mofoa
Member
Hello all,
New to the site and have been reading up on much of the information as I can.
A little about my project and what I've been doing:
I picked the truck up in Sept. 2013 and since then, I've installed a Heidts IFS w/2" droped spindles and disc brakes (5 x 4-3/4) with power rack & pinion. Came across some used some whitewalls and mounted those on. I also just mounted up my new power brake booster under the cab, and still need to mount the master cylinder but thought that it might be a good idea to do that once I run my new lines, that way I can bleed the master and brake lines all at once.
At the same time, I found a used stock 350 motor (it does have an edelbrock intake and 600cfm carb) and have been cleaning it up, replacing the accessories, and will be just about done once I drop in the new HEI and get that dialed in as best as I can until I cane set timing.
My next order of business is to locate a rebuilt a 700r4 transmission, so I can begin mocking up where I will be mounting both the motor and trans. Already have new cross members for both.
In the meantime, one of the items on my to do list is to replace the seals in the rear end. I was told by the PO that it came off a 1966 Impala. Leaks pretty bad. My question here is, is this rear-end good enough for my application to just go ahead and replace the seals and clean it up, or is there a better alternative in my case? This will be mostly used as a cruiser, and sometimes as a work truck.
Still have a lot of work ahead of me, and look forward to learning from you all as I go.
Thank you.
Ralf.
Here are some pics so far
And this is before removing stock trans.xmember
New to the site and have been reading up on much of the information as I can.
A little about my project and what I've been doing:
I picked the truck up in Sept. 2013 and since then, I've installed a Heidts IFS w/2" droped spindles and disc brakes (5 x 4-3/4) with power rack & pinion. Came across some used some whitewalls and mounted those on. I also just mounted up my new power brake booster under the cab, and still need to mount the master cylinder but thought that it might be a good idea to do that once I run my new lines, that way I can bleed the master and brake lines all at once.
At the same time, I found a used stock 350 motor (it does have an edelbrock intake and 600cfm carb) and have been cleaning it up, replacing the accessories, and will be just about done once I drop in the new HEI and get that dialed in as best as I can until I cane set timing.
My next order of business is to locate a rebuilt a 700r4 transmission, so I can begin mocking up where I will be mounting both the motor and trans. Already have new cross members for both.
In the meantime, one of the items on my to do list is to replace the seals in the rear end. I was told by the PO that it came off a 1966 Impala. Leaks pretty bad. My question here is, is this rear-end good enough for my application to just go ahead and replace the seals and clean it up, or is there a better alternative in my case? This will be mostly used as a cruiser, and sometimes as a work truck.
Still have a lot of work ahead of me, and look forward to learning from you all as I go.
Thank you.Ralf.
Here are some pics so far
And this is before removing stock trans.xmember
You do good work.
