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Latest Update:

Going with an attic truss structure.
This will simplify the build and allow for a 12ft floor w/8ft collar ties the entire 22ft length...say storage baby! :metal:

Trusses arrived today, contractor 'might' work Saturday but most likely walls will be built Monday and trusses placed on Tuesday.

All other materials are also on site already, all the decking/roofing/weather tight materials...etc.

Any blazer progress?
Yes, picked up a 4spd tilt column for it.
Thinking it will be easier to install a 4spd shifter on the floor to deal with the 700r tranny.

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Wow! I am so jellous :uhmk::metal::smoke:

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Awesome dude!

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Damn you and Greg for your killer man-spaces. Glad to see you're making progress.

On the shifter...I gotta say the B&M cable shifter I have was super easy to set up. Shifts nice and looks good too.

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Yeah I agree, I was going to go cable eitherway, one of the best mods I ever did on my blue blazer.

Got a link/model number or something?
Are there any pics of it installed in your build thread?

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B&M Truck Megashifter link @ Summit

Here's a couple of pics installed in mine:

http://www.texas4x4.org/gallery/albu...2299.sized.jpg
http://www.texas4x4.org/gallery/albu...2300.sized.jpg

The pics aren't recent as I currently don't have a tcase shifter...just a hole in the floor. But I'm working on something cool.... :devil:

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Awe man...I have a white faced dash I was gonna throw out as a "check it out" surprise and here your already runnin' one! :lol:

Both look sweet, glad to see I made the right choices. :D

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I do have a B&M but it's a 3spd version, guess it's going over to the parts section now...

White faced dash I've been saving awhile just for this build.

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Looks like the same thing I have. Was using it on the TH350 and now the 700r4. There's a pin that needs to be removed on the shifter mechanism to let you ratchet down 1 more notch to work in a 4sp. Then all you need is a new label for the face...$10 or $12, I think.

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Excellent to know, thank you.

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I bought that from Summit, as you know, it's the same model as the 700R4's, with a different face plate. :)

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As of Sunday afternoon...

For reference, that's a 6ft ladder against the wall.

Trusses are scheduled to go up on Tuesday.

Man-space is almost here. :metal:

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So that is what clean concrete looks like, hmmm, mine is so covered with gear oil drip marks and spilled motor oil, etc - nice to see that concrete doesn't actually start off looking all stained.

Cool to see the progress!

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:mm:mmmmm manspace :metal::chevy:

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Already started moving my junk in...:lol:

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That looks awesome, Kurt. Whole new look for your domicile.

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Thanks, I like the way it looks too, adds to the house IMO.

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That looks awesome!! You must be pretty damn excited.

I wondered where you'd been this week, haven't seen you lurking much. Now I know...after everyone went home, you probably grabbed a beer and a lawn chair and sat in your new manspace. Or am I the only weird one to do something like that?

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That and my computer crashed, so surfing wasn't an option for awhile.

A variation of the lawn chair thing but yeah, all that. ;)

As of tonight! :metal:

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That looks like a pretty sweet mancave. Those higher side walls will really payoff

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The big blue Blazer looks right at home in there.

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Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

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WOW!! Tons of storage. Are you gonna put a loft upstairs or just use it for parts and stuff?

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Turned out to be the most efficient way, used 8ft dimensional 2x6's on a 16" footer w/double top & bottom plates gave me a 9ft 8" ceiling height.

Fits good, I'm looking forward to wrenching on it in there.

:lol: thanks Mark.

Just storage, there will be a 4'x4' gable end door on the driveway side and a standard size pass through door off the deck.

Can't wait to get all my trucks parts into one consolidated area...:devil:

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Looks good kurt...