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Re: New member with a 1960
making great progress "old" member!
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02-23-2017, 04:48 PM
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A bit more progress, the throttle bracket that was fabricated turned out great, we had to modify the front sway bar a bit but it seems to fit perfect now!
     
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02-23-2017, 11:12 PM
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Wow ,it looks great .
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02-24-2017, 10:26 AM
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02-24-2017, 04:48 PM
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The transmission linkage is buttoned up, and works really well! A/C compressor and Power steering pump installed, while I was there I snapped a couple shots of the rear suspension and tires....
    
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02-27-2017, 06:20 AM
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Looks awesome!!
Do you have some extra info on the rear swaybar?? Thanks!
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02-27-2017, 09:40 AM
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That's a Nascar 3 piece or some call it blade style, while I don't think what we have is exactly blade style, it is a Nascar 3 piece setup. Essentially what most guys do on these trucks is just adapt a sway bar to fit it, that's awesome, it works and improves handling, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that approach! Our goal with this setup in adjustability and very fine tuning...when sway bar manufacturers make these bars they make them to work with multiple applications and sometimes multiple vehicles, they will always offer improvement but how much? and how much will a bar help a stock truck vs a 700 HP truck with 14" drag radials or road race type tires? With this setup I can run a 3 way adjustable coil over with a few different springs to really fine tune it! We built the truck as a driver but we want it to perform also, I hope to have in on the 2017or 2018 power tour, we want to see how it performs on the road coarse as well as the drag strip! I don't believe there was ever a bolt on sway bar made for a 1961 Apache with a blown LS engine running a 14" wide tire...LOL So the just of it is to get max performance, it will obviously take some fine tuning but I believe the efforts will be worth it! Below the sway bar setup is the panhard setup which allows for a little more articulation of the rear end than a standard bar while limiting the side to side movement!
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02-27-2017, 11:14 AM
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I was a bit concerned about the supercharger belt slipping since we are running a smaller pulley, after a bit of thought we came up with this.....
it should give us 3/4 wrap which before we only had less than 1/2 wrap on the belt, the "bung you see is for an additional pulley, it will also serve as a snout support!  
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02-27-2017, 12:29 PM
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Thanks for the explanation about the swaybar. Never saw one like this before.
You also make good looking Parts!!
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02-27-2017, 04:02 PM
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Installed! Time to start swapping mock up bolts! I think all the repairs will be in primer today as well!
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02-28-2017, 11:55 AM
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subscribed.
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03-07-2017, 07:21 PM
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We made it to the final 4 on the Facebook C10 addiction page! I'm excited.... check it out guys!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/7918...3716933331690/
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03-07-2017, 07:43 PM
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03-07-2017, 07:50 PM
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man this is going to be one cool ride nice job on the motor
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03-09-2017, 01:16 PM
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03-09-2017, 01:21 PM
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We have a little paint going on....
 
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03-09-2017, 01:56 PM
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Looking awesome! Going to draw some inspiration from this thread to keep me motivated.
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03-09-2017, 07:57 PM
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Love the color!
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03-09-2017, 09:01 PM
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Nice work!
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03-09-2017, 09:28 PM
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Cool looking truck
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03-13-2017, 10:03 AM
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Fun times.....And thanks for all the kind words!
We are having a blast with the Door Jambs, hopefully we will be clear coating the entire truck in a few days!    
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03-14-2017, 11:43 AM
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Looks like clear coat this week....Then glass...It is supposed to hit the interior shop in about 3 weeks! I'm too anxious to see this done!
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03-16-2017, 08:32 AM
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We have clear coat......these pictures were taken after the first coat, 2 more coats were applied after this! We were shocked at the amount of clear it took, I ended up buying 6 gallons worth (after the activator is mixed) I think we were just short of shooting all 6 gallons!
http://s825.photobucket.com/user/rea...5zbng.jpg.html         
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03-16-2017, 12:56 PM
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Looks great!!!
Do you keep it glossy or are you flatten it out a bit?
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