My 83 Silverado the Weekend Warrior!!

[jjguitarist]

ok, thanks guys!

[jjguitarist]

I have just about got the Motor put together. All the way up to the rockers and intake now. I ran into a few problems when I was putting the water pump and acc. brakcets on. 1st. my brackets didnt clear the pump i had so I had to get a dif. pump. Then (kind of figured) the mounting holes for the brackets werent exactly right and one was WAY off. I had to drill and tap my $600 al.head. Needless to say I was a lil nervous but it came out great with a lil mod to the holes in the brackets themselves!


After I took the pics I put my converter on the trans, bolted it to the engine, and set it in the frame rails. I am going to have to take my trans mount cross member off and move it back about an inch. Oh well, maybe it will be setting pretty this time tomorrow night!!

[jjguitarist]

I got the motor and trans all setup and bolted down last night! Was able to use 2 of the factory holes for the cross member but had to drill 4 new ones.

[beastie_3]

Nice. What was the deal with the bolt holes not lining up for the brackets? Are they factory brackets?

[jjguitarist]

I lost all of my original stuff in a garage fire last year so most of my stuff came from a parts suburban! It was a 90 so its a serpentine setup. My heads are outer bolt and the brackets came from center bolt heads so there is where all of the difference came from. It worked out though (thank God)!

[jjguitarist]

Making a lil more progress on the rod. Got everything finished on the engine except, starter, headers plugs/wires, cooling system, some vacuum lines, and some wiring that I am working on now. I put the core support and pass. side inner fender on today just to get to see it start looking like a truck again! I picked up my starter, elec fans, trans cooler, and some wiring stuff yesterday so I have a lot to keep me busy!!!

[jjguitarist]

More pics!

[78 Chevyrado]

That's looking REALLY good!   Nice work!

[jjguitarist]

hey thanks a lot!

[jjguitarist]

Update.. I have finished ALL of the engine bay wiring, got exhaust(gotta love flowmasters!), wheels painted, centers cleaned up, forward lighting finished, got all gauges working, shifter adjusted, trans adjusted, and got the engine fine tuned!! I had some probs with it fouling out plugs. Swapped out some high dollar ac delco platinums for some cheaper autolites and all fixed(go figure)! Also built a custom center console. Pics and vids below!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l88/band_new_era/?action=view&current=MVI8-28-104.mp4

http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l88/band_new_era/?action=view&current=MVI8-28-107.mp4

[jjguitarist]

Body Work update... We have gotten the tailights shaved out and all of the rusty spots taken care of on the bed. Still have a lot of body work to go! Doors and front fenders are 95% ready for paint. I got my cali/combo tailgate/rollpan skin in and my 14"LED strips are on the way!

[jjguitarist]

Just a few lil update pics. Man this thing was abused! I am gonna look like popeye by the time we get finished blocking!! Anyway we have gotten the rockers/cabcorners replaced and finished, shaved the seam and cargo light on the back of the cab, shaved the drip rails, shaved out the wiper cowl, and shaved out the glove box door and ash tray. Sorry for the crappy pics, camera was having a bad day

[bigbird]

Nice truck!! Grant Customs makes awesome tailgate skins too, and AVS makes the LED taillight like the pic you posted.

[VileZambonie]

Looks Great!

[jjguitarist]

Thanks guys!
Well, we have finally got to spray some paint! Everything but the bed is now 2010 camaro rally yellow. I love this color but I will have to wear sunglasses when I drive it in the sun LOL. Since we dont have a pro paint booth we got a lil trash in the clear but will wet sand out. After we wet sand what we have done we are gonna lay out some black rally stripes and 2 more coats of clear and then she will be ready for assembly! I love how the shaved dash and wiper cowl came out!!!!

1st pic of our redneck paint booth. Who needs a paint booth when you have PLASTIC right! LOL