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gcburdic

10-28-2011 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Graham57a (Post 4977616)

If you could hook me up with a deal on that housing I would be the happiest guy in the world. We are definitely gonna have to use a different one then what we have now. I was just checking out some of the pictures that I have and it is way shorter then the original housing. I'll shoot you a text so you have my number. And I'm not getting home till about 7 tomorrow and my dad is gonna be at the speedway all day so I'm gonna have a night alone with my truck :) I'll be at the speedway Saturday tho

Plans for tomorrow night: Go to the parts house and get a heater core, install the heater box, do that mod to the steering column and install the column, fix my brake pedal, and get the motor and trans bolted together. I need a cherry picker, which I don't have, to install the motor and trans so I am gonna have to wait till my dad's friend is home so I can borrow his. Which means another weekend:waah:

We'll chat tomorrow about the housing....since it is a 68, it'll be a little more narrow than a 72 (the 72 housings will be 1.5 inches wider than the 68)....but no worries, I see guys use these all the time in their 71-72 builds...gives ya a little more room for wheel backspacing....BTW...you'll need to get 5 lug conversion axles too (due to the width of the housing)....what did ya do with your other housing??

Graham57a

10-28-2011 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by gcburdic (Post 4978029)

We still have the other housing. It's out of a busch east car so my dad will use it in a car that he builds. But the thing that sucks is that my brakes bolt directly onto the housing that we have so I'm not sure how that's gonna work with a stock housing. The brakes are made to go on a housing like the one I have

franky69c10

10-28-2011 06:35 PM

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lookn good bro

RCbowtie69

10-29-2011 10:27 AM

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Looking good,you have made alot of progress,it's nice to see color on it.Keep the pictrues coming & keep on truckin' :metal: :cool:

Graham57a

11-01-2011 10:35 AM

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Thanks guys. I only had a few hours to work on the truck this weekend. I did manage to get a couple things done tho. I got the gas pedal done, the steering column mod done and installed, motor and trans bolted together, and I got my heater core installed and the box mounted to the firewall. I was to busy working to take any good pictures but I did manage to snap a few cell phone pictures.

Also had a great time at the Good Guys show. Sold a few parts and made a couple bucks to hopefully either get my seat covered or get paint on the inside of my fenders and bottom of my hood. Here are the couple pictures that I took

Graham57a

12-12-2011 01:22 PM

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Hey guys, it's been a while since I've been on here. There has been some progress on the truck, just not as much as I would like. Being in college is really proving to be nuisance when it comes to a big expensive project like this. Since I last updated the forum the motor has been installed, we solved the rear end issue, and a little more work on the interior has been done. I will take a million pictures for all of you picture addicts when I get home tonight. If I don't have them uploaded by tomorrow night, feel free to post the dreaded "This Thread Is Worthless Without Pics" comment. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, I know I'm ready to get home and see my family.

gcburdic

12-12-2011 07:19 PM

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:lol: it's been too long...you have got to be home by now!!!....so
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hope this semester has gone good for ya...that college degree will help you land that job to help fund these projects!!!:metal:

Graham57a

12-12-2011 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by gcburdic (Post 5061536)

Holy cow, I just got home. Haha, it's dark in the garage so I will take pictures tomorrow. Patience is a virtue Geoff :haha:

gearys 5600

12-12-2011 09:13 PM

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Good lookin truck, need more pics..

Cheyennekid

12-12-2011 09:31 PM

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Thats one sweet ride cant wait to see how she turns out building one my self will be posting pics soon.
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gcburdic

12-12-2011 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Graham57a (Post 5061683)

Patience is a virtue Geoff :haha:

They teach that in college???:lol:

Graham57a

12-13-2011 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by gcburdic (Post 5062079)

They teach that in college???:lol:

Haha, not at all. Here are your pictures, as promised

Graham57a

12-13-2011 01:34 PM

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Graham57a

12-13-2011 01:37 PM

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Graham57a

12-13-2011 01:42 PM

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last few

Graham57a

12-13-2011 01:46 PM

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Alright here's what's goin on in the pictures. The motor is bolted in but we had to make a trans xmember cause someone stole my original one. So the trans is just sitting on a piece of square tubing which is why the motor is tilted back so far. When the xmember is complete it won't look so goofy. Also the wheel that is bolted on the rearend is just a mock up wheel off a super late model. It's only a 16.5 but I wanted to see how far I could get it tucked up there. The way it is shown, the pumpkin is hitting on the bottom of the bed. Also the spindles are off an old cup car but they don't have enough drop in them so there's a good chance those are gonna change.

VA72C10

12-13-2011 04:14 PM

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Looking great!!!

