The Snortin' bull

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Powertrain in between the rails, now time to correct past poorly located engine mount brackets and install trans c- member.

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Brake line tab's on frt frame rail's.simple but important.

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Been metal patching the original shifter hole in the high hump,fab in and weld in reinforcement gusset's into rear frame kick up this past week.Post some current pic's soon.

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crossmember modded to fit on x frame and installed, new engine mounts installed.

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Added gusset plate's to rear kickup area of frame.finished the high hump will put in new floor shifter hole when shifter come's.

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All smile's in gettin' some sun.

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Insulating the cab. Heat and cold in Seattle area change's constantly.

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Mounted rear bags on fab'd in mount's.Viaair 400 compressors and tank.May switch to dual tanks though due to interference when truck is layed down.Mounted auxillary battery rack also this day.

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It was a hot warm day,perfect for refitting the seat upholstery and a good cleaning.Painted the frame work and track's on the original bench seat.

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Fitting the LMC replacement floor mat .It has plenty of extra material for trimming. On the dimmer switch is the rubber cover from early starter motor floor mount switche's.I did buff off the chev emblem in the center since it is now in my GMC.

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Accuair speedswitch installed and setup.the Bull has some lung's.Alot easier than manually trying to air up.

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Fabrication of a mount for accuair control's.

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fuel pump installed. started some plumbing for engine.carb installed.modified original throttle pedal pivot and lever.fabricated throttle linkage and safety return springs.oil line for guage pack installed.

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started plumbing for brakes.on a full bagged suspension alot can go into how not pinch or interfere with anything when the suspension has some much travel.

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initial rear line to hose starting to mock up.

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no fancy leather headliner here.Just natural patina.

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The shifter I wanted to appear almost as original.I decided to try an American Shifter. So far so good. Well made and came with plenty of parts.It is a dual action also .Instead of a push down center button you just lever it to the side a bit to shift .

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Love the GMC grille! The shifter looks good to. You are making a lot of progress.

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Thanks for the compliment. been hustling lately trying to get on the road.

Originally Posted by dwcardfan

Love the GMC grille! The shifter looks good to. You are making a lot of progress.

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Try to find a decent pair of these GMC sill plate's.

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Rear brake line plumbing.Front brake line plumbing all fab'd and installed.Got a Champion radiator .Great fit and great price $ . 4 core aluminum.

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Engine side view of Champion radiator.Some rh side brake line plumbing and fuel plumbing.Fab'd an adapter harness to the original 1960 turn signal to plug into the american autowire harness.

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It's been month's since inner fender's have been on.Sorry the heat and a bit of humidity mess'n with camera some of the pic's appear foggy. In the end a derelict looking triuck is the look.

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Got the inner fender's back in.These have been trimmed to fit the frt modded frame and aligned to core support. Set bed gap tight with a little clearance as stock frame is gone and no flex is going to occur.I think this look's good. Even though the truck is to look like a derelict old truck on the side of the road in the end trying to get the panel's looking good and fitted.

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Cleaned up some fresh paint on inner fenders.Hood hinges on.Hood latch pin bracket on.Powder coated these and hood latch assembly.