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Reassembled and reinstalled my Rochester 2G. Went on test drive. Got home successfully on truck power.

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Dropped the car off at my father-in-laws place. He lives about an hour north of Auckland.

Car isn't road legal, but borrowed my neighbors "dealer" plate which allows me to drive it place to place even though it's not road legal.

Was good to get it out on the freeway, drove pretty good!

Father in law is going to replace all the brake lines, brake pipes, all 4 drum brakes and master cylinder.

Also going to install the driveshaft loop, radiator shroud (getting a custom one made), and hopefully my electrical issues.

Will update once done! So close to getting on the road legally!

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sounds good, on your way to driving it. (please call it a truck though lol.)

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hahaha, woops :lol:

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Started reassembly.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psfzicckzb.jpg

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Got the Drivers side door glass installed and wrote a how to, which I will post later.

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Bled brakes after installing motor and trans for second time!

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Routed one of the fuel lines. :chevy:

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tried installing a new turn signal switch in my 65, but it did not fit because the mounting holes were off. im thinking its a gmc column but not sure so i will have to return/order a different switch. coming home after a drive tonight the left front tire blew out, luckily i was able to limp home

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I finally figured out that it was this ill placed washer:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Cars/1965...09606_a-XL.jpg

was the cause of the intermittent drivetrain shudder and noise I've been chasing down since I got the truck running two years or so ago. Solving that without pulling the transmission back out makes me a happy boy.

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TJ, are those Langdon's cast iron headers you are using? Or are they Clifford?

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Nevermind, they look to be Clifford.

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Removed the 307 yesterday and today installed the 350 I put together for my car. Wanted to swap some stuff on the 307 and figured I'd drop this one in for fun/testing. 10.3:1 compression, Vortec heads, $100 Perf RPM copy intake, 214/224 white box cam. Basically a cheap clone of the 350HP GMPP circle track crate engine with another point of compression.

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You got it. :chevy:

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Hey, it actually runs

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Replaced the bulbs in my autometer gauges with LEDs. What a difference!

Before:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...psivf9ibtl.jpg


Now:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...psppufu3oi.jpg

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That really looks great! What size led bulbs did you use?

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Thanks! I used these. Perfect fit!:

https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...rofit-car/206/

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I ordered this stuff for this truck.

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Mounted the bed and started to install the new wood!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps4cyihxl7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps7q1uuayp.jpg

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Test fit new fenders.

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Finished pulling all the wiring, switches and misc stuff from the firewall and under the dash. Next stop the media blaster..

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Curious about the fenders:

What brand and how well did they fit for you??

Thanks

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They are TriPlus, which I purchased through JC Whitney (they had 20% off and free shipping). I wanted to mount them this morning and take pictures, but time wasn't on my side.

I snapped a picture of the driver's side. One shows that the construction isn't very good, as you can see through to the ground in two spots. They both show that the blend from the front of the fender to grille support is off. I don't know if that's because of the fender or the grille/truck.

The truck ran into, or had been hit by, some horizontally fixed object just above the bumper on the passenger side, which smashed in the fender, grille support, and grille, and I attempted to pull the grille support back into place. It wouldn't be fair to judge the passenger side.

I'll know better once I bolt everything in place.

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I had the tailgate letters and the area between the the chome on both sides of the truck handpainted in metallic silver today. I think it compliments my chevy tahoe grey interior seats.