The Snortin' bull

[namloc]

Rear brakes's all assembled and reconditioned and ready to from backing plate's out.Waiting for axle's now to come from being redrilled.

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Adapting the 1960 gmc hubcap's to later model 5 on 5 wheel's.This is still a budget build . I had some (impala) Caprice Police Cruiser rim's around so I used these for the Bull at this time. Kept it simple to keep the cap's retained.

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The axle's are back.Reinstalled them today into housing. Redrilled for 5 on 5 and turned down in the center to fit the later model drum's.FYI or BTW on these early Dana 44 axle's they use same as the big Ford ( torino ) axle bearing's very common and they are 30 spline axle shaft's.

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Rear brake drum's are on. As other's have noted in the past on these build's 11 x 2 finned from later c-10's work and clear the backing plate.

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Also the correct rear park cable's arrived and are now installed.Napa still offer's these.LMC list them though they are not for the 1960 to 63 dana's.

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Rear wheel's back on .

[CHIZZLER]

Lookin very nice. Love the caps.

[Ronzo]

Those caps really set it off, nice touch.

[namloc]

Originally Posted by CHIZZLER

Lookin very nice. Love the caps.

Thank you .,The cap's i just wanted to try to make work.

[namloc]

Originally Posted by Ronzo

Those caps really set it off, nice touch.

Thank's .I think the cap's are cool for a 1960 GMC there kinda' fancy.

[namloc]

Exhuast need's to be run off the shorty block hugger header's before I start the engine. Gettin there . Check list to move the truck on it's own down to few item's.

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a little frame webbing insulation for the bed wood to lay on bed cross rail's.

[CHIZZLER]

Getting closer and closer every update.

[Ronzo]

It's funny, I'd never see a hubcap like yours till I saw this thread. Then 4 of these showed up for sale locally, still in the factory boxes, never installed. 1955 though, you said yours were 1960?

[namloc]

Originally Posted by Ronzo

It's funny, I'd never see a hubcap like yours till I saw this thread. Then 4 of these showed up for sale locally, still in the factory boxes, never installed. 1955 though, you said yours were 1960?

Yes the caps are 1960. The one's you are showing are sweet gem's.

[Ronzo]

naloc, check your private message folder.

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I did manage to get a bit of time in this weekend on the Bull .Not much Thuough, got the exhaust started .The first foot of the down tube's.

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Piece by piece.Fab up exhaust front to back. This is alway's time consuming.There are very talented exhaust builder's out there though on my home garage floor I am not one of them.Especially on a bagged truck.

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Right side exhaust together to midpoint of truck.

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one last underhood install the detent cable bracket for the transmission tv cable.

[Grizz1963]

Amazing looking work here.

Every hour you get is progress.

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Got the lh and rh front exhaust pipe's done and hung.The goal is tuck up high and muffler's to the rear past the cab floor .

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This is hour's into pipe's finally a muffler .More pipe to fab.to come.

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The easy way out build a couple of stack's up thru bed floor.Just playin' around.Fab'd pipe's to flow out to side's to follow kickup and to rear of bed into corner's to dump.

[namloc]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Amazing looking work here.

Every hour you get is progress.

Thank's Grizz.5 Minute's or 5 hour's a day the past 18 month's to get this point.