Well it's Truck Tuesday- I got the frame turned over this afternoon. I enlisted some help (literally) had a couple of my former Troops give me a hand, your right Kevin it's good to have friends. I will finish the Top Coat later this week.
I took advantage of some time and worked on fitting the front drive and Headers on the engine. I used a POL power steering pump bracket, as with most of this build it required a little constructive engineering to fit just right. The alternator bracket is a Specter set up from Speedway, it didn't require much work other than some grinding on the waterpump mounting point and a little bending of upper bracket.
I hung the headers on the block to insure they had would work with the alternator mount. No issues with the Headers, they look COOL to boot.
I still need to mount the pulleys and fit a belt, I plan to use just a single serpentine belt for it all. The power steering pump will need to be moved back to allow this work. The goal is to have everything worked out prior to painting the engine. So making progress and have fun in the shop (well shed).
Last edited by TUTS 59; 11/04/202012:47 AM.
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