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Poorboy's 91 Build... B52's 56's FUSH, SYE

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POORBOYK5 said:
D rings are on the front now.. They're included with all his bumper sales. He was in vaca last week. I'm pretty sure He'll be finishing the rear this week if He has no other priority jobs in line.
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Just to clarify.....He was talking about the d-ring shackles. The clevis or shackle mounts are included standard on all of our winch bumpers front and back. D-rings cost $15 each and are not included.
 
Don't flame me too much but I own and drive that brown Bronco on the main page.....Yeah I'm a lost sheep in a Ford:bow:

I guess I can make up my Ford deficiency by giving COK5 members a $100 off any front or rear bumper. PM or email me for details. Just paid for the vendor and member status here.
 
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HeftyFabworks said:
Don't flame me too much but I own and drive that brown Bronco on the main page.....Yeah I'm a lost sheep in a Ford:bow:

I guess I can make up my Ford deficiency by giving COK5 members a $100 off any front or rear bumper. PM or email me for details. Just paid for the vendor and member status here.
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Awesome, thanks for stepping up and welcome to CK5. That bumper looks very sturdy and well built!

Rene
 
NO shots of the rear yet. I'll be working on it next week. Today and tomorrow we are spray lining poorboys topper though. I'll get some pics of that
 
How much for Front and Rear Bumpers like PoorboyK5's? I live near Seattle WA.
I would love to also have a swing-out tire carrier similar to the one on the Toyota on your website. Any idea how long until the Chevy Products will show on your website?
 
The front bumpers are on the site now. The rear bumpers will be up soon. Same pricing and options as the bronco bumpers. Don't forget the $100 off for CK5 members.

Yeah we can do the rear tire carrier in the same design as the Toyota swing out if thats what you would like.
 
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popped the top off the JimmY today. Chris at HF Bed Lined it :D pics to come...
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So nothing much to report... no time to do much lately, not to mention no $$. But I have been keeping an eye out for serpentine belt accy brackets since I've had my big block. With the GM performance kit coming in at around $1,000. My budget said no way, especially since I didn't need any of the accy's, just the brackets. Ideally, I would have liked to have found a 94-95 truck with a 454. They're the same brackets as the GM perf kit. Well, I found the next best thing. For once My local Upull actually had a 95% complete 89 454 with all of the stamped steel brackets. Not quite what I wanted but they'll do the job. I picked the whole motor up. Gonna drop it in the truck to see if its any good. I dont have a way to test is outside of a vehicle. Only things missing are alt starter TBI and adapter.

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Not late on that one Zim, I had kept those in the back of my mind for quite some time! I was pretty close to ordering a set but the 454 was in no real hurry to go in, so I figured I'd wait it out for a bit longer. Only paid $200 for the whole motor so I'm feeling like it was a good investment! I've been following your build as well:bow: lookin' GOOD!
 
Very cool, I was thinking you just got the brackets for 200$. Awesome deal, even if it needs some work, I think your in great shape $$$ wise.

Good luck man.
 
ok next question. I exchanged my radiator at work today.. one for a 91 v3500 with a 454. I thought it would have been the massive 2 1/2" thick x 28" long core like the one I have. But no, just when I thought the one I had was big, I get this 2"x34" core. My truck isn't here at my house, will this fit in my 91 K5 core? are there holes for the top hold downs pre-drilled/tapped? Thanks in advance!
 
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ok next question. I exchanged my radiator at work today.. one for a 91 v3500 with a 454. I thought it would have been the massive 2 1/2" thick x 28" long core like the one I have. But no, just when I thought the one I had was big, I get this 2"x34" core. My truck isn't here at my house, will this fit in my 91 K5 core? are there holes for the top hold downs pre-drilled/tapped? Thanks in advance!
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From my thread per Mosesburb:

Originally Posted by mosesburb
I realize I am a little late to the party, but I wanted to try to help out on the radiator information before it was real old news.



Basically true. The first gens were in fact the only ones to get the curved outlet. There were some minor differences along the way (mainly thickness), but the one thing that did stay the same through the years was the height. A short rad was the same height across the board. GM never put a tall rad in a first gen. It will fit, but it is a full custom job.



Yes, 73-80 trucks used that plate type upper mounting for the tall radiators. The '81 and newer four row rads are the same as the early ones (industry number 730), the diesel/later BBC radiator being the same height, but a few inches wider. From 73-80 versus the 81 up, the only difference is the upper mounting setup. Instead of the plate, they used two individual bolt-on upper brackets that held the radiator bushings. Now, some other things changed in that timeframe. From '81 on, HDC on a small block no longer got you a four row rad like it did in earlier years. It now got you a tall three row. The short three row was still used after '81, but it no longer had an upper mounting plate. The upper mounting plate function was now handled by the shroud which had the "plate function" built into it. A tall four row radiator can be a bolt-in deal for a '81 up small block truck. You need the tall four row rad, the upper mounting brackets for a BBC/6.2L and a fan shroud from a 73-80 w/HDC and A/C.



Part of the reason this looks wrong is because the upper shroud is '81up and it is shown on an '80 down core support. This setup is one that I had thought about, but never actually tried. It is hard to tell from the pics, but it looks like the upper mounting brackets are not there. This radiator was not invented until the later '81 up core support, so mounting it in an '80 down would require some engineering especially in the shroud dept to make it look decent.The pinchweld at the top of the core support changed--on the 73-80, it was a very flat-top core support whereas the '81 up had a "ridge" at the back of the top of the core support. I have seen some pretty hack jobs of making the early plate work on the later core supports, but it really isn't too right.

I hope this helps as, generally speaking, most of the rads are the same for a given height, just different mounting early to late.

Last note for future builders: the tall four row radiators are available in aluminum (two 1' rows instead of four) in AC Delco 20978 (or equivalent). I recently purchased one in a industry number 730 box and it had a Delco/Harrison rad in the box with all of the GM markings ground off of it. I think it was under $200.00. Just some food for thought.
 
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