What did you do to your truck today part III

[endlessearth]

My wife surprised me for my birthday this year and she worked with local hot rod builder and louver specialist Chip Quinn to have him put a sweet Vintage Air A/C unit into my '64. It was a six week job and it required the concoction of many, many excuses to as where my truck had gone. Chip did a great job as usual making the unit look very tight and trick attached to the 355 under the hood. Just the compressor tensioner alone is a beautiful and well thought out piece. I am very happy with the build and even more happy that I scored such an amazing and thoughtful wife. Thank you Dayna. I love you.

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by endlessearth

My wife surprised me for my birthday this year and she worked with local hot rod builder and louver specialist Chip Quinn to have him put a sweet Vintage Air A/C unit into my '64. It was a six week job and it required the concoction of many, many excuses to as where my truck had gone. Chip did a great job as usual making the unit look very tight and trick attached to the 355 under the hood. Just the compressor tensioner alone is a beautiful and well thought out piece. I am very happy with the build and even more happy that I scored such an amazing and thoughtful wife. Thank you Dayna. I love you.

you been overhauled!!!

[endlessearth]

Originally Posted by pimpston65

you been overhauled!!!

LOL! Yes, I guess I have. Feels awesome.

[LVPhotos]

Originally Posted by endlessearth

LOL! Yes, I guess I have. Feels awesome.

Overhaul installs headliners, might be a Monkey without one! Did you use a 2 or 3 rib lower pully for the Air/PS?

[endlessearth]

Originally Posted by LVPhotos

Overhaul installs headliners, might be a Monkey without one! Did you use a 2 or 3 rib lower pully for the Air/PS?

Here is a response to your question direct from the builder:

Grant had said some one was asking about which crank pulley I used in this installation. That was a bit of an odyssey on this one. See, for some reason, this truck was equipped with a rudimentary batch of smog controls from the factory in '64.... I know that doesn't sound even reasonable, but every body that I have talked to about this and shown it to simply scratches their head and wonders, too. It was ALL factory, as well. But the lower pulleys that came on this truck were like no other Chevy stuff that I or any body had seen, and were slightly different off set than others that I had here. All had Chevy part numbers. So, long story short, I used the stock cast lower three grove pulley, but needed a to groove upper. I found what was supposed to match via a Chevy truck parts guy in California via E-bay, but when it arrived it matched the other "standard" Chevy short pump two groove pulleys I had around, which put it about 3/8" off from the lower.

I lucked out in finding a guy in far east Mesa that runs a small business parting these trucks, that didn't wrinkle his nose and tell me I was nuts as I told him what was up... And he just happened to have another "oddly" equipped '64 in.... with a two groove water pump pulley! All matched and was well.

I used a Vintage Air direct fit kit on this truck, and would recommend it to anybody, but I do have to mention that due to things such as the fresh air inlet hoses on Grant's truck, I did end up modifying lots of it.

About the biggest was the compressor mount. When we did the engine earlier this year, I noticed that the "Corvette" style 2 1/2" ram's horns that Speedway is reproducing had accessory mount on both sides as opposed to the standard's driver's side only. Taking advantage of this fact, instead of running the Vintage Air semi kinda ugly self supporting compressor bracket, I made up one that would utilize that Corvette ram's horn's mounts... Hard to see in photos, but it looks like it belongs there since the beginning of time.

[Turtleman]

A/C is on my list "To Do".. Looks like he did a great job...

[endlessearth]

[QUOTE=Turtleman;6879513]A/C is on my list "To Do".. Looks like he did a great job...[/QUOTE

Chip does quality work.

[jnovotny]

Found a fuel tank at the salvage yard that was actually useable. Installed and fired up the engine. Pulled the master cylinder and am in the process of rebuilding it.

[markeb01]

Welcome!

[jnovotny]

Thank you.

[earl84]

Replaced kick panel, large section of floor, and rocker panels on passenger side. Very time consuming, took better part of 2 days solid work. First time doing it, though, and I am a total noob with welding body panels. This was a great place to get experience, and I learned a lot about settings, gas flow, techniques, etc. Driver's side should go much faster. Then I can put in Peel and Seal, some closed cell foam, and my vinyl mat that Markeb01 used in his truck, and call my cab sort of done, haha. So much good information on this forum, love everything about it.
Sorry no pics, my camera lens on my phone is scratched horribly, and everyone has seen pics of this stuff before.

[schpeen]

applied RainX to my windshield and removed the wiper arms and replaced with these bullets I found.

Also got an alignment done

[LVPhotos]

So to cure detonation, I been adding 100 octane. Swapped in yellow spring for secondaries on my 670 Holley Street Avenger. The results are a nose up rear slip with wheel hunt for grip.

[endlessearth]

Originally Posted by schpeen

applied RainX to my windshield and removed the wiper arms and replaced with these bullets I found.

Also got an alignment done

Those bullets look cool!

[schpeen]

Originally Posted by endlessearth

Those bullets look cool!

Thanks

I use RainX on the outside and RainX anti fog on the inside glass.

The old wipers barely worked anyway so I figured this was a way cooler way to go!

[schpeen]

NAL-19301294
Crate Engine, Long Block, Assembled, 1-piece Main Seal, Aluminum Vortec Heads, Intake Manifold, Chevy, 350
(Mfr. #: 19301294)


New crate motor from Summit Racing should be here tomorrow!

[Blessed66]

Preparing to do some body stuff soon... hopefully.

Removed the bumper and headlamp rings/headlights. Discovered that my adjuster screw (female sides) are broken/old and appear to be having a hard time finding a good set of NOS replacement headlamp secondary mounts. Sigh. Might have to legitimately look into converting to a Chevy front end soon.

Don't mind the messy carport, please. I'm working on a lot of projects right now. Especially if my wife asks...

Oh, the next step is also taking off that beautiful white grille/headlight surround panel... As soon as I figure out how (3 bolts in the fender, yea?)

[SIR]

What size where those bullets?..

[schpeen]

Originally Posted by SIR

What size where those bullets?..

classic industries

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[schpeen]

i took the rear fenders off and installed the felting came out great in my opinion. I hot glued it on to the fenders and then mounted them. Nice clean look.

[1971 GMC SHORTY]

Got Rocker Removed, Epoxed Sealed Body, 1 Gallon High a Build Prime, Let Dry in Sun and Block Away 2bbl Holly on Got Her Running After Sitting At Orignal Owners For like 9-10 Years. Picked up 2 new windshields

[1971 GMC SHORTY]

Originally Posted by 1971 GMC SHORTY

Got Rocker Removed, Epoxed Sealed Body, 1 Gallon High a Build Prime, Let Dry in Sun and Block Away 2bbl Holly on Got Her Running After Sitting At Orignal Owners For like 9-10 Years. Picked up 2 new windshields

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[schpeen]

400hp in a box arrived!

[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by schpeen

400hp in a box arrived!

NO FAIR!!!!

[disasterbus]

Went and collected a '64 step side I bought on ebay in the UK this week, haven't stopped grinning since!