Cecil the 1953 5 window / S-10 / 5.7 TPI

[Advanced Design]

Originally Posted by skymangs

As requested, here's the pic of my balls... LOL. the one on the left is the resizing ball, the other 5 follow through to force the first one.

Lol...thanks! Looks like they worked pretty well.

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SKYMANGS:

Finished the exhaust back to the muffler, dropped the tranny pan to install the kickdown cable and a new filter, put the torque converter bolts in, and finished up the shifter linkage today.

[oldman3]

Looking sweet...Jim

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SKYMANGS:Here's how she sits tonight. Tomorrow I want to fill some firewall holes, then set the cab on and bolt it down. This is the Final time it will go on!!!

Here is what Cecil sounds like with the exhaust setup https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...type=2&theater

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SKYMANGS:Worked on the firewall this morning. Lots of holes filled! This afternoon the cab goes back on.

Pic 2:That's 41 holes to fill... damn, and I do this once a month!

Pic 3&4: All finished and ready for paint

[oldman3]

Engine sounds great, firewall looks good, nice job...Jim

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SKYMANGS:

Firewall in paint, steering shaft finished up, and steering column removed to seam the welds on the Lower plate.

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SKYMANGS:

I also finished wet sanding and paint on the back wall of the cab and installed the rear and corner glass.

[oldman3]

Nice install on the glass, that can be a b**ch...Jim

[skymangs]

Jim, thanks... the corner glass is easy, the one that sucks is the rear window. Fanned near impossible to do it without a second person on the inside. But eventually I managed it. Lol

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SKYMANGS:

Today's progress was slow and tedious. Running boards are on for the last time.

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SKYMANGS:

Dash repair complete, primed, wet sanded, primed again, and wet sanded one last time. Ready to shoot some flat black on it tomorrow.

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SKYMANGS:

Pic 1,2,3 Passenger side power window installed and functional. I still need to get run channels in it, and work on the drivers side tomorrow.

Pic 4. Shawn really liked the look of the brushed steel on the column. I just sprayed it in satin clear to keep it from rusting. Once the dash is in paint, i'll start working on the stereo and wiring.

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SKYMANGS:

Passenger side power window all finished up

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SKYMANGS:

Electric wiper motor conversion installed

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SKYMANGS:

This is the insert I made to install the radio begin the origins speaker grill

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SKYMANGS:

This is the stand alone engine harness routing and the ECM placement behind the dash.

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SKYMANGS:

Now we are moving along on the body harness wiring! Pic 1,2,3

Pic 4, This is the unused wires yhat got pulled before the harness ever got near the truck. Over 100ft!

[Advanced Design]

Nice work and great detail! Really like the radio behind the grill too. Wondering which power window product you used?
Thanks for sharing.

[skymangs]

Thanks AD. I use ez wiring's power window kit (universal). It is relatively in-expensive, straight forward design, and works quite well in these doors. Just enough travel to fully close the window, yet allow it to open far enough to be below the trim when the window is down.

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SKYMANGS:

Engine wiring finished up today. Now on to those accessories!

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SKYMANGS:

Cecil was missing all the accessory brackets so I purchased a 1991 Camaro Engine for $150 and salvaged all the parts I could. Here's the before and after of the Dona Camaro. I stole everything, including the water pump.

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SKYMANGS:

After hours of cleaning and painting, the front end of the motor is together. Notice I had to change the water pump... The 87 had a normal flow pump, while the 91 had a reverse flow. Everything fit like a glove. In order to delete the smog pump and clear the K&N air filter I had to re-route the serpentine belt, while keeping all the pulley's spinning the right direction.

[oldman3]

Looks sweet, nice clean up on the parts...Jim

[tlorber]

I'm shocked that Chris does in 2 days what has taken me the better part of a year to do-and I have nowhere near the rust that most of his builds have.
Really nice to see.