did you get all that coolant cleaned up?

and then put all back together.

https://www.supermotors.net/getfile/...intake-023.jpg

yep. fo sho!!!!.... lol but yeah got it all cleaned up and whatnot.

thats good. run good again?

its getting there. it was a lil low on power at first after the 7 hours of the battery being unhooked. but once got almost home it started coming back to how it normally runs.... JUST PLAIN HARD!!!

lol. well thats good!

yeah. finally got someone else to confirm it had a Cam in it. not the stock 351 HO marine cam. its got a rough idle and when ya first hit the gas it hesitates like its catching a breath and then hauls ass.

he said when i first started it up after i got it off the roll back he was like oh chit. no wonder he talks so much bout this truck. the cam is bumpin.

lol. that rocks man. i adjusted the timin on my ol 460 and it does that now too. its just a stock 460, but you can tell its a big breather. if you stomp it, it does this little... like this: brumburmbrum-shwaBRUUUUUMM!! lol. :-X20

What's the truck, the '76? Does it have a 9" rear? They do make rather nice and strong full spools for these axles, the only reasons I welded mine up is that it was basically free.

the 76 is in my sig. no good pics of it or id put some up. yes, it has a 9" rear.

A little progress
 

I took out the heater box then the leaking core.. I'll pick up one Monday. Not bad 20 bucks. U just cant find a good rad shop around anymore.
I tightened up the loose vac lines and tweeked the carb a little. It's sounding better. Ye getting the water pump then too.

sounds like you should move up a size in your carb jets:-X0A6

or do you have injectors?

lol. its port injected EFI darrell... i wish she was carbie...

Eh, carbs are obsolete - the EEC-IV system that truck runs is about as simple and reliable as can be, I'd never trade one of those for a carb on a daily-driver vehicle.