The pusher

[Gumby]

maybe a re-think, can't see enough of the motor?

[chevyrestoguy]

Originally Posted by endlessearth

Motor is done. Exhaust is almost done. Good possibility that the pusher is on the road tomorrow.

Man, that is going to be huge. I'm anxious to hear how the new transmission works out. That thing should be an I-10 left-lane rocketship!

[endlessearth]

[endlessearth]

A couple youtube links to videos of the truck with the exhaust in place. Brockman Mellowtones into 2.5" pipes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCfglBK77zM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99QqZBCYlZo

[mark 66]

Man, that motor looks good.nice job

[chevyrestoguy]

Grant, you guys knocked it out of the park. I love it!

So..........how's does it ride and drive? I'm really anxious to hear how the transmission has changed the driving experience.

[endlessearth]

Originally Posted by chevyrestoguy

Grant, you guys knocked it out of the park. I love it!

So..........how's does it ride and drive? I'm really anxious to hear how the transmission has changed the driving experience.

Chip killed it on this one. He is still working through a stumble when the secondaries open around 2,500 rpms so I couldn't get on it yesterday. However, I can tell you that the TKO500 is fantastic. Chip dialed in the clutch perfectly. You know that feeling you get when a motor and tranny are matched and the power is just perfectly laid down? This motor/tranny combo delivers. It is smooth and the power is there in gobs and gobs from the moment you start to lift your foot off the clutch. But it isn't jerky at all. It is smooth in parking lot maneuvers and viscerally exciting to shift at speed. The shift action offers just enough resistance so that you know that you are moving it into the right gear but it is a short throw so shifts are made very quickly. Lastly, I have 4:56 gears and first gear is still not too short. It runs up nicely before you need to shift to second (versus you needing to shift at about 5mph as it was with the SM420.) The SM420 just plain sucked. First was unusable. Second and third were never in the power band. This is heaven in comparison.

I have had a lot of performance cars and this is the one that I most want to drive again and again. It is f*ing perfect. Worth every penny in my opinion.

[endlessearth]

Originally Posted by chevyrestoguy

Grant, you guys knocked it out of the park. I love it!

So..........how's does it ride and drive? I'm really anxious to hear how the transmission has changed the driving experience.

PS - You need to drive over to Scottsdale and take it for a spin.

[Stickman]

Looks great man

[gofastnut]

I agree, you knocked it outta the park!

[endlessearth]

Thanks for the compliments guys. The project came together in time for the Hot Rod 100 Reliability Run here in Phoenix and now the truck is back to cruising the roads and hauling hay...just a little more quickly now.






The End...for now.

[need louvers ?]

So Grant, how about some pictures with the new front tires?

[endlessearth]

Originally Posted by need louvers ?

So Grant, how about some pictures with the new front tires?

Here is a pic with the 235/70 up-front. Thanks for the suggestion Chip. Cheapest way out there to get a bit more rake.

[chevyrestoguy]

^^^Ha! So, I see the allure of the '60-'66 trucks has drawn another to our flock. Welcome to the board, Chip! Your expertise and fab skills will be a huge asset to this forum.

If ANYBODY truly needs a shop truck, it's you. I know that if you were to build one, it would turn out killer.

[endlessearth]

Originally Posted by chevyrestoguy

^^^Ha! So, I see the allure of the '60-'66 trucks has drawn another to our flock. Welcome to the board, Chip! Your expertise and fab skills will be a huge asset to this forum.

He might as well be here since he built this one and certainly learned a lot in the process.

[65Gregg]

I thought that his bucket was his shop truck based on some of the escapades i've read about

[need louvers ?]

Heck ya! It's got a 20" bed after all!

[need louvers ?]

Originally Posted by chevyrestoguy

^^^Ha! So, I see the allure of the '60-'66 trucks has drawn another to our flock. Welcome to the board, Chip! Your expertise and fab skills will be a huge asset to this forum.

If ANYBODY truly needs a shop truck, it's you. I know that if you were to build one, it would turn out killer.

Thanks Alex! Your help has contributed mightily to a rather quick learning curve. Ya, I'm officially looking. I'll know the right one when it comes my way. The only thing I'm sure of is that it'll be a long bed, and I'm gonna copy lot's of your build...

[need louvers ?]

So, Grant hasn't posted his new tach yet... That damn thing looks soooooooo COOL going down the road! Sounds great too! as he pulled out of my place yesterday and on to 3rd Street all I could do is stand there and watch and listen...

[endlessearth]

Ask and ye shall receive. Fresh pic of tach. Don't know how I lived without it. Cant see the speedometer needle very well between 35 and 85mph but the tach tells me all that I need to know.

It is *****ing lit up at night too.

Nice to have the speedo more accurate now too. It is only about 5 mph faster than actual speed (using my GPS) and that is easy math (versus when it was buried at over 100 when I was actually doing 75!)

[endlessearth]

PS - next stop is the drag strip. Get a baseline before we do anything else to the truck.

[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.

[Captainfab]

That is a nice and clean installation. Congrats on an awesome wife

[markeb01]

First up, I love everything you’ve done with your truck. The patina finish, color and detailing on the engine, and the racing discs. Your wife certainly sounds like a keeper. Nice birthday present! Air conditioning is sure going to be a nice addition where you live.

I would like to point out what looks to be a potential engine problem in the making. I’ve looked at all the engine pictures you’ve posted and it looks like your engine is completely sealed providing no crankcase ventilation. If you’re still running the original road draft tube at the back of the block, that’s fine but the oil fill cap needs to be replaced with a breather style cap to allow fresh air in.

If the hard line connecting at the bottom of the oil fill tube is connected to a PCV valve, it won’t do much good without a breather cap on top, and if one is added, that will only cause the smog valve to draw fresh air from the breather, not the crankcase. For the original system to work, it must have an open filter in front and either a road draft tube, or smog valve connected to a direct vacuum port at the carburetor or intake manifold.

The alternative is adding a smog valve on one valve cover and a breather on the other. I didn’t want to mess up the originality of the valve covers, so I came up with the design shown here:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...3+valve+covers

I may be misinterpreting what I see and you have everything set up perfectly. Just trying to be helpful if this isn’t the case.

[need louvers ?]

Hi markeb01,

This is Chip. Grant sent me a text this morning and asked me to address your concerns.

The PCV system on this one is something that I have used several time in years past. The PCV itself is concealed directly behind the carburetor itself, and has had a "well" built beneath it in the manifold to prevent the pickup of crankcase oil. The hard line running back from the oil fill on the front of the engine connects to a line welded into the base of the air cleaner, creating a circulatory system similar to what GM did through out the seventies. The difference being that instead of side to side venting it's working front to back.

As I said, I have used this system a few times in years past in varying manners, and it works very well, allowing the use of mostly stock sheet metal.