Senior Project Build

[LuckyHenriksen]

Thanks for the heads up SCIV, I have been considering changing springs. Comp 918's are the way to go eh?

[LuckyHenriksen]

I re-installed the speaker cover rings to finish off the "custom" blcok off plates.

[LuckyHenriksen]

I went and met a guy and sold him my heater box and stuff. He was installing it in a '69. He hadn't heard of this site, so I told him he should come visit and sign up. Maybe he will convert, I feel like such a disciple!

[texanidiot25]

Your stereo was a mess?



All that crap was stuffed between the radio and the bottom of the dash. Not a single wire was cut to the right length

Onlinecarstereo.com is also a good place to shop

[LuckyHenriksen]

Nice firewood texan That radio def. needed help. So do you guys just throw this old stuff out or do you keep it for any particular reason?

[Gray Ghost]

Regardless of functionality I ALWAYS list this type stuff on craigslist. Either at a huge discount or free...someone can always use it. I gave away two things today and sold three. The laptop card and the DVD player that has no sound were given away. The guy called me later and told me that he fixed the DVD player and wanted to know if I wanted it back, I told him no, we had already replaced it.

I sold three working tools I no longer need within 18 hours of listing them...the hell with ebay these days!

[LuckyHenriksen]

Ya I like craigslist so much better than ebay, screw trying to ship all these large items. Good job on getting all your stuff sold, I need to sell a bunch of mine to be able to afford all the parts I'm buying!

[texanidiot25]

I cut the face off the old tape deck as a faux faceplate to place in place of my headunit's face plate while parked. Sure, having no face plate is less tempting, but looking like a tape deck is best.


I'll resuse that amp probaby for a small bazooka tube until I buy another amp off a friend when he pulls it off his truck.

Craigslsit is awesome, you'll find all sorts of "OMG I WANT" sort of things on there. Like a 65 'Burb for 800 bucks that I wish I would of had money to grab. My engine and trans were from CL, as well as my gas tank and the xmas present springs and shocks from the same guy.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Haha sweet Texan, that is an awesome idea to disguise the CD player like that. And I know what you mean about OMG I WANT! I have to stop looking trough CL because I always find something really cool that I really want.

[heavy71chevy]

Yea you can find much better deals thru craigslist vs. Evilbay...You ever locate a motor lucky?

[LuckyHenriksen]

Originally Posted by heavy71chevy

Yea you can find much better deals thru craigslist vs. Evilbay...You ever locate a motor lucky?

Man there is a guy locally selling one with an 80e and radiator and gauge cluster and everything imaginable out of a '99 truck, but he won't seperate. He wants 1800 for all of it, which seems like a fair price, but I don't have that much cash sitting on hand to buy it all. I have been calling him every few days trying to get him to separate, but he isn't going for it. I will have to find another one I think.

[LuckyHenriksen]

More progress!! Kinda........ I got my FCG tank! It's beautiful. Now I just have to figure out how it all works....

FCG (Mark) wrote my "handle" on the box, it was modified by my friendly UPS man. He always loves to come in my garage and talk to me about my truck, guns, photography, all the stuff I am interested in.



The packing is excellent, it took me like 5 min. to tear it all apart.





And here she is!!! Bright and beautiful....



I'm not sure if you can see any of it from the rear, but if it hangs down, I will have to add some custom touches......


And I sold my old stock gas tank for $35.. met a guy right in Sherwood. He had just bought a '72, I told him about the board. Maybe another convert!

[Gray Ghost]

Nice tank! not sure what to do since you are going EFI...that requires a different setup with the lines than we have on our 'Dino' carb'ed trucks.

[68 C-10 KID]

Lucky where did you pick up that quick scale set up @, and around how much? I'm thinking that's a nice tool to have in my arsenal.

Thank C-10

[LuckyHenriksen]

Gray Ghost, I am going with a carb! So you can be very helpful to me =] I need to know how to vent it and what fittings to use etc...... and C10 KID the quick car scales I borrowed from my good friend who builds jet funny cars, he never uses them so he said I was welcome to them. They run at like almost 2k new I think..... yikes!!! He got them in some sort of trade. They are very handy.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Here are some pics of his shop, he builds jet funnies and dragsters, and has a passion for ZO6's. I love going over there and hanging out.











This Nascar was what the scales came with, he got it in a business trade....... the scales are set up for circle track but they work fine for what I am doing.



Man thats an ugly car, but I would love to have that motor and 4 speed out of there! That thing can zing to 7500 in nothing flat.

[LuckyHenriksen]

And heres what my motor should look like when it is completed, I stole this pic from 6L.IROC on ls1tech.com.

[LuckyHenriksen]

I bought a motor today!!! On lunch break from school I cruised over to Foster Auto Parts (FAP) and talked to my friendly counter guy there. He had a few 6.0's, I made a deal on one out of a 2001 2500 I believe, got it for 600 clams. They originally wanted 800. As far as I know it is complete, I go pick it up tomorrow afternoon. There will be PLENTY of pics!

[VA72C10]

Sounds like a good score!!!

[oldblue1968chevy]

lucky!!!!

lucky you'uns getta lunch break from school to cruise around, we cant even go from the cafeteria to the lobby (chips cokes pizza etc) without gettin stopped and suspended!

[LuckyHenriksen]

Haha as long as I keep off the detention list I can leave at will. And the class I have right after lunch is auto mechanics, and my teach doesn't care if I am there or not, especially if I am out scrounging parts.

[texanidiot25]

*****en!

[oldblue1968chevy]

haha lucky, like a retard in 8th grade i wanted construction, dont do crap in there making a D, the ole terd gives ya any grade he wants to give you, made a 71 on a semester exam i never took, I NEED TO GET OUTTA THERE,,,im just too..lazy maybe........i dont much care for woodworking anyway, ive been into fourwheeelers and vehicles lots more than wood.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

haha lucky, like a retard in 8th grade i wanted construction, dont do crap in there making a D, the ole terd gives ya any grade he wants to give you, made a 71 on a semester exam i never took, I NEED TO GET OUTTA THERE,,,im just too..lazy maybe........i dont much care for woodworking anyway, ive been into fourwheeelers and vehicles lots more than wood.

Is auto shop not a class? I feel bad when schools don't offer it.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Can't wait to bring it home and start stripping it...... any of you by chance know the street value of a complete top end for a 2001 LQ4?