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well i went over to ezekiels house today and we pulled the donor motor from his beater truck. its just a plain jane 350 that had a granny geared 4 speed on it. it was kinda goofy gettin it out, but we got it, and its sittin on a pallet now. i also took some pics of the luv itself.
so heres the pics.

the beater truck


the 350 and 4 speed



heres some shots of the luv




im prolly gonna be goin over there tommorow so that we can get the luv ready for the fab work.

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

damn.. that is a fine looking vehicle




(omg... this is post number 666 )

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!!!FINALLY!!!
-1977 Luv mikado

oh and neil.. thanks for the help today

you are a saint!

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-1977 Luv mikado

lol, no problem man! i needed to get out of the house anyways. maybe ill bring lee over tommorow afternoon and he can oogle at your sweet shop!! lol

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

keep the updates coming... looks like a nice start

Is that a new process box???? Its huge.

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Current project, 1979 KB Isuzu Ute.

Daily driver, '86 Rodeo Spacecab.
Chasing parts for Isuzu Impulse.

i think its a SM 425. im not sure on that though. its for sale!!

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

It's either a NP420 or a NP465.

well we tore down the new motor at its a 3970010 block with 2 bolt mains. the cylinders look good. the was quite a bit of carbon in the cylinders though. the heads are 624s so were gonna look for some better ones that arent gonna crack. i think we have some othere heads scoped out for this motor.

i started on the motor mounts tonite too. i got the main pieces cut and tached, but there still some minor tweakin to do to get em right.

heres some pics of the current work.





the bottom end



ezekiel's kick ass shop. (the pic only shows like a 1/4 of the whole thing )



im gonna finish up the mounts tommorow, and if anthony is alright with it we'll test fit the motor in the truck.

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

of course i will be cool with it. you just may want to being over TR's hoist to make it easier

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!!!FINALLY!!!
-1977 Luv mikado

yeah ill bring it over. i have to get it from his house somehow though. i prolly swipe him from the school. lol

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

What is the wall thickness of the sq. tube you are using? It looks like 02thin to me, I would want .120 or so. what are you planning on attatching the square tube to and are you planning on solid mounting or rubber?

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it 1/8in thick. its more than likely gonna be weld to the frame.


i did finish up the mounts yesterday though. wire wheeled em up all nice lookin too. heres a pic of them on the mock up motor.



that really all that got done yesterday other than some this and that stuff on the luv. i did get a decent shot of the little guy out inthe sun though.



im gonna be goin back over there today with lee, and anthonys got a lead on a ford 8' rearend, so were gonna look at that. were gonna try and get that stock motor mounts on the frame cut off too, along with the battery tray.

ill be back wih pics later tonite.

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

koool man. I cant wait to do some choppin on that truck.

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heck yes man!!

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!!!FINALLY!!!
-1977 Luv mikado

well i think i did some good choppin on it.

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PM's replied to you Speed5105


and damn i think we are flying right along now, the only thing holding us back is waiting on parts

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-1977 Luv mikado

yeah, were movin right along.

i had lee come with me today, and he chopped the stock motor mounts on the frame off, and cut the battery tray out. anthony also got alot of the truck primered too. thats really all we did today. tommorow im gonna bring a cherry picker over and were gonna test fit the mockup block and tranny, and ill get some pics of the clearance. im also gonne get the tranny mount ready to be fabbed up too.

i didint get an pics of the truck, but i did catch lee screwin around and i caught a quick pic!



"fat guy in a little coat!!"

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

Dam neil. That guy u took a picture of is really sexy.

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