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Chief " i guess it turned ot ok" WRONG !!! It came out more then ok !! How she do on the ride up to the meet ?

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She did darn good. I rented a dolly from U-haul. Don't get me wrong, she runs absoulutely perfect.

Two reasons why I towed it this way. First of all I didn't want to "3-speed" it all the way there. I like to drive fast, and it would of taken me forever to get there. This thing really revs on the freeway. Niot sure it the rearend gears were changed at one time to a lower set or what. I never even checked the ratio.

Second of all, we would of had to take another vehicle for my wife and kids.

I towed it with the SuperDuty, and we all rode together.

I think what is next is the M22 conversion.

What do you run at on the freeway ??

John

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Hey John, are you talking about a muncie m22? If so what are you going to do about the shifter and the bench seat?

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Not sure yet. Probably a combination of linkage and seat modification.

There's got to be a simple way to get it in there....We will see.

I would prefer a 700R4...but $$$

John

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what do you mean about the shifter? i ask because when i got my truck there was a notch cut out for the shifter cause it is so far back. is that what you mean?

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700R4............

Why not get something like this? I'm still new to getting parts for these trucks but wouldn't this work well?

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/pts/332574157.html

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mine revs high too . When I go to Holister its Monterey highway all the way to Gilroy !!

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looks even better with the trophys sittin there

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I think I might go the 700R4 route eventually.

I like the shifter (with the 20Cal. round on it), just dont like the RPMS...


Took the wife over to SANTA CRUZ for dinner for our 8 year anniversery....frickn truck hauled ass over 17....ran good.

Temp actually got to 190 !!!:lol:

John

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Chief you went over the "hill" in "rock-a billy" ??? WOW! Man that will test your motor and your brakes , Congrats on your 8 years .

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HAPPY ANNIVERSERY:metal:

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Thanks Slepy and Grease....8 yrs doesn't sound too long, but they say if you last the first year of marriage, your doing ok.....:lol:

John

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thats what they say

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howdy there chief!! done anything new lately? or should i say have you had the time to do anything new?

John

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Not really...I've just been driving it. I have a small pin-hole in the radiator that the Rad shop missed....its dirty'n my engine up. Soon as I have some time, I'll pull it out. Anyway, other than that, it's done for now. I might rattle can it one more time. I plan for this September to take it to a show in GrassValley, then from there it will go under the knife for some bodywork up at my wifes cousins house.


John

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nice to know shes still goin and youre still driven her instead of sitting somewhere

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Yeap, I drive her as much as I can. At the moment, it's sitting at my folks house because I'm work'n on my mom's 91 Corolla trying to get to smog....It's been a pain to get that sucka to pass.

I could of "had" it done, but all it needs is a CAT, which was only $80...not too bad. The problem is the Magna-Flow replacement CAT for that car was manugfactured incorrectly...the flange pipes are too small. I went up the ladder and spoke with the tech/engineer @ MF. He said he would get right on it.

Anyway, enough about that.

I am cool with how the Chief turned out. All it needs is some attention to the inside of the bed, and of course some body-work and real satin paint. Hopefully by the end of this year, the body-work will be started.

Thanks again guys....


John

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thats why i hate smog cars

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE DADDYS HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Here are my two...kicking in the River...somewhere between GrassValley and Downieville....on MEMORIAL DAY....


http://i13.tinypic.com/4kx818k.jpg

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So...what else do I need for my Rat-Rod look ??

What am I missing ??

John

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Hey Bro, I think you nailed it !! If any thing maybe some cool retro ( Von Dutch style ) pin striping, white and red . Nuff said

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get rid of the red rims an get some 57 caddy hubcaps. i saw a bunch of those on our trucks at that car show i went to

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well i dont know about yall but i like to go off the grid from what everybody else is doing. i want something thats never been done before. like i have a new plan for my truck. a hotrod/ratrod builder friend of mine build a destroked 327 which was a 288 and was running 9's. now how would you like somebody to say "holy **** what you got under that hood" and you say a 288. i love strangeness.
John

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I dig what you are saying hewlwtt200200.I am going the Restomod,OR Lowrodder route.

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A trailer to haul it home on when it breaks down!:lol: :lol: :lol: