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Heres mine on my 67.I've never done anything like this before so I learned alot.I also will run my wires out the vent and thru the fenders.I'm using a heater off a forklift it will be behind the glovebox door.

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Does anybody have picture with all the holes labeled for what they are used for?:confused:

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look here. for labeled holes
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=178458

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Mike did you paint those script valve covers yourself? Those rock and are the best looking ones I have ever seen.

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yes, i used a stencel that CLASSIC INDUSTRIES sells , i believe it was a $12.00 dollars. thanks for the comments.

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I am starting the process of shaving the firewall this week:metal: and i have plans to get rid of a lot of stuff of the firewall. I was wondering since i have never done a resto/custom project before i don't want to screw myself by shaving one hole and then realizing that i needed it. I was hoping that someone would be so kind to tell me what holes you can shave and were do you relocate them. I am posting the pic of the firewall with the holes labed so we can use that. For example. In the pic there is a hole that is for the speedometer cable. When you shave it what do you have to do to get it all hooked up. Another example. The trans linkage. How are you going to hook it up if you shave the hole. If i am using a column shift do i need that trans linkage hole? There is a few holes for emergency brake and winshield wipers that i wont need so those are easy. I am planning on using the krugel underdash brakes setup so i can clean that up. I am thinking that you need to have the fuse block connector on the firewall because it has do connect to the fuse block inside the cab. Is there another location?

All you guys with an all new firewall, how do you plan on hooking everything up? Do you jut plan on drilling the holes when you need them?

Thanks alot and i really appreciate it. I just like to know every option before i start something.

Josh

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On the pink truck up above, I plan on putting a brake booster back on it, I am putting an A/C bulkhead connector on the passenger side, as well as a throttle cable at the driver's side hump corner and the electrical connection will be eliminated, since I am going to use an aftermarket wiring harness. It will go through the floor board at the corner. The Fuel Injection wiring will go through the floor board just at the corner of the hump. The speedo is going to electric and there will be no cable to worry about.

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That sounds just like what i am wanting done. What aftermarket wiring are you using? In post 29 of this thread CSMT68 is using a painless wiring setup but it still looks like he will have that connection on the firewall. Or am i missing something? Also that hole in the center of the firewall that is labed wiring. That is no longer going to be a hole right since you are using the aftermarket setup? Thanks for the help i am feeling like i know what holes i am going to eliminate!

Josh

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very cool color orange or gold ???? nice work guys, very nice indeed

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The word Painless is sometimes a misnomer. Every one I deal with in this area, does not use Painless, unless it is the only thing around. I am looking at a Ron Francis kit and I am NOT going with the replacement wiring that is designed for the chevy trucks. So with that thinking, I will not have to have that big block in the firewall. I am taking my truck to a different level and building it like a streetrod, that way I can do things that the factory design limits me in doing.

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Here is mine. I havent worked on it since July. No modivation what so ever.....maybe next month LOL

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ASSEMBLE03.jpg

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JAMIS,
THAT IS SWEET...... exactly how i want to do mine even the same color. is it hawaian blue ?

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my sweet lord.... thats pretty

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Thanks guys....thats Chevy Cobalt blue. I wanted the Hawian blue but I could only find it in mettalic, being my first paint job I was told a solid would be easier so I went with the Cobalt blue.

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What do you do for heat since you covered the passenger side?

Bill in SD

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This is my smoothed wall had to leave some though.

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looks great but can't live without heat during winter.

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My point exactly! I don't necessarily need A/C, so is there an electric heat box or something that works for these trucks?

Thanks-

Bill in SD

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smoothed under construction

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Here are a few of mine..

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...t/P4010640.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...t/P5120766.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...t/P5120767.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...t/P5120768.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...t/PB300383.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...psef3a8d3e.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...1/P3230896.jpg

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getting closer