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You go that straight

Thank You Don. Did you finish painting what I sent you.

Thanks Jon. The top of the cab is absolutely ready for White paint. However looking at the thermometer won't be sprayed for some time. :(

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I know, I hate when weather is holds up a project. Today it's supposed to be 62 degrees. It still may be too cold for paint.

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So the wife had my wish list on Amazon, which is broken into one for the 64', the garage, and my personal one. She did a good job of picking an assortment of stuff for Santa to bring. She almost bought me everything I need to finish the cab, and get the drivetrain fully done and installed for good. Only thing I need to buy are cab mounts and SS brake lines.

So here is what she bought. I have the coolest wife I could ask for. The truck is hers, so I don't have to argue too much about spending money on it as she is ready to drive it.

So I have always wanted finned valve covers and oil pan. Wife bought them for me along with a new oil pump, pickup, driveshaft, one piece pan gasket, rear main seal, all hardware, and a radio and install kit for the 95' Chevy truck. Plus ball joints for the Camaro.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7524/...511d0d62_b.jpg20141225_094520 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8658/...d7dcc8da_b.jpg20141225_094532 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7542/...be3a6f10_b.jpg20141225_094539 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7547/...56797e86_b.jpg20141225_094940 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Couldn't resist had to see how it looked against the green engine paint.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7572/...129aace8_b.jpg20141225_095111 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Also got a gallon of filler, polyurethane motor mounts, and a bunch of body work supplies.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7544/...868007dc_b.jpg20141225_114024 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Now I just need to get over my cold and and get some time off. I plan to paint inside the finned areas engine color.

Bret

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Yes I got the garage up to 58* last Weds but with it being 45* outside as soon as I opened the doors to ventilate I would have lost all my heat plus the wind was blowing fierce and I was afraid I would get dirt in the paint. I can wait. After all this time getting ready don't want to rush it and not have it come out good. With Texas weather it may be 75* before you know it.

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Thanx again Brother!!! :metal: The wife is thrilled about the Snowman and she has found an example of how she wants it painted...:mm:
Now its up to me...:lol:

Glad your wife helped Santa out…;)
Diggin' the Oil Pan and Valve covers… I had the same idea for my Valve covers.. the engine color really stands out nice...:metal:

Your shirt will be on the way this week...:uhmk:

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Nice stuff! I really like the green engine and the polished accessories!

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Man looks like you had a great Christmas!! Really like the valve covers and oil pan!!

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All of that awesome stuff and what did you get your ol lady for christmas?

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New running shoes, a super nintendo, a digital scale, nose piercings, shaker cups for her smoothies. Benny's Lego spaceship from the Lego movie and a bunch of cosmetics stuff. We had$300 limits but she went overboard as she always does. Gotta love that woman

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I'd say so! Ntm a woman who likes Legos is a keeper!

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Her loving Legos was a must for her to put up with me. Between her and myself and my 2 boys I think we had like 22 new sets for Xmas.

And here is a shot of my collection. My oldest son has about half as much.



https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3915/...d8166b55_b.jpgDSCN8511 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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that's pretty cool. my 6 year old daughter is in to them now and she got my old collection from the nineties

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Man BJ! You had one heck of a christmas! lol Yeah, I have a ton of Legos as well...used to collect them all the time...I had some 30 sets. lol :chevy:

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WOW!!! Lotsa Legos!!! :metal:

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Thanks guys. Legos is one of my other passions.

Had a pleasant surprise package from the UK yesterday. Came from Rian who stuffed it with a bunch of cool stickers and Classic Van and pick up magazine featuring his 66' Chevy. How cool. Also included was a dish cloth for the Mrs. Which she liked and said that Rian is good in her book.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7473/...1452d2e2_b.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8587/...3e6850e0_b.jpg

Going to search for a tank top propane heater this morning for the Garage and see if I can't warm it up enough to get the valve covers and pan painted.

