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05-22-2024, 05:04 PM | #201 |
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Re: 65 Fairlane pro-touring build
Finally got off my butt and now l have a big ole hole to fill.
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06-01-2024, 05:11 PM | #202 |
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Re: 65 Fairlane pro-touring build
Driver side minitub is coming along. Decided to fabricate the rear piece of the wheelwell after wasting a day trying to beat the stock piece into submission.
Found out my new belt sander has a whole lot more power than my old one. Got careless and it grabbed the piece I was cleaning up and wrapped it around the lower roller. Had to partially disassemble the stop to get the piece out. .
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Re: 65 Fairlane pro-touring build
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06-01-2024, 06:53 PM | #204 |
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06-20-2024, 06:38 PM | #205 |
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Re: 65 Fairlane pro-touring build
Despite a one-week side trip to NC to get the Powermaster unit for our GN rebuilt, there's actually been some progress on the Fairlane. The driver side minitub is pretty much complete, the new trunk drops are done, and the trunk floor is taking shape.
Before the trunk floor can be finalized, I had to mount the '87 Blazer EFI tank. I wanted a mount that was removeable - just in case, but the way it had to fit in there meant no conventional straps. The rear of the tank was already sitting on a 1" ledge so I fab'd up a cross bar for the front. It has tabs that bolt into captive nuts on the subframe rails which will make it easy to drop out in the event I need to do so. To hold the tank in place, I machined four keepers that positively locate and clamp the tank pinchweld seam. When I get the remaining trunk floor panel measured, bent and in place, I'll cut an access panel into it so I can easily remove the pump. Those of you that kept up with my last truck build may remember I failed to do that and was rewarded with a trip home on a U-Haul trailer. Never again. .
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06-22-2024, 03:03 PM | #206 |
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Re: 65 Fairlane pro-touring build
Trunk floor continued. I'm not sure this is going to work out the way I have in mind. Need to think about it while doing some 12oz elbow curls.
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Re: 65 Fairlane pro-touring build
Decided the panel covering the gas tank would look a little better if all the sides sloped downward so I used CAD (cardboard aided design) to assist with the fitment.
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