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Old 04-26-2020, 11:18 AM   #168
71CHEVYSHORTBED402
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Re: Build that 71 402 already

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Originally Posted by 68bowtie View Post
This thread could double as a drafting class.

Question - How do you punch / mark the hole to keep your drill bit in position?

BTW, this is the epitome of perfectionism right here...

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I'm throwing together a kit say, on how to build an old Chevy. A lot applies to vintage GM cross the board, if you get my meaning, but of course it's my truck specific. The service & assembly manuals are 1000s of pages, more wide-ranging and in-depth. My manual is more practical and offers many details they don't. It's real dry, dumbed-down etc. at approx. 180 pages.

I had to write the manual backwards, that was a challenge at first It's in assembly order, I'm editing as I build her. Then I edit one last time, thank God. I learned to hate said manual by the time I tore the truck down, more time in that than handling parts.

Dry read I can do, they're not long-winded like my posts. Turns out 16 years writing computer specs. & business process lent itself to said manual, but this beats anything I've done past. The challenge was I'm colored blind and didn't recognize 95% the parts. Now I can describe 12 aspects to a bolt if it suits, and the ends of every wire & gauge. Less the guts of a fuse box anyway, I don't go into the core on anything mech. or elect.
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71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assm. guide "kit" for restoring the truck from ground up. With assys, the guide accts for 1000s details, OEM identifications & part numbers, written in short order. 700+ images of assm., illust., charts, and points of interest. Much of the info. applies to all 67-72 GM trucks, and to a lessor degree all 67-72 GM vehicles. My build thread, and more on the guide https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025

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