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Aluminum center and fiberglass surround. I always liked the look of an LT1 intake with the ribs so I had it ball milled.
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That's pretty cool but beyond my skills.
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That was my first time with fiberglass. It's not perfect but you have to start somewhere. I just made a "mold" with styrofoam board and cardboard, then wrapped it with saran wrap and glassed it. Then I peeled all the junk off the bottom when done. Then I used bondo on all the imperfections. I did the filter box the same way. I glassed a cardboard box then cut the filter hole and ripped out the box and saran wrap. I don't think it's beyond you at all! I've seen your metal work and if you were half as good at fiberglass it would be better than mine. My problem is that I get kind of good at everything but rarely REALLY good at anything. It's a curse...
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I may have to give it a shot when I get to that part.
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Some hand polishing, new tires, and wheel center caps and it looks like a whole truck.
Put on the last two Bilsteins and drove it for 30 minutes over every pothole I could find (many in Oklahoma) and so far no bottoming out. I REALLY need to get those A/C parts though. 100+ degree weather here. |
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Looks real sharp.
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looking good. fine tune your glassing skills and make the grill/opening in the hood your air intake :D |
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:metal:Wow and wow:metal:
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Truck turned out great.... Congrats....
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v v nice truck !
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Trying to get the Vintage Air in the truck but I seriously miscalculated how the top vents were going to fit. I couldn't get the duct hoses hooked up because
1. too close to the dash top and 2. right in the middle of the wiper linkage. I have to move my controls from the bottom to the top but the dash is already painted and cut. Answer: thank goodness for my connections with a great machinist! I had a stainless cover plate made to match my gauge panel and it covers the vent holes perfectly. Now I have to buy another vent that will fit my pod underneath. |
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That came out nice.
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good recovery and it looks planned
the irony of a unit named compac, it's a big pig but you will be happy with the way it cools http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...0412011724.jpg |
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Nice save !!
So where are the center vents now? I have two extra holes in the firewall of my green truck, about 3 inches from the two that hold the evap. to the firewall !!! I hope you tilted it a bit to the right to empty the condensate out of the case, this time of year there is a bunch !!! |
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OKGMC4, Looks very Cool!!
Harvey 1957 Chevy Stepside 1958 GMC Fleetside C4 project build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...65#post5510465 |
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Very Nice Lookin Truck!
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not sure what your doing for kick panels
but i stuck one in the pass kick works well for the passenger i also stuck one under the dash just out of sight above the drivers feet http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...0610091517.jpg |
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Thanks guys. The closer it gets the more impatient I get.
I built the kicks with the vents in the hinge pocket. Just enough room to get a hose in there and pull it up into the dash. |
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Very nice work on that save! I have also ran to issues like that with some tight dashes and it can be a real pain!
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I checked your truck out at Fuddruckers last night... VERY nice truck!
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Got some bed bling. Mostly wanted storage space. Don't want to scratch up the bed. (Not all of us can have a trunk in our truck, Ogre.) :lol:
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Got my center vent in and everything seems to be working. Now I just need help charging the a/c. Have to admit the Vintage Air compac unit blows harder than I expected and it's as quiet as a factory unit. So far pleased with VA quality.
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