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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 05:54 PM
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looks good Grippy.
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 8ALTNG
looks good Grippy.
trying like hell to wrap this baby up
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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I just came up an idea today.
With all the interest in this project, you should webcast the first running of it.
You could even make it Pay per view:

For 10 bucks, watch history in the making, as Grippy turns over the sweetest, shiniest truck ever.

I'd buy that.
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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lol, thanks bro, I know a lot of people are looking forward to see what she will do, how she sounds, all that good stuff. Especially the guys from WCCH who have helped me so much. I'm really looking forward to driving the truck out there so the whole crew can get a look/take people for a ride

I really appreciate all the support I've gotten from all the folks on this message board (and others) and in a lot of ways we have kinda built this truck together. In a perfect world I would have been done a long time ago but I'm a particular kinda person and do things my own way in my own time. I hope the end result isn't a dud!
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by moregrip
I hope the end result isn't a dud!
I seriously doubt this will end up a dud. There may need to be a couple of items that will need to be addressed, but you've really covered the big stuff extremely well. The wiring is really sweet.
Your truck's engine bay is starting to look full now.
A real sign of progress
Keep digging Grip you're on the home stretch.

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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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well ****, Ace Hardware had the damn fitting I needed all along, Earl's didn't have it and said try Ace, sure as ****, there it was! Mother Fu@k&r! LOL, never a dull moment!
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by BlownChevy
what, no picture of the fitting? ****, this thread sucks
It's off to the polisher.
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by whitt1
It's off to the polisher.
I am the polisher and yes its getting polished right now
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:47 PM
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touched up the a/c condenser:



where all the magic happens (lol, this is what I use to polish everything, old electrical motor my gramps converted into a polish motor, LOW tech!, but it works!)





touched-up the bypass valve:

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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:51 PM
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raw brass fitting vs. polished:





I needed the extra 45deg angle to clear the J-Tube but still have the intercooler hose routed towards the passenger side:

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