Finally coming together

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cutting out the rust

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smoothing the fire wall and making it even and straight body line. used plate to fill in the depressed voids around the booster and where the original wiring harness came threw.

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paint booth built in the garage and cab painted. I painted the inside and outside separate.

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frame blasted and painted. my only regret is not powder coating the frame. But money was tight then lol. All new suspension and rear end.

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Doing the new wiring harness. Bought a wire crimper that worked very nice doing the Packard 56 connectors. reused all the old connections. All the cab wiring harness comes out behind the motor.

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I realy like how the gauge cluster came out

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more painting photos. that's about all the older build photos I have. lost a bunch of photos.

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Took some pics today for the insurance man. I'm really pleased with it.

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Couple more I still need to wet sand and polish the bed sides.

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Pulled tranny back 4 or so inches. Got the flex plate off. After market cheap starter chewed up some teeth. It's been making noise for a while. My bad. Got a late 90s delco starter coming. Also got the hole drilled for the gas cap. Measured for an hour before I drilled. Off by 1/8" but all is good. Which is good cause I was down to a gallon or so of fuel. Lol. Working tomorrow then back on Thursday. Suppose to be 70s and sunny in Dallas Thursday and Friday. Love it.
Also got my insurance done today so I hope to make a drive Friday for sure.

[88Stanger]

nice job!!!

[GR8-68]

She is absolutely beautiful !!! Nice work

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Got the delco starter in. Love it. Everything mechanic is running awesome. Just driving it and enjoying it right now. Still have to wet sand and buff the bed. Did some street racing with a 454 built 73 truck. I'm very pleased how the 402 did. I hanged with him the one race I had both tires hooked up. Just couldn't keep traction. One wheel peel lol.

Future

Eaton posi with 3.42s maybe even 3.08s. have 3.73s now. Switch to a 700r4 which will give me a 3.06 first gear and overdrive vs the 400s 2.48 first gear

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It's Christmas!!!! My California car cover came in today. Love it. Super soft on the inside and fits perfect. Now I can keep this black SOB clean maybe. I highly recommend these covers. Worth every 40,000 penny's ��

Wife is trying to steal my motor for her 66. But I've been wanting to build a 496 anyways. ��

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More pics

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I'm getting mixed reviews on my back sticker I added. But I like it.

Also I can't keep my wife out of my truck. Lol. She has her own car. Weather was awesome in north Texas today. Can't wait for spring!!!! Bring on the 105 degree

[enduroride]

Originally Posted by 72_swb

Doing the new wiring harness. Bought a wire crimper that worked very nice doing the Packard 56 connectors. reused all the old connections. All the cab wiring harness comes out behind the motor.

72_swb, can you tell me which crimper and were you bought it to do your wiring ? Im fixing to rewire my 72. Got a AAW Harness on the way.
Thanks, Wade

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Tool aid was the brand of the tool. Wellllllll worth the money. Works great for packard 56 terminals. I also bought some aftermarket connectors. But they where not as good as factory. I reused all my factory connectors.

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Here's the company I used for electrical connectors. And here's a pic of where all my wires come out of the firewall. Under the throttle cable you can see.

[flabeets]

Man that looks boss.

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Originally Posted by flabeets

Man that looks boss.

Thanks. It's a blast to drive

[Ramiro0727]

Originally Posted by 72_swb

Here's the company I used for electrical connectors. And here's a pic of where all my wires come out of the firewall. Under the throttle cable you can see.

Nice looking truck. What grommet did you use for the wires coming out to the firewall? Also the size of the flex tubing?

Ramiro