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Hey RCbowtie69, Thanks for the support!! Hope your efforts turn out well also. Look forward to seeing your progress.

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what are these clips?

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I'll answer for him since I use them too. They are rare earth magnets. About the strongest you can get. The ones he used here look like they are out of a hard drive too? They work great for getting your metal flush. Only problem I have with them beside pinching me if I get them too close together, when you try to tig weld around them it kinda messes up the arc.

http://www.computer-hardware-explain...ive-magnet.jpg
http://www.computer-hardware-explain...net-opened.jpg

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Hey jlaird, mcbassin has beaten me to the punch. Yes they are hard drive magnets. They work well enough for placing the panels and are readily available at my work. I didn't see the need to purchase the welding clips.


Hey mcbassin, Thanks for great answer. You mentioned about it messing up the tig welding. I'm using a mig and haven't noticed any interference. How close is the welding to the magnets? I'll keep aware to see if it happen during the mig welding.

Thanks,
Justin

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Justin,
I noticed it messing up the weld with the tig torch as soon as you get close, maybe an inch or so. I don't know if it had to do with the high frequency or not.

Keep up the great work!

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where did you get your powersteering gear box at?

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I purchased it from Classic Performance Products: http://www.classicperform.com/

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Thanks Mike!!

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Hey chevy71c10,just checking in on your progress,i'm still buying parts for my truck,got motor & trans almost ready & still need a few things to have it ready to put it in,been buying some body parts also.Hope to see some pictures soon.
Keep on Truckin'' :metal: :cool:

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Hey RCbowtie69, My progress has been a slow the last couple of weeks. Have done some engine assembly. Glad to here you are moving forward, hope to see some assembly pics when you start. Thanks!!

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Great work!
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Hey chevy71c10 here's some pictures of my motor assembly & i will update later on :metal:

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Thanks hcsd553!!

Nice job on the engine assembly!!! I know you can't wait to light that thing off... Awesome.

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Thanks chevy71c10,you're right about hearing it roar,it's a 69 block 2 bolt main & with a set of 69-70 041 model heads with 64cc chamber,i got more pictures of the finish motor,i will down load some pictures soon. :metal:

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Hey 71chevyc10 here's a few more pictures of my motor build,hope to have carb on soon :metal: keep on truckin"
the date is wrong, still learning how to use the camera

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Hey RCbowtie69, nice job on the engine build! I'll try and get pics up on my stuff this weekend as well.

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This build is looking great! Just out of curiosity, what made you stay with leaf springs?

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Thanks chevy70c10,hope to see your progress,keep on truckin'' :metal:

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Hey jcaugmented, Thanks! As for the leaf springs, I kinda like the fact they make it slightly different than most other Chevy C10's. Thanks again for checking out my build. You build is very nice as well!! Nice job on the frame mods.

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Thats a great reason! Looking forward to seeing how this guy turns out!

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This thing looks super rad.

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Thanks guys!!! Just got the cab into the garage today to do some body work. I will get some pics along the way. I've spent a lot of time the past couple weeks researching the forum for ways to do things, just trying to learn all I can... There is tons of info on here.
Justin

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BTW, here are a couple of engine preview shots....More to come soon.

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Man that is awesome!

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Hey chevy71c10,your motor is looking great,love the corvette covers.Your build is coming along & keep the pictures & progress coming,what kind of power you think you may get out of your motor?Is the motor LT1?It' looking great,:metal: :cool: