The Kraken

[Slammed66]

Delmo loves listening to Clutch

Clutch sings " Release the Kraken"

Delmo must do as Clutch says.............. and post a **** ton of pics.........

[candyx]

Originally Posted by shawno72

From what I understand Delmo laid those welds down without a hood
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After he was done welding did he have to lay potato slices on his eyes ?

Those are some nice welds..........

[Lolyin58]

Very Nice. Now give us more!!!

[Russell Ashley]

I bought a Tig welder two months ago and my welds don't look like that. Maybe someday.

[Dinos63]

Originally Posted by Delmo

Nate doesn't even weld he just stares at it and it fuses together. Weird.

[superflysteiny]

Nice welds
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[Maximus]

More progress?

more importantly...
Photos???

[Dan in Pasadena]

Almost a month.................................crickets, crickets ...............................anything happening?

[Delmo]

Oh man, poor Kraken was gettin lonely. Gave it some love last week. LS1 installed with a 4l60E. Got all the NO Limit stuff bolted up and started the plumbing. Just need to find a late model Camaro diff and it will be rollin.

[shadow1967]

Delmo, Nice build! Can I get a better pic of your stock brake lever and how it works?

[55Cameo]

That looks really nice. I plan for the same build, LS/4L60 with MII suspension. Like to see some good pics of the engine mount set-up and steering linkage if you got more. Hows clearance for exhaust with the trans and booster set up

[Delmo]

No problemo, I will get pics up tomorrow.

[YBNORML]

Looking killer!

[oldman3]

Looks great.....Jim

[oem4me]

A whole month ....for Del?.... hmm... maybe it's time for a re-name ...The Slacken.

[kdog3121]

hahaha i'm sorry that was funny.. del's probably cranked out about 4 others cars we don't know about since last month!

[Delmo]

Originally Posted by oem4me

A whole month ....for Del?.... hmm... maybe it's time for a re-name ...The Slacken.

Hahahaha you got that right. Actually I've been burning myself out a bit so by the time I get home I don't even look at the ol computer.
Well I finally got a round to uploading. So we went with a 9 inch posi from Currie with 31 spline axles and discs. Cleaned up the under side of the cab and stuck back on the chassis with new cab mounts. I shortened the column today and modified the 3 spd shift box to work as an auto. I'll get some pics of that up next year some time. LOL

[Delmo]

These are not the wheels for Kraken but you get the idea. Great ride height.

[55Cameo]

Coming along very nicely!!

[Dan in Pasadena]

Del,
VERY impressive....as usual, ho hum! Ha ha. You're so good and so fast, it's working against you now. We've come to expect miracles overnight.

I don't know if you've covered it before, but what are you typically using to strip the firewall and under the cab? Are we talking wire wheel on an angle grinder? 3M wheel, other?

Do you use Lizardskin, undercoating or paint under there? If paint what do you usually use? Epoxy primer under any of that stuff?

Sorry for the tedious questions.

[Delmo]

Thanks Dan, ya start off with various wire wheels the switch to a 3M abbrasive disc. Clean it up with reducer and hit it with a self etching primer. I used some rubberized undercoat from Pep boys on this one, seemed to work great.

Cameron (the owner) stopped by and took some amazing shots. Thought i would share. The guy has some serious skills behind a camera.

[Delmo]

Love this one.

[YBNORML]

WOW! I am starting to fall in love with this truck

[Kim57]

Looking good.
Kim

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks for the info, Del.

Pep Boys stuff from Delmo? Who'da thunk it?! Delmo doing something like the rest of us barbarians, ha ha. Makes me feel better about a few things I've done.

You're right, this guy's got "Delmo welding chops" behind a camera. Great shots. Looking forward to more on this truck.