet... oweeee

Love your progress. Your trokita is super sweet already!

[50bomb]

Man that looks good. Keep it up!

[Dinos63]

nice work kat!

[coulter]

thanx guys!!! i been getting some more work done.. i will post up some pics here pretty soon

[McMurphy]

Cool .... I await your photo update !!
I am off the next 4 days solid, so other than throwing some ribs on the BBQ tomorrow (providing the flame dont freeze) I hope to get some stuff done on mine too !!

Yours is looking good dude!
You are about 3 or 4 months ahead of me on getting it on the road I think....

[coulter]

got a lil update

finished up the cab corner
sorry for the blurry pic


got the drivers side rocker panel off... this side is in better shape




installed some more chrome goodies


found out tuff stuff water pumps are made from super ****ty metal
barley tightened the bolt for my alt linkage and snapped this right off... gonna try to send it back to summit and get a polished weiand pump














put the bed back on... not all the way bolted down... ran out of time today
new chrome bumper to.. they only sent me 1 bumper bolt... wow


one of these days i will finish these wheel tubs..lol

[coulter]

o ya

[northern 85]

Looking great!

[likaroc13]

looking really good! sucks about the water pump though

[VeronikA]

Heyy that's nice! Engine looks stunning buddy!!!! Just sorry to hear about the water pump. Hope they will accept that in Summit. Good luck with it!
Also love the pics as usual!!!!

Thanks for updates!

[McMurphy]

Just finished reading your whole thread again. Man you are doing great, and coming up on a year since you started this thread too!
I am probably going to tackle my floor pan, rocker panels and cab corners this weekend. I am off the next 4 days... we will see what I can get done!

Cant wait to see your next update, see what you do next!

Any pointers on getting those rocker panels off?

[creep]

Killer! Is Tuff Stuff the name of the brand or is that a Summit product line? I heard somewhere that chroming cast parts can make them brittle. Don't know if that's true or not but I still try to stay away just in case.