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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Hey Sparkydog, the truck looks awesome! Those new wheels look great on it too! Keep at it man!
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08-14-2012, 06:29 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
The new wheels look killer!
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08-16-2012, 04:42 AM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
It has been quite a while since I last read through all the progress. She sure is coming along quite nicely, very nice work and progress Sparkydog!
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08-17-2012, 10:56 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
when does it got in for the final coat of paint?
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08-20-2012, 11:27 AM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
This past Friday I met the guy who is making this MGB+Corvette car:
http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?13,7581 Even though I thought the car looked cool just from the pictures on his blog - it was nothing compared to the real deal. The proportions of the body are really nice. Some of the basic specs are: 1966 MGB donor body sliced down the middle and widened 11" Engine: 1995 Camaro Z28 LT1 with Advanced Induction ported heads and cam (230/234 .576 lift), 10.9:1 compression, Comp Cams roller rockers, 54 mm throttle body and 30 lb injectors. LATEST CHANGE - adding a Vortech supercharger (8 psi) water/alcohol injection and 60 lb injectors Cooling: 19" x 31" two row Griffin aluminum radiator with dual fan unit from 4th gen Camaro Exhaust: Block hugger headers with 2 1/2" pipes joining into a 3" pipe behind the transmission. Flowmaster 50 series muffler mounted crosswise at the rear of the car (different than pictures show) Transmission: T56 6 speed from the Camaro Rear Axle: C4 Corvette Posi with 3.73 posi Front Susp.: C4 Corvette with QA1 coilovers Rear Susp.: C4 Corvette with QA1 coilovers Brakes: (master) Wilwood balance bar setup (front) 13" C4 Corvette rotors and calipers (rear) 12" C4 Corvette rotors and calipers Wheels/Tires: 17 x 9 1/2" front, 17 x 11 rear Corvette ZR1 wheels. |
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08-20-2012, 12:19 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
sparkydog, been watching Jim's build on other forums. Pretty cool!
Would that not be awesome to have him as a neighbor?
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08-20-2012, 04:07 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Your truck gets nicer every time I check in. Good progress!
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08-27-2012, 11:02 AM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
There I was... minding my own business a couple of weeks ago and I decided to clean out my s*** shed. This is a shed full of leftover parts from the build. The next thing I know I am staring at the 96 GMC front bumper and wondering what it would look like up next to Halfbreed.
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08-27-2012, 11:07 AM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
One thing led to another. Fast forward to this week and I had cut up the original GM bumper enough to learn what I needed to do to get it to fit. Then I went to the wrecking yard and got another GM bumper without the trim strip.
These next pics are my all-time best McGuyver. I needed to put a little bit of persuasion on the donor bumper while I coaxed a slight wow out of it. So two cars, a boogie board and some tie-down straps became my driveway frame stretcher. |
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08-27-2012, 11:10 AM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Cool, cant wait to see it mounted up!
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08-27-2012, 11:10 AM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Then it was on to cutting, fit and tack welding. In the first pic you can see the 1st bumper in the background. I cut some sections out of it to help me clamp up the correct curve on the new bumper. Those are the backer plates in the 2nd pic.
And then my first of many fit checks. |
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08-27-2012, 11:15 AM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
And many hours later.. the almost finished product! I will be extending the ends of the corners so that they line up with the wheel opening in the fenders. And the finish welding. And the strip off of the old chrome. And the new chrome. Details, details, details.
But I have to say I like the result. This bumper has a simplistic shape which might have come out of the IH assy line in the late 60's. But it also has a slightly modern look so it does a good job of blurring the lines between new and old. |
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08-27-2012, 11:18 AM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
wow nice work on the bumper
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08-27-2012, 03:20 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
That's pretty darn cool, I like it!
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08-27-2012, 03:40 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Nice
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08-27-2012, 07:34 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Wasn't too sure at first.
It works! I like it!
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08-28-2012, 02:39 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Very nice. McGyver wishes he could've thought of that!
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08-28-2012, 04:38 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Looks awesome, great work!
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09-10-2012, 11:24 AM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
A couple of small items.
Thanks to Jeff on the Binder Planet forum I was able to get a glass lens for my backup light and put the lenses and rings back on after 2 years. Then I figured out how to adapt the sun visors out of the GM into the truck. I had to cut and paste the mounting bosses because the IH cab ceiling is a little narrower and more rounded than the GM cab. As usual my welds are ugly but functional. |
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09-10-2012, 11:32 AM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Looks amazing! I love it
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09-10-2012, 04:17 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
I extended the ends of the bumper tips so they would blend with the line of the wheel opening better. I also welded up 6 holes that were in the bumper. Then I ran out of flapper wheels.
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09-10-2012, 06:17 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
That looks awesome, I like how it ties in the bumper/fender/wheel opening!
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09-14-2012, 03:57 PM
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Did you get your gauges yet" If not check this site .
http://www.streetrodhq.com/dept/Car/...Glove_Box.html
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