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Thanks! And yeah Hopefully these kind of deals start popping up more often.

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I need to go shopping, I keep looking at those bumper guards and they keep looking cooler and cooler, maybe I'll go buy some blue paint and go to town on my bumper guards but I think I'm going to do a little bit of a twist and actually paint my bumper black :metal: since afterall my color combo is pretty much black and blue. :lol:

Any updates on the truck?

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Went to pick n pull saw plenty of cool parts for Lil red but I just walked away with a fun experience and a cool plate maybe get some next time. :chevy:

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:metal:

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Sucks you weren't able to find anything man, but I like that license plate, believe it or not I think I have one similar to that just saw the heartbeat of America, either way it's cool I expect to see it on Lil' Red in the near future :lol:

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That would look sick! :metal: If i didnt love chrome as much as I do i would paint my bumpers :lol:

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I hear ya man, everyone has the own taste and style so I understand fully man!! You keep the chrome I'll do the black :metal:
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So nothing has happened for a while on the truck. been busy with finishing up classes. And now just signed the paperwork for a new house and graduation really close There will not be any updates till after all is done so most likely towards end of month. But I made sure the new place has a good size garage and well its big enough for 2 so I`m excited for some long nights of wrench turning in the near future. Who knows the project might take a different turn and a deeper dive into the pockets with more room to work. :lol:

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Congrats on the house and upcoming graduation. Wow, having a place to work on your truck! I'm so envious! We'll be waiting when you get back after it!

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Thank you! and i will be glad to get back at it.

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I missed this posting congrats on the house and graduating school!!! :metal: I was just about to come and ask where's some progress haven't heard from you in a while and well little did I know your getting a house and graduating! That's a HUGE congrats man!! :metal:

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Thanks! Sorry it took so long to get back to you. And Well got settled in at the new digs. Now i just have to wait on my truck (sitting at fathers house for now) hopefully by the end of the month it will be here.

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It's all good man we all have lives busy, packed, and whatever else might come our way so no big deal bro! how's the tattoo healing up?

Hope it gets there by the end of the month man! Got to be wanting to do some progress. I still love that bumper guard you did, every time I go to my garage there sitting on my hood right now I'm like DAMN rollin thunder has the best idea! :metal:

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Its all healed up and ended up not needing a touchup. and yeah I`m itching to do some major work. I look forward to seeing those guards on sharkbite as well!

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Nice!! I need to get some of mine touched up, but looking forward to some progress man! Yeah well my bumper isn't even the right year but no worries they'll go on eventually no worries!!
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Well got some body work done! not much but It helped pass the time today I will post some pictures tomorrow or later this weekend when I get the chance.

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Woohoo!!!! :metal:

I was just thinking about your build the other day man glad to hear about the small update! :metal:
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For sure! ive been working on my new bike so thats kept me pretty occupied but its almost done then its back to the truck.

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Just got plenty of parts and believe it or not 5 250 six cylinders. supposedly 3 run and 2 dont even if none of them run between all 5 and the parts i have i can build 2 or 3. also purchased some chrome engine pieces and vent windows and frames as well as several other parts when i pick them all up next week I will post pictures. This truck needs to run again!

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I agree!! Oh wait, maybe I should get mine running again too :lol: sounds like you've made some really good scores here lately man, can't wait to see all the goodies you have!

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Yes! get that motor straightened out ASAP.

So I made the mistake of looking at parts and all sorts of goodies for the 250 for when i pick em up and start rebuilding one. I happened across some information about turbo charging one :metal: . If Anyone one has some input that would great!

I could not really find a general consensus on how to do this. Any ideas on best turbo for the job and would i need to worry about a more "turbo friendly" cam vs. stock. I was thinking a blow through setup would be best. If i could figure out a reasonable turbo setup seeing as i am building the motor i am in the perfect position to get correct internal parts.

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Um......a turbo 250 would be wicked!!! I hope someone chimes in, i'm sure it would have to be a custom fab up job just due to how our trucks are I could be wrong

Cam wise I would say go with a turbo friendly one for the fact it wouldn't be a pain to "control" and you wouldn't have to worry about a surge but again only my opinion I wish you luck on this journey my friend! :metal:

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thanks man. and I went ahead and posted a new thread on general discussion so hopefully someone knows something i know it can easily be done ive seen all over the net but really only people showing off haha.

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here is a link to the thread about turbo charging one of the 250s. If anyone is interested or maybe can help out! ;) covered some ground but plenty to go. can`t wait to pick up the motors and tear into this.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...01#post6367601

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if the weather cooperates will be picking up motors and all kinds of parts on monday!!

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are those engines??? yes they are, 5 of them actually! and some goodies as well! :metal:
sadly though the engine hoist crapped out on me yesterday so we moved them without a hoist haha that was fun

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Holy cow! 2013 was last time I posted?!

I hope everyone has been doing good and working on those trucks!

Well the truck has been sitting in the same spot since then up until a few days ago. I moved around a lot and bounced around different jobs and got married! Even moving into a new house house all we had was a carport. Due to city laws I couldn't keep my truck at my house and work on it. So I have been looking for a garage for a while now and finally found one.
Which means work can resume on Lil` Red after 5 years! I am ashamed of myself really.
I will post some pics shortly because everyone like pictures!

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Here is where the truck has been sitting. I lost the key for it so it was interesting getting on the trailer but we managed. Hauled it about 4 hours to North Little Rock.

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Welcome to its new home!
I washed it the other night but it was too dark to get any good pictures. when I go back out to install the new ignition cylinder I will get a few pictures then.

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Dang, how many straight sixes does a guy need?? I think a six build could be really cool..

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Cool. It's ready for it's second reanimation.

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You can never have enough! :lol: The guy we bought them from said we could have all of them for 300 or just our pick for 200 so i got em all. I think he was tired of them or something. I`ve seen some really nice six builds. plenty with a turbo setup.

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hell yeah!

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got the new ignition cylinder in and managed to find the factory radio delete plate. I`m gonna check the brakes and other systems then throw a motor in it so i can start driving it while I work on it.

I`m still going to take it down the frame and put a straight six back in it but I am going to drive it while I save up the money for getting the engine built. I also plan to save up for an air suspension setup.

The paint is so bad on it from the years that I think I can get the vo-tech school to do a paint job on it to help preserve the metal before it gets worse. then after I get the engine and other stuff done i will get a professional paint job done on it.

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Making progress

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Yup! Slowly but surely. I am looking forward to being able to drive it again.

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I Didn't want to spend a couple hundred bucks on a cheap Chinese engine hoist so i came across an old one.

It was missing one front leg extension, all the wheels where locked up missing some bolts and the ram was gone.

I have way less in it than a new cheaply made hoist. So now I can install the motor when I pick it up next weekend!

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ever consider or have a place to put a chain fall? I went that route instead of the cherry picker and love the dang thing.

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I would love to have a chain fall. Unfortunately where I currently have the truck I am not able to do that. I am renting a garage space from a relative until I find a garage of my own. The city will not let me work on my truck at my house since I have just a carport.

I do like those Roll around chain falls that some pick n pulls have.

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Well, we got the 305 back in the truck. Got the tranny and everything else hooked up. Next week, when I get the exhaust on I, will take her for a drive and get a short video.