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We had to sand everything off my first painter did also. He painted right over metal with no primer and had dirt all over in the paint. I know how that goes at least now your on the right path.

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My salvage yard score.... brand new leather seats....

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Those are very nice looking seats what did they come out of?

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They came out of a 2016 Jeep Patriot. They have power driver seat and both seats have heated seats. I couldnt pass it up for $25 a piece.

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Whoa!!! $25...nuts

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new 4x4 wheel hubs, cleaned up rotors, high heat painted valve covers, new shorty headers with independent dual exhaust, new shocks, and newly refurbished factory steering wheel. Also my stock 18 inch wheels im thinking of using. what do you think?

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Glad you are getting the paint done, needs to be as awesome as the fab work you have already put into it.... Silver Wheels will be great contrast with the red..Looking good.... hang in there your in the home stretch...Ed.

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ok I need opinions. Ive got the intake off and cleaning the heads and block up. Im thinking of painting the intake. Red or black? also I got the coils and brackets cleaned up and painted.

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You could buy these covers for a 03 yukon denali with a 6.0. They cover the intake and could plus hide the wiring. I put them on mine and my buddy put them on his 5.3.

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Thanks Jason, that looks pretty cool. Ill have to look into it.

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No problem your work looks nice. My 6.0 came with the covers and I liked how they covered the intake and coils.

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painted the intake.

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more paint

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Looks good like the red color

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more progress.....I think

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Ok i have a quesiton. im getting all new dual exhaust put on at the muffler shop. im going to eliminate the cataletic converters and im thinking of putting on glass pack mufflers. any thoughts?????

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That should work!

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Power train paint looks great! Glass packs always sound good

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I will have to deal with the oxygen sensors somehow.

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very nice project.

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thanks. It has been a lot of work. Im excited to get it finnished.

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Muffler shops usually have weld in bungs for o2 sensors to screw in. Your doing a nice job so far I like all the work you have done so far.

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Thanks Jason, the muffler shop is welding in the bungs for the o2 sensors but im trying to find out if I can eliminate the rear set. I know I have to keep the front set. I need to find some software that I can reprogram the computer for different things like tire size, rear o2 sensor delete, etc.

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Just read through the whole blog, great job so far. I'm starting something similar, but I'm going to lower mine. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post8055452

I really like the solution for the firewall. Once I get to that stage I will be doing a ton of measurements! What other major issues have you run into so far that I need to keep in mind while doing mine? Just looking for some input.

Thanks in advance!

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A little more progress.

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Great progress coming together nicely!

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Wow, what a build. And only about 45 minutes away from me! What color red is that? I'm also eager to see what you do on the cowl panel to tie the two-tone together. It's looking great!

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If I had to do it over again I probably would not have went with the tahoe factory air box and used vintage air instead. I just really wanted to incorporate the dual heat and air into the 72 chevy truck. The downside is that it takes up all the room behind the dash and you have to relocate almost everything in the dash panel. There wont be much of a glove box area either. I am building a custom center console to house everything that that was in the dash before. I did start a console already but have decided to scrap that one and went with a whole new design. Ive been working a lot lately and only have a few hours a week to work on the truck. And on top of that we leave today to go on a cruise for a week. Ive rebuilt several of these trucks and they are fun to do, but this is the first conversion I have done. Im just learning as I go and hope it all is killer when Im finished. If you have any questions just ask and ill help anyway I can.

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So did the shop paint everything at the same time or in pieces as they progressed? I am about to start spraying and worried about panels matching a week apart.

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The shop did paint everything in pieces and the paint matches perfectly on all panels.

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Your build is looking great, looks to be progressing wonderfully :mm:

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Thanks Larry.

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Time to start on the front support.

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The color is gm victory red. The cowl will be all white except for the 2 outer edges and they will be red.

And thats cool your so close. if your in the area give me a hollar and stop by sometime.

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Well i havnt had a lot of time to work on the truck too much the past week but I have got a little done. I blended the tahoe and the truck radiator supports togather, I installed my power windows and power locks, my door glass with new tracks and new window vent assemblies. I also got the steering colum, brake system, pedals, etc. installed in the truck. I love the power windows and the power locks. they are super fast. I should have the hood back in the next couple of days so I can see how far off my fenders, and front support are. Also test fit the front end with the old grille just to see how it fits. I didnt want to scratch up the new grille just yet.

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Great progress looks awesome. What power window and locks did you install?

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I used the Electric-Life Power Window Kit. I ordered it from summit racing. It was super easy to install. Litterally took 10 minutes to install both sides. As for the power locks I ordered a pair of UNIVERSAL HIGH POWER DOOR LOCK ACTUATORs and installed them. Super easy as well.

Just a FYI....I orderd the universal power windows kit from autoloc. They claim it fits the 67-72 chevy trucks but it required too much modification to make it worth it for me. I abandoned them and ordered the electric life kit. Best thing I could have done.

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Was just curious. I used nu relics power window kit and made my own door lock kit.

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got the hood back.

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more progress. tomorrow I will put the tailgate latches, rods, handle, etc in.