'67 stepside project
 

I've wanted a '67 stepside ever since I first saw the one my neighbor, who was the local NAPA owner, bought one brand new.
I finally found a good solid one....very minimal rust anywhere on it...surface rust was intentional to get the "patina" look

Original V8 truck...it has a tired 350 mated to an S-10 T5 manual transmission
Factory front sway bar...3.73 positraction...
LS1/4L60E swap is in the plan

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This little bonus came with it
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Posi long gone...TrueTrac on the way
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Nice find ! :metal:

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This is the one I was texting you about last week....
I want to remove the cut out fender and replace with standard one
Do you happen to have one...?
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Lucky dog. Nice truck.

Finding a non-spare, good 67 step fender is going to take a while unless you luck up on one or know someone. I have two fantastic 68-72 fenders I'd love to swap for a similar pair of 67's but thus far the only one's I have found were 1500 miles from me.

More photos please. Love photos of anything and everything.

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Nice ride very clean shape

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Great find for sure. I'm partial to the steppers though.

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Nice score

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Hey that's a good looking truck. I bet it's from Arkansas. ;)
I'd drive that one just as it is and love every minute of it.

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very nice looking stepside, enjoy it

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The '67 is coming along fairly well...(mostly coming apart)
a few pics

LS1 is in and I've had it running
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Man! That's a clean truck. Nice find and keep the photos coming.

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I know your not suppose to ask a women her weight, but I have to.

What did you pick that rig up for? :lol:

Super nice specimen.

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Nine large...:eek:
a bit more than I wanted to.... but it is really solid..
I figured it would balance out since it doesn't need a ton of rust repair and body work.

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I cry every time I look at this thread. Just because this truck is not mine. I don't think you overpaid any considering the condition of the truck. You would probably have more in a rusty one (like mine) to get it to that shape.

Let me go find a tissue......

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You better keep it locked in your garage :lol:

You don't live far from our new place by the lake ! ;)

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Nice to know....I hear you have a lot of '67 goodies hoarded up....:lol:
Did you get your house/shop done?
I need to come see you in the near future...

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Did you make the transmission support/ xmember or buy it somewhere? If so can you let me know where you got it? Just got through tearing out my stock one and looking for a nice one like that.

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I actually made it from some heavy wall square tubing
I bought one but it interfered with the exhaust pipes the way I routed them
That bar right behind it is just a piece of angle iron I was using to get some measurements for my balance tube
This is the one I bought Dirty Dingo....nice piece but it wouldn't work for me
I am considering selling it
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You did a good job. I like the square tubing.

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Thanks....!
it was some scrap I had laying out back of my shop
1½" square x ¼" wall ......2x2 x ¼ angle for the mount....4" square cut on an angle for the trans mount piece

Mitered and tig welded 100% penetration on all the joints...very sturdy piece
It clears the exhaust where I cut holes in the trailing arm mount cross member

Although I won't be lowering this truck...I still wanted the exhaust up high and out of sight from the side....

This trans was out of a TransAm...thus the mounting holes for the torque arm on the tailshaft housing
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you can see the hole in the cross member where the exhaust pipe goes through
tucks it up nice and high

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That’s a quality piece. I like it a lot better than the round tubing ones. I’ve got some 1 1/2 laying around, I think I’ll weld one up. If you’ve got some measurements and don’t mind sharing, pm me with them.

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Right!? lol::lol::lol:

I think 9 grand was a good deal on that one also.

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I'll get you some as soon as I can
I'll be taking the motor and transmission back out soon to clean and paint the frame....

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Thanks man.

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Finally received the Vintage Air kit from MCB Matt
I got the low mount LS bracket hoping I could keep the compressor down low...
It fits perfectly...with room to spare...!
clean compact accessory drive system...this has been a trouble free swap...so far...
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Hey that could be my bed at the moment. Mine is green and standing on end too while I removed all the bad metal. The spot weld cutter is worth it's weight. ;)

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Ha! Seems stepside beds are in vouge right now!

Tongue and groove with copious amounts of carriage bolts were in mine as well. I ground the heads off most of mine and drove them out. Makes the cross sills look like swiss cheese.

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I ended up buying some new bed pieces after I discovered a lot of rust through
I have the bed on a quick built dolly so I can start getting it assembled and squared up..ordered the wood today

I welded the stake pocket back on that was out of place...looks like it's gonna end up a fairly good fit....

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Very nice keep them coming

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Very nice! Where did you get your bed kit? I got mine from Mar K back in March and have just now got the bed front, tailgate and rear cross sill ready for epoxy primer. Too many other things been distracting me.

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All parts are from AMD (TriPlus)... I had an issue with the driver side bedside, the stake pocket was out of position....I cut it off and welded it back on in the correct location...everything else fits fairly well...the original fenders need a little body work but I think it's gonna turn out nice..
I ordered the oak wood floor yesterday...gonna do a trial fit....then start getting it ready for paint.
I saw the Mar-K stuff AFTER I bought the AMD....how's the fit on it?

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Not to rub it in or anything, but when I mocked mine all together it went together pretty easily with no issues. A little tweaking to get the bed square and boards lined up but nothing unusual.

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Looks great!

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Great looking project!! Looking forward to more updates!

What part of East TN are you in?

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Thanks!
I'm in the Maryville/Knoxville area

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the truck bed looks amazing!