Okay, so I FINALLY got my truck back from the shop today. Man am I happy. It starts and runs great AND...the engine looks brand new because I had a new dual plane Edelbrock intake manifold installed as well as some new, old school finned valve covers and finned air cleaner. The truck needed a LOT of stuff since it had sat almost 20 years!
Valves adjusted
Distributor upgraded with Pertronix, new cap, wires, plugs
Generator rebuild
Fan shroud installed on rebuilt radiator (turned out it had NO T-stat!)
New mini starter
New battery & battery cable
Rear tranny mount
Choke cable, hmmm...I think there's more but that'll do it for now.
Pic's...cause I like pic's. Just for shiggles, I'll re-post a "Before" picture:
Fugly:
Not exactly "After" cause I've still got work to do, but you get it:
This one was before I put the new air cleaner on it:
My new fan shroud & rebuilt generator visible
Apologies for the blurry photo of my new mini starter:
New up? Stuff that DOESN'T cost money
Well, at least stuff I already have the parts for: New rear bumper, door weatherstripping, paint the rear portion of the frame, and on and on....
