Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

haha mines in boxes on my bedroom floor!!

just intill after good-guys in a few weeks.

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

i got all the front chrome on today, now i just need some hood hinges and im off to good-guys

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/cstm68/008.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/cstm68/009.jpg

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

hoods on and i finaly got ntho wash the whole truck. ive been waiting for that for 4 years now.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/cstm68/019.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/cstm68/020.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/cstm68/023.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/cstm68/021.jpg

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

Nice! Looks awesome! Well done :metal:

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

Nice! Good job.

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

today i started painting my brake swap kit, i painted the master, drop spindals and parts of the rotors black and the calipers red, and since the truck will be getting lowered soon i thought i would get some pics of how it sits now.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/001-2.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/002-2.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/003-4.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/011-3.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/018-2.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/007-3.jpg

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

nice job... are you gonna add the outer front bumper supports? noticed the holes...

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

yeah, i need to order a new bumper and a bolt kit for it. im thinking of getting one of theoes ones with the fog lights in it.

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

that is F'ing HOT, love it so much, it is 1 in the morning and looking at your pics makes me wanna go to the garage now, to heck with it i am gonna go, want mine done now more than ever, but i still have to work on everyone elses first, argh i hate priorities..

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

Looking good!

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

Your truck makes me want to paint mine orange

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

haha thanks man, iv spent lots of wee hours of lots mornings and nights in the garage,

here are some pics i took before i left work today.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/001-3.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/003-5.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/005-5.jpg

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

You work at Les Schwab? Cause I do! Great-looking truck be the way.:metal:

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

haha yeah man. ive been ther about a year and a half,


http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/008-4.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/009-4.jpg

here are some pics of my brakes mocked up.

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

tinight i started on my brake conversion, i got the old master off and im ready to bench bleed the new one and install it. i just need to get some new hard lines from the prop valve to the frame,

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/009-5.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/008-5.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/012-4.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/017-3.jpg

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today i tore appart all the old front suspention and got the upper and lower control arms cleaned and painted. tomarow i will try to get all the suspention put on and finnish the master cylinder

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/001-4.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/004-6.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/005-6.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/012-5.jpg

i had to cut the rivits off to get the upper ball joints out
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/011-5.jpg

and check out the old coils that look like they were torched to lower it.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/014-3.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/019-2.jpg

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

I think you need a few more exhaust clamps!

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

haha yea thoes are just ther untill i get the exhaust re done i didnt want to waste all the welding wire if thats just gunna come off and get thrown away.

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

Any pictures of the interior now that you have it finished? I'm interested in doing something similar in regards to a center console.

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

got the front all put together. i love how low it is but i need to fix that the wheel wells sit on the front tires.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/001-5.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/006-6.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/009-7.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/013-4.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/016-4.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/014-4.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/015-4.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/018-4.jpg

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

the front is done and i got the rear coils in. now i just need to put the c notch in and the lowerinf blocks the bring the back down some more.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/006-7.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/008-8.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/009-8.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/010-7.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/011-7.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...tm68/012-7.jpg

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

yelp that is what it needed, to be lowered :)

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

wow, NICE!
that looks pretty low for static...can you turn your wheels fully with out rubbing?

Re: my 68 shortbed build
 

what are the specs on those wheels i like them