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im running a 350/th350 in my 66 with a low hump and it fits fine.
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More tear down pics!
Attachment 948490 Pulled the front clip Attachment 948491 Hooked up a battery, jumper wire, and put some gas in the carb, fired right up! Attachment 948492 Than we pulled the motor Attachment 948493 And put the clip on the other side of the house for those neighbors to look at! Attachment 948495 |
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Pulled the rear suspension out and cut the rear cross braces out.
Attachment 948498 She's removing the bumper Attachment 948499 No I'm not lowering it this way! Attachment 948500 Removed front suspension Attachment 948501 And the center cross member. Ready to start welding stuff! Attachment 948502 Jason |
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Looks like you're off to a great start! Looks like a nice truck to start with, The body looks great! Oh and the truck too!:lol::lol:
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Glad to see that Maggie is wearing her steel toe flip flops, safety first!!!
If I was one of your neighbors, you might want to keep a close eye on the bed and the front clip!! |
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Looks like you two are going to have a lot of fun on this.
Good to see she is wrenching on it too!! When my wife got her LeMans, I told her she would have to wrench on it. She said "But that is what I have you for..." My reply to her was, "I could do that. But you would know nothing about your car, and when people stop to talk to you about it, they will realize you know nothing about it. Then they will know it is really MY car, and I just let you drive it." Now she only asks me for help on it. Funny thing too, mechanics dont like to talk to her now either because they cannot pull the wool over her eyes. (Local Chevy dealership tried to tell her part of her transmission problem was a dead battery and it would be $200 for them to change the battery. Yep, no lie... $80 for the battery and $120 for an hour of labor) She told them exactly why they should go frook themselves. |
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Funny thing is my son (19) watches me work on his stuff! She pushes me out of the way so she can try! Something you can't teach people. She is having a blast working on this truck, all the more for me to get in on the ground asap. I have c notches, bags, track bar, 2 steel wheels, cpp front brake and ball joint kit, rear 5 lug conversion axles, master w/ booster and a few other things on the way, hoping to have it on the ground soon.
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You two are rockin'! :metal: Can't wait to see it laying out.
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Welcome to the forum Jason and Maggie :D
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Going to post the rest of my pics, I'm at a stopping point until I get parts so I'm taking the weekend off. We got the truck on fathers day so we've done pretty good so far. I'm not a welder or fabricator so go easy on me! It helped a lot looking and coulter's build in knowing which direction to go first. We are not sandblasting and painting parts this go around, get it back on the road, drive it, than break it back down, fix the rust, do a little paint.
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Doing the cross member.
Attachment 948911 :) Attachment 948912 Trimed Attachment 948913 Tacked Attachment 948914 Welded Attachment 948915 Ment to post these first! Jason |
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For not being a welder you did a dam nice job.
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Than it was off to the control arms! My free 2 1/2 stripe ended up being 2 1/4, so we have 2 1/4 dropped a-arms!
Started cutting. Attachment 948925 Made the dropped section first. Attachment 948926 Welded it in. Attachment 948927 Than made the bottom Attachment 948929 She was mad that I did this with out her! |
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So she was here for the second one!!
Attachment 948933 She said I had to be in some photos too! Attachment 948932 Attachment 948934 Triming next Attachment 948936 |
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The last of the work, both control arms are done!
I bought this plasma cutter, does the job needed! Attachment 948937 Attachment 948938 Attachment 948939 Done! Attachment 948940 I'll drill some drain holes when I drill for the bag. Press in some ball joints and back on the truck! Jason |
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very nice work man!! welds look great!!! cool to see ur girl likes helping too!!!
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Wow, those are some good looking welds. Making quick work on this one.
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The arms came out nice. You may want to put some holes in the cups towards the inside to let water drain out.
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You may not have been a welder and fabricator before, but I'd say you are now! Nice work, and amazing progress in such a short period of time. The value of an enthusiastic partner just can't be measured, as well as garage-bonding time. Enjoy!
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Not a lot to up date, still waiting on parts to come in, kinda of all over the place working on stuff!
Took the motor to work and power washed it. Attachment 957238 Took it down to a long block and she started sand blasting a few parts. Attachment 957239 Than we painted the block and a few other parts. Attachment 957240 Attachment 957241 Put a new timing chain on the motor and some new gaskets, still have to put it back together. Jason |
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