New 79 KC for my dad

[izzo]

Bump!

[Eagle_Adam]

Well I was gunna post update pics but Photobucket seems to have lost their marbles ......

[Converted_to_datsun]

The photo uploader here works fine, no need for photos bucket. Let's see that beauty

[Eagle_Adam]

I'm sure it works fine but I wanna be able to use the pics I've uploaded in other places

[Eagle_Adam]

OK, so to recap this is where I started with this truck after moving into the new place

[Eagle_Adam]

First up was getting the new aluminum radiator and aluminum trans cooler mocked up and installed

[Eagle_Adam]

Unfortunately my grandma passed away just as I was getting started, and the garage became a holding pen for all of her stuff. So many weeks later finally got it cleaned out and back to a usable two car garage!

[Eagle_Adam]

Back to the rad and trans cooler!

Came up with these bad boys to space out the rad from the core support and secure it all nicely

[Eagle_Adam]

Next up was the trans cooler, which I ended up whipping up this cute little piece of 1/8 in bar stock that the cooler itself bolted to. Then I drilled and tapped some threaded holes into the frame to attach the bar stock to. Came out nice IMO

[Eagle_Adam]

Trans cooler mounted up and in its final resting place!



Rad mounted in its final resting place!

[Eagle_Adam]

And then the dreaded one step forward and two steps back reared its ugly head -.-

Somehow the exhaust mani CRACKED!!!

Can't find a damn pic but this was the aftermath -.-


And wouldn't u know it, just two weeks prior I sold my last round port mani -.-

So fuck it was in order and it's getting a square port mani till I can slap a diff head on it

[Eagle_Adam]

Cleaned up all the surfaces AGAIN...





And we're back in business

[Eagle_Adam]

So now your up to date, next is
- fluids
- dbl check everything
- charge the battery
- test fire and come up with a final list of issues to solve b4 it's back to a daily!!

Woot!

[DRIVEN]

Really close!

[Taterhead]

Excellent.


But I hate to hear about your g'ma.