Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

nothing like a little family bonding, cool truck.

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

That's what this website is all about.

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

It was a very busy weekend. On Friday, I went to the shop to finish assembly on the 350. Installed lifters, pushrods, adjusted the valves, water pump, fuel pump, exhaust and intake manifolds, and valve covers. Then loaded it up in the truck to transport it to Rowe. :chevy:

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

Then on Saturday, me and my Lady went up to Rowe, where the truck is, to stab the engine in.:metal: After fighting with it for awhile, trying to get the engine to line up with the tranny, we finally realized the v/c's were hitting the firewall. The tall one's will not work. I removed them and it went in like butter. I'll be ordering some short valve covers here soon. Here's some pics...:chevy: Nothing like good ol' quality time with your lady! You did great, Babe!

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

that motor, she sure is purty ;)
nice progress!!!
bet you can't wait to cruise together :metal:

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Lookin Good Guys! Wish I'd been there to help with the installation of that Bad Ass Bow Tie!

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

I thought the same thing when I saw the first picture of the engine. Then I thought maybe you hammered the firewall in to make them fit like other people have done, bad Idea IMO. Glad to see you are going with the short ones. To bad they didn't work, it looked really good with the tall ones. Keep Up the good work.

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

Nice work and pictures guys..
Joe she's going to be able to take you now at the line, so watch out..:metal::lol:

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

Good progress. That motor looks like a runner. It'll be cool seeing pics of his and hers trucks together. Do y'all have a color or look picked out yet? The only thing missing was the pics of shop supplies.;)

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Glad to see I'm not the only one that uses a spare tire for a part-time engine stand.....:smoke:

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

For a while it's going to stay the same blue it already is until all the patching and body work is done. She has a few colors in mind. She also wants to run the side trim so it will have a two tone pattern. :chevy:

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I got the short ones ordered already. We joked about hammering the firewall, but I would do that. The tall ones are going in my '73. :)

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Nothing works better to haul in engine in the back of your pickup! That tire actually saved our butts. When we first unloaded the engine out of the back of the truck, we were positioning the cherry picker in front of the '65 to push the truck under the engine. The truck rolls alot easier in the dirt than the cherry picker. Anyhow, while jacking it up the chain snapped:jdp:. Luckily, the tire was still on the ground right under. The motor fell from about 3 feet. Scared the crap out of us!! No damage was done. Thank God for them part time engine stands! :lol:

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

yeah, and steel toe shoes:lol:

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

Good job! What type of short valve covers are you getting? The same style or??

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

The same ones. She bought the matching air cleaner for it so we kinda had to get the same kind. I'm thinking about painting the black in the fins Chevy orange.

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Same - same when we were going from the engine dolly to the stand and had to make some adjustments to the hanger chains and leveler. Only dropped a few inches, but had to go change my shorts shortly thereafter.

:smoke:

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

Looks good Joe!

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

I run those V-covers but used the forward engine position. I was changing everything so it was easy at the time. Cool pics!!!!!!!!:metal:

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

Ya'll are doing an awesome job.:metal:

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Sweet! She is a lucky girl!!! If it turns out half as nice as your truck it will be bad a$$

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

great job on the 65 love this trucks to death!!! Cant wait to get my new 66 on the road soon!! take care brother!!!

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And I'm an even luckier guy! In the end, her truck is going to be way better than mine. She's already bought a bunch of new parts...stacked in the garage awaiting installation. She's a little pickier than me and she's not afraid to grab a wrench or some sandpaper and get in there. I'm really excited about seeing this one come together....

Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
 

Lookin good, Joe!

Life is good!

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I got the lower profile valve covers late last week. I plan on painting inside the fins Chevy orange. I seen a tv show a long time ago (I think Trucks when Stacy David was still the host) where this was done. He just masked the outer part of the v/c and then painted the top. Then, if I remember correctly, he used a rag with some kind of thinner to wipe the fins and logo clean. Anyone know what kind of thinner to use? Any pointers? I plan on doing the same to the matching air cleaner...