What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?

[pinecrest]

Engine mounts tacked in. Getting closer to trying to turn this thing over.

[mknittle]

the new seat mounts

[OrrieG]

Cleaned up and painted the VA unit. Used SEM made for plastic panels. Color matches the steering column and seat leather.

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by mknittle

the new seat mounts

Look nice and clean, just like GM would have done.

[crossfire84]

just received my adapters today now rears match front bolt pattern.

[arturo7]

Picked up this little guy at HF for the ATF/Acetone rust solution. Not bad for two-niny-nine.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by arturo7

...niny"...

Really?

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by crossfire84

just received my adapters today now rears match front bolt pattern.

Looks like a nicer version of the ones I had on my VW Panel to run Chevy Ralley wheels in the 70's

[RINC]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Looks like a nicer version of the ones I had on my VW Panel to run Chevy Ralley wheels in the 70's

Tell me Orrie, the rear wheelwells were cut out to clear the big tyres ?

I got the call today that my Posie springs were dropped off at the shop. The wide whites tyres are there. The rims are at the coater.

My buddy said to me that there will be some cool but subtle paint details on the body an trim. I been halfheartedly looking for a vintage window cooler.

WoOhOo ! Is it november yet for our Goodguys show ?

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by RINC

I got the call today that my Posie springs were dropped off at the shop.

Fronts, rears or a full set? I'm very curious about Posie's Supersliders. Are you using the springs only or are you also using a dropped axle?
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[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by RINC

Tell me Orrie, the rear wheelwells were cut out to clear the big tyres ?

Yes, used the chevy rims to get bigger off road tires for rock and trail crawling in the Southwest (went to school in AZ, met my wife in ElPaso). Here is a before, after and engine shot. Traded a mint 64 bug body for the van, kept my engine. It was a 1200 with all the goodies, Norris Cam, aluminum pulley, 010 mechanical dist, headers, oil cooler, Holley 2 barrel carb. had Porsche chrome front wheels.

[seanery]

Orrie G,

Competition Motors is where James Dean bought his Porsche 550 Spyder. Your pic looks like it's from the San Diego dealership, not the Hollywood dealership, however.

CM was THE Porsche distributor on the west coast.

[mknittle]

Those look good.

[mknittle]

I bit the bullet and cut and drilled the holes for the brake booster. I was going to use a hydro boost but i have a couple vacumn boosters laying around so .......... It will look cleaner any way.

[1project2many]

I spent a couple of hours driving and logging data last night. Hope to burn another chip this weekend. I'm already liking the new computer.

[mknittle]

I worked on it all day and got nothing done. Murphy was following me all day
Iwent to the hardware store and forgot the and forgot the one thing that I neededbut managed to get a couple that I didn't. Then i came home and drilled two holes in the wrong place and scraped a part.After that I changed the whole design. some days are like that.

[arturo7]

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What a frickin mess!

[crossfire84]

Originally Posted by arturo7

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What a frickin mess!

it may be a mess now, but wait when it hits the road, you will have the last laugh.

[Rudoo]

Started removing 2 layers of old vinyl. All the original cotton and batting under. Along with years of critter stuff

[mknittle]

I looked at it.I took my wife to a doctors appt. and on the way home we stopped here.

http://tognottisautoworld.com/

itook my tape measure and checked a couple things. my wife had fun looking at parts even if she didn't know what they do LOL!

[Rude Dude]

Hooked up the steering and repainted the firewall it was way to glossy for me!

[Chevette]

Originally Posted by mknittle

I looked at it.I took my wife to a doctors appt. and on the way home we stopped here.

http://tognottisautoworld.com/

itook my tape measure and checked a couple things. my wife had fun looking at parts even if she didn't know what they do LOL!

"Tognotti" rings a bell with me. Aren't they the engine builders that built race engines for the Sprint Cars. If memory serves me, a lot of the Sprint Car owners were running Gambler chassis and Tognotti race engines. I used to frequent Skagit Speedway. It's all coming back to me, but I wish I could remember where I put my glasses, my car keys and......oh ya....my pants....where the heck are my pants?

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by Chevette

"Tognotti" rings a bell with me. Aren't they the engine builders that built race engines for the Sprint Cars. If memory serves me, a lot of the Sprint Car owners were running Gambler chassis and Tognotti race engines. I used to frequent Skagit Speedway. It's all coming back to me, but I wish I could remember where I put my glasses, my car keys and......oh ya....my pants....where the heck are my pants?

they used be pretty heavy into sprint cars years ago. When I started going there about 35 years ago they had a special counter for sprint car parts

[Daze57]

chevette

''I wish I could remember where I put my glasses, my car keys and......oh ya....my pants....where the heck are my pants?

you funny !

[OrrieG]

Spent $60 of my truck parts money on a transmission for the lawn mower. ARRRGGGHHHHH. Cheap Chinese s*** that will probably be replaced by the same stuff. Told the wife no more burnouts!