Long to short conversion

[mx574]

one more pic of the bed floor for you VA72C10! my son superman for holloween. little tough guy look at his face he fell off a slide earlier today. and some pics of my center console thingy. i built the box but i had a shop do the op. the holes are for the four switches and the gauges for the air ride. it will also house all ignition and toggle switches.

[ms2335]

Wow your truck is looking awesome. The bed is sweet!!
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[VA72C10]

Thanks for the pics man. LOVE IT!!!

[VA72C10]

Hey, I must have missed it...but what did you do on the tailgate for a latch? REALLY like the shaved inside AND outside....

[mx574]

when i instal them i will have to take some pics. I got them from brothers trucks, they are stainless steel latches that mount on the inside of tailgate at the top. they are manual (you have to reach in grab both pull and open). they cost around $70-80. but thanks i really like the way they work. i wanted my tailgate to work but i wanted the shaved inside and outside of the tailgate. i had to make a plate to get welded to the bed and drill holes in it and then mount the little bar inside the tailgate. been wanting to install them just havent had the time yet. i will post pics though when i do

[VA72C10]

cool...looking forward to the installed pictures. Sounds like a cool idea! I am going to have the old school chevrolet lettering built into it. Wanted it shaved otherwise. Did you use the skin on top of the existing gate or cut out the metal and install the smooth skin?

[mx574]

the first pic is one latch. the second is oneside installed. the third is the top of the bedside so you can see the little tab to be installed and hole drilled in it. and the fourth is top of the inside of tailgate-tab on outside with hole and the hole and slot needed for inside. i just got a 71 gas pedal assembly with cable from another board member Thanks lowridden58.

[VA72C10]

cool! Thanks for the pics. I'll probably run that with mine.

[kev2809]

man the truck is coming out nice!

[mx574]

Christmas Came Early!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right...

Got the motor. Does not even have a parts list of all the components. I thought if you spend this kind of money the attention to detail would be there. Does not have plugs or plug wires (it is supposed to) and i paid (only 50 bucks but hey i did) for a carb pgrade from manual to electric choke(not there). And i got the more expensive motor (for the roller cam instead of the flat tappet) and one of the first things is a sheet telling you how to break in a flat tappet cam. i know i bought a crate motor- they mass produce to make money, but when you shop for a place to get it you think yu chose the ones that are going to take the time with ours.Am i asking tooooo much?
Motor does look good though

[mx574]

Oh its a part number BP3833CTC1.
383 1 piece rear main, iron vortech heads, 750 CFM carb, (Roller CAM), 420 HP

[VA72C10]

Man, customer service continues to suffer during this down economy. At first I didn't understand but started looking at my own company and jobs that were handled by several now are done by one person wearing 3-4 hats...

....that said it's not an excuse and here's hoping the company makes it right....ASAP! I know we would at my business.

[mx574]

Yeah I had to open up a claim and send them pics. they are mailing me plugs, wires, and the kit where you can add the electric choke.

Hey VA72C10 what do you do for work?

[Ackattack]

Originally Posted by mx574

Yeah I had to open up a claim and send them pics. they are mailing me plugs, wires, and the kit where you can add the electric choke.

Hey VA72C10 what do you do for work?

are you going to verify you have a roller cam in that thing? Looks nice

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by mx574

Yeah I had to open up a claim and send them pics. they are mailing me plugs, wires, and the kit where you can add the electric choke.

Hey VA72C10 what do you do for work?

I sell cabinetry including designing kitchens, measuring, estimating, prospecting, ordering, etc etc...

Trucks are my hobby and a part time way of selling parts to pay for my projects

What about you?

[mx574]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

I sell cabinetry including designing kitchens, measuring, estimating, prospecting, ordering, etc etc...

Trucks are my hobby and a part time way of selling parts to pay for my projects

What about you?

I used to weld. Got laid off in the end of 2008. Unemployment most of 2009. Then I learned how to clean pools. Started my own business in Dec 09 and it has been a very nice blessing. It is growing slowly but surely and working for yourself is pretty cool.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by mx574

I used to weld. Got laid off in the end of 2008. Unemployment most of 2009. Then I learned how to clean pools. Started my own business in Dec 09 and it has been a very nice blessing. It is growing slowly but surely and working for yourself is pretty cool.

I definitely want to run my own company some day. The cabinet business is super slow right now so I can't risk it with my family but I can see myself either doing that or running a 67-72 truck restoration/parts business in a few years if the economy starts turning around...

[kev2809]

nice! blueprint seems like a good company. 72burb on the forum ordered his from them. i seen his in person and it sound super mean!

[mx574]

Originally Posted by kev2809

nice! blueprint seems like a good company. 72burb on the forum ordered his from them. i seen his in person and it sound super mean!

yeah since summit and jegs both sell the motors i figured probably preety safe company to buy from . their motors have a 30 month 50,000 mile warranty. I like it because i probably wont fire it for at least 6 months but you got time to get it in get it right and run for a little bit under warranty.

[mx574]

another one of the motor i got it out of the crate and onto the stand.
pic 2 is a front sway bar kit. i hoped it was like the stock one. its not. when i saw how it is supposed to be mounted i lost my motivation. i think i am going to modify it to mount to the a-arms more like stock.
3 i installed my dash pad and glove box. 4 is my steering column. and 5 i painted my center console

[mx574]

so this is a close up of my steering column. i do not want to spend the money and buy a new column. i pulled it out just to spray paint it black. i saw this boot is torn. i started looking up parts and was going to buy the rubber firewall and upper rubber. but i cannot find any parts like this one. anyone now about these steering columns? how important is this? what are my options for making it better? technically it was working fine i just figured it is out i should make it right. thanks for the help.

[mx574]

got some more goodies. i sure thought they would give you some bolts but they didnt/dont. i gotta go get some then i can bolt these on. ram flywheel and a centerforce clutch kit. i want to get a hydraulic kit too i just dont have the $ yet. after i get that i can install motor and trans.

[72XLB]

Excellent thread!!http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/i...lies/metal.gif

[VA72C10]

looking good and nice parts you're gathering there...

[mx574]

i mounted the flywheel today. loctite and torq'd. i like summit, but as i stated earlier i wish this clutch setup would have included bolts. i got the flywheel bolts from the truck shop in orange, ca. i called summit they said i could just get 3/8 bolts grade 8 from like home depot to mount the pressure plate. thankfully i called centerforce for the foot lbs to torq these bolts. he said no, no, no. you have to use bolts that have a shoulder so the pressure plate is not sitting on any threads. if the threads wear you will have play. also do not use any washers. even if the kit you get has washer do not use them. as they can dig into the flywheel(cause play) or lock washers many times break. you do not want this at 5000 rpm anyway the guy was super cool and helpful. i dropped off that part of my steering column to a specialty shop they said it would be done this afternoon but i wont be able to pick it up until next week.