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 Post subject: 76 Parts Truck Build
PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:20 pm 
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Well it started out to be a parts truck but we will see how that works out.

First day in the driveway it got unpacked and cleaned up. The bed was full of goodies.
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I don't know who Bill was, but he took pretty good care of this bed. I was planning on selling the bed but it looks pretty good.
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Ben's old valance was in the bed and had to go back on. The bumper has to go.
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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck
PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:25 pm 
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The 4.3 has to go too. I have been wrenching on small blocks for 30 years and I don't want to mess with it.
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So here they are side by side, It was a nice day in the driveway.
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The dash is near perfect too.
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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck Build
PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:59 pm 
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Truck look very familiar.


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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck Build
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:49 am 
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Yeah kinda :)


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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck Build
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:20 am 
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thats one damn good looking parts truck, lol


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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck Build
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:08 am 
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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck Build
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:19 am 
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So that 4.3.... what ya doing with it?


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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck Build
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jeremy_bedwell wrote:
So that 4.3.... what ya doing with it?


I was hoping for a quick sale on Craigslist. I would prefer a local sale to someone with a cherry picker. With the torsion bars down all the way the cast oil pan is about 3" off the ground. 8O

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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck Build
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What can you tell me about the motor... any possibility of a crate ship at all?


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jeremy_bedwell wrote:
What can you tell me about the motor... any possibility of a crate ship at all?


If my memory is working it was a two thousand something S10 4.3 with approximately 20k on it before it was broadsided. Karl saw it run in a Jeep and had it started in the Luv. The trans is a 200r4 and I think it has been gone through, but Karl would know. I don't know if shipping it would be cost effective across the country. It has an Edelbrock intake and carb and Billet HEI also. The whole engine looks clean and fresh though.

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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck Build
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:33 pm 
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Call fedex freight. The quotes they give you on their site are useless. I could have shipped my motor and trans out of my luv about 600 miles for $75 terminal to terminal. No pickup or delivery. Just crate it and take it there, and the person you're shipping to picks it up from their terminal.


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well... if that option does arrive feel free to pm me... I am looking for something of the sorts for my truck.


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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck Build
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I really wanted that truck , but the shipping was working against me . Glad it found a good home .


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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck Build
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I really wanted that truck , but the shipping was working against me . Glad it found a good home .



I got real lucky having a buddy with a truck and trailer who would haul it for gas and lunch. I am real happy with the truck and looking forward to a weekend in the driveway. Maybe Karl will get tired of his other Luv and hook you up. lol

If anything changes with my plans you get first dibs hotrod80.

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Today I traded the stock hood for a pin on fiberglass job with a fellow V8 Luv owner, I'm not sure who got the deal though lol, it may go on my 72. I also sold the 76 valance and side markers. If the bumper fit a 73 that would have gone too. Yesterday I test fit the front centerlines on my 72 and the backspacing is perfect. Too hot to work out in the driveway today so that was it for this weekend.
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 Post subject: Re: 76 Parts Truck Build
PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:34 pm 
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is the bumper on your blue one there pulled into the body more? it just looks to fit a little more snug


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That's an early style bumper. They're sexier than the later ones.


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77pumpkin wrote:
is the bumper on your blue one there pulled into the body more? it just looks to fit a little more snug


The bumper is on the stock brackets, I don't think it is. I have some gap issues with the front clip though that may throw it off.

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That's an early style bumper. They're sexier than the later ones.


ah i see. and yes .. far better looking than mine.


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