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Do you have a sport bumper on that long bed?

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Wow, he sure must have laid on the sparkles thick! What some people are able to conjure up amazes me sometimes. :uhmk:
Considering we went to the moon in 69, my guess is the PO really was patriotic. Unless he just recently painted it and isn't the origianl owner -. yikes

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I made a polishing video for my friends on another forum. The sound quality sucks, but I didn't ave a video camera and my friend did. If you have any questions about supplies or equipment, shoot me a message and I'd be glad to answer anything you need to know.

-JOsh

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I hate mornings!! I work second shift and it's so hard to motivate myself to get up early and get anything done. I pulled the right front wheel of and polished it. I also had to replace 3 of the wheel studs.

-Josh

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Nice work on the wheels!!

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Looks well worth the hard work!!!

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I finally got back on point and swapped the engine and trans out of the S10 Blazer and into the 68. It's only setting there for now, but atleast it's in.

-JOsh

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coming along great nice work

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looking good so far

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i think this was Charlie Sheens truck....ITS GOT TIGER BLOOD !!....NO REALLY HONESTLY YOU MIGHT HAVE THE MOST UNIQUE TRUCK I HAVE EVER SEEN ON THIS BOARD !! amazing work polishing the wheels out !

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Not too much progress on the Tiger clad beast, but I picked up a sweet hood for $40. It's in much better shape than the original one, AND it doesn't have glitter on it!!!

-Josh

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I'd like to thank "t korinek" for the dash section he cut out for me. I got around to installing it today.

-JOsh

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And here it is mocked up with dash panel and glove box door.

-Josh

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I bought a Power booster from ebustos and I put a Corvette style master cylinder on the Captain today. To my surprise, the original lines fit the new master. I thought I'd have to mix and match brake lines, but I just had to take a few bends out of the brake lines to strectch out to compensate for the booster.

-Josh

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awesome! lookin good.

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My own build thread depresses me. I really haven't done much to my own truck. Today, aside from getting a wicked sunburn, I tackled a few things on my path to roadworthiness. I robbed the seat tracks from the bench seat and attached them to the driver's side bucket seat from my S10. I had to fab up link to connect the adjustment mechanisms.

Then, 2 good friends came by and got me really motivated. They fabbed up a battery tray from my rotted out tray, even making a battery hold down bracket. I have mounted the aluminum radiator, and replaced the radiator hoses and the serpentine belt and tensioner. With the battery in place, and the wiring rerouted and loomed, we fired up the beast (open headers!!) and burned off some of the paint on the junkyard headers.

I know it's still got a ways to go before it glitters down the street in the Florida sunshine, but I feel a lot better about the progress we made today.

-Josh

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A little bit at a time will add up.
If it helps, you can copy/take my avatar to use - I'd get a different one.
It's Captain America's symbol, would go good with your thread/build.

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Here's the after picture of the engine compartment with the battery trau and the wiring loomed and rerouted.

-Josh

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Does anyone know if it's possible to push the steering column closer/ further into the dash to give me more room in the cab. Being 6'5", I could use all the room I can get. Thanks.

-JOsh

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yes there are a couple threads on how to do it

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:agree:
you collapse the shaft between the bottom of the column and the steering box.

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and move the neutral safety switch, Eric did it on ES67 build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=330869

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Josh, Here are two threads on shorting. Check the second one first. Truck looks great man!!!!!
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=309895
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=191143

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man I think what you are doing is very nice work and I will keep watching,,,by the way the zoo called and they want your dash cover back their tiger is cold with out it, ha-ha

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what engine mounts did you use to for the v6 to fit in there?

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I"m not running a v6. I"m using the Serpentine brackets and pulleys from a 4.3l, but they're mounted to a sbc 350 with vortec heads.

-Josh

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now that I look back through the threads I see that it is a v8 sorry i have also done the serp swap on my truck from a v6

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That is one wild looking truck, both inside and out! I think its cool and funky, but I don't blame you for wanting to make it a little more stock. The glitter is so heavy i thought it looked like dirt until I got a closer look!

