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Had another good day today. We were able to get the cab mounts shimmed and adjusted to get the proper fender to door gap, and that was extremely important because it'll save a lot of body panel fit headaches later. Got all of the inner fender and core support bolts torqued, and sandblasted a bunch of parts that will need to be primed and painted soon. That will be my main focus tomorrow, getting these parts etch primed and ready for color.
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Looking good!
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Man, that looks nice! Can't wait for the next update! Any rough ETA on the first fire-up?
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I don't have a firm ETA on the fire-up because I still have a lot of plumbing to do, along with installing all of the wiring from the firewall forward. I still have to get the fuel system installed (tank, etc). I still have to do a little more suspension work on the rear, which will require notching the frame and raising the bedfloor. There's still a bunch to do, but the list is shrinking (slowly).
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Aww man! You don't have to worry about plumbing! All you have to do is stick a fuel line to the carb and one in a small gallon can. Then for your cooling a 5 gallon bucket of water to dump on the motor when it gets hot!!! HAHAHAHAHAHHA!!! That's almost how I did it with my 64! lol!
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As far as the bedfloor, I'm still gathering info on different ways to do it.
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If you really wanna be cheap, there's always the 'ol Inverted Cakepan Trick!
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Alright, Chip you've got me.........What's the Inverted Cakepan Trick? Is that sort of like the Wheelbarrow Firewall trick, the Snowshovel Distributor Clearance Trick, or the Mailbox Blower Scoop Trick?
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Exactly! If you're hitting, go to Goodwill, etc., and find a good thick old school cake pan. Cut appropriate opening and use 1/4 carriages through flange on pan, seam sealer the underside, Bolt that sucker down, 'et 'voila! Notch cover. 'Course, a wily fella such as yourself could do the notch, then pull the springs and fab up bumpstops to stop the rear at say 1/4" off the bed floor. I'm just spitballing here. (Actually, I'm living vicariously through you 'cuz I'm too lazy to get off my dead ass and take a sawzall to my own truck!)
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PS- 2 inches more drop in the rear? Who doesn't love some California Rake? Leave the back high, piss Freiburger off!
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Scott Sullivan said it right. He said that a 1/4" difference in height can make the difference between a hot rod and a tractor.
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He's not kidding. My formula for years has been 3-5 deg downward rake, measured at the pinchweld to the ground, variance dictated by wheelbase, the more the longer. This carries also roughly through the tires in both height and section width. All visual points tapering forward front to back. A friend once said he could tell from a block away if I'd set a car/truck up. But that's just what I like. It's probably why I like this truck so much.
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Waitin for the engine to spin……vid? lots of pics.
Gonna make it sit pur-fecta’ Note: keep all cooking utensils away from truck build. ![]() |
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All Right, Alex, quit holding out on us! Your fans need a fix!
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Rumor has it, Santa is bringing me a set of 2" blocks from Boris (Way2low2) at Street Machinery, and also a pair of C-notches.
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Lucky....
Do you guys shut down over the holidays? Truck workin' time!
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Yep, we cranked up the wick big-time with a challenge from management that if we met our goals, we would shut down for Christmas. We got it done, so that means that it's full speed ahead on the '64. I have lots of things planned!!
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Woot Woot! Enjoy the down (workin') time. Don't forget to take Momma out!
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Coming along nice! A notch from Borris saves a ton of work, ask me how I know
![]() Cake pan..I like it! I want a deep bedside for the dogs and didn't want to raise my floor, but want to go lower also. I picked up a diff cover that I may "cake pan" into the floor.
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Man if my wife new what all I wanted for Christmas for my truck she'd freak out. But as always tools are welcomed. My wife is good with finding me tools I can use. Who can't use tools?
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Read through the entire thread and I'm blown away by your attention to detail and the creative ways you have used junkyard parts. Killer work!
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Alex put his 2" blocks in Saturday and the truck sits perfect! He's going to have so much fun driving the crap out of this when it's done! I'm feeling guilty for not helping him as much as I'd like to, but I'm neck deep in my Bonneville project and working on it every spare minute I have. I'm going to have to kick mine to the side shortly though so I can help Alex get this beast wrapped up 'cuz this dude needs to be driving this thing!
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Pics or it didn't happen!
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