'72 chevrolet c20 custom camper build "Craig"

[swamp rat]

You have been busy.. I have been not so busy, but have been enjoying driving it for a bit..

[mcbassin]

Very nice work on the glove box door. I have never seen one torn apart like that. I ended up taking three tries on mine to find one straight enough to use. You have come a long ways in one year.

[Dean'smeanmachine]

Put an aluminum 82 Camaro radiator in to replace the leaky original one

[Dean'smeanmachine]

only took one modification , had to move the top passenger side mount 1'' closer in, thats it!

[Dean'smeanmachine]

got some nice shots yesterday, thought id share. she's runnin good!

[Dean'smeanmachine]

some artistic ones

[swamp rat]

Don't stop now, get some bondo and paint on that primer!

[Dean'smeanmachine]

hoping next summer to get paint on it! millennium yellow with old school flames

[Dean'smeanmachine]

Adjusted the Valves
ive got a little misfire ive gotta track down, i think the carb is the culprit

[sduckworth13]

Originally Posted by Dean'smeanmachine

Adjusted the Valves
ive got a little misfire ive gotta track down, i think the carb is the culprit

Good luck Dean. Truck is coming along nice.

[Dean'smeanmachine]

Im a stacks guy.....im getting close to building these. i mocked em up for now...

[Dean'smeanmachine]

Originally Posted by sduckworth13

Good luck Dean. Truck is coming along nice.

thank you

[rusty76]

I just went through your whole build and I am very impressed. Killer work.

[Dean'smeanmachine]

Originally Posted by rusty76

I just went through your whole build and I am very impressed. Killer work.

Appreciate that !!

[Dean'smeanmachine]

Working on the exhaust. i made the mount for the stacks. next i need to cut the hole

[Average Joe]

Truck is lookin great!

[Dean'smeanmachine]

Thanks Average joe

i finished mounting the stacks, and made a brace half way up the bed, also mocked up the other pipes, i think its going to work out pretty sweet. the exhaust should be hidden nicely with the frame

[Mustard72]

So with the stacks you're straying away from the tips you made a few pages ago? The stacks look pretty cool, too, though. Not a stack guy, myself, but they do have a cool look.

Good progress, too. You're kicking my butt with the build.

[swamp rat]

You'll need to post a sound clip when ya fire it up.

I cant tell if the exhaust pipe is mounted solid to the bed and the stacks, but keep in mind exhaust systems are rubber mounted for flexing, i would at least consider a 2' section of flex pipe in the system? I have never looked at a stack design to see how they addressed the issue.

[Dean'smeanmachine]

Originally Posted by swamp rat

You'll need to post a sound clip when ya fire it up.

I cant tell if the exhaust pipe is mounted solid to the bed and the stacks, but keep in mind exhaust systems are rubber mounted for flexing, i would at least consider a 2' section of flex pipe in the system? I have never looked at a stack design to see how they addressed the issue.

Thats a good question swamp rat, i think i will use flex pipe some where in the system

[Dean'smeanmachine]

Originally Posted by Mustard72

So with the stacks you're straying away from the tips you made a few pages ago? The stacks look pretty cool, too, though. Not a stack guy, myself, but they do have a cool look.

Good progress, too. You're kicking my butt with the build.

yeah, i changed my mind about those. im not crazy about stacks in general. but i made these to a point in which i really like. i dont like when stacks are peeking up from behind the cab, if you look in the pics, mine are well below that point, so from the front the truck dosent apear to have stacks, but when you come to the back you get a nice clean pipe in the bed, just my taste. LOL
thanks for following along with the build, you gotta get truckin on yours this winter!

[rgunlock]

Just had a chance to look through your build Dean. Man, I thought I had rust issues, but nowhere near the amount of work you've done on yours. Great job getting to this point on your build, plus yours is running/driving! Thanks for your comments in my build, and I'll be following yours now.

[gdavis]

cool pictures near the corn field. What size tires are you running on the ole girl. Looks like 265 R7016 I will be running 245 R7015 front and rear

[Dean'smeanmachine]

Thanks guys , yes r7016 Gdavis.


i finished the exhaust and started working on the drivers door

[Dean'smeanmachine]

she sounds perty good!