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Old 06-27-2023, 05:40 PM   #257
Snake72
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Re: Grandpa's 72 restoration

Wow, has been a while since I last updated. Spent most of winter and spring finishing my shop but have had some time to finally get Old Blue on the road.

Recent big changes were new tires on the white steelies with chrome dog dishes. Completely rebuilt steering, I found out the gear box was shot and blew up the power steering pump. So new gear box, pump, idler, pitman, inner and out tie rods. Lastly swapped out quadrajet for Edelbrock AVS2, very happy with this carb.

I'll spare all the little details about getting it running, but this truck runs great, drives and steers great, floats down the road without a single rattle, shake or pull. Smooth, quiet in cab, solid driver. Literally like a brand new truck. Need a little more fine tuning on carb and timing but this truck is basically "done". Just to enjoy and tinker on.
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