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Body 1954, frame 1975
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406 ci SBC
In order to do a nice job on making the motor to look like new money the motor would need to be pulled and semi took apart ..

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But I'm not that motivative .. (Somewhat of a lazy SOB)
It runs the best as is, all that work just to pretty it up is more than I want to do..
Cleaning it with some elbow grease and a rattle can is as far as I'm going, at least for now ..

Could pull the intake and glass bead blast it, but I decided to screw it !!

Perhaps in the future I'll get around to doing it right ??

On the radiator ...
Been waiting for a local radiator shop to sell me the lower hose outlet ...
Been close to two weeks waiting for his order to come in .. !
Now I'm not in a big hurry, but does feel like I'm stuck in a eddy here, getting nowhere fast type deal ...

Called "Griffin Radiators" ... They said it would be shipped out tomorrow ...
 
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Once again hunting down parts has been most difficult ..
Repainting the valve covers, needed to remove the three rubber grommets that's been there since the 70's ..

Valve covers came from a Chevy van, has the extended oil fill tube which makes it easy to pour oil into the lifted 4X4 truck without climbing on it ..

Packed the valve covers with me to 5 parts stores to show them what was needed .. After bout 20 minutes at each store came back to the shop without the new grommets ..

Jumped on Google and got them coming ..
 

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Yeah Buddy ...

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This might turn out looking pretty dang slick ??

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Got a world of time in it ...

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Soon to have the rad. installed ...
Top hose is in the think tank ...

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Parts houses didn't have a hose that would meet the needs of what I have going on ...
Had to order one that's got a bend in it, hopping it will be long enough to cut that off and will work ?
Soon to see what there is to see .. !
 
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Well, I got WOOD !

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Custom hand made ..

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I'm digging it, going to fit in with the rest of the wood really good ...

Won't be seeing much use since the floor shifter only works the transfer case ..
Transmission shifter is a column shift ..

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Wonder if that long ass rod is worth having ??

My truck never had it .. It came from GM with a TH 350, I built a TH 400 that took it place ...

Now the 400 has been replaced with a 4L85E .. Each time the tranny got swapped the transfer case got moved further back in the frame .. Poor old driveshaft kept getting shorter .. !

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Sure looks like a lot of weight hanging off the tail of the trans..
With the NP-203 made mostly of cast iron, gotta be a hell of a load for the trans to deal with ..

After thinking about that strut rod helping with this problem, I decided to install it ..

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Found a rod on eBay, it was made for use with a TH 350 trans ... With my gig being a oddity had to add bout 6 inches to it ..

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Carb'ed Vortec 350
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Wonder if that long ass rod is worth having ??

My truck never had it .. It came from GM with a TH 350, I built a TH 400 that took it place ...

Now the 400 has been replaced with a 4L85E .. Each time the tranny got swapped the transfer case got moved further back in the frame .. Poor old driveshaft kept getting shorter .. !

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Sure looks like a lot of weight hanging off the tail of the trans..
With the NP-203 made mostly of cast iron, gotta be a hell of a load for the trans to deal with ..

After thinking about that strut rod helping with this problem, I decided to install it ..

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Found a rod on eBay, it was made for use with a TH 350 trans ... With my gig being a oddity had to add bout 6 inches to it ..

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I would venture to say it's more of a help than a hindrance.
 

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406 ci SBC
I would venture to say it's more of a help than a hindrance.
Ditto ..

Parts for the top radiator hose will be here today, that is the last of the work to complete the engine cooling system ..

Almost ... Needed to extend two of the factory (IH) rad. support braces about 3/4" cause of the aftermarket rad. dimensions was off some ..

Ordered another brace just to save from doing two welds to the one I have ... Just one weld will tie the two brace rods together ..
 
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