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Well some of my new parts began arriving, looks that tonight might be a good nite of wrenching.....:lol:

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gotta love christmas time!!

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Oh Yeah!!!!!

I just received my original tilt column with column shift from Classic Performance Products.....

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Went by the body shop and took some picts of the progress!!!!

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looking good!Keep us posted.

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Here are some picts of the small block 400 getting cleaned to be repainted.... and the beginning of the reassembly of the motor....

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Looks like it coming along nicely! Keep it up.

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Some of the goodies that are going on the motor!!!

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If it all goes well I should have the truck back real soon.I am reassembling the new heads and all the accessories to my motor by the end of this week. Then the rebuild of the truck will start, I am going to do the inside of the cab first and work my way out. I will continue to share picts. Here is the progress so far on the firewall, antenna hole and inside of the cab. Enjoy..

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lookin good

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Great build Big Al!!!!

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I just loved your trucks color scheme. Can't wait to see how she turns out this time.

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Thank you!!!!

I am hoping that it will look just like a stock looking truck lowered with rims and tires but when it is running or when I opened the hood I want peoples faces to look like this >>>>>>:jdp:

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I have had a couple of hours free at nite to continue building the sb "400" while the truck is getting painted. We went ahead and installed the double timing chain,billett timing cover, torque the heads, lifters, push rods, roller rocker arms,intake manifold.We put the valve covers, carburator and air cleaner to just get a visual it is looking a hell of alot better. I am still waiting for doug thorley headers from nick which should be here this week. Once the headers get here I will be firing this bad boy up. I think the motor will be finished by friday nite..

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some more picts of the progress....

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few more picts...

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did you get the 650 carb???

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Yes I did , I got a Holley HP650.....

Here is a pict of the tranny painted, I am using this tranny for the time being it is a th350 with a shift kit a 3000 stall. I have a new dip stick from lockart and kickdown cable..

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I went by the body shop today and hopefully it will be finished this week. Here are some picts of the progress on the firewall.

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Here is the engine almost finished.....

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that looks good. do you know what type of numbers that should produce?

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we are thinking somewhere in the high 4's, not sure yet if I am going to get it dynoed or not, I am more into tuning it once it is in the truck then go from there. Based on the combination we have it should produce it for sure.

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Just went by the body shop today to drop off the new battery box, vertical supports, glove box door, glove box hinge, ash tray, accelerator pedal, I am getting anxious as all I can do is very much finished till I get the truck back in my shop. I took some more picts of the progress. I received my doug thorley headers today.
Patience is a virtue, I wish first of all that I had extra time to learn how to weld, paint and do bodywork. I totally dislike the fact of having to wait on someone else. The body shop owner is a good friend of mine for over twenty years and is only doing my truck because of that. He tells me that he wants it out more than I want it back, we will see.

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Well the truck is painted I am going to let it stay in the body shop over the weekend as alot of the small parts stil are not painted. I figure I would post some picts for those of you that like picts like me....:lol:

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oh my that's lookin' saweet!!!!