My '71

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Much better. Before, you could barely tell the roof was white.

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Added sound deadener EVERYWHERE! Floors, roof, sides...

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Covered metal door panels with vinyl.

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Found a set of factory headliner panels, but the rear one was in sad shape. I decided to cover them in headliner material and added a 1/2" of foam for insulation and a little more sound deadener.

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Also added another rear dome light.

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Found a set of rear cargo panels. They were white, but I dyed them black to match.

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I made some panels to cover the barn doors covered with the same headliner material.

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New Red Head quick-ratio steering gear. Dog approved.

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Had my gauge cluster redone and added a tach, changed the ammeter to volts, and added a vacuum gauge.

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Changed the 21gal. fuel tank to a 40gal.

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New tilt column and later model wheel.

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Beware the Red Bowtie!!! Yeah, yeah, I know, it's a 307...

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Added exhaust openings in the center crossmember. Perfect for the X-pipe I bought.

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Decided to go with the Flowmaster 50-series (the quietest ones to control interior drone).

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Forgot to add all body mounts and core support mounts were changed to Energy Suspension polyurethane. Rear sway bar.
Another thind to add was I covered the entire under carriage with a brush-on bed liner.

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I still have to do both rocker panels and both front cab mounts. All panels have been purchased. This has been a long road to get this far, but it shouldn't be too much longer. I hope...

[LockDoc]

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That thing is lookin' great! You certainly have done a lot of work to it.

Keep us posted on the progress.....

LockDoc
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Thanks, Doc! I've been looking forward to being able to post for a long time. Looking forward to get new updates posted.

[Average Joe]

Wow!

That’s a transformation. I like all the upgrades, especially the HO 307 and OD. Should be a great runner. Keep up the great work!

[BAD1916]

You’re doing an awesome job saving the old girl. Looks great. What is that gas tank from? I have a somewhat dual tank setup that gives me around 42 gallons but a single tank would be better I think.

[Bigdav160]

Originally Posted by BAD1916

You’re doing an awesome job saving the old girl. Looks great. What is that gas tank from? I have a somewhat dual tank setup that gives me around 42 gallons but a single tank would be better I think.

Looks like a square body Suburban tank. I have one in mine. It requires a little bit of filler tube work to make it fit.

[HO455]

Looking good. You've accomplished a lot of great work.
Did you have much of a burnt smell inside? If so what did you do to clear it out?
I'm looking forward to more updates.

[pontiacvince]

Originally Posted by BAD1916

You’re doing an awesome job saving the old girl. Looks great. What is that gas tank from? I have a somewhat dual tank setup that gives me around 42 gallons but a single tank would be better I think.

BigDav is right. The 40gal. tank is from an '88 (If I remember) Suburban ordered from LMC.

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Originally Posted by HO455

Looking good. You've accomplished a lot of great work.
Did you have much of a burnt smell inside? If so what did you do to clear it out?
I'm looking forward to more updates.

I haven't noticed any smoky smell. There was actually very little interior damage. The heat from outside the firewall (fire-wall ) melted some of the fuse block, but that's it.

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I did add two vent tubes to the tank to make the standpipe on the inside functional. There was a little of a mis-allignment of the fill tube that's almost worked out. Still needs a little tweaking. Not bad though.