Senior Project Build

[LuckyHenriksen]

Got the interior back together, now I can concentrate on making a gauge panel out of the heater control plate. I really need to get one of those 3 jaw pullers for myself, now the crank timing sprocket needs to be pulled off......... in other new I have a new valve seat on order from West Coast Cylinder Heads (WCCH) and I should be able to have the heads done and back by the end of the week. I am contemplating getting a shifter pedestal from Advanced Waterjet, to bring the Quarter Stick up to a better position for the bench seat. Jon at Texas Speed is working on getting together all the loose bolts and crap I need to finish up installing everything, then it will be time to swing it in! I can't wait. I exactly a month Performance Race Engineering (PRE) is having a horsepower shoot out, and I want to have this beast ready by then. We'll see how it goes. Heres a couple random pics from tonight

[*Dylan]

Trucks looking awesome, how long do ya reckon it'll be til' the new engine is in there?

[LuckyHenriksen]

I hope to have it in there within a month

[LuckyHenriksen]

Gave up trying to make gauges fit in the heater control panel (after I abused it)



So I made a cardboard template and bent this one up out of aluminum.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Cut out the holes





Gave it a coat of paint and installed it









It attaches to two screws in the ash tray flanges and two bolts where the OG heater panel bolted in. If only the hole in the dash was like 1/16 of an inch wider they would fit flush

[*Dylan]

You have another of those Remove ribbons attached to your key? I like it haha.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Yep you never lose it that way

[thebrown83]

any updates on the 6.0L install? its been a while...

[LuckyHenriksen]

I just got the crank sprocket removal tool, have new cam bearings, head bolts, header bolts, intake bolts etc. on order from Texas Speed. I brought the new valve and finally got a seat that would fit it from West Coast Cylinder Heads. They are at the machine shop and should be finished up in the next couple days. Then the new bearings go in, the new cam goes in, the pan and front cover get buttoned back up and the block gets cleaned and painted then it gets swung on a chain I can't wait. I really really want to hear this cam

[Twisted78SS]

Agreed, waiting is the hardest part. I went up to work on my Blazer a few times trying to get it ready to bring it to my shop. I can't wait either!!!!

the project is Looking good,

we need to get a Portland area meet going before to long.

[herodcreekfarms]

man wish i was this far along great job

[LuckyHenriksen]

Yes that would be very cool

[oldblue1968chevy]

now watcha gonna do wen it gets cold out lol

hey lucky, do you still have 3 spd on the floor??

[LuckyHenriksen]

Nope I sold the old Saginaw to Brad, and I don't think he ever used it lol.

I have missed the heater a couple times, but mainly for the defrost function. This will be the one and only time I remove the heater out of a street car

[texanidiot25]

Move to Texas, no heater needed.

So far..

[LuckyHenriksen]

Ya but I don't need AC up here

[texanidiot25]

You don't need it down here either, unless your a sissy.

All summer with a '90 Firebird: No AC, dark interior, no tint, hatch back and T-Tops. Just don't get stuck in heavy traffic and your fine. Better with the CST10 as it's got plenty of things to open to vent air too.

A/C is for sissies.

[oldblue1968chevy]

dont u have ac texan.........lol

[72chevyfleet]

dude your truck is awesome i would suggest one thing dude it would look sick if you painted the rims black that would go good with the truck and tires

[LuckyHenriksen]

Thanks man, I personally like the chrome wheels. Maybe after the wheels get scraped/chipped they can get a powdercoating.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Oh and old blue, you were asking about my trans, if you can scrape the cash together, you can score a used Hurst shifter to convert that column shift to a floor shift, thats what i did in my '62, and it works very well, and the big shiny hurst stick looks cool

[Gray Ghost]

I work outside....drive a semi dark blue truck...no air no heat. Hell if I had AC during the summer I might freeze and catch cold!!

[LuckyHenriksen]

What line of work you in Kelly? I see it says "dirt dobber"..... im guessing contractor. We run a construction company and I play in the dirt alot

[Gray Ghost]

I own and operate Art Deck-O. I build decks, pergolas and fences primarily. Right now we are building an artist's studio that looks like a general store from the old west. yeah a big part of the job is moving dirt out of holes and suchm but the story is better than that.

The names come from an incident back in December of 2007. I was forced to have my engine rebuilt. While it was out, I had three days to get the frame cleaned up and a few coats of paint on everything.

My driveway is dirt and grass. Our house is 109 years old and the previous owners [only two before us] never paved it. So my buddy calls and asks what I am doing and I tell him I am laying in the dirt scraping off the gunk from the crossmember. So he gets on our local club's forum and declares me the 'dirt dobber'. He said only I would even consider doing this work in the dirt.

The next night, it rained. It was a lite rain but wet all the same. I was out there in 34* weather with my oven cleaner and my power washer doing the final cleanup...since I never work in the rain, he coined the second term 'rainman' cause he thought my brain was obviously operating in a diminished capacity.

The tinkerer came from me always tinkerin' with my truck...changin' things constantly over the last 3 years since I bought it. Now that I have a solid plan, this one was retired today.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Haha ok well I knew there had to be a story behind that. Sounds like fun