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06-29-2008, 06:42 PM
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Texas Big Wig
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mineola, Texas
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Slick 77
Hey guys, this is my 77 short bed that I traded my brother out of a while back
It was originally a big block, tach dash, front & rear sway bars, non trimmed truck Now has a warmed up 350 with vortec heads, hooker headers, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, Edelbrock carb, comp 268 cam, & some other goodies Short term plans are to swap in a 700R4 trans & drive it But for the long term I want to do something similar to Dinos 78 (at least stance wise) with a smooth dash like the one below (but black) & some other neat ideas I have for it      Dinos truck  Smooth dash 
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06-29-2008, 07:37 PM
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State of Confusion!
  
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Re: Slick 77
Nice looking start. It will be an interesting read/build.
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06-29-2008, 11:53 PM
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Commander Taco Bello
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Re: Slick 77
subscribed.
man, you have a lot of projects going on 
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06-30-2008, 12:36 AM
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Texas Big Wig
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mineola, Texas
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Re: Slick 77
I know right, but Ima start getting rid of a few so I can have the $$$ & room to work on the ones I keep
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06-30-2008, 07:47 PM
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72 Chevelle Club
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Newton , Iowa
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Re: Slick 77
Sweet !! Now stop loafing and get to work !! JK Looks like a great start . Keep us posted . Bob
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06-30-2008, 09:21 PM
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Texas Big Wig
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Location: Mineola, Texas
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Re: Slick 77
Well today I got the trans swapped out, not finished but the hard part is out of the way
Still have to hook up the cooler lines, linkage, & have the drive shaft cut down Old busted Th350  Good 700R4 
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06-30-2008, 10:54 PM
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On the fast track to nowhere..
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Re: Slick 77
Subscribed, again
 
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07-01-2008, 10:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: lodi ca
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Re: Slick 77
dude lay that baby out!! i cant wait to get mine started
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07-01-2008, 11:36 AM
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THE VILLIAGE IDIOT
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Tooele, Utah
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Re: Slick 77
nice truck
sure wish i could find a swb truck up here... i found 2 in the last few weeks.. 1 is 500.00 it has maybe 2 good body panel on it, no floors left in it, hm i might give 200.00 for it iif it ran... the second one they want 2500.00 for. now it has a sweet red paint job, but they paint over all the rust.. its not in any better shape than the one for 500.00 other than it has a older set of mag wheels on it and decent tires... time to go back to the junkyard.. they got one, but i been waiting for them to get the title for it for over 4 years now...
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honestly honey,,i have no idea how that truck got here.
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07-01-2008, 11:50 AM
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Texas Big Wig
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mineola, Texas
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Re: Slick 77
Dude, that sucks for you
I have like 8 of these things just laying around for parts or to build At least I have the parts to make mine really strait
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07-02-2008, 07:12 AM
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great southern land
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Re: Slick 77
oh not again.... hehe are you gonna finish this one? hehe
jjits a nice truck u got there... now get it built...
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07-02-2008, 08:33 AM
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Tot Roddin'
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Re: Slick 77
Get ready to open the wallet for the drop member...
If you can get that thing to ride like Dino's, I can't wait to see it!Great build, can't wait to see where this ends up. Good luck!
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07-02-2008, 09:32 AM
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Texas Big Wig
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Location: Mineola, Texas
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Re: Slick 77
It will prolly get low in stages, but when I do the rear I will make it capable of going as low as I ever want it & if I have to use some blocks temporarily to make it ride even with the font I will
As for the front, Ima use the A-arms off Sinister & buy some 3" drop spindles Then when I get the money a drop member will go in place |
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07-02-2008, 09:47 AM
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Re: Slick 77
Subscribed. And by the way, what did you have to change to swap in that 700r4? I'm guessing that cause my turbo 350 on my inline 6 is the same bolt pattern, mabye I can swap one into my truck.
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07-02-2008, 09:55 AM
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Texas Big Wig
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Re: Slick 77
Quote:
The truck I pulled the R4 out of, I put a TH350 in its place & had no problems (driveshaft went into place just fine & I may have had to move the cross member a lil) This truck had a TH350 in it & everything went the same, but I guess this TH350 was a lil shorter than the other as my driveshaft is now too long And I think I had to move the cross member back just a hair on this one too Other than just bolting it up, you need to wire up the lock up torque converter & make sure your driveshaft is the right length Heres a good thread on the 700R4 swap http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...ighlight=700r4 |
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07-02-2008, 10:02 AM
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Re: Slick 77
I'll bet that one could get incredible gas mileage with an overdrive trans and a 250 inline. Thanks for the info.
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07-03-2008, 07:01 PM
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mini truck racer
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Re: Slick 77
Is that green th350 a lovelady rebuild out of Crocket ?
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07-03-2008, 07:58 PM
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Texas Big Wig
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Re: Slick 77
Ok, progress update
I got the 700R4 installed & had my driveshaft cut down to fit (mine had to be 55 3/4" center to center) Now I have to make or mod a bracket for the TV cable, hook up the shift linkage & wire up the converter  Should get the shift linkage & maybe the TV cable hooked up tomorrow |
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07-06-2008, 08:11 PM
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Texas Big Wig
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mineola, Texas
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Re: Slick 77
More progress
I got the TV cable bracket modded & the cable hooked up... at home researching how to adjust it Also got the the linkage hooked up, doesnt work right but it works... I need to get all the 700R4 linkage & column for it to work right Pics coming soon 
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07-06-2008, 08:44 PM
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Registered User
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Re: Slick 77
waiting on those pics,,,,of the modded bracket to
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07-07-2008, 03:54 AM
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Texas Big Wig
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mineola, Texas
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Re: Slick 77
I'll get you some pics of the bracket bro
I went & hung out with a friend & raced a guy, I whooped him Then he got pulled over & I got away So after I hide out for a but I take my friend home & head to my house, well I dont have insurance on my truck till tomorrow & I pass a cop which starts to follow me & like a dumbass I try to loose him because of the no insurance & I figured that the other cop had a report out on me for street racing Well I turned down a road & turned my lights off BIG MISTAKE & run into a ditch then proceed to plow through a fence, but not just any fence a nice strong fence with rail road ties on the corner I pretty much screwed my truck up really good, when I plowed into the cross tie it bent my drivers rear wheel, ripped the axle back & made the drive shaft fall which in turn catapulted me up & I landed going the opposite direction Im tired, & just got home from retrieving my truck, so Ima go to bed & I'll access the damage & take pics tomorrow Moral of the story DONT FREAK'N RUN FROM THE COPS & DONT TURN OFF YOU LIGHT WHILE STILL MOVING !!!!!! |
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07-07-2008, 04:05 AM
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Dark Heart Motorsports
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Re: Slick 77
where in texas you from brother?
btw... that sounded painful...
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07-07-2008, 04:16 AM
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Texas Big Wig
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mineola, Texas
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Re: Slick 77
Dude, to honest it hurt my heart more than anything
I love my truck & it just rips me that I did something stupid & tore it all up My back hurts a lil from it, but I'll be ok... my truck may take a while to fix I live in Mineola, its in east Texas about 2 hours east of Dallas towards Shreveport Louisiana |
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