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    1973 Tailgate Trim Band Replacement

    Correct, the Blazer (with fiberglass top) bands are all the large size and they are also different from pickups. Blazers (again, the ones with fiberglass tops) have a flat tailgate without the concave area that pickups have. Also, there is no exterior tailgate handle. Blazers without the...
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    Clamping brake lines to axle tubes?

    Yep, similar to using zip ties as plug wire separators.
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Yep. I just ran all of power tour again in my wagon. 350/350 and iirc, 3.08 gear. On the highway, I definitely was not holding anyone up lol. That was with the wife, our 2-year old and our 3-month old twins. And all the luggage associated with picknicing and traveling with three little ones...
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    Sbc to bbc fan shroud issues

    Do you have the short or the tall version of the radiator? The tall one is roughly the same height as the core support, while the short version is several inches shorter than the core support.
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    Latest Lost Cause Project: 1979 Z28

    I didn't realize y'all sold glass too. I need to remember to get some damn catalogs, lol. @Midnightmoon what do you mean by "wasn't fully installed"?
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    '73 Chevelle SS Wagon (local find)

    Today was a bit of a fiasco. We were making good time at the start of the day, but that all went downhill as there was a fuel filter/mechanical fuel pump/used electric pump/new electric pump series of events that came about. But we did make it to the venue early enough in the evening to get our...
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    Mar-K Truck Toolbox for Stepside

    I've never heard them called that before. I like it.
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    dose anyone have any good pictures of a 3inch body lift

    Yeah, I remember seeing some budget rigs with stacked frames. And also folks that made their own "lift blocks" by torch cutting a bunch of leaf springs and stacking them all up. I specifically remember a Suburban with lift springs and also about 6 inches of leaf sections, on all four corners...
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    Front discs won’t release

    Yep. I can only remember replacing just one. It was a brown '80-ish Malibu.
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    dose anyone have any good pictures of a 3inch body lift

    I had one with a 3" body lift. Installed by a PO, not me. It looked like ass.
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    '73 Chevelle SS Wagon (local find)

    The brand new AC belt snapped on the way to the hotel this evening. It's not too awful surprising, it was a really cheap belt. I'll have to find a quality belt along the way somewhere.
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    Replacing a single frame rail, can it be done?

    I agree, if only changing the rail, it will be straight enough. But if replacing all the rivets on the other rail too, it will need to be checked for square during assembly. Straightening these frames is actually a bit difficult. They have a lot of rebound in them, it can take a lot of pulling.
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    Replacing a single frame rail, can it be done?

    The reason I mentioned drilling to 7/16" is for frame rigidity. Putting the frame together square, it's possible that the original rivet holes may not line up perfectly. So drilling to 7/16 will make them line up. In short, drill only as a connection is being made, rather than drilling all holes...
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    Show off your non-square project cars.

    That's a benefit of some blingin' 24's I guess. It would certainly fix that situation, lol.
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    Replacing a single frame rail, can it be done?

    Yes, you can replace just the one rail. Time and money wise, it makes no sense, but for sentimental reasons, it kinda sorta makes sense. If you are replacing ALL the rivets with bolts, make sure the frame stays square as you bolt it all together. I'd start at the front. Drill out all the holes...
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