My 1959 apache project

[tpimuncie]

Originally Posted by Kim57

The engine looks nice.
Kim

Thanks Kim progress is slow one day

[Denee007]

OMG, I love your valve covers! What's just beneath your valve covers? looks like spacers?
and the air cleaner is neat also! I have a cheap looking chrome air cleaner~ the little devil on my shoulder is messing with me!

[OrrieG]

Without boring down into the build to find a pics of the heads looks like adaptors for later center stud heads to use old style valve covers to fool the uninformed (LT1, no way look at the valve covers...). I looked at those covers for mine but price put me off. Now if Gary would adopt me.....

[Denee007]

You just gave me a really good chuckle Orrie! Now just how much do those covers go for? Does the madness ever stop!

[tpimuncie]

Originally Posted by Denee007

OMG, I love your valve covers! What's just beneath your valve covers? looks like spacers?
and the air cleaner is neat also! I have a cheap looking chrome air cleaner~ the little devil on my shoulder is messing with me!

Thanks! therye gm performance covers got them from summit racing, air cleaner is a knock off of k&n got it on ebay.

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Without boring down into the build to find a pics of the heads looks like adaptors for later center stud heads to use old style valve covers to fool the uninformed (LT1, no way look at the valve covers...). I looked at those covers for mine but price put me off. Now if Gary would adopt me.....

Correct! engine is a 98 vortec crate engine and my friend gave me adapters intake carb gaskets bolts etc when I purchased it from him.

Originally Posted by Denee007

You just gave me a really good chuckle Orrie! Now just how much do those covers go for? Does the madness ever stop!

Still have a few cool things to go on engine keep checking

[tpimuncie]

valve covers were in the $200 range

[Denee007]

not so bad a price! hmm birthday's coming up, and when's mother's day?

You chose wisely
dne'

Originally Posted by tpimuncie

valve covers were in the $200 range

[tpimuncie]

Originally Posted by Denee007

not so bad a price! hmm birthday's coming up, and when's mother's day?

You chose wisely
dne'

Nice! They come in different colors and finishes as well. Thanks!

[57chevyman]

your trucks is looking awesome!

love those valve covers.. I almost got them, but then I went cheap and got the $30 plain orange ones

[tpimuncie]

Thanks! Almost did that myself Frank!

[tpimuncie]

Another productive weekend,


Sprayed the transmission with some orion silver and added extra flakes eventhough it will never be seen

[tpimuncie]

Now that the panhard bar was tacked in place i was able to take it all apart and set frame on rotisserie to finish up the botom side.

[tpimuncie]

[tpimuncie]

Didnt have $600 to spend on powder coating frame so stripped it epoxied it and will spray it tomorrow with ppg matte finish.

[Kim57]

Looks nice and clean.
Kim

[tpimuncie]

Thanks, cleaned up well alot of work but was able to pull it off under a week hitting it everyday. Plan is to have it all back on the ground by sunday.

[Baldeagle SR]

The frame looks great.
Rich
my build
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=576185

[tpimuncie]

Thanks, ill post pics after i paint it here today. Its still very cold

[tpimuncie]

Sprayed it started assembling about 6pm

[dubie]

SO damn cool looking already. How I wish we lived in a climate where I could work in the driveway all year

[tpimuncie]

Originally Posted by dubie

SO damn cool looking already. How I wish we lived in a climate where I could work in the driveway all year

Thanks! yeah some sun helps it was 35 degrees in the morning but it finally warmed up enough to get this done.

[Kim57]

It came out real nice.
Kim

[Baldeagle SR]

Those are some NICE wheels too.
Rich

[tpimuncie]

Thanks! Wheels change it all im also gonna run wide whites to change it up but most people will "stereo type" because of the wires. Lol all good

[lowrodderchev]

cant go wrong with a sweet super clean pair of Mcleans