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Old 07-20-2015, 07:28 PM   #51
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Re: "Ol' Blue" '63 GMC
waiting on a new parts order so I got the 700r4 trans cleaned up. flex plate drilled to fit the converter and the bushing in place. also I got the engine bay painted....
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Old 07-26-2015, 06:54 PM   #52
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Old 07-26-2015, 06:55 PM   #53
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Old 07-26-2015, 10:39 PM   #54
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Looks good.
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Old 07-28-2015, 09:14 AM   #55
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neat,your having a change of heart...
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Old 07-30-2015, 03:11 PM   #56
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looks amazing!
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Old 07-30-2015, 04:54 PM   #57
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Engine looks great both in and out of the rig! Seems like Edelbrock designed that intake to only fit under vehicles with a lot of hood clearance. That thing is TALL!
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Old 07-30-2015, 06:30 PM   #58
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Old 07-30-2015, 06:36 PM   #59
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Engine looks great both in and out of the rig! Seems like Edelbrock designed that intake to only fit under vehicles with a lot of hood clearance. That thing is TALL!
thanks. the intake is a very nice piece!...and actually only about an inch taller than the stock truck intake....
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Old 08-03-2015, 06:15 PM   #60
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....injectors in, fuel rails, pump, and regulator all plumbed...coils, brackets, and alternator cleaned up and painted.
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Old 08-03-2015, 06:19 PM   #61
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wire wheeled 50 some years of paint off the bumper and grill....and gave it a fresh coat of white...no more silver....
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Old 08-03-2015, 06:20 PM   #62
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did the mirror too....and patched the hole in the trans hump.
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Old 08-07-2015, 11:32 PM   #63
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Looking good! You have quite a collection of trucks there.
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Old 08-16-2015, 07:41 PM   #64
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Looking good! You have quite a collection of trucks there.
thanks!...it's almost ready to fire up, just waiting on some back ordered headers...
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Old 08-17-2015, 03:56 PM   #65
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Looking good!
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That motor is looking sweet.
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Old 08-17-2015, 06:54 PM   #67
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thanks...here's some more for your enjoyment....electric fan, lokar cables and dipstick.
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Old 08-17-2015, 06:56 PM   #68
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almost forgot the lokar shifter...
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Old 08-23-2015, 06:09 PM   #69
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the headers finally showed up friday.....still need a few odds and ends, but it fired up and idled away...
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fabbed up a bracket to mount the wildwood master to.....
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Old 08-23-2015, 06:14 PM   #71
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had to make some "relief" cuts in the trans cross member for the exhaust.....
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Old 08-23-2015, 06:16 PM   #72
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hope to finish it up next weekend and do some crusin'....
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Old 08-25-2015, 08:53 AM   #73
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Gona be nice cruising in that,great weather for it now too.
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Old 08-25-2015, 11:00 AM   #74
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Gona be nice cruising in that,great weather for it now too.
Yes...love the fall.
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Old 08-26-2015, 12:30 AM   #75
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Must sound great with those open headers! That intake setup is sweet.
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