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10-01-2013, 07:00 PM
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3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Just thought I'd share the progress on my 69 my wife and I bought new. Just the front bumper and the molding on the left cab corner to go. Started the teardown in 2010. Frame-off resto with some 71/72 creature comforts and a GM Performance Parts 330 HP/350 crate engine added.
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10-01-2013, 07:08 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
And... under the hood.
Before I forget... THANKS TO THIS FORUM AND ALL FELLOW MEMBERS FOR THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE!!!!! Jim |
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10-01-2013, 07:17 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Looks good!!!
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10-01-2013, 07:22 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Nice!!
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10-01-2013, 07:47 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Very niiiiiiiice.
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10-01-2013, 08:07 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Looks great, where'd you get the valve covers?
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10-01-2013, 08:23 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Looks Great !
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10-01-2013, 08:49 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Wow! REALLY nice truck. Great work!
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10-01-2013, 08:50 PM
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I am a Referee of life.
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Time to cruise!!! looks great.Enjoy the ride!!!
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10-01-2013, 09:07 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Really love that color!! Enjoy her.
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10-01-2013, 09:13 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
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10-01-2013, 09:14 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Thanks for all the compliments everyone.
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10-01-2013, 11:24 PM
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Rusty Nuts
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Yes, very very nice!!!
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10-01-2013, 11:38 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Nice truck!!!
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10-01-2013, 11:44 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
nice work beautiful truck
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10-02-2013, 07:04 AM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Thats a beautiful truck, congrats. I had those wheels on a 2003 chevy I had. They look perfect on there, very clean.
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10-02-2013, 09:16 AM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Very nice, good wheel choice.
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10-02-2013, 09:19 AM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
What size tires do you have on this nice ride?
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10-02-2013, 09:57 AM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Beautiful. You've owned the same truck new twice
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10-02-2013, 09:57 AM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Great looking truck. Where in AZ ? Where please did you get the A/C compressor mounts? They look a little different than what I am used to seeing.
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10-02-2013, 12:08 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
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10-02-2013, 12:09 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
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10-02-2013, 12:11 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Beautiful.
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10-02-2013, 12:41 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
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The A/C mounting on the Vortec head engine was one of my major challenges. Originally, the 69s came with 2 different styles of compressor mounts. This one had the set you rarely see here on the forum. The main bracket had the lower mounting points under the front exhaust manifold bolts than arched up and over the front half of the valve cover and attached again under the intake bolts (different on Vortec heads). So, anytime I needed to remove the valve cover, the whole thing had to be removed 1st. A major PIA and just plain ugly! So, I converted to the style most of the Chevy trucks and cars of that era had. The problem with that was that none of the top brackets would work with a Vortec head engine. As a result, I had to fabricate the three top brackets from the front and rear of the compressor. The one at the top of the intake under the intake bolt and water neck bolt was based on the original but reconfigured for Vortec heads. The one at the front is very similar to those used on some of the passenger cars. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, here are three of the original mounts for comparison. Last edited by FirstOwner69; 10-02-2013 at 01:01 PM. |
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10-02-2013, 12:50 PM
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Re: 3 Years and Almost Ready to Roll!!!
Thanks for the ideas on the mounts!
Once again, nice looking ride.
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