The Snortin' bull

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Powertrain in between the rails, now time to correct past poorly located engine mount brackets and install trans c- member.

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Brake line tab's on frt frame rail's.simple but important.

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Been metal patching the original shifter hole in the high hump,fab in and weld in reinforcement gusset's into rear frame kick up this past week.Post some current pic's soon.

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crossmember modded to fit on x frame and installed, new engine mounts installed.

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Added gusset plate's to rear kickup area of frame.finished the high hump will put in new floor shifter hole when shifter come's.

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All smile's in gettin' some sun.

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Insulating the cab. Heat and cold in Seattle area change's constantly.

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Mounted rear bags on fab'd in mount's.Viaair 400 compressors and tank.May switch to dual tanks though due to interference when truck is layed down.Mounted auxillary battery rack also this day.

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It was a hot warm day,perfect for refitting the seat upholstery and a good cleaning.Painted the frame work and track's on the original bench seat.

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Fitting the LMC replacement floor mat .It has plenty of extra material for trimming. On the dimmer switch is the rubber cover from early starter motor floor mount switche's.I did buff off the chev emblem in the center since it is now in my GMC.

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Accuair speedswitch installed and setup.the Bull has some lung's.Alot easier than manually trying to air up.

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Fabrication of a mount for accuair control's.

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fuel pump installed. started some plumbing for engine.carb installed.modified original throttle pedal pivot and lever.fabricated throttle linkage and safety return springs.oil line for guage pack installed.

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started plumbing for brakes.on a full bagged suspension alot can go into how not pinch or interfere with anything when the suspension has some much travel.

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initial rear line to hose starting to mock up.

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no fancy leather headliner here.Just natural patina.

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some power steering plumbing routed and in place. These loom's are nice for plug wire's from Made For You product's.

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The Bull patiently waiting to come out and play.

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Plug wire's in loom's.Added a boot with trim around shifter.

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Mounted up new dual needle air gauges I received from bagriders. After mock up of several different and common gas tanks for these trucks I chose to modify and use a first generation Ford Mustang gas tank.Using a Stewart And Warner adapter plate for a universal 0 to 30 ohm sender for the stock guage.And modifying the original sender to be only a pickup tube for fuel.

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Set up the classic instruments sender kit to fit the tank.

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After a stack of different pulley combo's a match is made.A few shims on bracket's we now have alignment.Fan spacer and fan.Now a load of belt's and match them into this and a shroud. Considered going electric fans though still sticking to a plan and theme.Budget $ and use what is in the garage.

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Another extended summer day in Seattle.Finished mounting adapter plate in fuel tank for S&W sender.Painted tank.Support frame work fab'd in for tank .Mounted in at the end of weekend after painting support frame for tank.

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Fuel tank mounting.

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Finished plumbing, Fuel line's done.Brake line's done. After a stack of v belt's got a set to match.