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Well, she’s done. Came a long ways in 2 short weeks


Done:

Washed inside and out
Removed old homemade overload springs
Removed tow hitch
Painted rear and front bumpers
Sanded and painted the rims
Knocked out the dents (as best as I could)
New 7-15 power king highway ii bias plys
New seat cover
Cleaned the inside
New water pump
New thermostat
Flushed fluids
New valve cover gasket
Flushed the oil and changed it
Masked and painted the tailgate letters
40 series flowmaster and 3” end pipe
Original shift knob
door handle flying saucers

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Pics

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Looking good

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Perfect touches. What a beauty!

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I like the way someone ruined your glove box door ? Nice work !

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Looks great, nice job!

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awesome work in a short amount of time:metal:

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Looks great. Now... drive it often.

-klb

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Awesome progress, and it looks great!

Can I give you my truck for a couple weeks?!LOL!

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very nice.....drive it crazy

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That cleaned up real nice!

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You done good Jethro :cool:. That's a great driver for boppin' around so you can pamper the other one. I wish I had a red '68 glovebox door to send you. What I did in truck I had was paint a door to match the gauge cluster.

I had a '72 SWB 6cyl/3sp in grey primer that ran like a top. Shifted smooth and all. There's something about buzzing along with that combination. A real throw-back. I can remember how much I enjoyed that truck. But back then, silly me couldn't wait to swap in all the Cheyenne stuff and 402/TH400 off another truck and lower it. I started into it, then found a lowered rolling chassis with everything new and all set up how I wanted and let that 6-banger go. that was dumb. I could have kept driving that one all this time

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Appreciate it. I love the sound of the old 6 cylinder and I love how easy it is to work on


This 292 has got some power.

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Very nice! I really like the tires you chose.

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Job well done!!!
You say the new seat cover came with the pickup? did it have a brand name???
Are 292's 2 Bbl carbs???

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Nice looking steelies

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Believe it’s a single “monojet” Rochester

The seat cover was from LMC

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That is one good lookin' truck! I love the bias plys

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Not stock.
Mine has an Offy intake with a 4-bbl Edelbrock 500 CFM carb and Clifford headers.

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I knew that, Thanks

Somewhere on here, there's someone looking for a 2 Bbl carb for a 292. Me, being the 292 NON expert was wondering if 292's came with a 2 bbl cArb, or maybe some of them did???

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Wow, what a transformation in a short period. :chevy:

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Looks awsome ;)

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Not in the North American market. Only Aftermarket. You could put a Holley 500 CFM 2Bbl on a Clifford intake or Offy intake.
For the same effort you can run a 4 Bbl, too, and get better low-end cruise on the Primaries. I ran a 4 Bbl Holley 4160 R8007 390 CFM for 25 years. When that carb was clapped out, I got a 500 CFM Edelbrock 1404 [AFB Clone.] Quite happy with my set-up.

South America might be different.
I've seen pix of 1050 CFM Quadrajets on Brazilian L6s with cast iron GM/SA manifolds. Pure cane sugar alcohol as auto fuel doesn't burn as hot as petrochemical gasoline.

Learn Portuguese. Make Brazilian friends.