57 Short Box 235 5sp C4

[svr]

A couple pics just for fun

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Another

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Again

[svr]

Thanks for thoughts and compliments guys. I have the fan mounted on the inside with no shroud, the more i look at it the less i like it. Am thinking of "investing"in 2 11" fans and makeing a shroud to mount them in a stagered fashion on the inside, that way all tubes will get fan air instead of only the 16" circle in the middle. Have been collecting flange head bolts for a while now, should have plenty as long as i dont misplace them. Have the bed just about all primed and assembled for the last time i hope, bought a rolled pan for the rear but didnt like the way it fit so modified the license plate area so i didnt have to cut into the rear cross sill. Will set it aside now and continue to blow the rest apart and finish up some welding on the frame so i can paint it and start final assembly. I like the idea of the an fittings on the steering and brake conections, will do that, thanks guys

[71'tahoe]

SVR,
What a cool project you have! You are making great progress and the photos are nice and clear. Keep up the good work!

[ChuckDriver]

Nice project, love the sound of a straight 6!!

[jjzepplin]

You are killin ME!!!

[svr]

Brake plumbing about done, rear split

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Rear hose attachment, dont mind the runs in the paint i never noticed them until this pic

[svr]

Have to weld a couple tabs on each side for the hoses to mount to

[svr]

I used a Wilwood priority valve with 2 front outlets, 1 rear outlet and brake light switch all in 1 unit, looks good we'll see how it works, i have 2# residual valves in all 3 lines.

[jjzepplin]

Oh boy! This is getting good!

[svr]

Time to get this project updated a bit, frame and under carraige pretty much ready to go. Now on to body work and paint, i suck at both. Haven't taken many pics of the many screw ups and do overs the last few months, but am finally makeing some progress.

[svr]

Got some color on the inner fenders and core support

[svr]

And getting close on the doors

[svr]

After my giant paint screwup priming the doors that ended up looking more like bed liner than epoxy i was PO'd so i didnt even take any pics, it took over a week to get the epoxy cured enough to sand and lots of work to get it mostly off. I then reprimed with urethane and put base coat and clear coat on the inside of them and set the aside under cover. Next is to get the cab ready and do the same to it.
I cleaned up the inside and put some epoxy under the dash, firewall and floor. Will let that cure a week or so before i attempt to prime and bc-cc the interior.

[BAM55]

Really nice build and different too. I always like different. I really enjoy going through your build thread. Nothing like the first start with the engine installed. I was grinning ear to ear when I fired mine up for the first time.

[svr]

Bam thank you for your comments, WOW its been a while since i updated this thread. I'll get withit soon

[clegg]

svr, I noticed on a few threads that you had used a key in steering column and shaved the ignition switch off of the column. How did you go about disabling the trans and steering locking?

I have an 80's tilt key in column and want to just use the in dash switch that I already have wired up.

[svr]

Originally Posted by clegg

svr, I noticed on a few threads that you had used a key in steering column and shaved the ignition switch off of the column. How did you go about disabling the trans and steering locking?

I have an 80's tilt key in column and want to just use the in dash switch that I already have wired up.

Clegg, evidently i didnt take any pics when i did that, at least i cant find any. What i did was dissaemble the column until could get the key cylinder out, all the guts that operate the ignition switch down on the column and the lock mechanism. I took the cone that held the key cylinder was in and cut the protrusion off until it was close to even. I made a plug from a piece of steel shaft to fill what was left of the hole the cylinder and glued it in with JB weld. From there it was grinding and finishing the cone and reassembly. Its been a couple yrs since i did that but thats what i remember. When i reassembled i replaced the bearings and the turn signal switch and lock tighted the screws that hold the tilt mechanism. If you have any more questions let me know.

[svr]

Ok time to get caught up a bit. I found a nice small master cylinder reservour that i could mount on my firewall.

[svr]

I bought a what was advertised a 55-59 22 circuit wireing harness. It didnt come with much for directions but at least all the wires were marked and color coded. I wasnt going with electric windows or locks so i had to sort out which wires i needed and which to pull out and sort them into groups to there end destinations. Lots of thinking rethinking reorganizing as i went about stringing the harness into place.

[svr]

I bought some asphalt covered cloth wire loom and pulled the wires through rather than the split plastic loom.

[Kim57]

Coming along nicely.
Battery behind the seat is interesting.
Kim

[svr]

Decided to hange my doors and found a few issues i missed earlier in my haste, some problems are not caused by PO's, i cause some of my own.