John's Project

[menace121978]

of course it was an SS!!!!



are those even out yet?

[highperf4x4]

Well you get his tag number John and I'll make sure Neil teaches him a lesson with his 40 yr old truck!!

[Jonboy]

Originally Posted by joe231

Here ya go John
this should buy you some time

Was this thread about a truck? I forgot.

I just can't get into the new Camaro. It's still kinda funky looking to me. I guess I will just stick to my old man car. It can't be fast since it's a Cadillac, right?

[JohnC]

Yeah Dennis they're out. There are about 5 of them here in town. Quickly finding out who has money around here.

OK guys you are going to be proud of me.

I HAVE PICTURES!!!!!

My uncle called this morning, and needed my truck out of his shop. He is going to be wiring up a 53 Chevy truck for a guy, and needed mine out of the way. Which was fine because all the stuff I have left to do I can do at my house no problem. We mainly took it out to his because of more space, and he has a lot more knowledge than I do. So since I got it home I figured I would take some pics with the new camera. So here we go. I know some of you may be disappointed that I don't have as much done as you had hoped. For those that think that way you are more than welcome to come over and help. j/k Anyway on to the pics.

Here are a few of the engine sitting in it's new home.

[JohnC]

Here are a couple of others that I snapped.

This one is of the core support. I hope it shows up well. I was trying to show you guys the texture of the paint that I used.



This is the current condition of the interior. It started snowballing. I took the gauges out so that we could clean up some of the wiring, and one thing led to another, and the whole dash ended up coming apart.



This is the new wiper switch that I am going to place under the headlight switch. I am planning on just putting billet knobs on the headlight, and the wiper switch. I decided to change out the column to an earlier one to clean it up a bit. I think it will look so much better without the cruise/wiper/dimmer switch on the column.

[joe231]

Badass!!!
I'm so proud of you and your pics......
Brings a tear to my eye......sniff......sniff

[JohnC]

Here are a few of the parts that I have yet to get installed. I am going with a set of the billet wire looms. My uncle put a set on his 85, and they look really clean. Then I have the Edelbrock brackets for the fuel line, and cables. Also in this pic is the valve cover breather. I also have the PCV one to match.



This is how the bed of the truck looks now. I really need to have a shop!

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by joe231

Badass!!!
I'm so proud of you and your pics......
Brings a tear to my eye......sniff......sniff

Thanks Joe!

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by highperf4x4

Well you get his tag number John and I'll make sure Neil teaches him a lesson with his 40 yr old truck!!

We may have to do that. I'm all for evening the odds! No it was really pretty funny. My youngest daughter, Rachel, asks every so often if we can beat this vehicle, or that one. When I let off, I just turned and said "That's one we can't beat" I knew it was a long shot anyway, but what fun is it just giving in from the start.

[menace121978]

i'm really proud buddy! awesome...

your actually alot farther along than i thought. and that motor looks sick sitting in there! very very nice! now that the trucks home you can work on it whenever you want!

[JohnC]

Thanks man, and hopefully seeing it sitting there everyday will get me more motivated.

[BGRAFX]

if the pillowfight didnt motivate you nothing will

[Driveway Dreams]

Engine bay looks really nice man! Good luck with the motivation. I see mine everyday, am motivated to work on it, and still don't.

[JohnC]

Yeah that's probably how this will work too! The biggest thing I have ahead of me now is finding the serpentine system. Once I get one of those it's just a matter of putting everything in. Well at least it sounds that easy.

[Driveway Dreams]

Wow, all that I need to do for my motor is come up with the $200 to get my few parts and get them on it. Then just swap the motors. Easy huh?

[mcbassin]

The new engine looks great perched in there! I like those wire brackets too. Funny how you start off with a little project next thing you know your doing a frame off.

[highperf4x4]

Awesome. Now you don't have any excuses about not being able to work on it!!!

[Driveway Dreams]

Originally Posted by highperf4x4

Awesome. Now you don't have any excuses about not being able to work on it!!!

...or take pictures.

[highperf4x4]

Right on!

[nlped]

Congrats on the progress, and WOW pictures

[0331grunt]

Looking good!

Originally Posted by JohnC

Here are a couple of others that I snapped.

This one is of the core support. I hope it shows up well. I was trying to show you guys the texture of the paint that I used.

Attachment 536188

What type of paint did you use? I like it.

[scotts62]

Looking good!

[JohnC]

Thanks guys!

Originally Posted by 0331grunt

Looking good!

What type of paint did you use? I like it.

It is Dupli-Color Truck Bed Coating.

[Inverter]

Beautiful !
John,its a pleasure to see good pics of some good progress. Orange motor in a Black bay...great minds think alike.

Textured black looks good too.

[jgh64pkup]

awesome john