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Offline VileZambonie

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Smooth Firewall
« on: April 28, 2010, 06:11:39 pm »
Let's see some pix of your smoothed out firewalls... I've decided I'm pulling the engine back out of my 74 to smooth the firewall....
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Re: Smooth Firewall
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2010, 06:14:41 pm »
thought about this one, i'm subscribing
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Offline SUX2BU99

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Re: Smooth Firewall
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2010, 09:05:56 am »
I believe n2trux did that on his 77, which is a beautiful truck by the way. On another forum I saw the build-up of his 77 which went from a simple motor replacement due to leaking valve guides to a full-on total cab-forward mechanical re-do including a Ramjet 350. Pretty crazy!
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Re: Smooth Firewall
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2010, 10:25:14 am »
When you say smooth are you refering to removing the blower hat or just welding the seam and filling the firewall??? Here is my pic before i put my stuff back on.



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Re: Smooth Firewall
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2010, 05:09:34 am »
I'm trying to decide if I should just ditch the Heater box all together. Maybe I'll just custom build a heater box with blower inside the truck. I want my engine compartment neater/cleaner.
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Re: Smooth Firewall
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2010, 09:39:24 am »
Quote from: VileZambonie on April 30, 2010, 05:09:34 am
I'm trying to decide if I should just ditch the Heater box all together. Maybe I'll just custom build a heater box with blower inside the truck. I want my engine compartment neater/cleaner.
by all means, do that, and post a detailed how to. lol ;D
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Offline 80stepsideguy

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Re: Smooth Firewall
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2010, 10:01:05 am »
The only thing i really dont like is that a complete smoothed firewall with nothing looks like a white piece of paper. it looks plain and blah.With a few things added like the blower hat and a firewall mounted tranny dipstick breaks it up .I didnt like the brake booster /steering column support cause of the excess material that surrounded it. Thats why i removed it n trimmed it, powdercoated it n reinstalled it w. chrome fasteners.BUT its your truck man its totally in your ideas and hands.
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1998 Chevy 1500 S/B 2wd
1970 cougar convertible: triple white 1 of 1
1931 Ford Model A roadster(family inherited)
2014 Hyundai Tucson Limited(my daily driver)
2023 Kia Sportage X Pro (her daily driver).
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