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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
Worked on getting engine put together this weekend. I scored the old valve covers from my friend Bob and the air cleaner, I kinda stumbled onto. After painting the engine, I finished the detail painting in the fins of both. The old aluminum polished up rather nicely. Installed the harmonic damper and the water pump and buillt up a nice little hard line for the fuel system. The carb in the pic is for mockup, as I'm using a vacuum sec. 750 Holley.
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Thar engine looks SWET.
I received my CARE package this aftermoon.WOW that is a stout bracket!! I am working on the brakes, bleeding so I will get back on the WW later in the week. THANKS for your help
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Needed to finish putting the gauges together, so I could move on to the engine install. I took a little silicone and glued the new glass to the scrubbed clean bezels. After sanding all the old paint off the trim ring, I brushed some One-Shot Ivory (matched the factory color perfectly)
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Beautifull!
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More stuff! I installed the engine and trans in last weekend and so far, so good. I threw the headers on to check a couple areas around the brake lines to see if I had any clearance issues. I'll paint the exhaust system and bolt it back on shortly.
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I just finished this in the the interior. Found this sound deadening material on Ebay (Fatmat 80 mil.) for less than $100 to do the whole interior (including the roof and inside both doors)
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Looking good man! Love that shifter mod and knob
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Here's the link to the sound deadener stuff I used. I split the total with a friend and he used the other 50'. I actually bought 10 more feet so I could load the doors up with extra. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/100-8...item2a051ab9d0
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My dad was looking for gauges for me (told him to keep an eye out) and scored some Stewart Warners' in an early 60's snow cat for $20!
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Hey, a quick observation I do notice with these trucks now that I've played with a few of them. Since they have very little weight in the rear by design, they ride like crap with gas shocks in the back. Regular oil shocks help these things ride WAY better! Just my 2 cents...
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very awesome build!!!
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Anybody have an extra set of rods that go from the firewall to the fenders?
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More stuff! Got the radiator mounted! Now I'm not sure about the lo-buck aspect of this thing, since it's a street rod style radiator and I traded some stuff for it with a friend of mine. I made some lower brackets off the frame stubs and rubber mounted it so not to crack anything.
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I forgot to mention the trans dipstick. Here's the cheap thing again, but keeping it cool! I snagged a dipstick from an older Astro van with a 700R4. I had on old dipstick (liked the early style loop on the handle) from a Turbo 350 and decided to use them both. I put the Astro van spout in and marked it where it was just over the valve cover and cut it off. Before cutting I measured the distance of the dipstick itself and how far it stuck out the bottom and how far up FULL was. After I cut it down. I stuck the old Turbo 350 dipstick into the tube, marked it and cut off the extra to make it the correct length. I then measured up to where FULL would be and put a grinder mark there. blasted it all clean, a little black paint and "Ta Da"... New old style dip stick!
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Got sidetracked and finished up some other projects, but now I'm getting back on this. Getting setup to put the cab back on this weekend!
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Chassis is looking great.
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nice! i'm diggin it!
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Last night my neighbor Ryan came over and helped me put the cab back on the chassis. I now need to quote Austin Powers..."Yeah, Baby!"
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Threads like your thread have kept me dreaming till I got my truck to my house. Good stuff.
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Tuesday evening I went out and threw the steering column in
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looking great! It is fun when they start coming together
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Clearances to what? It's really not near anything. I guess the only pic I have of the box, is the first page before I welded the clip on. The only thing on the steering close to anything, is the shaft from the column to the box. It clears the headers by about 1/2".
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Steering box, radiator, all those things that make using a front steer clip fun. It is always interesting to see how others handle those variables. Always trying to learn from others as I hope they can learn from me.
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When I put the steering shaft in, I'll get a good pick of all
the steering stuff.
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