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joe231 · 11-10-2009, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

I've dyed a lot of seat belts. Get a bottle of RIT dye from the grocery store and boil the seat belts in hot dye water on the kitchen stove in a giant stew pot.

cool Kevin, thanks for the info!

anyone ever dyed carpet?

jchav62 · 11-10-2009, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

I've dyed a lot of seat belts. Get a bottle of RIT dye from the grocery store and boil the seat belts in hot dye water on the kitchen stove in a giant stew pot.

Good to know. I'll try that...

jchav62 · 11-10-2009, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe231

cool Kevin, thanks for the info!

anyone ever dyed carpet?

I thought about doing that at one time. I almost bought a red carpet that was in very good shape, but I rolled it out and it ended up being for a 4X4. Had a hole cut out for the t-case shifter. I ended up buying a couple rolls of black 'automotive' carpet that they sell at Walmart. It's actually holding up pretty good.

joe231 · 11-10-2009, 04:14 PM

I got a nice and free carpet that will fit my truck but it is blue, and the '80's interior is red....so I need to dye it

JohnC · 11-10-2009, 04:29 PM

Whoa whoa whoa you have a blue carpet, and I have a blue truck. Hmmmm what should we do here.

joe231 · 11-10-2009, 05:08 PM

jchav62 · 11-17-2009, 04:51 PM

Went out and finally snapped a few shots of my cab molding...

joe231 · 11-17-2009, 04:55 PM

Nice!!
that looks good!

JohnC · 11-17-2009, 05:13 PM

That does look good man! Great work. The truck is really taking shape!!

jchav62 · 11-18-2009, 11:32 AM

Thanks guys.

It actually looks a lot better in person. My little cheapy camera that I used doesn't take very good pics. I may post some better pics with a better camera later on...

flamingbig10 · 11-18-2009, 12:03 PM

looks a lot better now, I sure do like the color of the white and green together

jchav62 · 01-13-2010, 10:14 AM

It's been awhile since I posted anything...

I got my windows tinted. Also, I've recently scored a good deal on a low mileage 400.

I'll be dropping that in to replace the oil burning 350.

Soon.

silvereagle07 · 01-13-2010, 10:45 AM

It looks really clean with the cab molding installed. Looking good!

JohnC · 01-13-2010, 04:57 PM

Looks good man! You should be very proud of how well the truck has come together!

glimmertwin01 · 01-13-2010, 08:48 PM

sweet man..i did my first "earl scheib" on my 72 K5 in sept half a gallon of napa hide-all white enamel... i didnt mind since the truck was originally white... wish i was in the SW sometimes so i could score rot free old rigs... my K5 came from AZ... heres a couple pics of the budget paint job...hmm wonder how that green would look on the 74 in 2 tone... i was hoping you had it 2 tone already... anyhow
Nice Job Hoser!

jchav62 · 01-19-2010, 02:33 PM

Thanks for the compliments guys! It's snowing pretty good here in Santa Fe. The '73 is buried at home. I hope to do the engine swap soon. I'll be posting pics of the process as it happens..

Nice Blazers, glimmertwin01...

CHEESE · 01-19-2010, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flamingbig10

i sure do like the color of the white and green together

x2!!! That looks good!

joe231 · 01-19-2010, 04:17 PM

jason65 · 02-03-2010, 01:48 PM

Lookin good jchav. I would like to barrow your pinstriper sometime.

jchav62 · 02-17-2010, 11:51 AM

Once again...no pics, just a story.

The oil burnin' 350 is out and the 400 is in. My bro-in-law (Fred) is an on call mailman so he don't get much of a chance to twist wrenches anymore like he used to. Anyhow, Monday was a holiday, he was off, so we (he) came up with a last minute plan to do a double engine R-n-R...

Here's the story...

The 400: It originally came out the 1977 GMC motorhome that had about 60,000 miles. Compression is awesome, no leaks, no smoke. Great running engine. Fred's dad dropped this motor into a '80 Chevy LWB with a four speed. Truck ran great, but he didn't use the proper, balanced flywheel. He smoked the clutch. He decided to sell me the motor and Fred the truck.

Fred's going to use the '80 as his "trash/work" truck. I told him, if he helps me do the swap, he can have my 350. Therefore, this past weekend I got the call..."Let's do it".

