from beginning to end!"Project: Big Nell"(11/1/07)

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Mon May 01, 2006 8:04 am

i promise to have some kind of progress shortly, be it pics of parts i order, or work itself. im taking the tool box out and trying to sell it at the garage sell. prolly sand that down sometime soon.

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:04 pm

alright, so things should start sorta moving these next few weeks. i have to pull the intake, and figured hey......perfect time to have it blaster and painted. better yet.......not a better time to blast and chrome my thermostat cover and also go to electronic ignition. Once those little things are done, the motor will then be pulled/ resealed/tranny serviced/rebuilt maybe, and rear end resealed and serviced.

grounded72 · Post by **grounded72** » Sat May 27, 2006 12:44 pm

can't wait to see some updates man

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Sat May 27, 2006 2:10 pm

your not the only one. i gotta figure out how to pull everything so i can install it correctly when it comes time. and from the looks of it, i have no clue what im doing.

I dont want to remove the heads to find TDC, so whats the next best way?

Galaxie64 · Post by **Galaxie64** » Sat May 27, 2006 2:53 pm

Very cool I wish I would have found a SB but mine is a LB. Kind of funny Mine is primered the same and looks like it was the same original blue, although you have a lot less body work to do than I do. I even bought mine almost exactly a month before yours I think.

http://i14.ebayimg.com/02/i/06/74/db/b7_1.JPG

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Sat May 27, 2006 9:12 pm

looks like u have a lot less than i do actually. I have a hole in the hood, rust hole in the door, bondo'd front pass. fender and kicked in bed side.

its all in time to be fixed. as this thread shows....i am moving very slow.

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Sun May 28, 2006 8:52 am

If anyone has detailed specs of that crossmember, im sure i could figure a way to build it. I won't be using the stock frame, but either a full custom or the front off this, and run rails from firewall back. I want to run 22's all around so i know ill be cutting a lot of things, but that doesnt bother me really. I have a 9 inch under the truck now, If i have to get a new one, i guess I have to, but would like to keep what I have and just get the front drilled out for what i have now. How much will you let the front brake stuff go for? Is it the granada rotors/calipers/and caliper brackets?? If you have any pictures and measurements of that crossmember, that would help a lot.

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:44 pm

alright, pulled the intake/dizzy/carb and all, some of you may know this, I know its been FOREVER AND A WEEK for my to update, but I wasnt really inspired to work on the truck until as of late. So I have a few before and after just so I can show some work being day. Its the intake dotcentral sent me. Its deffinately original haha had a lot of cork gasket on it which was expected. So here are the pics, hope you enjoy.....

this is the "after" as I didn't get a before pic of this side.

this is the opposite side before any work.

this is it now, going on tomorrow after I get my welding cart! Birthday week!

And that is how the motor is right now. I plan on running a rope under the carb spacer, without any of the gaskets for it installed, that way i can hold it up and not smash my fingers or anything once i get it on the posts of threaded rod. I hope that helps with lowering it down straight and even.

customcrewcab · Post by **customcrewcab** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:06 pm

man when you get that thing runing get some engine degreaser and drive it down to the carwash. alittle cleaning and some paint goes along way.

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:11 pm

Thats my plan

. Didnt have zip locks baggies last time to cover the electrics. Hit the frame and wheel wells last time.

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:28 pm

is that the 302? not too badf.

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:49 pm

It would get sprayed down sooner but I am afriad of the wiring being wet, cranking it, and starting a whole mess. Theres a few wires not even covered, its sorta scary.

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:55 pm

small update, just getting ready to pull the motor and all. batteries come out tomorrow as well.....MAY pull fenders as well. I really wanna pull the aprons though.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/sa ... CN1901.jpg

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:56 pm

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/sa ... CN1904.jpg

just a picture of my perfect condition, original, black vinyl seat

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:35 pm

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/sa ... CN1905.jpg

the first battery out, i swear it weighed 40 lbs!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/sa ... CN1906.jpg

second battery was more normal. excuse the intake, and the ghetto tie down bungie tol hold the batteries in place. They will be in the bed when I get the chance to do that whole deal.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/sa ... CN1907.jpg

i think the pic explains itself............used to be a work truck, and needs some TLC. deffinately a project.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/sa ... CN1911.jpg

i guess the previous owner, changed socks under the hood one night and forgot this....

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