Project Vitamin C-10

[jsmithbm]

[QUOTE=Alan's Classic;3816433]Thanks Joel. Any time I learn something that looks easy usually proves me wrong. You gonna post any pics of your progress?

Okay Alan, go see em! i even painted a part

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by MacAttack

Oh wow - that juice tank and coolant assembly are outrageous!

Not quite stock - eh, Alan?

I think I crossed the stock line a little while ago.

Originally Posted by Strodder

Yeah they look GREAT

Originally Posted by ruffrida2005

coming along nice Alan.

Thanks Dennis and Paul

Originally Posted by jsmithbm

Okay Alan, go see em! i even painted a part

I'll go check them out.

The wheel tubs seam to fit pretty good. No complaints.





I don't have much room to play when I fab up the fan shroud.

[daverod]

Your getting close to taking that thing for a drive. Looks good.

[jsmithbm]

no progress here, Engine guy fell thur saturday! He is suppose to deliver it this week to work. SO, if he brings it i will post some pics. If not, i will just by the new carb and pickup the air compressor from Lowes i have been eyeing. Its one of those husy uprights. 12 cfm dual pumps should be able to paint a little with it.
Did u get a buyer on the buick?

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by jsmithbm

no progress here, Engine guy fell thur saturday! He is suppose to deliver it this week to work. SO, if he brings it i will post some pics. If not, i will just by the new carb and pickup the air compressor from Lowes i have been eyeing. Its one of those husy uprights. 12 cfm dual pumps should be able to paint a little with it.
Did u get a buyer on the buick?

Had 2 calls this weekend. Right now I'm driving it Tuesday to work so one of the guys can look at it. If it doesn't sell I'll be driving it to the BBQ.

[jsmithbm]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Had 2 calls this weekend. Right now I'm driving it Tuesday to work so one of the guys can look at it. If it doesn't sell I'll be driving it to the BBQ.

kewl, hope you get it sold. more $ to add to the build and to the debt snow ball.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by jsmithbm

kewl, hope you get it sold. more $ to add to the build and to the debt snow ball.

Me too!!

Possibaly found a good source for AN fittings and other things like electrical connectors and cool tools. Here is the link to aircraftspruce.com

[Alan's Classic]

Yesterday the wife called and said I had a big box that came Fed-ex. Of coarse the excitement set in. Until I got home and discovered I got 67-72 wheel tubs. I knew this was gonna be a problem. I tried to head it off at the pass.

Here is the page at the truckandcarshop.com. Look at PN 60-09309 60-66 rear inner wheel housing Fleetside Lt/Rt $78. Now move your mouse over it and it says 67-72. If you add it to the shopping cart the price changes to $63 and says 67-72. I called to question this and the lady said it will go thru just fine. Placed the order and had a special note with the order form telling them to call me to verify PN's. They didn't do that and here they are.



They are sending out the correct ones and picking these up. I did tell the guy there what's going on with the website.

Got the other shipment today. Here are some pics,



Brake lines, trans cooler lines, a few things for the 55.



This looks like the correct boot on the firewall behind the booster.





The e brake equalizer has the GM PN along with the boot above.



Now it's time to go to work.

[my67chevytruck]

Thanks for the part info Alan!, looks like your have alot of goodies to keep you busy for a bit.

[jgh64pkup]

so the 67-72 tubs wont fit
i dont like the look of the 60-66 ones and i want to put some 67-72s in

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

Thanks for the part info Alan!, looks like your have alot of goodies to keep you busy for a bit.

Hopefully the info willkeep someone else from having the trouble I did.

Originally Posted by jgh64pkup

so the 67-72 tubs wont fit
i dont like the look of the 60-66 ones and i want to put some 67-72s in

I have never tried, but I heard they won't. I guess that's why they are making them for the 60-66 now.

Shannon came over and help get the brake lines routed, to make sure there weren't any issues. Really didn't have any problems, just a couple minor ones. Once I got started I realized I didn't take into consideration that the 67-72 frt inner fender wheels are different than 60-66. I thought I would have some clearance issues, But there weren't any problems. For those that don't remember or haven't seen all my build. I used brake lines for a 72 since that is what I used to convert my 6 lugs to 5 lugs.

I started at the master cylinder and went back. I still had the old porportioning valve from the 72 and had a fitting coming off the rear that had 2 ports on it. I can't remember how it was ran on the 72. I figured I had to use it. Long story short I eliminated it. If I'm doing something wrong please chime in. I'm going to try to find a pic of a factory 72 setup to see what's supposed to look like.





I'm not too happy with the front line. One straight portion has a lot of lumps in it. It looks like I bent it.



Need some fittings to get these tied together.





I ordered some tranny cooler lines gambling that they would line up with the summit radiator. I think they are workable.





Gotta go thru and tighten and clamp everything down, so overall it was succesful.

[jason65]

Looks good Alan.

[62gmc910]

looking good , on the brake fitting , it is for a trailer brake controler , if you look it says tekonsha on it so your right in taking it out,
The 45 degree flares should seal up ok as long as the nuts engage enough thread. and again some very nice workmanship!!!

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by 62gmc910

looking good , on the brake fitting , it is for a trailer brake controler , if you look it says tekonsha on it so your right in taking it out,
The 45 degree flares should seal up ok as long as the nuts engage enough thread. and again some very nice workmanship!!!

Thanks for the info and comments. That clears up the mistery.

Another intersting site for hardware and fasteners. Allensfateners.com I was searching for adel clamps and stumbled across the site. Looks promising.

[Strodder]

Man you did some crazy bends. Looks great.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by Strodder

Man you did some crazy bends. Looks great.

I wish I could take credit for it. They are bought.

Getting ready to build the brakes in the rear.



The mod I did to the crossmember to make it work with 72 brake lines worked out perfect.



Shannon is bringing a bracket over tonight to mount the T on the rearend. Also talked to the Truck Shop and they will send out another front prop valve line to frame to replace the lumpy one.

[Strodder]

[QUOTE=Alan's Classic;3829679]I wish I could take credit for it. They are bought.

That's what I like about you Allan. Being honest. If you try hard you can probably do it. But would it worth it?

[LinkbeltOE]

Alan,
What radiator did you use and where did you get it from? Also how much?

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by jason65

Looks good Alan.

Thanks Jason

Originally Posted by LinkbeltOE

Alan,
What radiator did you use and where did you get it from? Also how much?

Summit PN SUM-381328 $211.95

[my67chevytruck]

Great mod on the rear, i did the same but didnt think about it until after it was painted
so i cut and bolted the bracket on. Looking good alan!

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

Great mod on the rear, i did the same but didnt think about it until after it was painted
so i cut and bolted the bracket on. Looking good alan!

Shannon brought the bracket over and it worked perfectly. Got the wheel cylinders in and the rear brake lines buttoned up.

[protrash64]

Lookin' good Alan!!!! Gettin' closer every time I check in to see whats up. Keep it going; you're almost there.

[jason65]

Looking good as usual Alan.

[kizer]

I haven't been around lately for one reason or another, but like usual Alan top notch work my friend.

I hope your not saving receipts for everything you buy because I bet it will scare you in the end.

[4dranch]

Alan,
very..very..nice. and real clean work on the lines.
Did you ever find that fitting you were hunting or decide on something else?