Monday morning came. We pulled out both motors, swapped parts and dropped them both back in. In a perfect world, we would've completed both trucks by the evening. I don't know where that world is, but it is nowhere near Santa Fe, NM. A bunch of little miscellaneaous things kept holding us back. (missing nuts, bolts, bushings) Fred had his truck running by about 10pm. Because of a header that would not line up, mine didn't get fired up until almost midnight. I went back on Tuesday to finish buttoning up the process. I installed all belts, brackets, fluids, etc. so I could run and tune it. Shortly after the engine got up to temp, in notice some white smoke and the smell of antifreeze. I shut her down and we began inspection. I installed an Edelbrock Performer intake and it turns out the intake gaskets didn't seal correctly. I had to take a bunch of steps back to put in new gaskets. After re-doing everything that I did that morning/afternoon, I got the truck fired back up at about 8pm last night. The whole time I was worried that the problem was more than the intake gaskets. It wasn't.. the gaskets solved the problem. She's alive...after the 'heart' transplant. She's still at the shop... the underhood wiring is getting cleaned up. I'll post post pics and give a performance report later...

JC

jason65 · 02-17-2010, 11:59 AM

Congrats on the new motor.

JohnC · 02-17-2010, 12:30 PM

Sweet man! This truck is coming along nicely!

GMC Guy · 02-17-2010, 04:27 PM

can't wait to see lots of pics

oh, and what're the specs on your wheels? backspacing, and 8'' or 10'' wide?

i appologize if you you already posted it, i just couldn't find them.

jchav62 · 02-18-2010, 10:25 AM

I'm not sure of the exact backspacing. I think they are a little deeper dish than normal. They are all 15x8. Rear tires are 295\50r15 and the fronts are 245\60r15.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GMC Guy

can't wait to see lots of pics

oh, and what're the specs on your wheels? backspacing, and 8'' or 10'' wide?

i appologize if you you already posted it, i just couldn't find them.

jchav62 · 03-01-2010, 01:45 PM

Here's some pics of the 400. She's running good. I've been driving her to work daily for the last couple of weeks. I'm still trying to chase an exhaust leak...

I also had the secondaries disabled on the qjet when I was running the 350. Because of wear, the secondaries weren't closing, so my bro-in-law cut the linkage and locked them closed. I had some extra carbs in the garage so I found on with not much wear so I swapped out the bottoms and now I have a working 4-barrel again. I had to see what the 400 would do...

and it does awesome... I'll be needing new rear tires soon.

Here's the pics:

11-10-2009, 04:14 PM	#204
joe231 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 13,821	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 I got a nice and free carpet that will fit my truck but it is blue, and the '80's interior is red....so I need to dye it __________________ *CHEVY ONLY*

11-10-2009, 04:29 PM	#205
JohnC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,461	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 Whoa whoa whoa you have a blue carpet, and I have a blue truck. Hmmmm what should we do here.

11-10-2009, 05:08 PM	#206
joe231 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 13,821	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 __________________ *CHEVY ONLY*

11-17-2009, 04:51 PM	#207
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 Went out and finally snapped a few shots of my cab molding... Attached Images __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4

11-17-2009, 04:55 PM	#208
joe231 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 13,821	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 Nice!! that looks good! __________________ *CHEVY ONLY*

11-17-2009, 05:13 PM	#209
JohnC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,461	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 That does look good man! Great work. The truck is really taking shape!!

11-18-2009, 11:32 AM	#210
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 Thanks guys. It actually looks a lot better in person. My little cheapy camera that I used doesn't take very good pics. I may post some better pics with a better camera later on... __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4

11-18-2009, 12:03 PM	#211
flamingbig10 6.0 powered square Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mesquite texas Posts: 3,459	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 looks a lot better now, I sure do like the color of the white and green together __________________ Aaron 1980 c-10 short bed lowered, cammed 6.0, 4l80e 3600 stall, smp tune, wilwoods, and flames best time so far best et 7.86 @87 on motor 7.57 90 on a 75 shot Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=283326 Last edited by flamingbig10; 11-18-2009 at 12:03 PM.

01-13-2010, 10:14 AM	#212
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 It's been awhile since I posted anything... I got my windows tinted. Also, I've recently scored a good deal on a low mileage 400. I'll be dropping that in to replace the oil burning 350. Soon. Attached Images __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4

01-13-2010, 10:45 AM	#213
silvereagle07 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bailey, NC Posts: 2,462	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 It looks really clean with the cab molding installed. Looking good! __________________ Jeramy '84 GMC project truck '85 Chevy 4X4 SOLD '07 Chevy Trailblazer SS 5th Annual SHPHC Car/Truck Show Pics http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=543605 UPDATED PICS! CHECK 'EM OUT

01-13-2010, 04:57 PM	#214
JohnC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,461	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 Looks good man! You should be very proud of how well the truck has come together!

