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[tommys72]

Looks real solid

[71chevswb]

Can't wait to see this thing bagged!

[Twisted78SS]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Looks good, I'm following along

Thanks for taking a peek Ol Blue, having fun with her so far.

Originally Posted by tommys72

Looks real solid

Thanks, It's even better than I thought the farther i get into it.

Originally Posted by 71chevswb

Can't wait to see this thing bagged!

Me Too!!!! hope to have the front in before the weekend is over

[Twisted78SS]

I had to work late the past few days, so I've only had about 2 hours to work in the shop..

Here is a peek at the progress I Made, ( I didn't take a bunch of pics, but you get the idea)







I have a heater assembly restored and ready to go, so I'll drop the box off the firewall, stuff a new heater core in and after seeing if buffing out the firewall is sufficient for now, install that. If not, I will re-paint the firewall first.

Cleaning and painting the entire frame is on tap starting with the front first.
Plus, I have decided to go ahead and install my Accuair now. The more I thought about it, the more I didn't really like the idea of man-O-matic ride height...

Then I only have one item left (upper & lower ball joints) to replace on the cross member going in as I picked up 73-up style dropped spindles...

More to come

[Newtz67]

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[Twisted78SS]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Well that was fast. Looking really good!

Thanks! Had to get a sneak peek since I was going to be gone all weekend.. The fender is simply sitting there.. Hope to get back on it for awhile tonight.

Originally Posted by GAc10boy

Sweet!

Thanks, I'm digging it so far..

Originally Posted by goldenburb

Looking good,
lmk how the bags work out for ya. I did mine with 2.5 spindles 4 yrs age and it rides like CRAP.

Really? I sure hope it all works out, of course I can switch over to a static drop, but I would prefer not to. I'll be adding Accuair to this as it goes back together, maybe that will provide some benefit..
I'm interested to hear more about your setup..

Originally Posted by Newtz67

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Great!, thanks for following along..

Here are a couple more shots I took on Thursday night before I left, figured I would post them to keep the history/progress consistent.

Top down




Now you can sort of tell just how much the back needs to come down.. lol

[Twisted78SS]

Long weekend of driving, (dropped my daughter off at college) was about 700 miles round trip, then work got in the way as soon as I returned, so no shop time till last night.
I spent most of my time on the tedious stuff, cleaning and painting a bunch of brackets and prepping the power steering box.. I did manage to dig out the rear axle and test fit the disc brakes.. I originally rebuilt this for my sons 68, but since he is headed down the LS path, he snagged my bulletproof custom Dana 60 for his..
I had this together once before, and it still look like this.





I also put the last skim coat on the patch around the heater box, will see if I can finish that tonight and paint the firewall...
Mocked in the front sway bar as I was trying to decide if I need dropped front brackets or not.. I think it might be a good idea, so off come a few more rivets tonight. Last step for the night was adding upper shock re-locators, but I forgot to take pics of them.. They are from POL (Performance Online)

Got a much anticipated pair of boxes in the mail too, ....
I am diving into this one head first, as I ordered a FiTech fuel system..
As they are fairly new just launching their products, you have may not heard of them. Its a bunch of engineers who have been making fuel injection components/systems for the OEM, branching out and trying to help out the aftermarket guys like us.
Here is their site http://fitechefi.com/ and some videos that show the product..
I will do my best to create a video of the installation from start to finish when the time comes..
I got the Go EFI 4
and the Fuel Command Center

Can't wait to get to this point!!
of course, lots to do yet...