azratrods '64

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » May 3, 2011, 11:18 pm

so i couldnt find repop fuel line clips, brake line clips, or wiring clips. so i bought clips from totally stainless. i got double clips to run the brake lines and fuel lines together along the frame. i also got some singles for the wiring. i know they are a little fancy. but they will look great against the gloss black on the frame and there safer then old rusty original clips. sometimes you have to make a few exceptions when it comes to safety.

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » May 3, 2011, 11:27 pm

so we need to modify the clutch linkage a little. actually shorten it and add heim joints. i blasted the rod and now we are going to shorten the rod and then put a couple nice threads on each end. one end will get just a standard 3/8" heim. this is the end that goes up to the clutch pedal and attaches to it. the other end of the rod will also get a 3/8" heim but it will have a bolt through it. this bolt will attach to the clutch.

standard 3/8" heim

the rod with the heim. the 2 bent ends on the rod will be cut off. then the rod will be shortened and threaded.

MadMaxetc · Post by **MadMaxetc** » May 4, 2011, 9:02 am

Thats what I did to my linkage on my 67. MUTCH BETTER.

I also did the Pettle Bearing upgrade.

http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h142/ ... 20Upgrade/

TheOPWK · Post by **TheOPWK** » May 4, 2011, 1:04 pm

azratrod wrote: im not going to run the original inner fenders.

since you arent going to run them. . . . I know a guy who needs a passenger side one.

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » May 4, 2011, 2:38 pm

madmax: geeze! thanks alot. now i HAVE to do that too. it looks great and if it helps the truck function better then im all for it. its the little things that count.

OPWK: come and get em. there at garbzs house. actually come get them when you come over to help scuff, sand, and paint (hint)

Max · Post by **Max** » May 4, 2011, 5:26 pm

Coming along nicely! Good group of fellas over there in the AZ.

TheOPWK · Post by **TheOPWK** » May 5, 2011, 9:36 am

Deal. You just le tme know when.

MadMaxetc · Post by **MadMaxetc** » May 5, 2011, 12:15 pm

Glad I could help.

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » May 5, 2011, 3:34 pm

opwk: just give me a call when ever. ill be there all this weekend and next

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » May 11, 2011, 5:22 am

got the 66 steering box cleaned, painted, and mounted. here a couple pictures.

had to go to a wrecking yard to find the 3 bolts for the steering box. they were still being cleaned when i took these pictures.

the other hardware will all be either grade 8 or stainless

the mounting plate was bill w.'s who lent it to us so we could have steve at industrial chassis make us one. he actually made a few so they could be sold if anyone is interested in running this type of steering set-up.

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » May 11, 2011, 10:46 pm

i just got this 3 duece offenhauser intake for my y block today in trade. the carbs will need serious rebuilding or new ones bought. ill worry about that later. i feel like a fat kid in a candy store!

Post by **Greg D** » May 12, 2011, 8:23 pm

Yea those carbs have "issues" - intake looks real nice though!

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » May 12, 2011, 10:26 pm

here she is just mocked up on the y block

drivers side

passeger side

from the front

azjake · Post by **azjake** » May 13, 2011, 7:05 am

Lookin' Good!!!

Jake

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » May 15, 2011, 1:22 am

here are some pictures of the work that garbz and i got done today. enjoy!

pitman arm with heim joints mocked up

fuel pump and cannister painted, mounted, and stainless bolts installed

new oil filter

master reinstalled. this time with the newly painted plate and stainless hardware. fuel lines coming tomorrow

steering column mocked up. notice where it exits at?

inside view of the steering column

from the right side. remember... this is a '64 truck with a lower dash section from a '65-'66 truck. the column is from a '65-'66 also

clutch linkages new heim joint. mocked it up today. still waiting on the other ends heim joint

brake lines beginning to take shape

left rear

down the frame rail toward the proportional valve. fuel lines to come tomorrow

using some pipe to mock up the double d shaft

cant get much straighter and level then that!

mocking up the u joints. used garbzs u joints from his unibody

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » May 16, 2011, 10:22 pm

so i picked up the hood today. it look awsome! 84 louvers on each side. thats a total of 168. here are a few pictures of the hood as it sits today. it needs a little hammer and dolly work. then back to the blaster for a lite touch up.

if you look just right you can see how the louvers are angled just slightly to run with the angle of the hood peak. its hard to tell with the swirls that the sander made in the primer

Post by **Greg D** » May 16, 2011, 10:38 pm

Outstanding!
Exactly how I was going to have the Uni's hood done.

Hookedtrout · Post by **Hookedtrout** » May 17, 2011, 7:09 am

That is awesome, looks like that's how they should have come from the factory.

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » May 17, 2011, 3:55 pm

this isnt my tri power intake. but its exactly what i have and how its going to look when im done. im going to be sending my whole set up to a guy named dick at dicks hot rod carbs. his site is: dickshotrodcarbs.com this is a set up he did awhile back and exactly what im looking for

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » May 17, 2011, 7:23 pm

So... your not using the COOL air cleaner you bought?

i think it would look nice on top of 3 carbs!

azratrods '64

brake line / fuel line / wire clips

clutch linkage with heim joints

Re: how the truck sits as of 5.1.2011

clutch linkage bearing idea

just call

steering box mounted

3 duece offenhauser intake for the y block

offy intake mocked up

as of 5.14.2011

hood finished been punched and back home

a sneak peak of the tri power