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Been working on odds & ends recently. Had to adjust the stop light switch to get brake lights to go out after applying brakes.

Also, while I really liked the 17", 6 blade clutch fan I had fitted, after much time spent trying come up with a workable radiator shroud, I finally gave up & went with an electric fan. Found a really nice aluminum shroud on ebay, made in the USA, that fits my radiator perfectly. Fitted a Spal 16" fan operated by temp control sender threaded in to the cooling system. Also fitted,again via ebay, 2"x12" round rad. overflow catch can. All seems to be working out well. Yesterday was in the low to mid 90's here & temps never went over 190F.

I decided to mount the old rear step bumper that came with the truck. It's got the name & town of (what I assume) is the original selling dealer. Horton Chevy-Olds in Paragould Ark.
I googled Horton & found he was a WW2 vet , served Oknawa, Iwo Jima & other So. Pacific action. Seemed like as good a reason as any to keep the bumper. I did narrow it by 6" to make fit the stepside width better. I would have cut it down even more, but that would have cut off a portion of the dealers name.

Finally got around to getting the tags, title & insurance squared away too. After finishing up the rear bumper & electric fan I suddenly realized I was ready for my first on road test drive . Only went about 6 miles, mostly, if not all, in a 35 mph zone. Very happy with first drive, nothing broke, truck ran very smooth & we made it back under our own power. The ralatively tall 2.58 first gear coupled with the 3.08 rear diff was no problem at all. The 454 has so much torque right of idle all seems perfectly matched.

Next up is to replace the used 750 cfm Edelbrock performer carb with the new in the box 800 cfm Edelbrock AVS2 I got sitting on the workbench. I bought the 750 for cheap a couple yrs ago just to get the engine running. I'd been keeping an eye out for the AVS to come up on a sale, so when I had the chance I took advantage of the sale price

Sorry re the lack of photos. I did remember to take these shots before taking the first test drive.