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In my experience the cheapest are the Edelbrock Performer - plenty of rebuild and upgrade parts. You will need to use a fuel pressure reg like the Holley to keep it at 4.5-5 psi or it will run rich. If you drive every day, a Holley vacuum secondary is a decent choice. It seems to me the Holley needs...

From what I’ve read and watched videos on, a carb doesn’t necessarily care about engine health, EFI-O2-ECU setup gets a bit confused unless you manual tune it. Saw one guy’s video who could barely get his 383 cold started. It would be best on a healthy or rebuilt if that’s what you have. Just from w...

Here are some interesting pages related to my model.
(These are scanned at 75dpi btw.)

Special thanks to a member here I bought a large binder 1964 Dodge Truck Sales Manual. Although this is mostly focused on commercial vehicles, it does contain interesting facts and illustrations, particularly for compact and town country models. There’s too many pages to scan everything but I will s...

You might also look at the instructions for the C10 shortbed kit as a sanity check. Hot rod garage did a episode on that. If I were doing that after completing the splice/welding I would add another welded plate across the welded sections. But that’s probably overkill. https://www.brotherstrucks.com...

Thank goodness - and for the pics as well.

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Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:26 am

straight up, rip off of my drawing with a few slight changes

Yes that's what I was thinking. And on eBay as well unless that's you there. I guess they're covered by the 'few slight changes'.

I splurged on the Bendix radio service manual. If anyone wants a pdf let me know.

Not at all on topic as I have a non-stock setup... but related in case others find this thread. When at stop, hot air from the top of my engine gets pulled out over the top of the radiator, past the radiator support, out the front and back through the front grill. With the mechanical fan at idle thi...

Excellent follow up on the build and parts list. Thanks! Although I haven’t gotten as far as I’ve wanted, I was able to take the truck around the neighborhood this past weekend for a shakedown and although the front is higher up than I want everything works well. It’s interesting that these two disc...

Thanks for the updates. Am looking forward to the completed view and of course how it works when driving.

1968 114in 318 4spd 3.23

Looks great!

Anyone ever tried putting 52 inch rear spring pack on the front? By making a new rear hanger moving the rear hole back 4 inches, 52 inch rear springs could be used in the front. In theory it should make the ride considerably better. Thoughts? I have to admit that I’ve thought about the rear hanger ...

This looks interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq-vqCLmZws While I get the fact that it is a specialty item and the manufacturer has a need to cover for lawsuit/insurance, there is no logical reason a motor is $1900. :thinking I always think ahead, what if 3 years down the road it quits wo...

I bought these to take a look just in case my Alcan springs didn't work out. I know, most everyone would think that is a waste of money. But they were having a sale on these and at a little over a hundred bucks, there may be someone local who'd want these. Compared to the springs I bought from Alcan...

I was going to put my spring back on but the new brake booster is plenty to push the pedal back in contact with the brake light switch. Plus, what a pain in the buttoosky to put back on - I tried and tried but gave up exhausted. So as soon as I figured I could live without it, it went into a drawer....

I have schematics from the owners manual for the original Sweptline Radio. If you want a copy of file PM Me your e mail address. Thanks a bunch - that would really help. It’s conradk-at-mac.com - and if anyone here ever wants to email me directly. Let me know if you didn’t get that pm - it looks li...

Compared to others on here I am about as slow moving as they come. And unfortunately can’t help but improve the truck while repairing it, which adds way more time. I get where you are coming from though. Keep at it a little at a time. I just took a look at the 64 “Master Service Reference Books” and...

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/Cv3rV7Nll50