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bruin_d 05-30-2011 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 67cheby (Post 4709164)
man i like that PB filler panel..makes me want to cut mine out and redo it ...LOL


Yes, it does look pretty sweet. Yours looks pretty damn nice too though. I still need to put the radius piece on to finish it but I wanted to get the blower fan hole all smoothed out first.

gcburdic 05-31-2011 08:46 AM

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looking good chief....now stuff that 402 back in and roll!!!!:D

67cheby 05-31-2011 10:15 AM

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Lol....

bruin_d 05-31-2011 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gcburdic (Post 4709661)
looking good chief....now stuff that 402 back in and roll!!!!:D

Thanks! As soon as my motor mounts come I am going to drop it in.

Wildstreak 05-31-2011 02:21 PM

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What did you decide to do with the brake/booster m/c? I would go with a nice chrome, it would match your setup and look great.

bruin_d 05-31-2011 04:22 PM

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What did you decide to do with the brake/booster m/c? I would go with a nice chrome, it would match your setup and look great.

I'm going to look at some stuff tonight and decide. Someone posted a nice billet one with a smaller diameter booster that I am leaning towards now. I'm also going to look into the frame mounted one to see how much work that would be.

jmedero 05-31-2011 09:50 PM

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I had talked to Justin at Scotts hot rod about the frame mounted one. Being that we are so low to the ground he was not sure with out modding the floor.
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bruin_d 05-31-2011 11:58 PM

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I'm actually looking at the under dash setup that he makes. Looks pretty clean.

jmedero 06-01-2011 12:42 AM

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That one is sweet.
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bruin_d 06-01-2011 04:43 PM

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I'm so tired of ordering parts, being told they would be here in 1/2/3 weeks, calling a week after promised delivery, AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T BUILT IT!! Its so f-ing annoying!!! This is about the 3rd time this has happened in the last 2 months.

Wildstreak 06-01-2011 06:26 PM

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tell me about it, try living in canada where it takes twice as long to get to you and costs double if not triple the cost to ship it 5 miles south of me lol.

bruin_d 06-01-2011 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Wildstreak (Post 4712337)
tell me about it, try living in canada where it takes twice as long to get to you and costs double if not triple the cost to ship it 5 miles south of me lol.

That would probably suck! I don't mind if it takes 4 weeks to get the stuff together but don't tell me its gonna take 2 weeks. Thats my main gripe.

bruin_d 06-01-2011 07:45 PM

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Just ordered this bad boy!!!

BlackTopMotors 06-02-2011 10:16 AM

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That'll stop it for sure. Is that a direct bolt up?

bruin_d 06-02-2011 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackTopMotors (Post 4713533)
That'll stop it for sure. Is that a direct bolt up?

I don't think it is. The guy I talked to said they usually weld up a little frame to mount it to. This way there are no bolts going through the firewall and the firewall doesn't flex at all. I'll post pics up when I put it together.

bruin_d 06-05-2011 08:02 PM

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Spent most of the time getting rid of useless wires and smoothing out the firewall. I still have some finishing touches to put on it but it looks good so far.

67cheby 06-05-2011 10:24 PM

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Sweet looking good

jmedero 06-06-2011 12:07 AM

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Are you going to have to use an electric wiper motor? Do you have to eliminate anything to fit it in?
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bruin_d 06-06-2011 12:17 PM

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Are you going to have to use an electric wiper motor? Do you have to eliminate anything to fit it in?
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Not sure. I saw someone on here put one in and talked about eliminating the wiper motor but when I talked to the guy at Scotts Hot Rods he said you don't have to remove anything so we'll see. I'll put pictures up when I do it.

jmedero 06-06-2011 02:03 PM

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Let me know how it goes. Justin over at Scotts knows his stuff. I would like to do one of these I just have not seen one on our trucks. I've seen it on other models.
Juan
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packrat42 06-06-2011 10:54 PM

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Damnit Man, This thing is bad a$$. :ito:

98L150 06-10-2011 10:35 AM

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the sub is looking good. cant wait to see more progrees.

bruin_d 06-16-2011 08:26 PM

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Well I finally figured out how the heck to raise the floor on my suburban. I've been looking and looking through other builds but there isn't many drop member ed suburbans out there to get ideas from. Instead of doing a round rear fender I decided to make a couple frames per side and box it in with sheet metal. My dad flew out from California to help me with it. He's the one working on one of the fender frames. I'm going to move the filler next into the side of the tank so I can use the factory filler next location. I'll post more pics as it progresses.

jmedero 06-16-2011 11:00 PM

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wow you took your entire wood floor out!! LOL. I was trying to keep my rear most part in so that I can build my raised over it and make a storage compartment out of it. Does that make any sense?
Truck is looking killer dude, keep it up.

jmedero 06-16-2011 11:01 PM

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Oh I am interested to see how you are going to do the filler neck for the fuel. I used my factory tank just mounted it on top of frame. I think the angle of the neck to the tank on my set up is going to be too sharp on my set up.


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