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Locking in the steering column, and a quick reminder of how far it's come.

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nice work man

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Looks great!

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When somebody says "nice truck", you can certainly take pride in saying "Thanks; it was Dads and I rebuilt it"! Really good and thorough work; looks awsome.

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Thanks guys!

Starting on the engine. It's a 307, but it was running fine when I parked it.

I got this intake manifold for $50.00 and had it bead blasted. He said he was sure it was clean, but I blew it out again with compressed air when I got home just to be sure there weren't any stray beads left inside.

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New intake manifold installed:

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New Holley carb, valve covers, and getting ready for motor mounts:

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New motor mounts: I tried to just jack the engine up to replace the mount, but I could not get it to line up with the brace. I wound up having to take the brace off, attach that to the motor mount, then attach the entire thing back to the frame.

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Thanks to LockDoc for supplying the missing pieces to my steering column.

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Starter cleaned up and installed:

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I was beginning to question whether this heater box would attach, but I heated up the rubber seal with a heat gun and put some weight into it and it went on OK.

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Painless Wiring Maxi Fuse and alternator wiring:

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Routing spark plugs:

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super nice/ clean work

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very nice work!

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Where do you buy most of your parts? could you give a some good websites, i know LMC, Summit, Classic industries.

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Everything looking super nice....Jim

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Thanks guys!

I try to buy as much as I can at the swap meets. I go to the Moultrie Ga
swap meet in November or February:

http://www.moultrieswapmeet.com/

I always look for Tim Christian or Top Banana.

www.topbananaparts.com

I get alot of it from E-bay.

I'm so frequent at O'Reily's auto parts on the corner that they tell me they missed me if I don't show up for one of the weekend days. Pep Boys or Advance Auto or Carquest will have things that O'Reily's doesn't so I try not to lock myself into one store. I've had to learn the same thing with Lowes and Home Depot.

Wes at www.classicheartbeat.com is always helpful.

I've bought from vendors on the site and from the parts board.

Summit Racing http://www.summitracing.com/ is one of my favorite places to order from because they usually charge a flat $9.95 handling fee instead of shipping and it arrives Fedex the next day.

Jegs www.jegs.com

www.manestruckparts.com

www.lmctrucks.com

www.brotherstrucks.com

www.inlinetube.com

www.stockinteriors.com

www.truckandcarshop.com

www.classicindustries.com


I'm sure I'm missing some. I try not to focus on what it's costing. I know I could have bought a truck that's already restored for what I'm spending, but this is a once in a lifetime experience, and I'm learning so much.

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I bought a distributor tune-up kit, but I wound up breaking a bolt while trying to remove the weights and center-plate, so I had to buy a new distributor. I think it's for the best. It was educational to learn about the module and advance curve kit, but it was an expensive lesson.

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I was having a hard time figuring out how to hook up the throttle linkage and kick-down cable. I finally went with this bracket from Summit Racing:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SPE-24283/

At first I couldn't make a Holley connector fit through the slot on the kick-down cable, so I tried a screw and nut, but that didn't work well so I used a dremel tool to make the connector a little bit smaller and then forced it through with some pliers.

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Very nice and great detail

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I took the gas tank to a radiator shop to be cleaned and I polished the outside some.

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New filler neck grommet thanks to Wes at Classic Heartbeat. New sending unit.:

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looking great !! keep up the good progress

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Nice job....Jim