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Thanks Beetle! You'll make it just keep plugging away at it.

I've got a couple of more post to follow this evening.

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Originally Posted by Beetle (Post 6410273)

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I can only hope my 70 GMC short fleet looks this nice one day! I am keepin my six though :metal:

Good lookin work by you the car boss and EE

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QUOTE=Beetle;6410273]:jdp:

I am keepin my six though

:gmc2:[/QUOTE]

Car boss here,

I'm with you Beetle! Here's mine.

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I don't care if I ever see another SBC in anything. I'm almost to that point with the LS engines.

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Originally Posted by diceman50 (Post 6410433)

QUOTE=Beetle;6410273]:jdp:

I am keepin my six though

:gmc2:

Car boss here,

I'm with you Beetle! Here's mine.

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I don't care if I ever see another SBC in anything. I'm almost to that point with the LS engines.[/QUOTE]

Beatle, take a close look at Diceman's engine. You are looking at a fuel injected, computer controlled, Six. Bet you had to look twice.
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Time to show off "Hank"

I think it's time to show off Car Boss's "Hank". Turns out it's a pretty good tow vehicle. Photos shows Hank pulling my truck to the shop for the build.

I'll bet if someone asks him he'll tell you all about this special truck.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...027_162033.jpg

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Thats some real nice work Z10

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Cool Beans award on making the clamps !!!!!!! Subtle & clean.

and photo four: notched-to-fit channel makes a good (great) simple way to hold up one of the big Whitney punches to keep it from tipping over & smashing fingers & / or toes. I'll never do that again, after seeing this idea.

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Creativity abounds... :)

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I will say 1 thing both you and your close friends are a very talented squad.

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Custom Wiring Harness
Double E has been busy behind the scenes building 5 separate wiring harness. Here's a quick peek at some of his under-dash work. I'm sure I'm miss something, but here's a partial list: the Classic Instruments digital interface, circuits for the courtesy lights which we're not there, the door switch circuit which weren't there, and others. He also cleaned up/refurbished the original fuse panel which looks absolutely new. It's great having him on the team!http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/IMG_0755.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...IMG_0756-1.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/IMG_0759.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/IMG_0761.jpg
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Originally Posted by Molberg (Post 6413326)

Thats some real nice work Z10

Thanks

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Originally Posted by 68shortstep (Post 6413424)

Thanks Shortstep! All Car Boss' talent.

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Originally Posted by swamp rat (Post 6413694)

Creativity abounds... :)

Thanks Swamp.

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Originally Posted by 67chevy1 (Post 6413724)

I will say 1 thing both you and your close friends are a very talented squad.

Thank you sir. But the truth is, I'm mostly the gopher.

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Wires and Intake Tease

Here's a little tease of things to come. Do I have great friends or what? I skipped out on the team (which I do too often) to attend a old friends birthday party in the Texas Panhandle Friday night then was invited to hunt pheasant this morning. But back in the shop Double E and Car Boss where hard at it working on the truck, building a mounting bracket for the ECM, routing and fitting wires, and dropping the new intake on. This is starting to look like something.http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/IMG_0779.jpg

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Bracket Mania!

Car Boss was busy this weekend building brackets. The first was the ECM bracket to hold the computer to the interior firewall. Is this not the best looking polished aluminum bracket that you will never see?

I'll post the coil bracket later this evening.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...213_172837.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...213_172849.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...213_173106.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/IMG_0782.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0/IMG_0780.jpg

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this build gets better every day. great work fellas!!

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Originally Posted by FRANKENSTEINC10 (Post 6420460)

this build gets better every day. great work fellas!!

Thanks, I'm fortunate to have two perfectionist on the team!

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sweet man. can't wait for more!

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Wiring Prep
Over the weekend Double E spent some time prepping and measuring for a couple of his five separate wiring harness. I believe this one was for the ECM.

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New Goodmark Core Support installed
Since I was AWOL on Friday and Saturday I decided I owed the guys lunch. So we decided to kill two birds with one stone and take the drive shaft over to the drive shaft specialist and enjoy a gourmet burger. Well, two birds turned into about 5 with stops at a couple of parts places and Harbor Freight. We also, pulled the engine to do the final prep and we installed the new Goodmark core support.
Here's an endorsement for Goodmark. The support fit perfectly. All holes lined up with out a single problem. So if you are searching for a quality replacement for a :gmc2:, this thing fits.......PERIOD! Sort of sound like our liar n chief but in this case it's true. (Please disregard all political statements, the writer must be suffering from a burger binge hangover)
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