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any progress nate?

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Hey Rick, I'll get back to you after the 4th of July :smoke:

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ok nate have a good time till then

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Well Rick you inspired me to place an order with Mr. Porter ;)

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well as long as its progress im happy! glad to motivate you!

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THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT!!!!! Truck just jumped up on the coolness chart!

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I took more of the truck apart :uhmk:

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Im so excited!!!!!!!! your finally doing work!!!!!!! yeah boy! nice work

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I picked these up on Friday http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=469294 :metal: I brought the tranny home with me and my Uncle is bringing the rolling frame back to Pittsburgh later this week;)

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Well my wife graduated college and is working full time now :metal:

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This is my cousin's 57, he just graduated HS. He did just about all he can do on the chassis and he is building a rotisserie for the body. It has a 283 with power pac heads and 4 barrel with everything date code correct :smoke: He is running a M22 and posi rearend. Also rack and pinion, disc brakes up front, and CPP arms.

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tell her congratulations
NICE! beautiful car congratulate him to!

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As of today the rolling frame is only a 10 minute drive from my house :metal:

I am patiently waiting for some parts from Porterbuilt ;)

I am gonna clean all the grease and oil off of the tranny and see about getting it fixed :devil:

I have an addiction with hubcaps http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=473706 I have more caps than I could shake a stick at but I can't stop myself from buying more :uhmk:

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i understand... hub caps all have there own story really. if you can tell what scratch came from what and what that dent could have been caused by you can imagine what happend when those caps got there "character", really cool stuff actually.

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gonna be a cool build glad to see another bluegoose lol

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Got my Porterbuilt boxes for the rear suspension :metal: Not sure what I want to do up front :uhmk: I originally was gonna run dropped coil springs and 2-1/2" Bell Tech spindles. But I would like to get the wheels centered so then there are only a few options.

1 - Mild Dropmember then you need to go with R@P, tubular A-arms, air bags and different spindles.
2 - Porterbuilt custom upper and lower tubular A-arms but you need to run air bags and different spindles.
3 - Hotckins lower A-arms and you can go either coil springs or airbags.

I am going to run 15" wheels so Nate said the Bell Tech spindles won't work because they are 2-1/2" drop.

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well i hope all goes to plan and you can keep the 15 steelies with original caps when its all sadi and done

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I cleaned the grease and New Mexico dirt from the SM420. I am gonna have it rebuilt ;)

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Here are some pics of the PB parts and my toolbox :metal: I need to build a shed so I clean out the garage :lol:

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nice progress!! nice harley.

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Thanks Rick, I haven't rode it much in the last few years. I've even entertained selling it to fund my truck but my Wife won't let me :uhmk: It's a 2004 Deuce, It's been fun and also trouble :devil:

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Dang the truck looks like its coming along good, the bed looks amazing!....I love that color by the way!

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haha i love harleys my dad used to have a 50 panhead back in his day but he sold it sucks... but i like a 67 pickup more i would sell the harley to fund the truck... those are just my 2 cents.

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THE INSTALLATION has begun :metal: I've been fighting rivets and bolts all afternoon :devil:

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I'm knocking out the rivets in the tranny crossmember and some misc. brackets and I'll bolt them back in after paint. It will also make it easy if I decide to go with an automatic.

I still have to cut the notch and take out the stock TA crossmember. Then a lot of drilling :sumo: