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Old 12-11-2012, 12:29 AM   #26
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Nice truck to start with, I will be watching this one.
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Old 12-11-2012, 11:59 AM   #27
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Nice truck to start with, I will be watching this one.
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:04 PM   #28
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I got my control arms all cleaned up, painted and installed new Moog balljoints (upper and lower). The upper where a bit of a bear to get out, but a sharp chisel, drill bit, and 3lb hammer did the job. It's a good thing I went through this front end.. I had multiple bolts that were loose and my drivers side lower balljoint was shot.
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:08 PM   #29
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I have a homemade sandblaster I use on small stuff... It's a pain in the rear to drag out and use but does save me alot of money. Blasted the front and rear springs, sealed with rust stop and painted. Also painted my calipers with grabber green engine enamel.
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:13 PM   #30
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after letting everything dry for a couple days it was time to put it all back together and get this frame to rolling again. I did created a little custom sticker for my shocks and had them cut out in vinyl.
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:29 PM   #31
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With the frame ready to roll again, it was time to clean up the motor. This is a crate 350 engine with roughly 10k on it. It does run like a champ so I'm not going to go to far into it... just basically replacing some gaskets top, bottom and front, etc, new water pump, harmonic balancer, plugs, wires and cap. I took it down to heads and block, cleaned, degreasing and almost ready for paint.
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:35 PM   #32
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My performer RPM intake cleaned up real good with some etching cleaner, I then painted it black... and then I had this undying need to set the carb on it.
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:38 PM   #33
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here's a before and after of my PS pump... saved a little money by just taking the time and loving on this a bit.
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:42 PM   #34
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Cleaning up nicely. Is the theme hotrod black and green?
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:42 PM   #35
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great progress, keep the pics coming !
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:44 PM   #36
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Cleaning up nicely. Is the theme hotrod black and green?
I am painting the truck black, just the motor and calipers will be green.

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great progress, keep the pics coming !
I'm trying to get caught up... almost there.
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:48 PM   #37
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Here's the motor all cleaned up and painted... I got a little happy with the green paint and got some over spray on my valve springs.. but it wiped off real easy since they were oily... I ordered some valve covers from Edelbrock that took forever to come in.. didn't have them for these pics. Cleaned up my oil pan, new gaskets on intake, oil pan, timing cover, fuel pump, new water pump, new harmonic balancer...
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:51 PM   #38
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motor going back in... 350 turbo transmission, took me all day to clean up, etch and paint. It's been beefed up a bit and has a shift kit in it. I replaced the filter and pan gasket, as well as front and real seals.
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:55 PM   #39
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Here's the motor back in and the truck pushed out of the garage on wheels for the first time in about 4 months. was going to take it for a spin but was out of gas and a steering wheel. Have a ton of little stuff to do, but getting to here has been a big step. Valve covers finally came in and I picked up cap, rotor and wires. painted the cap grabber green.
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:55 PM   #40
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Nice progress. Yay for the budget builders! We always find a way to git er done!
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Old 12-11-2012, 12:57 PM   #41
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It's the only way I can get it done! haha.
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Old 12-11-2012, 01:03 PM   #42
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here's a video I shot that day I pushed it out.

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Old 12-11-2012, 01:47 PM   #43
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Nice progress man, I wish I was done with my Chasis already
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Old 12-11-2012, 01:59 PM   #44
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Thanks... It wasn't until after I got it done and motor back in that I actually felt like I had accomplished a big part of the project!
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Old 12-11-2012, 03:01 PM   #45
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Your going great guns on it, looking good.
Going to tag along and watch if you don't mind.
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Old 12-11-2012, 03:10 PM   #46
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Going to tag along and watch if you don't mind.
Thank you and I don't mind at all.. I've got most of what I've done so far posted up... little more and I'll be to where I am at today with it.. and I'll be needing some advice from all of you for sure.
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Old 12-11-2012, 03:12 PM   #47
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Thank you and I don't mind at all.. I've got most of what I've done so far posted up... little more and I'll be to where I am at today with it.. and I'll be needing some advice from all of you for sure.
I'm at the ready, fire away.
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Old 12-11-2012, 03:23 PM   #48
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What is the current condition of the cab?
Was the previous rust repair work done right or does it look like there is an inch of bondo on it in places?
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Old 12-11-2012, 03:30 PM   #49
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What is the current condition of the cab?
Was the previous rust repair work done right or does it look like there is an inch of bondo on it in places?
Getting ready to post up pics. The previous repair work was NOT done correctly in my opinion.
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Old 12-11-2012, 03:31 PM   #50
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Here it is freshly back from being blasted... Picked it up last night.
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