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Good idea!

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When is this event going on? And yes we do need another party!

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I'm in Myrtle Beach, S C. Our craigslist shows someone in Georgia with 67-72 parts including hoods (plural)

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So I am ready to get this thing going already. I may have a hood coming from a member on here so I am pumped to get this in my garage and do it some real justice. My child support should be paid off in a couple months. Woohoo! Is it ever really paid off? Well the police cannot take my license or threaten me in any way anymore. It's a good feeling. So my original baby will get some much needed attention. A new shop will be built in the back yard. Nothing real big just a place to keep my tools and all the junk in the garage. Then The Blazer will take it's rightful place in the garage next to the 58. Not sure what to do with the double wall extra top. Was thinking of cutting the front off for a half cab and using the back part for a shell on the 4x4. Thoughts?

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That's what I would do with a extra top. I have wanted a half cab for a long time. Not sure if it would be easier or harder with a double wall or single.
Congrat's on the garage, they are never big enough so make sure you build it so you can add on later. Making it tall enough for a lift later on is not that much more than standard height. I just love spending your money!

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It's been too long. I need to come see you!

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Come on over, I am here most of the time. Finishing up my Vega wagon for the HotRod Power Tour in June. Still lots to do.

I wanted to make a half cab that you could remove and fit under a cover in the back.

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I guess I better get this rig going. My wife says the only way I can keep all these classic vehicles is to let her use this as her daily driver. This was going to be my hotrod 383 4 speed Muncie posi sleeper. I guess it may turn out to stay the way it is... I still need to find a dang hood though. I had a few deals but they always fall thru.

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Well this thing may yet again take another turn. I just picked up a 1999 Trans Am with a 5.7 LS1 and a T56 6 Speed. So that and a 3.73 posi could be a blast. I found a free hood but it will need some work of course. What's a little work?

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Sounds like a fun ride!

I am in the middle of putting a warmed over 5.3 in the Blazer. Along with a new wiring Ron Francis harness. I have installed quite a few wiring harnesses but none as nice as this one!

Drop by sometime!

Dave

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Oh My! I will have to! How much are we talking for this harness? No Jimmy?

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Ron Francis wiring harness I got along with a bunch of other stuff years ago and just now using it.
I am using a FiTech port injected system for the 5.3.
I sold the Jimmy.
58 Belair?

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Yeah a 58 Bel Air My mom just up and gave me. 348 2 speed powerglide. Real nice car. Just got a new fuel tank for it as the old one is full of "something". Drove the 1999 Trans Am Donor home last night. 5.7 T56 Six speed. Should be a bunch of fun til I put the drive train in the Blazer.

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OK. So I have a new job. Goodbye Lowe's! I bought a new house and had to fix up the old one to sell and now the Blazer will have yet another place to go. I am still going to strip the TA for the drive train but I may drive the blazer around a while to get a baseline for the performance upgrade. That and I just want to drive the darn thing. I am trying to sell the dbl wall top and I thought it would go fast but I have only one taker and he is in Miami and taking his sweet time to come get this thing. UGH! I know this thread is called No Daggum Money but I think I have some now. I just don't want to part with it. HAHA!

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I parted out the Trans Am and sold the body. That means I have paid $700 for the 5.7 and T56 with the harness and other related goodies taken from the TA. Not a bad deal. They have 156,000 miles on them and I drove the car around for a while so no ticking from the engine and decent power. LOVE the 6 spd! I got the ICT motor mounts the other day and have began tinkering with the engine getting it ready to drop in the Blazer. I plan on working the harness myself and tuning this myself as well. Once it is running I plan on a cam and heads. We shall see. Pics on the way.

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I got the new motor mounts in the other day and am wondering what you guys put on the threads for them. Loc-tite Blue?

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Ok so the 307CI and 4 spd Saginaw finally sold for $660. So that means I have $40 that's right $40 into an LS1 and T56. Super budget! Now for the Nickel and diming! Turns out every part I want is $300 ! Shoot man. The engine is sitting in the truck now and I should have cleaned it better but I had to get it out of the bed of my 4x4 so I could drive it. What's a decent budget header for this Blazer? My F body manifolds don't fit on the passenger side.

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Here is what I have so far.

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I think I am going to take the low hump out of my 4x4 (after I take the body lift kit off) and swap the high hump back into it and out the low hump in the Blazer. Not sure about the position of the shifter yet. Somewhere I saw a kit to bring it forward a couple inches but I thought I might try it this way for a while. Obviously I am in no big hurry. I am ironing out my first standalone conversion wiring harness and am most likely going to use the stock relay/fuse blocks from the Trans Am. That way I have stock components and positions for replacement and it is all free including relays and fans etc.

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The 2010 Camaro exhaust manifolds work fine in my Blazer. What does it hit?
I finished my C50 finally.

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Well there you are. That is one fine machine. They hit the motor stand on the passenger side. Doesn't matter too much as I sold them already. They were 1999 Trans Am manifolds. I am thinking the headers for that same car might fit and be cheaper than the Speed Engineering headers but I could be wrong. Your trucks are getting very nice. I am jealous!

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These will fit https://www.ebay.com/i/223972809288?...kaArjAEALw_wcB
$150

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I ended up going with Speed Engineering long tubes as wifey said I could blow a little dough and reviews said they would fit. I also found a new Sanden SD7 for $100 delivered. I am wondering which bracket to get to install it though. LSX Innovations has a nice looking one piece bracket that I like. Some reviews of the ICT multi piece say they think it flexes under loads.
https://lsxinnovations.com/product/l...amaro-spacing/

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Well crud. The passenger side hits the flippen frame. I should have listened. I don't think it will take much to make it work. AH well. The pipes on these headers look so much bigger than I remember my Hooker Super Comps to have been. I am glad I did not get the 1 7/8". These are the 1 3/4".

