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Re: my 65 fleetside build
Hey Flips, That seat looks very nice. Look better setting in my truck though! LOL. Looks like your coming along nicely on your truck. Did you check your power steering box yet with the adapter plate to see if the box hits the frame? Keep up the good work.
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Re: my 65 fleetside build
truck looks killer always such nice work!! AND THAT SEAT IS PERFECT!! you nailed it!
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Sweet, I love the seat. Looks great.
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thanks 65custom, kind words are always appreciated. I have been like chad, working alot so theres not been alot of progress on the truck, i did start it the other day for just a minute, just to here the cam and it sounds awesome, no radiator on it yet but the inner fenders and radiator support are ready to mount. maybe things will slow down a little so i can get something done. saving now to buy a champion 3 core radiator, mine is new but i am afraid it wont cool the 406.
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be prepared to do some modification to the upper and lower cradles if you go champion. I sent mine back and got my original re-cored, cost a bit more, but worth it in the end. I am sure you can get a multipass core soldered in between your original tanks.
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Re: my 65 fleetside build
Gents, I need a new front end. Should I rebuild the stock 60 or go with a newer 74-87? If I go newer, what kind of cost am I looking at? I do not have the tools or garage space to even try it myself. Any threads, websites, or other recommendations are welcomed.
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Both tanks were what I would call too deep, front to back. The rad wedged into the bottom cradles, and would not go all the way down. The top bracket would not go over the rad at all. I would have A) had to cut some steel from the inside of the bracket, and B) shave the rubber to get it to go over. The rad was also somewhere in the area of 3" too narrow, and had to be set closer to the passenger side as the inlet interfered with the cradle. Outside of the fit, I was also not happy with the look. The welds were cheesy looking, and the tanks were not particularly straight... you get what you pay for it seems. On top of that it was made in China (American Eagle, ya right). I ended up supporting my local economy
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last picture is with the re-cored rad installed (excuse the stains on the shroud I will clean it up and paint it this fall when I tear the front end down).
At the end of the day I am just really glad that I don't have to look at that chinese piece of #### everytime I open the hood.
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Re: my 65 fleetside build
You truck looks killer, what a great job you have done !!!!!!!
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i have been working on the truck a little lately, finally got below a hundred degrees and its hot in my shop , no air conditioning. i mounted the innner fenders and the passenger fender is bolted up and drivers side is just hanging to get it out of the floor. driver side door is ready for paint, again, radiator is mounted and transmission cooler is mounted, i had to make mounts for it as well and went with 6an fittings on the transmission lines instead of hard lines looks a lot cleaner, battery cables are made and run, steering column is in and wired she starts and runs and i drove it out of the shop, yehaw. still no belts or hoses so i cant run it but for a minute but its sounds awesome,tried to make a video but i cant even seem to post pics here lately.
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Re: my 65 fleetside build
some pics
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oops, for some reason i cant upload pictures, i guess thats what happens when your computer illiterate.
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Still waiting on the pics.
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Re: my 65 fleetside build
some pics
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Re: my 65 fleetside build
a few more pics
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and a couple of the dash, everything is extremely dusty as you can tell in the pics
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Re: my 65 fleetside build
looks great! noticed your CAT battery...my dad has worked for CAT for 20(+) years...i worked for them as a summer student worker during college
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Re: my 65 fleetside build
truck looks killer , engine bay a engine are super clean nice work!you are building a awsume ride!
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beautiful, really nice work!
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flips, the truck is looking really good, now when you get it running long enough to make a short video we all would like to hear it, that red is beautiful!! looks like it wont be long and you'll be done, and driving it by the time it starts to cool off!!
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thanks dustin thanks chad, i tried making a video but with the open headers its just a lot of noise cant really tell much about it, i will try again though.
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Re: my 65 fleetside build
windshield is in now and belts and hoses are done, my fan and shroud came in yesterday just have to cut out the hole and mount everything up. heres a few pics
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