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Thanks guys. I'm just waiting on the stuff for the track bar to come back from the plater and I can put that together. My radiator should be here before the end of the week and then I can get goin on that. I'm really excited to show everyone this radiator. My dad helps out this company called Fluidyne by selling radiators for Late Model race cars for them so they completely gave me this all aluminum custom radiator for free. It's gonna look sharp:metal:

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Fluidyne builds some nice stuff!!! Can't wait to see it!

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Great work! Do you still need a cap for your steering box? I've got one I think. Nice score on the radiator. I have a fluidyne in my Vette and it works awesome!

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Thanks, yea I do still need a cap for the steering box. That would be awesome if you had an extra one that we could figure something out on. And I'm pretty excited about the radiator. I should be getting it hopefully later this week or the beginning of next week. I figured if they work well for a race car they gotta be alright for a street car

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I'll check in the AM but I think I have a box I can rob one off of for you.

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That would be great!!! Thank you

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Got my stuff back from the nickel plater. Everything turned out really nice, here are some pictures.

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i am not typically one to say this kind of thing but.....NICE LOOKING REAREND !! LOL

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Hahaha, thanks for noticing. It's basically a race version of a Ford 9 inch. They run them in Nationwide cars and busch east. You can get a nice one around these parts for a couple hundred without hubs, axles, or a gear.

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the plated parts looks super nice also !

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Great looking parts! Do you know if the 73-87 steering boxes are the same? I couldn't find one I had laying around for sure that came off a 68-72. But I have a few 73 ups. If they're the same, I can send you one.

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Those are looking good Andrew....I especially like your rear (end)!!!:lol:

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I'm not 100% sure but it looks like it's the same box. Anyone else wanna throw in their 2 cents? If you want we can figure out a deal on it and if it doesn't fit I can send it back?

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I'll get one off for you tomorrow and send it to you. If it fits we can go from here.

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Awesome!! Thank you so much, you sir are a life saver

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Not much progress today. I spent the majority of my time cleaning the garage. Here are some pictures of the little bit of progress I made. I got my bumper buffed out and mounted my plate and park lights. I ran into a little snag tho. I discovered that my long front bumper brackets are actually for a 67-70 and my bumper is 71-72. The set I have is powdercoated and are in perfect shape. If anyone has a set of 71-72 brackets that they would be willing to trade, that would be awesome. I don't expect them to be coated, just straight and not pitted. Here are some pictures of my progress

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Truck looks awesome!! Im really jealous of those spindles, theyre badass!! Have awesome brakes and zero bumpsteer, haha. I thought about changing mine over to 5x5 since I have old race 9 inches laying around, but most of the 9 inches I find are offset so it would be hard to make them work. That quick change you had in a few pics would be pretty badass in there too. With those monster calipers, that thing will definitely be fun to drive. Plus you can adjust the panhard bar if its tight or loose, hahaha. Its definitely a super clean truck. I was wondering, do you still have the original 68 grill and headlight buckets? My grill is straight, but the P.O. rattle canned it black, and my headlight buckets are dinged up, so I would need to get new buckets and chrome the grill, but if you still have yours, its already all done. Let me know

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Thanks man!! It would definitely be cool to put the tiger in one of these trucks but that's a pretty penny, haha. Plus it would be a ton of work to make a floating rearend work. You know I might end up using a different set of spindles if you think you could use the ones that are on it. Also I sold my original grill at a swap meet for 10 bucks.... It was kinda cheesed up, plus I didn't have any use for it and I didn't wanna haul it home. About the headlight buckets, I do still have the original ones if you want them. I can take some pictures maybe tomorrow and send them to you

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I have 6 lugs so I think I'm going to do either drop spindles or the 88-98 spindles with 6 lug rotors. If I was keeping this for myself I would def go that route, but I'm trying to keep it cheap and effective. I wish we could run super late model stuff on our cars, would make setup much easier. I would def be interested in the headlight buckets if they are in good shape. Let me know, I can PM you my email address
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By headlight buckets you mean the bezels correct? Or do you mean the actual buckets that bolt to the core support? I have the bezels if that's what you are interested in. Go ahead and PM me your email and we can go from there

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Not much progress. Almost finished mounting the brake lines and fuel lines. Also threw on the front calipers and figured out that they interfere with the lowers so we are gonna have to put some spacers behind the hats to move the brakes away from the spindles. Also cleaned up the motor, looks kinda purdy :metal:

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nice, everything looks super clean !

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Looks nice! We have that problem on our race cars some times. No need to space them out, get a big slugger and give the lower a few good whacks until they have about 1/2 inch there. It shouldnt take much, or heat it up and tweak with a cresant wrench.

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Not much progress today. Ripped the old seat apart. Looks like the foam is gonna have to be replaced. I also found most of the build sheet. Not that there are any cool options on this truck but still kinda cool to have.

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Did some craigslist shopping yesterday and ended up with this. The woodgrain is original to the tailgate, just pulled it off for cleaning. There is zero rust in this thing, just that nasty dent at the top. Looks like a job for the old slide hammer to me. Let me know what you guys think

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Nice!!! They make replacement letters for that wood band if you're missing one? Or if they're pitted...

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Slide hammer with an L shape on the end instead of a screw
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Thanks!! No they're all there and really nice. I took some of that eagle one metal polished and shined em up, they look really nice. VA, you'd probably know the answer to this. Did they ever make Cheyenne trucks without side molding? I was thinking about doing the tail light bezels and the tailgate with all the trim but I don't really want to put all the side molding on. Was there a chance that Chevrolet ever made a truck like that?

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I think the slide hammer my dad has is just a rod and a hammer. We will try and get it as close to perfect as we can with just metal cause filler in that spot would chip away so easily and then it would look cheesy.

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I believe I've seen some solid color without it but not sure if it was factory or not....but I do know back then they weren't into "packages" like today so you could realistically order a truck any way you wanted...

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Very nice and clean looks great !!

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Thanks man!! I'm really looking forward for the summer so I can spend some time working and making some money to get things goin on this girl.

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Looking good on your build & the progress is making headway.Keep the pictures coming & keep on truckin.:cool: :metal:

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I like it! Nice work on everything...:metal:

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Thanks guys. I'm home for spring break but I don't have the money to do very much work. Tomorrow I will be tackling some of the body work on that tail gate, pictures will follow. One more thing, does anyone have pictures of how the stock shift linkage for an automatic goes together?