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Old 12-28-2011, 08:44 PM   #176
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Re: 72 Cheyenne Super First Project

I'll get one off for you tomorrow and send it to you. If it fits we can go from here.
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Old 12-28-2011, 08:48 PM   #177
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Awesome!! Thank you so much, you sir are a life saver
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Old 12-29-2011, 08:19 PM   #178
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Not much progress today. I spent the majority of my time cleaning the garage. Here are some pictures of the little bit of progress I made. I got my bumper buffed out and mounted my plate and park lights. I ran into a little snag tho. I discovered that my long front bumper brackets are actually for a 67-70 and my bumper is 71-72. The set I have is powdercoated and are in perfect shape. If anyone has a set of 71-72 brackets that they would be willing to trade, that would be awesome. I don't expect them to be coated, just straight and not pitted. Here are some pictures of my progress
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Old 12-29-2011, 08:21 PM   #179
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Old 12-30-2011, 11:37 AM   #180
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Truck looks awesome!! Im really jealous of those spindles, theyre badass!! Have awesome brakes and zero bumpsteer, haha. I thought about changing mine over to 5x5 since I have old race 9 inches laying around, but most of the 9 inches I find are offset so it would be hard to make them work. That quick change you had in a few pics would be pretty badass in there too. With those monster calipers, that thing will definitely be fun to drive. Plus you can adjust the panhard bar if its tight or loose, hahaha. Its definitely a super clean truck. I was wondering, do you still have the original 68 grill and headlight buckets? My grill is straight, but the P.O. rattle canned it black, and my headlight buckets are dinged up, so I would need to get new buckets and chrome the grill, but if you still have yours, its already all done. Let me know
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Old 12-30-2011, 05:38 PM   #181
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Truck looks awesome!! Im really jealous of those spindles, theyre badass!! Have awesome brakes and zero bumpsteer, haha. I thought about changing mine over to 5x5 since I have old race 9 inches laying around, but most of the 9 inches I find are offset so it would be hard to make them work. That quick change you had in a few pics would be pretty badass in there too. With those monster calipers, that thing will definitely be fun to drive. Plus you can adjust the panhard bar if its tight or loose, hahaha. Its definitely a super clean truck. I was wondering, do you still have the original 68 grill and headlight buckets? My grill is straight, but the P.O. rattle canned it black, and my headlight buckets are dinged up, so I would need to get new buckets and chrome the grill, but if you still have yours, its already all done. Let me know
Thanks man!! It would definitely be cool to put the tiger in one of these trucks but that's a pretty penny, haha. Plus it would be a ton of work to make a floating rearend work. You know I might end up using a different set of spindles if you think you could use the ones that are on it. Also I sold my original grill at a swap meet for 10 bucks.... It was kinda cheesed up, plus I didn't have any use for it and I didn't wanna haul it home. About the headlight buckets, I do still have the original ones if you want them. I can take some pictures maybe tomorrow and send them to you
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Old 12-30-2011, 10:15 PM   #182
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I have 6 lugs so I think I'm going to do either drop spindles or the 88-98 spindles with 6 lug rotors. If I was keeping this for myself I would def go that route, but I'm trying to keep it cheap and effective. I wish we could run super late model stuff on our cars, would make setup much easier. I would def be interested in the headlight buckets if they are in good shape. Let me know, I can PM you my email address
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Old 12-31-2011, 02:55 AM   #183
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By headlight buckets you mean the bezels correct? Or do you mean the actual buckets that bolt to the core support? I have the bezels if that's what you are interested in. Go ahead and PM me your email and we can go from there
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Old 01-04-2012, 04:56 PM   #184
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Not much progress. Almost finished mounting the brake lines and fuel lines. Also threw on the front calipers and figured out that they interfere with the lowers so we are gonna have to put some spacers behind the hats to move the brakes away from the spindles. Also cleaned up the motor, looks kinda purdy
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Old 01-04-2012, 04:58 PM   #185
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nice, everything looks super clean !
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Old 01-04-2012, 04:59 PM   #186
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Old 01-04-2012, 06:25 PM   #187
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Looks nice! We have that problem on our race cars some times. No need to space them out, get a big slugger and give the lower a few good whacks until they have about 1/2 inch there. It shouldnt take much, or heat it up and tweak with a cresant wrench.
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Old 01-05-2012, 09:44 PM   #188
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Not much progress today. Ripped the old seat apart. Looks like the foam is gonna have to be replaced. I also found most of the build sheet. Not that there are any cool options on this truck but still kinda cool to have.
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Old 01-15-2012, 04:56 PM   #189
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Did some craigslist shopping yesterday and ended up with this. The woodgrain is original to the tailgate, just pulled it off for cleaning. There is zero rust in this thing, just that nasty dent at the top. Looks like a job for the old slide hammer to me. Let me know what you guys think
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Old 01-15-2012, 04:59 PM   #190
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Old 01-15-2012, 05:01 PM   #191
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Nice!!! They make replacement letters for that wood band if you're missing one? Or if they're pitted...
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Slide hammer with an L shape on the end instead of a screw
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Old 01-15-2012, 05:07 PM   #193
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Thanks!! No they're all there and really nice. I took some of that eagle one metal polished and shined em up, they look really nice. VA, you'd probably know the answer to this. Did they ever make Cheyenne trucks without side molding? I was thinking about doing the tail light bezels and the tailgate with all the trim but I don't really want to put all the side molding on. Was there a chance that Chevrolet ever made a truck like that?
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Old 01-15-2012, 05:09 PM   #194
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I think the slide hammer my dad has is just a rod and a hammer. We will try and get it as close to perfect as we can with just metal cause filler in that spot would chip away so easily and then it would look cheesy.
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Old 01-15-2012, 06:16 PM   #195
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Thanks!! No they're all there and really nice. I took some of that eagle one metal polished and shined em up, they look really nice. VA, you'd probably know the answer to this. Did they ever make Cheyenne trucks without side molding? I was thinking about doing the tail light bezels and the tailgate with all the trim but I don't really want to put all the side molding on. Was there a chance that Chevrolet ever made a truck like that?
I believe I've seen some solid color without it but not sure if it was factory or not....but I do know back then they weren't into "packages" like today so you could realistically order a truck any way you wanted...
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Old 02-09-2012, 09:49 PM   #196
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Very nice and clean looks great !!
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Old 02-12-2012, 05:46 PM   #197
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Thanks man!! I'm really looking forward for the summer so I can spend some time working and making some money to get things goin on this girl.
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Old 03-11-2012, 09:48 AM   #198
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Looking good on your build & the progress is making headway.Keep the pictures coming & keep on truckin.
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I like it! Nice work on everything...
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Thanks guys. I'm home for spring break but I don't have the money to do very much work. Tomorrow I will be tackling some of the body work on that tail gate, pictures will follow. One more thing, does anyone have pictures of how the stock shift linkage for an automatic goes together?
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