Recent content by volaredon

I have 2 80s flat hoods here. I may wind up having to run one. The idiot who blasted my parts warped my BB hood and I don't know if it's salvageable. I like it for it being different. I don't plan on driving this truck when there's ice around anyway. I do remember the ice formation there on my...

Glad you have had good luck with them...

Both 79s I have had were the flat hood. I think 79 was the first year of that.

Screw LMC but they aren't the only ones showing 85/older and 86/newer being different

What's the difference on these between 86-down and 87-up? I know that they sell different gaskets for them And will an 87- up wing window and frame assembly fit an 86-older door and vise versa

Somebody does. I saw it as I was looking for something else last week and ran across it... $600 ish and says it requires hood pins. Think it's a "lift off" deal. I'm guessing that if it has the mounting pad that the original hinge could bolt to you'd have to remove the springs from the hood...

I am going to check out a different (hopefully better) cab for it tomorrow that doesn't need patch panels on the roof I got a nasty surprise when my cab was stripped off a "military" truck so hopefully it wasn't subject to a road salt bath over its life

Yup. He did. I'm not going to make them try to get it straight. I'm either gonna put the flat hood I have on it (don't want to) or find another bird bath. I have 2 leads on replacement bird bath hoods, and the body shop has both of my bird bath hood cowls I have flat hood cowls here if I have...

How could mpg be terrible if the pump wasn't keeping up? What engine? They used mechanical ones for years on some very high HP engines just fine...I like simplicity.

I got a set of the cheapo no name stainless SB headers a while back off of CL brand new in the box for $25, I ended up giving those to my kid for one of his projects. I'm not a fan of China made but for $25 I wasn't out much. I do like the thickness of the flange. So far so good with that set...

Definitely a thought but I'm not sure about valving/switching between them. I know both Chevy and Ford were more popular for 2 smaller tanks over the years while Dodge seemed to favor a single big tank. I have a couple of 22 gallon Dakota tanks laying around but those have internal electric...

I've heard of people substituting a van or a ramcharger tank years after their trucks but not from the factory

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Other parts of the truck got that... Holes in the cab roof I didn't know was there Also a series of holes roughly vertical alongside the mirror mount in a door And a very puffy fender that looked really nice when covered in paint ( and Bondo) I brought them a different door and fender that...

I may be looking for another bird bath hood Or else going back to the default 79-93 one. The idiot that sandblasted mine did not do it by the process that he had promised, used plain old black beauty on it and warped the shyt out of it for me. I'm beyond pissed. Its at the body shop, I'm waiting...