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I got my hands on a dana rear end from one of my old mans buddies, He is a hardcore camaro guy and had all this work done but when the time finally came he ran into some problems, Its already been cut down and has a heavy duty disk brake system. Ive always wanted to 4-link the truck but the rear end I had was crap and I didnt feel like spending lots of money on a crap rear end. Now I can jam some fat rims and tires in the back *yay*

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nice score , it does mean welding and repainting the frame though but it should be woth it

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What type of link are you going to use? triangulated or 4 link with panhard? Coil spring or shock wave/bags? I'm looking into this for mine as well so post pics....
Brian:cool:

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Rock on Man! What kinda gears are you going to run?

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Sound like a sweet deal and disc brakes too!!

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Here are some newer pictures, I finally decided I want to turn the motor on so I went and spent some money and have it almost to the point where I just need juices *oil, tranny fluid, antifreeze, fuel.* I also need to fit the new spark plug wires I bought and tighten up all the sheetmetal.

http://www.two40musclez.com/chevy/chevy1.jpg
http://www.two40musclez.com/chevy/motor1.jpg
http://www.two40musclez.com/chevy/motor2.jpg

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Looks like she's about ready to hummmmm!

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Coming along nicely. Do you have a time she'll be done yet? I'm shooting for the begining of '07.

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Lookin good man! I love to see her taking form again!

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seats yay

http://www.two40musclez.com/chevy/newpix1.jpg

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Nice seats. What are they out of? I'm fixing to buy some as well...

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haha you will love this, a garaged 87 honda accord

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Looks like some good progress 55ChevyPU!

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Whatever works! They look good to me!:cool:

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I thought they came out of a Honda. They are like mine. I'm planing on going without the head rest on mine. How the mounting going? What type of modification have you had to do to mount them? I think I'm going to have to use square tubing to mount them.

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the front mounts are angled so I bent them down to be 90 degrees stacked 2 pieces of square tube and bolted through the raised original mount part of the floor. Getting them where I wanted height wise was getting pretty annoying finally I stumbled on an old bed cross sill I had and it was just right. Ill take a couple pictures if you want. The head rests get in the way and personally when I sit down in a car I dont use head rests because im to busy keeping my eyes on the road. I am going to try and get the motor finished and do the motor break-in sometime during the next week or two.

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I am going to try and get the motor finished and do the motor break-in sometime during the next week or two.[/QUOTE]Sounds like fun! How close do you anticipate being finished?

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I went through the truck today checking all the bolts and fittings to see if they were tightened etc. All I need for the engine is a radiator hose so im gonna run down to pepboys tomorow, grab one, and possibly start the truck.

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Cool:metal: Hope all goes well!

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fired the truck up today the break-in went pretty good other than a few minor leaks here and there and even drove itno the garage under her own power!

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good job. thats half the battle.

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Sweeeeeeeeeet!

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Hey 55,

The truck is coming along nice. I have a questions, those new doors from brothers How is the fit? I'm thinking about biting the bullet and buying some new doors.

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id say the door fit 100x better than the damn fenders haha. So to answer your question the repro doors are really good just make sure you inspect them before you leave the showroom. I had to have them get a diff door because the first one they brought out had a big dent in it *OOPS* on their part.

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Thanks I now that gives me a reason to drive out to brothers.lol