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Love the surprise packages from the UK...:metal:

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Found me a new toy for the garage. Heated the garage from 42* up to 55* in less than hour. And that is with no insulation and on the lowest setting. Was able to get my valve covers painted.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7528/...c1696b26_b.jpg20150101_111654 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7533/...0851e2bd_b.jpg20150101_111837 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

All masked off.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8605/...ac45c162_b.jpg20150101_130748 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7476/...62254c82_b.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8617/...87b6aa59_b.jpg20150101_133430 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8605/...60539f97_b.jpg20150101_133438 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7562/...2f9e6afe_b.jpg20150101_140112 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7520/...29a2a366_b.jpg20150101_140120 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7526/...008da081_b.jpg20150101_142431 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7541/...105f31f4_b.jpg20150101_142446 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7577/...759af228_b.jpg20150101_142454 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7560/...8c5c7fb6_b.jpg20150101_142515 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

I love these valve covers. It is apparent now the air cleaner has to go and a matching one acquired.

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Magazine and stickers were an absolute pleasure to send.

Your engine looks absolutely awesome with the covers.

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Very Nice… :metal:

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That engine looks killer Bret! Good job!

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So is that green the color Chevy motors came in that era? Which by the way your motor looks great.

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:metal: oh hell yeah that looks phenomenal!

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Been off line for almoest a year which makes your progres look outstanding. I'm all cought up now and now I can see hwo you do such good work thansferring that wood working eye to metal shows. Forgive me for asking but did you spray that Loktite converter in the overhead of the cab? As a former sailer I have a natural aversion to rust. Hope to start a thred as soon as I get time.

Bill

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Thanks Don.

Thanks John can't wait til you can come and see it in person.

This color is Detroit Diesel Green. Which is very close but not exact original. I am going for a hot rod style so it didn't have to be spot on for me and I was able to get the paint at the local O'Riellys

Thank You.

Thank you so much. I did not spray in the overhead cab. I wanted to as I don't want any rust but there is still some rust you can't see or get to. I did not want to take the roof off as it is a lot of work. I did spray a little in the front eyebrow area when I did the patch repair. I had a look inside and the rust wasn't that bad just mainly surface rust which is to be expected.

Look forward to you build thread. Thanks for stopping in.

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agree... ya gotta love fins. and nice detailing man.
saw the pics of the stroker you posted on tj's thread... not your first rodeo.:metal:

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:agree:

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Always a pleasure, if you can get your hands on a under coat wand you can get up in that space. I have a kit I bought I'll send you the details tomorrow. :mm:

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I saw it there too. Had to come look things over and man that motor is sweet

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Thanks Clem. I am posting some more photos of my engines I have built below.

Thanks Don.

Thank You.

Thank You Bomp

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For those interested here are some pics of previous engines I have built.

This is the aftermath of the thrown rod on the engine I posted in T.J.'s thread. The #1 rod exploded at 6500 rpm in second gear. It sounded like a shotgun went off. Smoke blew out of the cowl hood and front fenders. I had to drive my dad's hoopty for about 6 months to save up for the next one.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8607/...271845fc_b.jpgCaprice 007 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Had some valve piston kissing. It bent the intake valve.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7470/...4a3dd764_b.jpgimage0117 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Ripped it open like a tin can.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7562/...f2e82ae1_b.jpgimage0118 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

All that was left of rod #1. It bent rod #2

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7498/...97055805_b.jpgimage0119 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Next engine I built was this one. Another 383 stroker. I used as many parts from the first one on this one. Pretty much the whole top end was ok. Took the heads all apart and cleaned them and had the valves and guides redone.

Not sure what I was thinking on the Yellow. It seemed like a good idea at the time. The 64' El Camino in the background was my dad's daily driver for about 15 years. It had a 283 in with a ton of miles on it. My dad drove it the whole time taking care of it while I blew up 3 motors in less than 3 years. What did I learn from this keep the motor stock if your going to drive it daily. Hence why the truck's motor is all stock and just looks like a hot rod.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8632/...70fa3ca6_b.jpg388 stroker by bjohnson388, on Flickr

I even fogged the engine bay.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7518/...b99958e8_b.jpg388Stroker01 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

The Yellow engine above had a couple of cam lobes go flat. This was the time when they had pulled the zinc from motor oils and no one knew. Obviously the old flat tappet cams still needed it. I didn't know anything just thought I got a bad cam from Edelbrock as they had moved their machining to China during this time.

