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08-02-2010, 02:57 PM
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"The Yellow Truck"
I'll give more info as the time goes on but here's the basics:
72 chevy truck with a 68 front clip, short bed 454, t56, centerforce cluctch Bagged with a dropmember and strong arms, rear 4-link with panhard Frame is powdercoated silver Rear end is factory posi with 3.73 Rear brakes will be 96 impala, fronts are 75 chevy truck    
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08-02-2010, 03:04 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
I'm currently finishing up the motor, stripped a thread and helicoiled the head where in the intake bolts into. Waiting on a backordered polished cover from Jegs for 3 months now. Motor is factory bore, LS6 rotating assy, chevy aluminum high po heads polished on the outside, edlebrock RPM air gap manifold ceramic coated by Jet Hot here in Tempe inside and out, dizzy is from DUI distributors and tuned for this truck, cam and acc are all roller
 
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08-02-2010, 08:13 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
well you went with a 68 frame converted to discs then what lets see some more pics i think the rest of the guys will agree
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08-02-2010, 08:47 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Not even sure i would call it a conversion as much as just all brand new parts. The dropmember accepts a range of arms and I chose the 73-87 year from air ride tech. The spindles are 2.5 drop from Western Chassis and the disks are from a factory 75 Chevy truck backrobbed from a junk yard. The disks were chromed and turned along with new bearing and seals. The bags in the front are slam specialties for an extra inch and minimal ballooning.
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08-03-2010, 11:37 AM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Looks good
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08-03-2010, 11:57 AM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
That is VERY NICE!!!!
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08-03-2010, 12:03 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Looks reeaall good!
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08-03-2010, 04:42 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Thanks guys, next steps are clear coating the bell housing, transmission, and rack and pinion, figure out my Z bar situation, and I got some patriot clippsters on the way. I got uncoated ones in case I need to bang on them a little.
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08-06-2010, 02:51 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Patriots are here, hope to get them mocked up today. Here's some pics of the headers. Either going to use a stud pivot for the bell crank or modify a small block piece. Depends on where the headers allow me to place it.
 
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08-07-2010, 06:56 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Because of the location of the headers, I will have to move the bell crank closer to the cab and create a new receiver for the bell crank and some custom linkage.
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08-17-2010, 08:05 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Got some stuff chromed, setting up the trans and bell housing for clear coat, and setting up the rear brakes
   
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08-17-2010, 08:41 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
wow thats one sharp looking trans ,I like the rotors ,is the pad contact area chromed too?
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08-17-2010, 08:48 PM
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08-17-2010, 09:15 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Looking really nice! Where are you getting all the chroming done?
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08-17-2010, 09:17 PM
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08-19-2010, 01:34 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Clear coating is done using POR 15's products.
 
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08-19-2010, 02:20 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
very nice!!!
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09-15-2010, 02:15 AM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Any updates?
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09-15-2010, 11:26 AM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Wow!!! Nice build. That trans looks awesome! I would have to have a lexan floor just so I could show off that. LOL
More updates please. 
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09-15-2010, 12:24 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
very nice looking frame! well all of it looks very nice...LOL
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09-15-2010, 03:20 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
I love "over the top" restorations, lots of creativity.
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09-15-2010, 10:22 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
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09-15-2010, 10:34 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Very nice! Is the trans and bell housing just polished and cleared? Or chrome plated? This will be a sweet looking ride for sure!
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09-16-2010, 07:04 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
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Sorry guys, school's been keeping me very busy this semester. ya everything is polished and then cleared with the POR 15 |
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01-20-2011, 10:49 PM
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Re: "The Yellow Truck"
Okay school's over and now it's back to business. The bellhousing in the pics did not work with my flywheel clutch combo so I had to buy a 460486 and it's going to the chrome shop. Also had to clean up the pilot bushing as after I pressed the bushing the I.D. narrowed (weird, I even tried more than one bushing). So I cleaned it up with a .590 drill bit and some lapping compound (your thoughts?). When this is all bolted up this should complete the drive train. The timing cover just came in from a 9 month backorder from Jegs but it looks great. The cam in the motor is gen V so it will require a retaining plate which I plan to get tomorrow in the a.m. This gets rid of the use of a cam button. Anyway, that's where I'm at.
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