The Super Duper Haggis Hauler

[MacQuigley]

Appreciate that.

Can wait to have it on the road!

[MacQuigley]

Well that's the heads back with springs and rockers fitted



Just draining the last of the oil out the engine before masking and painting it. Going to paint the inlet manifold black but its needing a really good clean and I'm wondering if it would be OK to give it a blast with the sand blaster. That would give a good surface to key the paint to.

[Captainfab]

That looks to be a factory aluminum rectangle port intake manifold that has been polished. Personally I would blast it and leave it. But if you wish to paint it, yes blasting would be the best way to produce a surface for the paint to adhere to. Just be sure to blow out all the bolt holes, nooks and crannys with compressed air to remove all of the abrasive. Don't want any of that inside the engine.

[MacQuigley]

I think I'll mask off some of the nooks and crannys John just to try and keep out the sand. I definitely don't want any of that inside the engine.

I do have a second manifold which only has a single chamber beneath the carb. I had been told the double chamber is better but this is a bit outside my current experience.

[ibrown50]

Heads look cool Bill

The general rule of thumb is that dual plane manifolds with a split chamber (like the one in the picture above) are better for street engines (they make better torque/ power at low revs) and single plane are better for race engines as they are better at high rpm.

But of course it's much more complicated the that and heads camshaft etc all have to be considered in the mix. I ran a 9 second car with a dual plane!

[MacQuigley]

Dual plane! That's the term I couldn't remember.

Well I'm only building a street truck but hell 9's would do!

[66-PMD-GMC]

My 63 has a best quarter time of 9.54
All motor, no adders.. and an open plenum high rise...
:-)

Originally Posted by MacQuigley

Dual plane! That's the term I couldn't remember.

Well I'm only building a street truck but he'll 9's would do!

[MacQuigley]

As someone who is used to building Morris Minors and Land Rovers, to be honest, I'll be happy with anything under a week and a half!

[66-PMD-GMC]

My family is from Leeds originally so I understand..
What I'm curious about is the size of a C10 on some of those streets and left hand drive...

[Chevy Apache]

Originally Posted by 66-PMD-GMC

My family is from Leeds originally so I understand..
What I'm curious about is the size of a C10 on some of those streets and left hand drive...

Yep that's what I thought when we bought our truck but to be fair never had a problem lol
Just all other idiots on the road hogging it lol

[MacQuigley]

On think Ive still to decide upon is what fuel tank I want. I'm not going to go original and I will put the tank under the bed at the rear, I just don't know what tank to fit.

Martin has sent me details of the tank he had specially made and something similar is an option but I'm thinking Id rather have something off the shelf as it would make it easier to replace should it ever become necessary to replace it.

I have no issues making up any brackets to mount a tank but has anyone got any suggestion on which tank to fit?

I'm thinking something like this as an option:-

https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...-n-2/overview/

What do you think? And what have others used?

[forestb]

If I were to redo mine I would try to install a camaro type tank and try to get the filler to come out behind the license plate.

[MacQuigley]

Something like this:-

https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...t/model/camaro

[Johns66]

Originally Posted by MacQuigley

Something like this:-

https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...t/model/camaro

There is a baffled 69 camaro Efi tnk at tanks Inc for $220. I am going to use that so I can go fuel injected later with out an external pump.

[forestb]

exactly but I have never seen it done before.

[MacQuigley]

Had a look on the Tanks Inc website and found that Camaro tank, which is an option but I also found this which is another option;-

http://www.tanksinc.com/index.cfm/pa...rod/prd216.htm

I guess with this one thought Id have to run with an external pump as there seem to be only one hole which I assume will need to be used for a sender unit.

[Johns66]

Check out Tanks Inc. Model Number TM32A-T, it has two holes in it.

[MacQuigley]

Anyone else having problems with Photobucket this week? Struggled to logon and then to upload pics. Anyway finally managed to get a few up there.

That's the engine in primer now, should have it painted over the weekend.



I'm going to replace the sump, so I'm not bothering to paint it.

This is actually my dad's intake, mine is already in black (but the pic wont load)



Can anyone tell me if I can buy a replacement lens for my interior light?



Ive not been able to find one that matches.

[MacQuigley]

This would be perfect but Id have to deal with POL again

https://www.performanceonline.com/19...ank-19-Gallon/

[MacQuigley]

In order to maintain what little sanity I have left I needed to do something other than fill, sand etc. So I decided id paint the block.

Not finished yet and I wont be using these rocker covers but I'm quite happy the way it came out



I did manage to chip one head and a bit of the block but its only back together temporarily so I'll touch it up after final assembly.

Sadly it was back to filling and sanding again tonight. I had to completely redo the drivers door having forgot to account for the door rubber. Oh well never mind!

[Chevy Apache]

Originally Posted by MacQuigley

In order to maintain what little sanity I have left I needed to do something other than fill, sand etc. So I decided id paint the block.

Not finished yet and I wont be using these rocker covers but I'm quite happy the way it came out



I did manage to chip one head and a bit of the block but its only back together temporarily so I'll touch it up after final assembly.

Sadly it was back to filling and sanding again tonight. I had to completely redo the drivers door having forgot to account for the door rubber. Oh well never mind!

That's looking good bill great progress like engine stand modification lol

[MacQuigley]

Technically the engine stand us up for the weight. I'm not so sure. Better safe than sorry and have a hole where the floor used to be!

[Captainfab]

If I'm not mistaken I believe this tank fits the rear of the truck frames. Although with yours being a '62, you have more room than the '63+ frames.

http://www.tanksinc.com/index.cfm/pa...rod/prd114.htm

One of the universal tanks designed for EFI might be a better fit.

[MacQuigley]

Thanks to John (Captainfab) I was finally able to complete a couple of tasks that I think just about complete all the welding I have to do.

The first was to repair that internal cab corner.

This is how the cab came



This is the bit John sent me having received a coat of zinc rich primer



Then a bit of cutting



Some welding and filling



Then it was onto the dash

I was never happy with the repairs I made to the switch panel



So out it came



And in went the part from Captainfab



After a bit of trimming and blasting



Followed by some welding and grinding



Then once again back to sanding, filling etc



I'm not particularly happy with the gaps round the instrument bezel.



I need to come up with a way to fill that. Id rather not make it a permanent fixture but it may be that That's how I have to do it ie screw it in place then fill it. Just means the only way to remove the instruments is either individually or from behind, which wont be a big issue until I put the steering column back in, then it will get tricky.

[ibrown50]

Nice job on the internal cab corner Bill, would've been a beast to fix without the repair piece.
Wish I was finished welding