RCbowtie69

12-13-2011 06:35 PM

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Looking real nice,just keep turning those wrenches,you have made some good progress on your project,keep on truckin' :metal: :cool:

Graham57a

12-13-2011 07:21 PM

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Thanks guys. I almost finished installing the steering column tonight. I hope to have most of the steering done and possibly be able to start the motor before I head back to school. I'll be home until mid January so I have a little bit of time to work on her. Stay tuned for more pictures of my progress

gcburdic

12-14-2011 12:39 AM

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Whew...thanks for the pictures G....love the progress!!!:metal:

67cheby

12-14-2011 06:29 PM

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looking great !

longbed67

12-14-2011 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Graham57a (Post 5060997)

I feel ya on this I spend enough on each year of school to build a completely custom 10sec truck with all aftermarket parts. And the prof's feel that your breaks are time for them to assign homework for the next semester... BTW Nice work on the truck it's coming right along.

Dieselwrencher

12-14-2011 09:19 PM

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I just read through your build thread, and you're doing a great job! I love how nice everything has turned out. You'll definitely have a sweet truck when you're done with it! Keep up the great work!

Graham57a

12-16-2011 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher (Post 5065209)

I just read through your build thread, and you're doing a great job! I love how nice everything has turned out. You'll definitely have a sweet truck when you're done with it! Keep up the great work!

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looking great !

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Whew...thanks for the pictures G....love the progress!!!:metal:

Thanks everyone for the encouragement. Just sent the rad support off to Fluidyne radiators to have a custom radiator made. Also working on saving up some money for a set of polished headers. There has been a little bit of progress. Mostly sand blasting and painting

Graham57a

12-16-2011 03:55 PM

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Graham57a

12-16-2011 04:01 PM

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couple more

Graham57a

12-21-2011 09:03 PM

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Here are a few pictures of my recent progress. The first few are a track bar mount that we made. It will bolt directly into the frame and the track bar will run to the left rear of the truck arm

Graham57a

12-21-2011 09:07 PM

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Ran some fuel lines, got a new thermostat housing, and put on belts. As soon as the radiator gets here it should be almost time to start this girl up.

Graham57a

12-21-2011 09:10 PM

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Finally, does anyone have a cap for a steering box that they don't need? I somehow misplaced the one that I had and I need one. Here is a picture of my steering box

VA72C10

12-21-2011 09:17 PM

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Nice progress!

Graham57a

12-22-2011 10:45 PM

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Little more progress today. Got my headers in and there were some issues with clearance so I had to take out the motor mounts and cut out the spots that touched and make little channels to fit the headers. I am gonna get the motor mounts re-powder coated when I get the hood hinges and latch coated. Also the track bar and bracket are at the nickel plater along with the U bolts, master cylinder cover, and a few other small things. Making progress slowly but surely :metal:

Graham57a

12-22-2011 10:48 PM

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Last few, you can kinda get the idea. Sorry for the blurry pictures, stupid camera doesn't know what to focus on. I'll take some better ones tomorrow

mcbassin

12-22-2011 11:03 PM

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This is a great project! You have came a really long ways in a very short time frame. It will look better than a new truck when you're done. Subscribed.

gcburdic

12-23-2011 12:04 PM

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looking good Graham....are the plugs wires gonna clear the headers ok?

Graham57a

12-23-2011 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by gcburdic (Post 5079710)

looking good Graham....are the plugs wires gonna clear the headers ok?

It should be close on a few but I'm not sure. I don't have plug wires yet so I can't tell. And thanks for the kind words. All this time at home, I've gotten most of the work done that I can do so I'm almost at a stand still until I can save up some more money. I think the last thing on the list is run the fuel lines and figure out the center link.

Graham57a

12-23-2011 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mcbassin (Post 5079010)

This is a great project! You have came a really long ways in a very short time frame. It will look better than a new truck when you're done. Subscribed.

Thanks man!! I'm really enjoying it and learning a lot.

Graham57a

12-23-2011 04:34 PM

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looking good Graham....are the plugs wires gonna clear the headers ok?

Here are some pictures. Let me know what you think

Graham57a

12-23-2011 04:37 PM

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Couple more for kicks

gcburdic

12-23-2011 04:56 PM

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Looks like a couple are gonna be close...I'm sure your Dad will help ya but probably add some heat shield/ sheathing to those plugs....also, if you haven't already, maybe add a little anti-seize to those header bolts and spark plugs:D

RCbowtie69

12-27-2011 10:06 AM

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Looking good,nice work on those motor mounts bracket,keep the hard work up & the pictures coming. :metal: :cool:

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