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Yeah no more driving around with open wheel wells for me.

Re: Project "Blackbeard" 69 C-10
 

Got all my parts and frame prepped for paint before I went out of town for the weekend. Luckily my father painted all the parts for me while I was gone. Today I was able to get the Porterbuilt front end put on. I also went over and picked up my transmission from getting inspected and serviced. It's now ready for paint. Hopefully I'll have a rolling chassis soon.

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Found out the ball joints were wrong today. Unfortunately I had already pressed in the lower ball joint's. So I had to spend a few hours getting that fixed. Was able to finish up the front end after that. Tech note the 63 to 70 ball joints will not fit in CPP drop spindles. You need the 73 to 87 ball joints for that to work.

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Did a little firewall shaving today. I also got in my Accuair Exo mount.

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Finished up prep on the firewall today. Also was able to paint the transmission and install the fuel pump. Can't wait to drop this motor in.

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The rear axle is now back in with new 373 gears and and Eaton Posie. Working on my new bed lift box that will house my Accuair system.

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Got a little more work done on the box today.

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Looking good!

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This is a very cool build. Great job!

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Thanks for the props guys. Having fun with the build. Got a little more done today.

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New look for the wheels. Thinking of doing black around the hub cap and keep the white edges. What do you think?

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Little fab work today. Hard to get into the shop this week. Waiting on part too.

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Progress is looking great. May have to Photoshop the wheel idea but either way truck will look amazing laying flat out.

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Finally have a rolling chassis. I was able to put the rear disc brakes on today and get it rolling. Looks good all laid out.

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That's coming together nicely. Looks like a sharp 60s model vette in the background, is it your daily :lol:

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So I got the motor dropped in with the transmission. Thought it was going smoothly until I hit a snag. I bought the wrong LS Holley pan and the rack and Pinion was coming in contact with the front of the oil pan. I wish I would have known this before I bought the $370 oil pan. Did a little research and found out that a stock F body oil pan works too so I ran over to the dealer ship and bought one. It's not as pretty but it has no clearance issues.

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Fuel and brake lines going in. Cab going back on soon.

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Looks like a high quality build- nice work!

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Whatever happened to this build? This is one of my fav trucks *besides mine of course*

Thanks for the interest. I had a baby and I have another on the way already LOL I’m going to get the cab on the frame soon and get it moved over to my house so I can start working on it again. Priorities in life got in the way so I have not been able to touch the truck in a long time.
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Right on bro... Congrats and you gotta do what you gotta do! Looking forward to seeing more of Blackbeard!:metal:I am glad you decided not to paint it too!!!

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Killer truck. Glad to see you back on it.