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Re: 1961 Chevy Apache My Beater
I love the “Ugly Snouts” for sure.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ght=Ugly+snout And it seems many people do. Different is good in this game.
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Just to give u guys an idea on how much I LOVE my 61. I sold both of these last week and never thought about selling the 61!! Before and after pics.
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Funny that.
Selling and not selling cars. My 66 C10, despite being in bits is not for sale, but I maintain that I am not attached to my toys. My Blazer is for sale at the moment as I have seen another interesting car.
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More FUN in the 61!! I have been working on assembling my longblock for my vw fastback. I was able to bring the engine home last Saturday, in style!! The truck ran like a champ despite the Heat. A good 45 miles round trip.
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Great pics. of your truck in action. Very cool even in your heat.
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Progress. Time for a rear end swap. Excited to get the rear 5 spoke wheels on the truck. My truck has a 3:90 rear in it. Figured since I was changing rear might as well get a better rear ratio. I look in glove box for factory code sticker. I pulled rear cover to verify. I just learned that the Ring gear has a stamp on to verify ratio.
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Always nice to use the 61 for work.
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Congrats. on your new to you rear end.
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What is the width of a S10 Blazer diff?
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The S-10 rear end I am using is 59” between wheel mount surface’s. Below is a diagram careful though I am no arteest, drawing not to scale, dimensions are correct though. There is a narrower s-10 I found lots of them they measure 54.5” between WMS’s.
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Thanks for the reply and info.
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Update.
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Looks good! What size tires and wheels? Let's see em on the truck.
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Progress.
In front of pass wheel tube. Behind pass wheel tube.
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Cool truck. Have any updated pics under the hood or the interior?
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Nope.
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Test drive today...So Happy with result.
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Really happy with the reader end swap. 3.90 rear gear to a 3.42 made a big difference.
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So good to have the BEATER back to work.
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Missed the last update as I was busy with dealing with life.
Your truck and attention to detail makes me grin here. Looking good working.
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Couple pics of panhard bar change. This happened at same time as rear swap.
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Borrowed a buddy’s air compressor.
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Put my favorite factory HOTROD steering wheel in the BEATER. 1958-1962 Corvette steering wheel.
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Capped my wheel tubes today. Before and After.
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Now that's a steering wheel I never thought of using, but I like it.
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