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I don't think it's a good deal at all!! I tried to shorten the steering shaft, and ended up pulling the entire steering column out of the truck. If I had known, I would have done this when I had the front clip off the truck. My other problem is I didn't measure anything before I pulled it out!!!! Oh well, I"ll try again and see what happens. Thanks for everyone's advice and assistance.

-Josh

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Not sure why my other post was here....weird? Sorry for the issues you're having.

I'd just collapse the shaft and then it moves up and down fairly freely...bolt it to the rag joint and to the column and with the column loosely mounted move it to where you want it then bolt it down tight inside and outside...

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Well it was fairly simple. Just never having done one before had me second guessing myself. I replaced the rag joint while I was in there, shortened the column by about 3-4 inches. In the before picture, the dash panel isn't secured, so it's dangling about an inch or 2 out from the dash. In te after pic, the dash panel is properly mounted.

Thanks for everyone's elp and advice.

-Josh

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After the steering column, I mounted my 2 14 inch electric fans.

-Josh

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I think that column is great I always set to close to it.

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I bought some new rear tires and started checking out my brakes. 3 of the 4 wheel cylinders are leaking, and the right rear wheel seal was pouring. Local parts stores don't really have the parts I"m looking for to make my repairs. I found the left rear wheel cylinder, and that's the only one not leaking!! Snyone got any leads for parts?? I"m keeping the 4-wheel dru setup for now, until I decide to upgrade to 4-wheel disc.

While replacing the wheel seals, I found out my rear gear is a 3.73, but not a posi. The new tires are 275/60r15 BF Goodrich Radial T/As. I have a pair of 235/70R15's for the front that I need to have mounted. One of these days, I"ll polish the right rear wheel!!

-Josh

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Try rockauto.com. Member Bmerdoc told me he just got all new 4 wheels worth of drum brake parts off there for cheap...

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Thanks for the head's up. I got everything I needed for $38.00!! I swapped out the wheel cylinders. Of course, the only one that wasn't leaking is the one that broke the brake line. I both star adjuster wheels on the front axle were frozen, so I got those too.

-Josh

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My dad got some cool Low-back bucket seats for his 59 Chevy pickup, so he handed down his old racing seats. I installed them, and then we trailered the Captain to a friend's shop to get the exhaust installed. I've got the long tube headers and Magnaflows with pipes that will exit in front of the rear wheels. When I get the other bed installed, I want to run the exhaust tips through the bedsides in front of the rear wheels.

Two things that are bothering me. #1. When I replaced the hood, I broke the part of the old hood that latches into the hood latch assembly, and I can't find anywhere that sells it. After I broke it off, I realized it was attached to the plate that comes off with 4 bolts.

#2, I've had my truck running, albeit with open headers, but it fired up every time. Today, the truck fired up, but then fizzled out, like someone was unplugging spark plug wires one at a time. I verified 12 volts to the distributor (HEI), even swapped out the coil, and eventually swapping out the entire distributor with a known good distributor, and still no spark. Any ideas??

-Josh

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#3 With the key off, I have 6 volts running through some wires, and it's killing my battery. The previous owner literally twisted wires together and wrapped them in electrical tape. The ignition wires about 3 inches off the switch are taped up that way.


-Josh

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I got my truck back from my friend's house, albeit with a gas can on the passenger seat and a long hose running to the fuel pump. Thus, my next question.

I"ve been searching relentlessly for a fuel tank to mount between the frame rails, behind the differential. My problem is the dimensions. I"ve sen the 49-52 tank swap, a Mustang tank swap, the 21 gallon Jimmy/ suburban tank swap. My framerail dimensions are 27wx24lx10d as the space available for a tank. Every tank I've seen is too wide. I don't want to drop $300-$500 for an aluminum tank. Any insight/advice from those who have done the swap already??

-Josh

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I just pulled the trigger on the poly 21 gallon tank. Thanks for all the help and advice. I"ll post pics when I install it.

-Josh