01-13-2010, 08:48 PM	#215
glimmertwin01 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 1,022	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 sweet man..i did my first "earl scheib" on my 72 K5 in sept half a gallon of napa hide-all white enamel... i didnt mind since the truck was originally white... wish i was in the SW sometimes so i could score rot free old rigs... my K5 came from AZ... heres a couple pics of the budget paint job...hmm wonder how that green would look on the 74 in 2 tone... i was hoping you had it 2 tone already... anyhow Nice Job Hoser! Attached Images __________________ 67/68 K/20 "The BEAST" 68 K15 V6 LWB. 73 K20 GMC Burb "The Bomber" 74 K/5 74 K20 Custom Deluxe 86 K10 Shorty 92 K2500 Burb 95 K2500 GMC Life is what you make it Live each day like it was your last Old GM Trucks never go out of style

01-19-2010, 02:33 PM	#216
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 Thanks for the compliments guys! It's snowing pretty good here in Santa Fe. The '73 is buried at home. I hope to do the engine swap soon. I'll be posting pics of the process as it happens.. Nice Blazers, glimmertwin01... __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4

01-19-2010, 04:17 PM	#218
joe231 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 13,821	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 __________________ *CHEVY ONLY*

02-03-2010, 01:48 PM	#219
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02-17-2010, 11:51 AM	#220
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 Once again...no pics, just a story. The oil burnin' 350 is out and the 400 is in. My bro-in-law (Fred) is an on call mailman so he don't get much of a chance to twist wrenches anymore like he used to. Anyhow, Monday was a holiday, he was off, so we (he) came up with a last minute plan to do a double engine R-n-R... Here's the story... The 400: It originally came out the 1977 GMC motorhome that had about 60,000 miles. Compression is awesome, no leaks, no smoke. Great running engine. Fred's dad dropped this motor into a '80 Chevy LWB with a four speed. Truck ran great, but he didn't use the proper, balanced flywheel. He smoked the clutch. He decided to sell me the motor and Fred the truck. Fred's going to use the '80 as his "trash/work" truck. I told him, if he helps me do the swap, he can have my 350. Therefore, this past weekend I got the call..."Let's do it". Monday morning came. We pulled out both motors, swapped parts and dropped them both back in. In a perfect world, we would've completed both trucks by the evening. I don't know where that world is, but it is nowhere near Santa Fe, NM. A bunch of little miscellaneaous things kept holding us back. (missing nuts, bolts, bushings) Fred had his truck running by about 10pm. Because of a header that would not line up, mine didn't get fired up until almost midnight. I went back on Tuesday to finish buttoning up the process. I installed all belts, brackets, fluids, etc. so I could run and tune it. Shortly after the engine got up to temp, in notice some white smoke and the smell of antifreeze. I shut her down and we began inspection. I installed an Edelbrock Performer intake and it turns out the intake gaskets didn't seal correctly. I had to take a bunch of steps back to put in new gaskets. After re-doing everything that I did that morning/afternoon, I got the truck fired back up at about 8pm last night. The whole time I was worried that the problem was more than the intake gaskets. It wasn't.. the gaskets solved the problem. She's alive...after the 'heart' transplant. She's still at the shop... the underhood wiring is getting cleaned up. I'll post post pics and give a performance report later... JC __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4

02-17-2010, 11:59 AM	#221
jason65 Registerd User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,118	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 Congrats on the new motor.

02-17-2010, 12:30 PM	#222
JohnC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,461	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 Sweet man! This truck is coming along nicely!

02-17-2010, 04:27 PM	#223
GMC Guy Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Sparks, NV Posts: 913	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 can't wait to see lots of pics oh, and what're the specs on your wheels? backspacing, and 8'' or 10'' wide? i appologize if you you already posted it, i just couldn't find them. __________________ Greg 1974 GMC 1/2 Ton SWB Fleetside L33 5.3/4l65e .................__ ............._____l __\__ ..............l_(O)_ l___(O)] Last edited by GMC Guy; 02-17-2010 at 05:10 PM.

03-01-2010, 01:45 PM	#225
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: 1973 Cheyenne Super 10 Here's some pics of the 400. She's running good. I've been driving her to work daily for the last couple of weeks. I'm still trying to chase an exhaust leak... I also had the secondaries disabled on the qjet when I was running the 350. Because of wear, the secondaries weren't closing, so my bro-in-law cut the linkage and locked them closed. I had some extra carbs in the garage so I found on with not much wear so I swapped out the bottoms and now I have a working 4-barrel again. I had to see what the 400 would do... and it does awesome... I'll be needing new rear tires soon. Here's the pics: Attached Images __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4 Last edited by jchav62; 03-01-2010 at 01:46 PM.

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