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linemech31

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Painted the dash tonight with a dark blue. Going to shoot the truck with a metallic navy blue base clear next spring. (If i dont change my mind on colors again) also got a motor from a good junkyard today. Vortec 7400. Aka 454. Bought a seat from a wrecked 06 f150
 

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chevymike

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Painted the dash tonight with a dark blue. Going to shoot the truck with a metallic navy blue base clear next spring. (If i dont change my mind on colors again) also got a motor from a good junkyard today. Vortec 7400. Aka 454. Bought a seat from a wrecked 06 f150
Sweet! I picked up a Gen VI 454 (long block, no factory EFI) for mine. I am going to put an old school GM TBI as they are cheap, reliable and easy to fix and get parts for. Scored a serpentine belt setup off EBay for it (gotta clean it up).



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linemech31

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Sweet! I picked up a Gen VI 454 (long block, no factory EFI) for mine. I am going to put an old school GM TBI as they are cheap, reliable and easy to fix and get parts for. Scored a serpentine belt setup off EBay for it (gotta clean it up).



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Thats awesome. What are you going to do for exhaust? I havent picked mine up yet. Its coming out of a 2000 suburban. 123k. Ill take it apart and replace anything worn. Im going to pull the efi off and go with a aluminium 4bbl intake and rv cam
 

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Hey seen your post on my 76 Canadian 5/4 ton project. That truck of yours is looking great. That era of 454 is a good choice cause of the free"er" flowing heads. I'm really torn between the choice of converting my 76 to a automatic or keeping it a 4 speed. The military truck I'm cloning it after was a automatic but it was the truck I learned to drive stick on. I'll figure it out eventually. I need a heavy duty transmission that will fit behind the caddy big block
 

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Got the bed liner sprayed in tonight.
Sweet! I picked up a Gen VI 454 (long block, no factory EFI) for mine. I am going to put an old school GM TBI as they are cheap, reliable and easy to fix and get parts fo
Sweet! I picked up a Gen VI 454 (long block, no factory EFI) for mine. I am going to put an old school GM TBI as they are cheap, reliable and easy to fix and get parts for. Scored a serpentine belt setup off EBay for it (gotta clean it up).



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I was really debating on converting my Cadillac engine to efi till I seen the price for the conversion kit to convert it over lol. I was looking at holley and Edelbrocks conversion kits. But I guess for that price I'll just keep the carb lol
 

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I had to ditch the bucket seat option on my f150 seats. Decided to keep the bench. Put some shims in to get the seat up about 1"
I like the way that floor turned out. Would the bedliner work as insulation in cold weather? I'm really debating a bedliner floor in my 76 chevy
 

linemech31

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I like the way that floor turned out. Would the bedliner work as insulation in cold weather? I'm really debating a bedliner floor in my 76 chevy
Thats a good question. I haven't driven the truck since i did the cab floor. I can tell you that after i sprayed the bed liner on the bed that it quieted down the road noise a bit. I sprayed the cab floor really heavy using 3 quarts. When i get the opportunity to drive it i will report back.
 
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