Thread: 53 Is back from the Body Shop

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I'm not really worried about the fuel temp too much. Like Roger mentioned, every factory sump I've taken out of a fuel tank has the return dumping right into the bowl. I'm going to run it like it is and see how it works. If I got to change something, I'm getting really good at taking the fuel tank down.

I picked up a smaller air filter for Rita today to see if I could stuff that under the hood in a better way. I think I have a winner, it tucked in there pretty nice and now I just need to make a partial air box around it.

It's time to try to pretty things up under the hood. I bought a small sheet metal brake for making an intake cover and coil covers. I figured if I make em, I'll have the press paid for plus a about $150 in the pocket vs buying them. Plus I need to make a cold air intake for the air filter. This is what I got mocked up so far.

Seth, nice work. You should google pics for smoothed/sanded truck intakes. They actually look pretty cool smoothed and painted. That's what I'm going to do to mine for now.

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Seth, nice work. You should google pics for smoothed/sanded truck intakes. They actually look pretty cool smoothed and painted. That's what I'm going to do to mine for now.

I thought about going that route but the thought of sitting there for hours sanding, plastic welding and filling holes made me go this route. I think I'll paint it and the coil covers the same color as the pickup, and I might put something on the intake cover to jazz it up a bit, not sure what though.

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

.......and I might put something on the intake cover to jazz it up a bit, not sure what though.

Von Dutch style pinstriping! Lot's of real estate for a nice pattern.

Originally Posted by Hotrod46

Von Dutch style pinstriping! Lot's of real estate for a nice pattern.

I had to google Von Dutch to see what it was. Every body has their own taste and most people like that type of striping, but I never really cared to much for it. I almost feel bad for not caring for it too much because it takes a lot of talent and time to do it. Thanks for the idea though !

Well, I went to bed with it raining last night and woke up to this in the morning so I spent the day figuring out what to do for a cold air intake. This is what I came up with and I think it will work ok. It shouldn't be a terrible eye sore after I get it smoothed out a bit and painted up.

Just found this, how would this look in the middle of it.

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

Just found this, how would this look in the middle of it.

I think that'd be slick

Looks good Seth, clean it up and put it on!

Yep, I think it's going to go on. He just accepted my offer on eBay and hopefully I still like it when it gets here

I started making some coil covers for the 5.3, I just couldn't see spending $200 plus on some bought'n ones. Robert is good at showing special bend and tools on his 55 so I thought I'd give it a try. The tool in the second pic is called a pliers The Cover is in proto stage but you get the idea.

Nice use of the pliers. I used some crescent wrenches to bend some 1/4" plate the other day on the 40.

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

(Robert)

Nice use of the pliers. I used some crescent wrenches to bend some 1/4" plate the other day on the 40.

oops, corrected. I just got finished reading Rogers post on the bench saw b/f i typed