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Re: '64 chevy 2wd to 4wd
thank you Dale!
just went threw another bloodbath with the dentist, 6 shots today, & the distinction of having the largest filling ever at their office (whoopee) they re-filled it after grinding out the half of the old filling that did'nt break off... ![]() on the plus side i dont need to see her 'till next yr, used up almost all my dental ins for this yr ![]() i really want to get going on a suburban, & the only model that will fit my blazer, is another blaze, the MPC Rescue Blazer. with our buck in the crapper, cheapest one online was $45 all said & done to my door, so went to the hobby shop instead (50 mile round trip) $28 with tax, & $10 fuel in the wifey's envoy, not much different than online, except now i'm getting ripped-off face to face instead of electronically ![]() did manage to snag this for $10 off CL, my other case is past full & out of room. i had to add an extra glass shelf, thinking i mite change all the shelfs to glass, as well as add a few more. and when building the '55, i kept finding parts that i needed & did'nt know i had & ordered more ![]() |
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turned out i had 14 sets of side mirrors.....
tried the hobby shop run today & made it in there, finally got my rescue blaze. took my glue bomb blazer apart & threw it in the stripper. who ever painted this box of trucks.....grrrr....all day & only the black on the roof is coming off.... bit of a jigsaw to cut apart, i'll wait 'till the other blaze is out of the stripper so i can double, triple, quadruple check.... haft to leave cab 1 roof long cause of the window slope on cab 2, wheelwells needs to be closer to rear doors, & i'll cut & re-glue a section of the 3/4 window to shorten it up to the right length |
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while i'm waiting on the stripper, started farting around with the ecsb.
"frame" was the ext-cab dually, so it needs to be shortened. molded in fake motor has to go....as does the a arms couple hrs later here's where i am, will salvage the fuel tank. need to put a floor on the bottom of the box so i can start making the rear frame going for the street 4x4 look with this. cowl hood, roll pan, pre-runner bar & a monochromatic paint job |
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well after a couple days in the stripper, the red blaze is not red anymore....in fact it's not even a blazer now....
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still gots tons of bodywork to do, but i wanted to see how the krawlers would look on here.
after i get the roof molded in, i'll add the ribs |
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Man, that's simply an amazing transformation. Looks great. You got a lot done while I was up north and off the grid.
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off the grid, you mean up at the cabin? (lucky dawg...)
actually thought i was pretty slow on these 2, been clocking big hrs for the winter... most of the major body work is there, 'cause it's a snap-tite, there's no motor, so i half to cut the hood off & make a rad support, firewall, & inner fenders, not too bad, big prob is figuring out how to mount the int tub- it snaps onto the bottom of the hood.... ![]() and remember them spring thingy's i got out of the wifey's window regulator? i'm thinking no leaf springs on the ECSB (think coilovers...) |
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Yes the cabin, no landline or cell = off the grid. Only TV is dvd. My kids call it camping with a bathroom and a pool table. If you and the family ever get this way I'll take ya to gods country. With all the ctting and fitting...I think you're doing fine. Recycled coil overs will be cool
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sounds pretty sweet Dale! nothing wrong with camping with a pool table....
![]() have'nt gotten around to cutting the hood off the sub yet, needed a break from bodywork.... some rear susp work on the ecsb...the links & panhard i'll finish to length once the axle is in the truck need somewhere to mount the links, just started on them, gas tank is fixed & mounted, rear frame is in, just glued the crossmember for the coilovers in, thats what the twist tie is |
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The 4link is looking awesome. Keep it up. This is going to be bad a##.....
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thanks Dale! bit of a pita compared to leafs...
nothings glued, just got it balanced together to check fit.... started an engine for the ecsb, 350 tpi |
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int is pretty much stock except for the shifters
a balancing act to see how the Baja's are gonna fit....after the rear susp, almost looking forward to cutting the hood off the sub... ![]() |
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the motor for the ecsb came out of a '89 firebird GTA glue bomb that one of the wife's fellow employee's son had attempted to build. seen a lot of weird stuff on gluebombs, but this is a first for me....(to the builders credit, only 8 yrs old...
![]() and yeah, thats the oil filter glued to the exhaust manifold.... ![]() kid used a tube of glue on the motor, was pretty rough, had to strip the valve covers, but was able to save the tpi. headers are from a chevelle, still needs wiring and plumbing and 4 links are time consuming to build....stared at it for about 6 hrs.... ![]() making hyd steering for it right now body has some minor touch-ups, then hopefully in the next couple days get some paint on it [ |
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It's looking great, the four links look real. In the light primer it looks like the truck I got last Friday only mine is a totally stock 97 k1500 extended cab Z71
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thats prob what my next d. driver will be, my '90 stepper is starting to show her age, but want an ex-cab this time, reg cabs on these trucks are useless with a fam. '98 is about as new as i'll go for a dd.
finished up the motor in the frame paint was delayed a few days. lost one mirror, no prob, got 14 sets....of old style mirrors....needing something more modern to match the truck, cut these off the glue bomb ford i have, cut out the chevy mounts & molded these into their place |
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added hydro steering, the hoses go up to a scratched orbital valve, & scratched steering box. still need to add the fr brake lines
got the back ones in tho t-case is a borg unit i added some styrene to so it mite resemble a 241. once the body is on, i'll add a tailpipe just painted- no clear. wow, they were'nt kidding when they said "shimmering metallic blue" i literally had silver flakes floating everywhere when i sprayed it.... mite be a little too metallic-e, when you hold the light on it, looks like something that belongs on a '70's cobra or sidewinder boat.... ![]() |
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extended cab is done.
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been real busy lately, sub has been on the back burner....
finally got a few hrs on it. nuthing fancy, piecing together a int. tub, not sure if i'll use the 3rd seat... here's whats left of 2 blazers to make one sub |
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also got around to chopping off the hood. left a piece of the orig. hood under the window, then ground it down
here's something you dont see enuff of now-a-days.... hood from the glue bomb blaze, obviously a orig. '79 issue rescue blaze not starting anything, but i'm pretty sure the re-issue blaze i bought is from "c" land, & though the orig. is 36 yrs old, i like it better. detail is sharper, body lines & dimensions are better, & the plastic feels "harder". the "c" hood warps way easier (and they got the cowl vents wrong.....) |
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Just got back tonight from 10 days at the cabin. You got a lot done while I was gone. The extra cab is gorgeous. Awesome job on it. I'm reay liking the burb too. I got a lot of projects done at the cabin. No rest for the wicked I guess. ...lol
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so are you ready to just move up there yet? ![]() we went out to the back country ourselves there on sat stopped by coldwater creek, every time you moved, chipmunks would scatter, like a huge pack of rats they were pretty ballsy, scampered right up to my son and got a rough frame thrown together for the sub |
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yeah, it bites being poor, err, less rich....
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Yep, 100% correct......
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