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Location: Arkansas
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About a year ago a friend of mine passed away. He left his '70 step side to his 17 year old son. At the time he had very little interest in the old rust bucket, but recently has shown interest in getting the old girl running!
So, here's what we're starting with: '70 step side, in the front yardWhat we've done so far: Replaced the spark plugsAre we gonna have trouble finding a carb base for this single barrel? $200 from the parts stores seems a bit high to me. Being a bit more familiar with the lazy S and the blue oval, I'm sure I'll have lots of stupid questions! |
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67-72 parts collector,…
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Re: New to the Bowtie
Welcome to the board!
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Location: Fruitland Park, FL
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Re: New to the Bowtie
Welcome from Florida! There are lots of great people in here that are more than willing to help any way they can. I'm a big block guy so I don't know squat about I6's but your in the right place. Good Luck.
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70 GMC Short Stepside "Rose"-An American Beauty: Factory 402/TH400, AM/FM, AC, Tilt, Tach, Buckets, Posi, PS, PB, 3-5 Drop, Complete Resto-Rod 67 C-20 Slant Back Wrecker "Mad Max" 67 C-10 Ratrod "Step-N-Wolf" 71 Serro Scotty Sportsman camper "Scotty" 97 LT1 Z28 "The Hornet" Link to more pics of "Rose" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...p?albumid=1684 Check out my "Cheap Tricks" thread and add to it if you can, lots of good info there. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=489394 |
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Marianna Arkansas
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Re: New to the Bowtie
Great to see a fellow Arkansasn on here there are a good number of us. bozo eagleuh1 boog chevloray just to name a few. good guys all, from what I know of them on here. The ones I have either met in person or talked to are real good people. Now with that said where do you live? May be if your close I could take a lookat what you have to work withas I am traveling around. Also I don't belive in stupid questions, if you don't know just ask . There is a wealth of information on here and the knowledge base on here is quite large. Good luck. Jim
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Re: New to the Bowtie
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Re: New to the Bowtie
Welcome from Maryland. You can most likely find another carb in the parts section.Lots of guys with left overs and extras laying around. You just need a good body to combine with your carb,but might find a good operating one. The monojets can be expensive compared to quadrajets. Seems odd,but I guess 4bbls are more common.
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Texarkana, AR
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Re: New to the Bowtie
hello and welcome, where in AR? Texarkana here. I have been lurking around here for a while and this is a great place for info. They have helped me tons with their knowledge and reading the threads on different topics. The guys on here are super smart on these old trucks and more than willing to help. Good for you for helping out the boy with the truck, if I can do anything give me a shout,
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