So I finally built this engine. A 388 c.i. stroker. Again using what I could. It is in the Caprice right now. It had the cam go flat as well. I put a new Summit cam in it and got it running so I could move it from my house out to the big garage. As I pulled it in the oil pressure dropped to 10 so I guess this motor is toast now. It has been sitting patiently waiting my care since April of 2013. When I get finished with the truck I will give the Caprice some love.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5609/...e7a1b68b_b.jpgCaprice 003 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

When I put this engine in I put everything back to black.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7522/...d66d4357_b.jpgDSCN4910 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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Man you've been through a ton of engines! lol! 383's must be your favorite. Personally I like the 572. :chevy:

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Actually been a fan of big blocks my whole life but never had the chance to build one. My ultimate dream in engine is the LS6 454 from the 70 famous 70 Chevelle SS. My dream car.

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Go the new radio put in the 95' Chevy today. Its nice to be able to play CD's and hook my phone to it. No more cassette tapes!

Also got the oil pan painted before I threw in the towel. No mockup picture. Had to repair one of the oil pan rail holes. PO broke off a bolt. I had to drill it out oversize and thread it for a piece of all thread. I locked it in with J.B. weld. Once it sets all week I will trim it flush use a transfer punch drill an new hole in the oversize all thread and rethread for the oil pan bolt.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8647/...8820cc7e_b.jpg20150104_114337 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/...0cfb24fb_b.jpg20150104_114343 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7517/...b69ae0cd_b.jpg20150104_114357 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7499/...12a488ce_b.jpg20150104_122635 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/...81aa8336_b.jpg20150104_122641 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7477/...e07a99c9_b.jpg20150104_122654 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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Looking sexy

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Pan looks great. I'd love to add one to my truck, but I've got a GM Targetmaster 350 with dipstick provisions on both sides. I'll never been able to change pans because the engine mandates dipstick reliefs on both sides..

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Hrer is the Stuff I use, hope it's not too late.
Bill

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I agree

I had heard of these engines but never seen one. I would think you could make some kind of plug as it doesn't have pressure on it its just a hole going into the oil pan.

Thank you for the links. Looked all the stuff up on Amazon. They are proud of that gun. I suppose if I did it I could shoot through the rear overhead light hole and the driver side visor hole. Not sure If I would get full coverage.

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The green in between the fins looks great!

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Ya I know 3M has a tendency to be that way, any way that wand has a 360* spray pattern so if you go through the wind-shied Pilars you should be able to get full coverage. JoAnne loves your woodwork, just thought I'd pass that on. The truck is looking great.
sure could use one of them engins.

Bill:mm::mm:

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Thanks Bill,

Managed to squeeze in a few hours today. The youngest son has the Flu so spent the last couple of days helping the wife take care of him. I got all of the bottom end buttoned up. Pray for no leaks, but its a small block Chevy. They all eventually leak.

Here is the hole that had a broken off bolt. I drilled it out oversize tapped it to 3/8" epoxied a 3/8" bolt in it cut it off flush and then retapped it 1/4"
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8610/...220854f7_b.jpg20150111_103225 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Put the pan on and put the 4 corner bolts in. Used a transfer punch to mark the center.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7532/...f47fc720_b.jpg20150111_104016_HDR by bjohnson388, on Flickr

New hole
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7563/...17455335_b.jpg20150111_110103 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

New one piece FelPro gasket, new melling oil pump and metal collared driveshaft and oil pickup installed. Also put a new FelPro rear main seal.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8582/...cbf71cd0_b.jpg20150111_140631 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

All buttoned up and torqued down. Had to do some clearancing on the front pan rail and several of the holes to get everything lined up perfect.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8575/...5b76ccef_b.jpg20150111_152017 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/...752c5282_b.jpg20150111_152040 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

One last thing received this in the mail from Don. The wife quickly swiped it. Thanks again Don. If we lived closer she said she would get a tattoo done by you.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8599/...02cdfed1_b.jpg20150111_091811 by bjohnson388, on Flickr