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Re: Project Orange Crush (57 3100)
Nice tire selection. I think the size's will look really good together.
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Re: Project Orange Crush (57 3100)
Thanks for the support on it guys my step fathers words and I quote "no way in hell will that look right"
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Re: Project Orange Crush (57 3100)
No need to drill holes to put a bolt through, and weld shut again later... Spot weld a piece of welding rod or a nail, or even a sheet metal tab. Grab it with vice grips and pull the low while hammering around the perimeter of the dent. You are creating extra work by welding the holes shut, creating more shrinking to have to planish out.
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I have tried the metal tab way but always end up with more of a shrunken area where I tacked the tab on and was never able to get the dent out with the hammer around the perimeter and often times mad a bigger dent.... I use a large brass cylinder on the back of the welds it seems to take a good amount of the heat and keeps the shrinking down "usually"
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Well things have been busy but rest assured I have been working on the truck a ton I'm saving up for a big update Monday morning stay tuned!
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Hey it's monday morning where is the update? lol
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Update? Update? Update? your killing us Val. Your killing us!!!!!
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Haha 1 am for both of you wow you were dying for sure guys or your both nut cases
![]() ![]() So here is some pictures of the worst of the rot of the "bad door" as I've named it Then since I was in the cutting mode I got back to work on the drip rail delete I started to weld it up but ran out of wire and haven't had time to go get more
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Now for the good stuff!
Friday my fiance graduated college ![]() So when I got home that night around 10 it was full throttle to get the transmission back together once and for all! I got my two .077 steels in the mail that day and but the entire assembly in fluid over my lunch It took a bit of wrestling but I managed to get the trans down without killing myself or get a hernia Pump seal out this one sure liked it's home And torque converter filled and installed with the necessary two thuds ![]()
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So then I was ready to get the Engine and transmission together
![]() It took some fighting and some BFH (Big F'n Hammering) in a few spots which I one day hope to replace with a wheelbarrow tub Tranmsission just fits in the tunnel But we got it all in and together none the less I'm not sure what else to say the pictures will do the rest
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I threw the caps and beauty rings back on for the last one
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Well I must have scared off the crowd
![]() Maybe it wasn't as big an update as we all hoped for? ![]() Now with the rake that was made I am looking more at my pancake hood proposition and I think the rake makes it so it is no longer as nose heavy as it was before thoughts?
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Great progress.
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Val, congratulations to your Fiancé! You were flying to get that much done.
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Rake looks great!! and congrats to your Fiance.
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Val
Congrates to "dimples" Thanks, you and my better halve agree, I'm a total Nut Case. Wish I had your energy. To bad that youth is wasted on the young. Nut Case ![]() ![]()
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I told her that is her new nickname according to the "man blog" as she calls it
![]() That got the both out which is a rare sight ![]() There was an issue with pan fitment long story short I swapped pans with my step dad his was a 7 quart RV pan mine was a stock car/truck 4 quart and he needed it to fit his 454 in his 67 elco and at the time we had no idea if or what I would stuff this engine into so now he owes me a pan that fits ![]() Which lead to me ordering a 4qt pan and pickup from summit nothing fancy 60 bucks shipped on someone elses dollar can't beat that! ![]() Other than that no truck time so far this week tonight I should get some though if weather permits
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Diggin it, looks great man.
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Thanks for stopping by glad you like it I hope your recovery is coming along well
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I have to agree. With the chopped top, it kind of needs a nose job. You seem to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Keep it up.
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Re: Project Orange Crush (57 3100)
Looking good Val.... the BBC looks great in there. Im working on my "Wheelbarrow Firewall" right now and its no easy chore....
I think - you gotta go with the chopped hood look with that chopped roof.... it is just begging for it. Also you need to go SUICIDE on those doors..... is just the HOTROD way!!! Cool man! ![]()
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Easy for you boys to say on the doors and hood your not the ones doing the work unless you want to come over ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Got my power steering adjuster brace on order I was able to get the last on available as far as GM is concerned Part#14015391 it will make go along with the lower bracket Part#14015392 all for under $35 not as cheap as making them but I don't have that kind of time to burn
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I need to watch the firewall conversion
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