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Ok Fox— With the new gears, what was a comfortable speed? I have a 4.10 chunk out of a 68ish Gmc so I will definitely be doing the swap. Just curious what I should expect. A short jaunt up to 60 once seemed overly abusive...

Wagon,
With my 4.10 I can do 65 mph. However, I don’t like to. It gets loud with both road noise and engine rpm. I quite like to cruise at about 55mph max. It’s fast enough and it's quiet enough. The engine hums along quite steadily and that speed isn’t a big safety concern for going too slowly on secondary highways. Plus, if the speed limit is 60 you hardly make much time by going 5-10 mph faster.😎 I’ve had people lined up behind me as I happily chug along at 55. Occasionally people might come ripping up but usually slow down as they pass because of the “old truck rubber neck” syndrome! Thumbs up ensue! You will notice and like the difference the gear makes.

The swap is as easy as the tech tips says. Have fun and enjoy!

We had a family photo shoot today and I wanted to share some photos of us with the truck. The snow was melting fast, the truck actually hooked up really well in the snow. It was strange seeing lush green leaves with snow everywhere! That granny low helped to avoid spinning in the snow. Everett did really well but started to get fussy half way through.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZcoKbVyQE7miDChCA

Howdy Fox
Thanks for the photos for all to see how an old GMC can make a family happy.

Valerie enjoyed seeing them and we will allow you to keep the snow!

Can Everett weld yet? The 70 will be for him.

Howie, out sweeping leaves.

I’m blowing my own horn here but the one ton has hit a milestone. I rolled over 600 miles the other day with Everett sitting shotgun. 600 miles is “close enough” for me to call it. This old truck has rolled over 1000 km with no major issues. I have my first BIG car show in a few weeks and I sure hope I haven’t jinxed anything! Looking forward to it Doyle, Howie, Steve. Hopefully you all can make it.

See you all June 8-9 at Reynolds-Alberta

Over the winter I had to repair my speedometer as it was sticky and bouncing all over the place. A little cleaning, lubrication and some super glue for the needle and she was good to go. But I never got a good run out to really test the speedometer. Well...

My wife and I went out tonight to buy a used Toyota and decided to take the ole black girl. It was a beautiful evening and the old truck stretched her legs and crossed a big milestone tonight!

Milestone for all my non-metric counterparts! 😉

https://photos.app.goo.gl/joF8LTNycuFwHrmz9

“1.21 Gigawatts?! 1.21 Gigawatts! Great Scott!”


“What the hell is a gigawatt?!”

Man, I love that movie. 😎😃

"are you telling me you built a time machine out of a DeLorean?!"
Yep, great movie.
Congrats on the speedo.
I have actually logged a few short miles on my '50 after just completing all new brake lines and MC and the speed works great although the needle is gone What's strange to me is where did it go?? One would think it would be laying in the bottom of the glass.

When mine fell off, it wormed its way in behind the speedometer face.

What a fantastic build, thanks for pointing me to your thread