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any time man. I bet i can even find something for you to do around here :)

btw, i was going to ask you if you got your seat cover (is is just a blanket?) thing from anywhere special. I think it would look good in this old beast.

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Man when we loaded it I thought it was complete !! Looks like it fell apart when you unloaded it !!!:lol::lol::lol: J/K makin' better progress than me ;) Bob

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:lol:, I've got a soft spot for this year model......

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Levi,
.....head on over to Ebay, type up sarape and there you go! I was able to scvore two of them for a little under $30.

I used hog rings to keep them from going anywhere.

and yes, a nice little Mexican blanket action would look right at home in there!!!!!

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Those colors will look killer in that thing... :ito:

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ya know..i wasn't going to say nothing but since bob did i have to...

i think this truck is trying to mock Fords, cause they are so good at falling apart!! lol sorry, had too

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Better keep after it I'm starting to catch up !!! I'm sure your's will be driving long before mine though ;) Bob

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i'm having some issues getting my steering column out. go check this thread for details and pics:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=331949

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I don't have a clue !!!

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not sure, but i was looking at the 48 i just bought and it almost looks as if it was just pressed on there i saw no set screws or anything on mine levi.

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hmmm, well this may be a bit of a problem until i get a torch then. not that big of a deal though. I have plenty to do for now.

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wait?! you picked up a '48?? where's the build thread man? :)

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ill be getting there. i bought it about 2 days ago from a junk yard. it was about 2 seconds away from the car crusher and i couldnt let that happen. i dont plan to do much of anything with it right now aside from trying to see if i can get hte inline 6 to run, other than that down the road i may pick up an s10 frame from the salvage yard i work at and convert it to that and bag it. s10 frames can be bagged fairly cheap.

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Very cool cant wait to see another one of your build threads..

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Very nice project you have there.

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Awesome build. My son's '67 long-step (remember from last summer's meet) wasn't going to be started this summer due to finances, but you've got me inspired to start it anyway !! I can do the cleaning, painting, & bodywork for not much money...

He's leaning towards the new camaro color "Hugger Orange Pearl" along with the factory white or maybe white-pearl. What do you think ??

http://image.motortrend.com/f/future...ront_right.jpg

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i think that color would be badass on a 67. The factory white sounds better to me, but pearl might look good too.

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ok, i got a lot more done tonight than i had expected. thanks to my buddy matt who showed up around 7:30. by about 10 we had the rear end nearly out. Unfortunately my wife works tomorrow, so we had to stop hammering and grinding. But on a good note, she works, so i get all day in the garage to myself.

Here's a pic of where we ended up. The only thing holding the rear in is the drive shaft. The damn U-joint is rusted in place, but a good few whacks with the hammer should take care of that. If not, the cut off wheel is coming out and the driveshaft will get cut.

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa..._rearend/1.jpg

Today at work i drew out some plans for the trans X member I plan to build. This is draft 1, and i already have some changes i'm going to make. it will be made form 2"x3"x.25" tube, but i'm going to lay it on its side, and am going to blot it to the side and bottom of the frame instead of the top and bottom. That way I have more room for exhaust.

Oh, and i found steel shop today. Going to get 2 bars of .125"x6"x20' for boxing the frame and then a 24' stick of 2"x3"x.25" for the X member and some other stuff I planned.

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa..._rearend/2.jpg

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and bosses wonder why our productivity is so down!!!! must be because we're all day dreaming about rusty trucks?!

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mid-day break...

the rear is out, all un-needed brackets are removed and an un-needed crossmember. I think over the last 18 hours i've ground and punched out 30+ rivets. i think i'm about done with rivets now. uhg, wait, i have to do the trans xmember yet....

anyways. I also repaired one of the rear braces for the running boards. It was cracked, so i ground it down and welded it up. I only have flux core wire right now, but after a quick grind it doesn't look bad. I need to do the same on the other side too.

I'll post pics later tonight.

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after getting the rear out and all of the brackets, I took some time to clean up the frame. wire wheeled the whole thing and it looks pretty good. here are some shots from that whole process.

my daughter wanted to help, so i handed her the wire brush while i took a Mt Dew break.
http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...r_engine/1.jpg

Made some progress on the whole height issue...
http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...r_engine/2.jpg

And here's the broken bracket i was talking about.
http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...r_engine/3.jpg

Like i said, i just have flux core wire right now, and these will never be seen, so i was pretty quick with it.
http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...r_engine/4.jpg

here's my try at hiding my bed and clip from the neighbors...
http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...r_engine/5.jpg

And the clean garage before i messed it up again cleaning the engine.
http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...r_engine/6.jpg

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so then after that i started to work on cleaning up the 402 i'm dropping in this thing. got one side done, then moved to the other side. I was wearing my safety glasses the whole time, but what i failed to realize is that the second side was still pretty moist with oil and grease. This is the result of that "failure to notice"

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...r_engine/7.jpg

but, in the end, i ended up with this for a nice clean engine:

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...r_engine/8.jpg

and then in primer:
http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...r_engine/9.jpg

and then in paint. (i just leave the camera on auto, but it's chevy orange)

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa..._engine/10.jpg

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So we say your daughter but who's the white kid against the wall?

Trucks looking good!

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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That might be a ghost, just like the one in your thread Kevin.:lol:

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That's the night crew that's getting all the work done !:lol::lol::lol::lol: LOL Bob

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mr and mrs clause are constantly making out in the corner over there... they really aren't much help at all. :)

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Great progress! I think I have 4 good running board brackets if you need them.

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Levi looks good bro...keep up the good work! :metal: Where the h*** have i been during all this?! LOL

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Great progress Levi!

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well, the trans mount... well really the MC kicked my butt today. what a pain in the ass it is to pull the MC. i need some damn air tools is what i need. time to go search craigslist. :)

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I don't know where the hell I've been or how I missed this one! Nice lookin build.

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looking good, but i still say that motor is missing some chrome... ;-P
and chrome makes it go faster anyways...

good luck, maybe we will both have our projects done by the same deadline!:metal:

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I've had my project for a week. How long have you had yours? :devil:

I should be able to come up this weekend and help get it stopping and get a firewall in there.

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Levi it is coming along very nice! I think I have some short chrome BBC valve covers you can have if you want them. And that BB is definitely not a tall deck. Tall decks have 2 thermostats in the intake manifold and usually have an odd vibration dampner with cast pulleys. I can't believe that truck was in IOwa! You definitely lucked out with that truck!

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thanks man. you'll have to stop over some time in the coming weeks to check it out. I'm going to start shopping for parts next week so the UPS man is going to know me by first name pretty soon :)

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I also love your body parts hiding spot! I'll see how things go. I am in the middle of trying to get my car done by April 4th, and it is torn apart farther than your truck. :(

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Yup and your banker will hate you for taking all his money away !!:lol: Bob

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so speaking of banker...

I placed my order with Scotts Hotrods today. I will be getting their super slam mustang II IFS, power rack, brakes, under cab booster, BBC mounts, rear super slam 4 link, step notch, bags, and shocks.

Should be here in a couple days. right jeph?? :) more like a couple weeks.

I started boxing the frame tonight after picking up some steel this afternoon. I have 4' on both rails tacked in up front, and will tackle more tomorrow. I really need to find a torch so i can make light work of the under cab cross member, but i'll get to that soon enough. I have pics, but will save them until the end of the weekend.

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and ordered a bunch of shinny parts from summit... Engine should be going together next weekend with a test fit to mark where the trans x-member will go and how much floor needs to be cut.

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looking good.