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Lots of nice fab. work. Looking great. Keep up the good work. Steve

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Thanks guys. Slowly putting pieces together. Working on mounting the shifter today.

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Here’s the start to the shifter and a mock up of the center console. I just have to make a bracket to hold the cable on the transmission. Hopefully I won’t need to adjust/grind new detents to match up with the newer trans. Time will tell :lol: I won’t be finishing the dash until after I install the vintage air system. That won’t be shipped until October.

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Shifter appears to be fine. All the shifter detents Line up with the transmission. So hopefully that will work out.
Also ordered a driveshaft. The one I had was too short. Go figure, going from a 4 speed to an 8 the driveshaft needs to be longer. So more research and I found a bill of material list for gm driveshafts. It includes everything from length, u joint size, shaft material, Oem part number, etc. I found one the right length with the correct u joints, plugged the oem number in rockauto and ordered it. $300 direct from rock auto! Here’s a link to that bill of materials page.

https://www.demandaam.com/technical-...l-of-materials

I ordered a new pinion yoke to match the 1410 u joint and I should be able to drive this thing out of the garage. I made an appointment to see if it can be aligned for August 27. Mock up is nearly complete:metal:

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Nice build and good work with the Gen V swap. I am looking at your driveshaft info and that might save a whole lot of trouble. Thanks

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No problem, hope it helps

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Jason 56, are you using the Camaro SS fan with PWM control or did you find something else that fits the bill? If it is the Camaro fan, how deep is it from the rad to the back of the motor? I am looking for a compact solution that will move some air. Nice job hiding all the engine controls.

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Yes, it’s a Camaro pwm fan. I’ll have to measure the total length from back of engine to core support later when I get home. The radiator/fan are about 7”. Leaves me with about an inch between fan and engine. I used a 24” double pass radiator. Both my coolant inlet and outlet are on the left side so that worked for me.

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Pinion yoke arrived. Last piece of the puzzle needed to pull it out of the garage. Along with a couple trips to my local parts store for fluids etc. :lol: Now my alignment is only weather dependent. I actually drove it up and down the street, so it’s ready for the trailer in a couple days. I pulled it into the garage, put it in park, shut it off, got out and closed the door and realized what finally just happened. Couldn’t stop smiling. Great to finally have it driving! :metal: now I just have to finish everything else.

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Congrats, that first drive, no matter how far, will always remain with you...Jim

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Great feeling when you can drive it out of the garage. She looks great.

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Congrats. Looks awesome and the stance is bang on, in my opinion. Do you have a color picked out yet or does that change daily?

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Congrats! That is a Big deal to go from a pile of parts and ideas to a running, driving machine. Everything else is icing on the cake.

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NICE! that's a huge moment!

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Thanks everyone. I’m hoping it doesn’t rain tomorrow. I’m putting it on the trailer to bring it to be aligned. We’ll see. It’s forecasted to rain all day.

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I agree with the stance. I kept trying to level the rake and found these trucks just look better raked! As for color I’ve settled on a new infinity color. It’s called hermosa blue. It’s a midnight blue pearl. Should look really sharp.

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Trailered the truck back from the alignment shop today. Everything came out great :metal: They were just going to check to see if it could be aligned and it was looking good so they just tried to see how close they could get it. Turns out it aligned perfectly and I was told that it should drive great :burnout:

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Installed a one piece power window kit. I need to obtain the seals to confirm the shape of my templet. Otherwise the install was easy. Hopefully they seal nicely.

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Received my exhaust kit today. This is the next project.

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Man, it’s really coming along ����

What one piece window kit did you use? Is it power window?

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They are made by specialty power windows. They’re made in Georgia. Little expensive, but the quality is there. Yes they are power. The only thing I don’t care for are the 80’s style window controls the kit comes with. I’ll be changing those. Here’s a link to classic parts where I bought them.

https://www.classicparts.com/1955-59...tinfo/18-766B/

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Here’s a start to the crossover. I’m still waiting for my mufflers to see where everything falls.

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Spent most of the day today knocking out the exhaust. Mufflers were delivered around noon and hours later… an exhaust. The kit I used was 2.5” mild steel and a pair of borla mufflers. It sounds good :metal: Here’s a bunch of pictures.

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A few more pictures. I decided to have the exhaust exit the rear fender. I plan on cutting the exhaust flush with the fender and the paper ring will be chrome… maybe. :lol:

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Looks great, and the pictures are turned the right way!! Thank you for posting!!!