Resurrection of a pair of 78s

[tweek99]

I used the 1" dd end of a late model Chevy truck for the end of the steering column. I use them because you can use the telescoping shaft and u joints if you want to and the junk yard is full of steering columns that the crackheads have ruined trying to get parts off of. I used an atro van box to keep the steering box inside the engine compartment

 

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A bit of progress

 

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Does every 40 have a hood that obese cloggers used for a stage or just mine? I got it shrunk down where it was oil-canning, but was just lumpy when it came down to it.

 

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I've left a lot of process pictures off just because every step of block sanding looks the same. This is what I did today.

 

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Some more

 

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And more

 

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Base/clear

 

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If anyone needs to know how to put sags in sealer let me know. You'd think I'd figure that out eventually. Easy fix but puts me in a foul mood. Happy with the results though

 

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Getting the last pieces painted and I have to say, this is the least satin, satin black I've ever seen. SMH. It will work but I'd have liked it a little flat.

 

[tweek99]

Also, if anyone is looking for a cheap defrost tube top end, get a 2"×2" fernco. They fit perfectly over defrost vent and plastic coil tube. I'm sure I'm not the 1st one to mention it, and I won't claim to be

 

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Step by step. I spent, what seemed to be, an inordinate amount of time cleaning the window seals. I didn't get the front bows painted when I did the rest, ran out of space. So today I'll get them done.

 

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I got the grey one finished and it's now in Denver with my cousin.

 

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So, being the glutton for punishment that I am, I've begun putting together a Frankenstein. It's titled as a 78 but its got aqualu parts and various 75-78 parts. I'll be using the 75 drive train. The frame is 78. I cut some 74 doors into half doors and I'm going to use a pair of gm(?) highback bucket seats that I've got laying around. I'm just going to use a s10 tilt column and saginaw PS. Hopefully the 78 booster I have still functions for the brakes. It will be as basic as I can get it.

 

[Gotta40]

nice. lots of work.

 

[Living in the Past]

Believe the cowl on the last one is either from a 75 or 76. The welded shut vent in the center cowl has two drains that drained thru front of the transmission cover. If your not planning on filling in cowl should plan for the drain before you get to paint.

 

[tweek99]

Believe the cowl on the last one is either from a 75 or 76. The welded shut vent in the center cowl has two drains that drained thru front of the transmission cover. If your not planning on filling in cowl should plan for the drain before you get to paint.

Yeah, I'm filling the cowl. It'll at least look a bit more like a 78 that way

 

[tweek99]

I'm going with Toyota 4V6 (quicksand) for the color. No clear, just base. Not as durable but its a the finish I want. I tinted the bedli er for the interior floor and rear quarters and needless to say its more glossy and brighter than the plain base.

 

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Starting to look like something now.

 

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Got the doors on