Scruffy49

Definitely keeping the cowl vent, always chuckle at the owners who let the shop "shave" it during the build process.

Points are better, all you need is a dime and a matchbook to reset them in a pinch.

HEI? Pretty sure it stands for "bad engineering" with fragile connections and a horrible, almost impossible to set attachment method of cap to dizzy. Could just be the V6 on our C10 though...

I'm still trying to find the factory option oil bath air filter for my Sweptline. They work just fine, and the "what the heck is that???" factor is priceless... Car show folks who've never seen a stock engine...

Want a good debate? Alternator versus generator -or- 6v versus 12v...I was going to go whole hog 12v with alternator and power everything... Probably going to stay 6v and just replace the cracked door glass and add a screen to the cowl vent. There's another good argument, keep the cowl vent as issued, add a screen to keep out critters, or weld the sucker up solid...

did anyone see the travesty of the sweptline they are doing?  blaming the truck for their inabilty to measure and check things befor starting a build.....even my dad (staying over while mom is inthe hospital) was thinking they are stupid.

Haven't seen that one, don't have satellite or cable, just antenna television, got tired of wasting scarce money for iffy programming.

Anybody tackling a Sweptline better know what they are doing... That body series is notorious for the levels of rot that crop up in them. And replica body panels are pretty much nonexistent. Turning mine into a farm stand for the time being, at least it can earn its keep while the wiring, upholstery, floor and door rebuilds, etc are going on.

Your average Swepty is going to have rotten door bottoms, rotten or missing floorpans, rotten cowl, rotten wooden bed mounting blocks, suspect if not outright disastrous wiring issues, tweaked if not cracked frame (they got used, hard, like trucks should be)... Bad gauges, bad fuel system components (tank seams rot, even in the cab), dried out rear wheel bearings (greased, not splash lubricated, not common anymore so overlooked)... Nearly impossible to repair windshield and back glass leaks, rotten hood lip, damaged irreplaceable grill panels...

Good trucks, but you really have to love them to justify the expense in time, cash and materials. And plan on a few years to fix the issues, I've owned and been driving/working on mine since September 2004 and it has a long way to go to be "right", let alone "restored"...

Which shop bit off more than it could chew this time?