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That is gong to be one nice truck!
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thanks man, i'm a working on it each day, I wish it was done already :)

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That is good! It'll be driving before you know it and then youll say what do I do now lol?
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LOL, i'll have to start working on my 67 then ...

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That's a good thing to "have" to work on haha
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Nice work! :metal:
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Thanks!!

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finally... got my doggone drop spindles in... will install tomorrow...

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Got my Western Chassis flip kit in today... plates made out of 3/8" steel, perches are very solidly welded and thick steel.

Wanted to install spindles/flip kit today, but I'm down and out for the day...

Get a load of this kidney stone I passed this morning, WTF? looks like a friggin 22 bullet... SUCKED BIG TIME!!!

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HOLY SMOKES MAN! That looks excruciating. I hope you are doin okay now. Yeah I think I would be done for the day too. I had my wife look at that and we were both like WOW!

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LOL yeah my wife said holy sh*t wtf is that? LOL
I've had 15 or 20 kidney stones over the last few years so you get used to them...kind of LOL
i'll be back on my truck tomorrow though :)

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Your truck is coming along great, you seem to be doing it the right way. I just ordered a set of 2.5 drop spindles today. Are you going to cut the springs at all. I was thinking of just using the spindles up front, I don't want to drop it too much.

When did you retire, I was in Arty for 22 years.

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thanks.. what kind of spindles did you go with?
no i'm not going to cut my springs, just spindles, and the flip kit on the rear.
i didn't retire, had to get out from combat injuries/disability. when you say arty, you mean artillary right? gun bunny?

i think you PM'd me asked about the drop shackles i have right?

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psssshhh, this is what i'd like my truck to look like... but flat black LOL

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That is what I am going after as well. That is one of trucks that I am modeling my truck after as far as the stance.

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Yea, lol Artillery.
I think the 2.5 inch I got are from JDM, they had free shipping so they were a little cheaper. I plan to replace every thing in the front end when they come in. I was the one that PM'd you about the shackles. I think I am going to put a set of those on first and see how 2 inches looks before going lower.

I like the stance of the truck above, it's not slammed.

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yeah, I like that blue truck's stance... perfect for me... but I think it has a flip kit n the rear, so 2" won't be anything..

send me a PM with your address, and we'll see about sending you those Belltech 2" drop shackles

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ordered up a Painless(painful) Wiring harness # 10205 from streetsideauto.
Kinda expensive, but we'll see what it looks like when I get it, hope it's not a sh*tty one...

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Was your harness not in very good shape? Did you end up deciding on putting the 327 in your truck?

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almost the whole harness front/back, engine compartment and in the cab was totally eaten up my rats/mice/squirrels whatever...

i looked into the 327, i think I'll stay with the 455 for now, only because it will be cheaper to put the 455 in, but I do want a 327 one day :)

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almost the whole harness front/back, engine compartment and in the cab was totally eaten up my rats/mice/squirrels whatever...

i looked into the 327, i think I'll stay with the 455 for now, only because it will be cheaper to put the 455 in, but I do want a 327 one day :)

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nice goodies you got bro!! :metal:

sucks to hear about the stones, hope you feeling better now man.

Looking forward to some progress here in this coming week!! :metal:

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Got my tie-rods assembled.
Installed Lower ball joint grease boots with my home made installation tool from electrical conduit parts... 1.72 cents....

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NICE!!!! :metal:

Love it when you can use something simple to make it work right on bro! :metal:

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Got my Mcgaughy's 5x5 front disk brake kit today, came with everything except cotter pins... now I have all the parts to put the front suspension together, should be a good week for progress...

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one more...

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sheesh... can't believe it's been a year and 2 months since I started this thread... hope it doesn't take another year to finish :)

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Inline tube parts came today...

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Ooooo pretty!!!! I like all the goodies!! :metal:

Can't wait to see those progress photos bro

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Let me know how well those fit. I ordered Right Stuff lines from Summit and they could have been a little longer but I may them work.

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will do... how is your truck coming? updates?

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Supposed to start on rocker this week and then going to blast the cab. From there I think firewall and door jams are getting trimmed in and probably paint the interior. I hope.

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cool... did you get on that painter and tell him to get a move on?

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I need a good TH400 for my truck, any opinions of places to get performance transmissions?

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Well if you still have the th400, I would see about getting it rebuilt and have them build it up. Might be more cost effective that way.

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Can't help you here but I have a new TCI 400 that I have never got to use. The reason being that I had it on the garage floor at my old bachelor pad and then we got a big rain and my garage got flooded. Ruined and never got to use it. Still have it though. Maybe I will buy a rebuild kit for it and have someone put it together.

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If not I got a good shifting 350 Trans that's in my 78 shorty I will sell ya
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has to be for a BOP bellhousing pattern... I have the 455 Olds motor going in mine...

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I was given some help from the owner of Drive Train Specialists. http://www.dtscustom.com
The owner made my day on a 9" complete rear end assembly for my truck. posi, 3.25 gears. so in a couple of weeks, I'll have a really nice rear end for my truck, can't wait!!!!

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Nice man!!!! That's great news!!