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I "massaged" my frame to make the passenger header fit. The driver side bolts up fine and does not hit that "nub" on the block. I can now tell how long my O2 sensor wires need to be so I can button up the wire harness. Couple questions if anyone is out there.
1. Can I reuse stock mutli layer manifold gaskets for the headers?
2. I am using the stock F-body fuse and relay blocks. It seems one of them uses a large relay to turn on all the Positive wires going through the fuses. It is triggered by a Negative. Is there a terminal on the computer (1999) that I can use for this purpose?

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Driver side header.

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how 97.2% of all truck builds start! ha ha

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Ok so - I bought a 6.0L most likely an LQ9 from what I can tell. This thing was dirt cheap. And I mean DIRT cheap. I wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't. I can barely turn it over by hand with the plugs in it. The guy said it had 170,000 miles. The plug look like they are right out of the box. He said it was a 1998 5.3. I got it home and saw the 6.0 on the spotless back of the engine. There is no timing cover or valve covers or oil pan or valley cover or intake or sensors. A replacement crate motor was installed and this was left over. The timing chain has just a smidge of slack. It has 317 heads and he gave me the air box and engine covers (VORTEC MAX). The air box says 2006 6.0L. I did not think to check til I got home. SO - what to do with it? Pull the 5.7L? Will all the parts interchange? Is this thing going to nickel and dime me to death?

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So I started a new thread for the 6.0. Back burner build while I wait for parts for this Blazer. Also replacing some worn Gaskets on my other truck with some new fangle silicone type stuff. I figure the oil pan is silicone and it is still sealed up good even after the accident so why not.
I ordered a new transmission X member for the T56 as my old one was just cobbled together and was ok for the Saginaw but I am going to pound on this T56 pretty hard so I though it was good money spent. It was only $100 shipped and looks pretty stout. I know this build (if I can call it that) is taking it's sweet time, But I am not giving up yet.

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Here is the X member. More pics in this thread. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...75#post8783175

It slipped in nicely and fits great. Exhaust should be fine as well. The driveline seems about in the right place without the spacer. I will post final installation pics when the day comes.

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I am going to use the factory F-body radiator and condenser/fan unit and modify my support to fit it all. I monkeyed around a bit yesterday and I think I have come up with a pretty good fit. My rad support is a 69/72 model and should be a 67-68 so I can experiment with this one and do final modification to the correct model when the time comes. I am going to try to use as much of the factory AC as well except the Sanden compressor will be utilized. The bracket for that is not cheap and with my Sanford and Son mentality, It is hard to plink down the duckets for such an extravagance. I guess the rest of it was cheap enough. Pics to come.

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any updates? Curious to see how your transmission crossmember fits.

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Sorry for the lag. I set the cross member up in the frame and set the trans on it and it fits pretty good without the spacer provided. I have not yet cut the holes in the frame as I was just so happy it fit. The trans is a little high and hits the tub tunnel towards the rear and right where the cover will be. I have seen where some have just cut this area but I am looking at possible shifter options because I really want the old Hurst Feel of a quarter stick but my current shifter is B-M and is solid with no way of bolting on my old stick. I thought I posted pics here but will get some soon. I also have been working on installing the Trans Am stock master cylinder and think I have come up with a solution and have it pumping dry right now but with a custom shaft to the cylinder I think it will be just fine. What a mutha to figure out the angles though. Nice part is that if it goes haywire down the road I can just go to the parts store and boom I'm back on the road. No special order Wilwood stuff. I just got a new job and I am deemed "Essential" so small back burner for this but I will snap some pics in the next couple days.

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So I am a slacker but am getting ready to do some work. I know I know. Some pics of the crossmember. Not fully installed as I have to take it out and get it powder coated but still a GREAT buy and a GOOD fit! The exhaust may get changed out before I fire it up but the member leaves ample room for the duals.

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Not much progress with my new job making me study micro organisms and highly complicated multi faceted algebraic problems. I did order a Tick remote bleeder kit with the one man type bleeder. I have not installed it yet, but it looks to be of good quality. I know I have to address the rusted rocker box in the pic but I was thinking that might be a retirement job. I just want to get out and drive this thing. It's been 14 years since I've driven it and that rust has not migrated much. It sits in a garage now though.

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I installed the Tick bleeder system and would recommend it to anyone. It is long enough to fit right back in the clutch master so BAM! I don't even see this system making a mess at all when bleeding the clutch. I am still wrestling with spending any money on this project. This is probably the most I've spent in years. I have that LQ9 sitting in the corner and was thinking that when I sell my rental property I just might splurge and top the LQ9 with a MAGNUSSEN. Sleepy thread pending... That should cure my spending thriftiness.

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Well I finally installed a proper Flip kit in the rear and am ready to order a driveshaft. I am thinking 3" aluminum. There's one on ebay by Coleman Racing for $380. Sure would save me some time.

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Well my ebay flip kit was crap and the U bolts stripped at 130 lbs torque. Guess that's better than during a burnout. I was thinking of matching them up at the junk yard to some stock GM stuff or having some custom made. I guess not finishing this quickly may have saved me some injuries.

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Alrighty. I am getting back on this and I need you all to get on me for updates. I think my torque wrench is broken or does not work upside down. I also went to the junk yard and cut a section from a 2007 Denali fuel tank to get the fuel pump mounting ring that I hope to graft to my existing poly tank. I found a fella on Ebay that will make stainless rings with bolt holes to sandwich it to my tank. I also picked up the pump from the Denali. I think it should work ok and seems like there is enough room under there. PIcs to come. If the Denali pump does not work, I will try a 2010 Camaro pump. Should plop right in. Stay tuned. HAHA

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Here's what I have so far.Attachment 2338220