Thelonerifes 72 stepper

[Cyclone44]

I like the way that the valve cover turned out.....

[thelonerife]

Thanks guys I think their going to be nice. I'll try to get the other one tomorrow night.

[nuke1]

those look really nice, i know your pain in polilshing them, i did mine a little bit ago also.

[thelonerife]

I think mine were polished in the past but they did look a lot better when I hit em. I only had a problem finding clean rags to remove the paint from the fins.lol.I thought one would do it. Wrong. 3

[thelonerife]

I got the other one polished and painted it.

[VA72C10]

Very nice...a lot of work, I'm sure, but worth it.

[thelonerife]

Thanks. I think they turned out better than I anticipated.

[thelonerife]

I polished the cab paint divider trim. It still has some small scratches in it but is good for a driver. Put it on too.

[VA72C10]

You're gonna have a really nice driver when it's all said and done

[thelonerife]

I took the truck to my friend for the rear drum work. I don't do drums. Hes also going to put a vaccuum on my vintage air system and hopefully there won't be any leaks. Then gas it up.
I sanded the ls6 oilpan and painted it.

[tdave00]

Those valve covers look great, and so does the oil pan.

[thelonerife]

Thanks Trai.

[STOCKISH]

Everything is looking great so far. Glad to see the oil pan worked good for ya.

[thelonerife]

from what I keep hearing it will fit. I won't know for sure until I get the old one off. If it doesn't work out it'll be going on the wall.

[STOCKISH]

I had it on a 402 in my 70 C10 a couple years ago. Fit fine for my application. I'm sure it'll be the same.

[5150]

If it won't fit Chuck, it sounds like a good excuse to go buy a LS motor

[thelonerife]

I'm too poor for that! I have to get back to cleaning those heads up. I'm getting lazy in my old age.

[thelonerife]

I've got the truck back from my mechanic friend. I now have brakes and cold air. He put on a new proportioning valve. He informed me my 2 bbl was not that good since the linkage for the choke is kinda jerry rigged. I am going to change it back to a 4 bbl. I have to pick up an intake from 5150 (Bryan) next time I'm in Nashville. Heres a pick of the prop. valve. I know big whoop.

[gcburdic]

Chuck,

I was just wondering why I haven't seen any updates from you lately....Glad you got it back....cold air is good....brakes are even better!!!

[thelonerife]

I wanted to see how cool she would get so I put a thermometer in the vent, turned it on high and shut the door. It held at 42 till I opened the door to snap a pic and it went up to 44. So I thinkk I'll be cool enough. If not I'll turn the adjusting knob on the evaporator unit.

[thelonerife]

I have been driving it and have noticed a vibration in the rear@ about 55mph I think it may be my driveshaft. I swapped wheels and tires with my green truck and its still there. Its good up till then though

[gcburdic]

Hey Chuck...sorry to take a step back, but I got a line on some finned aluminum edelbrok valve covers and air cleaner cover.....thinking I want to do what you did (are your covers aluminum?).....If so, did you sand blast and paint these, then polish the fins??? or did you polish the fins, paint, then wipe the fins??

Thanks

[seldomseen65]

Originally Posted by thelonerife

I am still kicking around the idea of puting a Harley gas cap on the truck. I took it off the bike and put it in the rubber gromet for the tank. What do you guys think?. I would have to switch the opening on the tank or try to make it threaded. I will eventually go to an underbed tank like my other truck but for now it didn't smell when I filled up so I 'll leave it for when I paint the truck. Give me your opinions??

Chuck; been following your thread, cool looking skull cap on the fuel tank, I've been seeing some great work you've done ,,keep up the good work,, i don't think i could have gotten this far with a truck build like yours . I'm getting to the part were i try to start up the truck soon and make sure all the parts are on right. wish me luck and I'll keep watching you do yours. :Chevy:
Larry

[thelonerife]

Originally Posted by gcburdic

Hey Chuck...sorry to take a step back, but I got a line on some finned aluminum edelbrok valve covers and air cleaner cover.....thinking I want to do what you did (are your covers aluminum?).....If so, did you sand blast and paint these, then polish the fins??? or did you polish the fins, paint, then wipe the fins??

Thanks

Geoff, mine looked as if they had been polished in the past as they were just dull and very smooth. I polished the fins and painted the whole valve cover and wiped the fins with a rag and laquer thinner. Hope this helps.

*hint *have more than one rag on hand lol.

[thelonerife]

Originally Posted by seldomseen65

Chuck; been following your thread, cool looking skull cap on the fuel tank, I've been seeing some great work you've done ,,keep up the good work,, i don't think i could have gotten this far with a truck build like yours . I'm getting to the part were i try to start up the truck soon and make sure all the parts are on right. wish me luck and I'll keep watching you do yours. :Chevy:
Larry

Larry, thanks for your comments. I decided not to use the skull cap as it wouldn't fit well with the stock tank neck and since I plan on swapping to a blazer tank in the future I figured it wasn't worth the trouble. Again thanks for the comments guys as I was just thinking this week about getting out of the trucks