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Side hustle purgatory

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#1 ·
A local fab shop was looking for someone to do a rewire on a customer's vehicle they're working on. They got my name and number, and I took the job on. Estimated 2 weeks, now on 4th week of every night and all weekend long.

Truck is a 1953 GMC 5 window and is a NSRA show winner. Had a lot of existing wiring that was pieced together hurriedly. Don't have direct contact with the owner so I've had to sherlock my way through what was existing as well as wire in a couple new items they put on it. I'm hoping to be done this weekend, wife is telling people she's a widow. I'm working out of a friend's shop since my garage is too cramped, I feel bad for taking this much time and his space to do this. This is my first foray into a big job for someone else and am trying to go the extra mile to present something that's beyond their expectations. Working around finished metal top and bottom, having to sleep on decisions, and work in the extras is time consuming, but almost ready to put power to it and check all the circuits!! These are initial delivery and work shots.

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#100 ·
Little potato vision to go with your coffee this morning. Open header, 495hp 376cuin LS3 in the 55 Chevy. Short night last night, going to be checking fuel tuning as it was running rich. Better video coming when time allows. Also putting miles on the 68 Camaro, it's running hot, trying to figure that out, video soon.

 
#109 ·
Started digging in, whoever worked on this must have had surplus white, red, and yellow spools of wire.. and the owner wants the show car treatment done to the engine bay. Stay tuned.

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Pulled the cheap marine gauges out (Faria?) and noticed it's got a European steering column! (Joke, it was installed 180 out 🤷‍♂️)
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#111 ·
Those European columns... I was in a friend's Capri when he was cut off by another car. He went for the horn but never found it in time. As it turned out, the horn is actuated by pushing a stalk lever inward on the steering column! Just like on an MGB.