Very clean, nice.
CK5
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Removed the hood, front clip, exhaust, engine & transmission today. Engine is on a stand ready to get some new seals and orange paint. Also, I found some orange paint on the short block but the heads were blue.
that’s kinda what I’m assuming at this point. Need to look at the heads closer to see what they are. Also noticed the freeze plugs on the back of the block have been replaced.
I’m trying to keep this simple but I have some other heads in the shop from the corvette.
Nope, that’s why they’re sitting around.
Man, we are going to have almost twin rigs! Your color looks almost exactly like mine, crazy that GM would offer 2 different colors that close in the same year. Just looked back at a couple of your first pics of it and my door panels are even weathered exactly the same as yours lol.
They’re going to be very similar for sure.
I always thought it was odd they had similar color options too. Don’t see too many of them anymore though.
Over the past couple weeks I’ve spent some time dealing with little things between working from home. Parts have been really slow with exception of ORD. I usually get summit parts next day however it’s been over a week recently.
quick rundown of progress:
ORD brake lines installed
Hard lines on rear axle received and installed
31 gallon fuel tank, sending unit and pump have been installed. Still waiting on fittings and 6an fuel line from summit.
I also slid the trans/t-case into place along with the skid plate.
quick rundown of progress:
ORD brake lines installed
Hard lines on rear axle received and installed
31 gallon fuel tank, sending unit and pump have been installed. Still waiting on fittings and 6an fuel line from summit.
I also slid the trans/t-case into place along with the skid plate.
Should be very rewarding to get this project done. I've always thought it would be cool to do a build starting from a bare frame.
I don't have the patience. Or a place to do a complete tear down. My builds are works in progress. I think that's why the bare frame idea interests me so much; it's not something I've done.
beags86
Eastbound and Down
Bare frame is the only way to do it in my opinion.
I have a 4 car and I still don't have enough space to mount the back wheels on this chassis.
Picked up a 99 L29 last week from Tilden with a 140k on it removed from a fleet truck. It needs a fan, sensor and the harness to the transmission was cut. Otherwise it appears to be in good shape and Tilden told me it ran well.
Now I need to figure out what direction I want to go with it.
Now I need to figure out what direction I want to go with it.
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