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Hey folks I’m in need of some direction. I’ve done a ton of work to my truck to make it dependable and easy to drive(427, a/c, power steering,...
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Been making some progress. I ordered a power steering adapter kit from Captain Fab. It went together well with no issues. Also put in a mildly...
Put a few hundred miles on the rig going to Reno for Hot august nights. Had to battle some parking garages and some parallel parking situations...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I got a lead on an overdrive setup for my sm465 . Does anyone know what this setup is? I know nothing about it.
Not sure yet. I haven’t put many miles on her yet. But in a couple weeks I’m taking the truck to the Hot August Nights show in Reno NV. And I’ll...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Finally got to take the limo on an 11pm first test drive. No drive line vibrations that I can tell. And the truck rides way...
Used some 1”x2” tube for the metal [ATTACH] [ATTACH] bed strips to bolt to.
Driveline is back from the shop. Brakeline is extended and more fish plates welded in [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Cut off the old shock mounts from the original frame, and put the old crusty coil overs for the time being
[ATTACH] Got the rear crossmember welded in. Next I’ll need gussets for the rear spring brackets
nope. I never had an original shifter. I would’ve been glad to cut up the original
here’s the link to the Amazon shifter. Look at the first pic of the shifter in this thread and you can see where I cut it. I had to drill out...
Easy enough. Thanks
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Messing around with bed mount ideas and an old aluminum camper. I’m really digging the new look[ATTACH]
I hope so!
I was given an old long bed pickup bed trailer and brought her home. Now it’s time to remove all of the original bed crossmembers and make my own...
I have some ideas to compensate for that.
More progress from today. Should sit nice. Everything is tacked into place and seems to be working out. Started with a square body Chevy 3/4 ton...
I’m hoping I won’t need one but we’ll see. It won’t be slammed or bagged. It still needs to tow my trailer and family around.[ATTACH]
Here’s some progress pics of the frame stretching I’ve been figuring out. It’s finally time for a long bed.[ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH]...
Thanks for the thoughtful reply! It will all be new from the cut to the end.
Any fabricators willing to give me some insight? I’m a competent welder and have built a couple frames over the years for hot rods, but it’s time...
I'm really hoping I find some markings underneath this rolled on housepaint! We'll see.
While cleaning up the new wiring harness, I got some sound deadening wannabe dynamat from Amazon because this truck is obnoxiously loud inside and...
After a couple of weeks of 100°+ Temps outside, it was time to put some AC in this rustbucket. I bought a Vintage Air kit and everything went...
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Instead of buying the infamous s10 t5 for the forward shifter relocation, I bought a 40 dollar amazon mustang short throw shifter and with some...
Originally the truck had a 3 on the tree saginaw trans. That came out for a rebuilt t5 trans out of an 89 camaro. [IMG]
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