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Well first we did our version of the Old Magician's Trick; we sawed the lady in half (my old survivor GMC that is)

And Today we install the Vortec V8 and trans. I'm shakin' like a kid on Christmas morning!:gmc2:

Thanks to Great Friends, REAL Hot Rod Pros I drove my 68 in this last Monday afternoon with the old 350 V8 & Turbo 400 and Here We Are TODAY!

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how did you go about mounting 90s gm cup holder i have been planing on doing the same thing? i already have the cup .holder from a previous trip to the junk yard

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You have to engineer and fabricate a bracket to hang the cup holder.
Check out the pictures in this link.

http://photobucket.com/albums/cc230/...9/CUP%20HOLDER

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got this guy all ready to go in....

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps627f4dbe.jpg

This....

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psf8d4b28d.jpg

:metal:

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Rebuilt my rag joint. Feels like it tighten up the steering sitting still without the engine running. Have to test drive to confirm.

Thanks to TxFirefighter for his FAQ instructions. His tutorial with pictures was helpful.
Thanks Kevin.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=6525292

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Figured out that the dwell on my new set of points was way off. No wonder it wouldn't start. Finally started, ran strong, forward and reverse gears working good. Even brakes were working just enough to stop me. Was all excited, then I saw water coming from the block. Upon further inspection, the block appears to have a big C shaped crack on the drivers side. One step forward, a big leap back. Now I have to make a decision.

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That IS a bad day! Sorry to hear.

I tinkered with touching up some black paint in the engine bay. Figuring out the little things I need to replace. Gotta love old trucks.

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Weather in the 50's for the first time in months, so I gave the old girl a bath.

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Beautiful day today in North Texas. Spent so time with the wifey at the Decatur swap meet. Bunches of 60-72 truck parts there. Spent $115 and got all this. The doors are "scratch and dents". The PS is the one I needed and only has 3 small dings in it. The DS needs a new skin, but I think it will buff out:lol:.

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Did drop engine and trans in, NOW everything goes back together

Motor is 2005 Vortec 5.3 from Suburban. We're using 2013 Camaro LS3 exhaust manifolds, x-pipe, dual flow masters, with K&N intake and PCM tune should be around 335-340 HP.

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Changed the rear brake pads and removed all the parking brake related brackets off the rearend/ calipers

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could never make the bowtie gate fit right installed the original tale gate fit like a glove getting closer to sending her out for paint

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It was nice today, so I washed the '72. I was careful not to knock off any more rust :)

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/t...121755_958.jpg

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love them steppers;)

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Got on craigslist this morning & found me a 68 super nice hood. little surface rust & a great price 220.00. got it home & a little cleaning & its could to go. Old hood was junk.

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? what will you use for a parking brake now ? .

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Hey, Nate,

Maybe he'll use the same thing I do. I have all the stuff, butt I prefer this.
Combined with parking on a flat spot:

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

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Nice looking GMC, motor will look good in there too.

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O.K. then but if you'd seen all the death and misery I have you'd never , EVER be without a park brake .

Remember this : it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt , worse yet if it's a child.......

3 TONS of old truck rolling away after the driveshaft falls out isn't fun , I know this .

Makes no difference you have new U-Joints and grease them as much as I do mine .

SAFETY KNOWS NO SEASON .

:waah: .

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Well, Nate. I gotta admit you had me thinkin' "safety" this morning. And you had me thinkin' "U-Joints", too.

Even though there is probably no more than 400 miles on the build, I was under the truck checking torque readings
on everything, greasing everything, including the spacers and wheels.

Down side is, I scraped a small tree limb parking in "my spot" after the test run. Off came a little paint and a
part of a pinstripe. No big deal.

But the driveline and suspension are all (properly) tight as a drum.:metal:

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I didn't get any work done but I did order some parts. Which includes A complete wiring harness and a plumbing kit for my tank to the fuel filter and the pump.

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Finally paint! It took a while to get everything prepped, but that's 80% of painting,right? I'm super happy with the way everything turned out. I even installed the intake...that was a lil challenging, especially right next to the plenum. But I got to say the "hardest" part is over. Time to start bolting everything back on. Already received most of the new goodies.

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Stripped the frame down...getting ready for some por 15 action...

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Flip.