1966 Chevy 4x4
 

Well i figured beings im getting ready to final build my 66 ive been driving to school for a year now i might as well start a thread. I bought a 1966 chevy 1/2 ton lwb with a 250 straight 6 and a 4spd for $400 last spring. When i first bought it it was only running on 2 cylinders i rebuilt the head and fixed all the wiring to get the lights and signals to work and havent done much since then. This past summer i ran onto a great deal on rockers cab supports and fenders and i bought it all. So now i have everything to fix it but then i ran onto a 1977 shortbed 4x4 for $300 and so im going to part the body out. Ill keep the frame and axles it has 3.08 gears which helps because i am considering putting a cummins under the hood. Im hoping the body swap shouldnt be too hard but the end result should be a sweet truck and i love being different. I am the only one at school that drives anything older than 1975 and i love it.

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My 66 which will hopefully be 4x4 soon
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/.../my_truck6.jpg
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/.../66_chevy1.jpg
The 4x4 donor
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...arts_truck.jpg

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Hey thats a good idea! I went and looked at some 35x12.50x15 this weekend to run on mine. What do you have planed out on yours? Good luck with the build.

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well there was 31s on the 77 that i bought and i put them on my 66 for now but i found some 34x10.5x15 on summit but i may end up with 33s or 35s idk for sure yet

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Looking forward to seeing this project.:metal:

Take lots of pics for us picture junkies.

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Well today was somewhat productive but it wasnt great. i blew a tire out on the 66 on the way home from school luckily i had a spare at home and got the truck home i pulled the doors off and started to get the front clip off i hopefully can pull the front clip off tomorrow and then sell it and the doors and the hood. but i really need to work on our 2001 ford f350 diesel that we are trying to get running and once i get it running ill start driving it to school and start really tearing in to this build but baseball starts soon so im only gonna get to work on it on the weekends

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I got a 1965 I want to do the same thing with.
I have 1978 3/4 Running Gear that I will Install.
Don't Know when I will get to It.
It's an on the Back-Burner Project.

Pictures Please.

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im hoping to have pictures of everything that i do to it

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[QUOTE= but baseball starts soon so im only gonna get to work on it on the weekends[/QUOTE]
where to you play baseball in kansas

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Love those trucks. My first car/truck was a black 64 chevy 3 speed on the column which would lock up on me at the stop lights. But nothing a screwdriver and a little elbow grease couldn't fix. Oh, the memories...

Good luck on the build and keep those pics coming.

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munger- i play at belle plaine

ya ive hear about the 3 on the trees locking up glad i have a 4spd

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well figured i probably should fill you all in that i wont get to do any work till this summer unless i come up with some money and some time and it doesnt help its the only thing i have to drive right now and the old 6 cylinder is starting to go out on me i think im gonna have to pull the head and rebuild part of it again i didnt put new hardend seats in it and now its starting to not seal up good and is causing it to miss

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well ive finally started body work on the truck i cut out the floor, rocker and bottom of the a pillar on the passenger side im glad im finally getting to fix this ill get pixs posted up when i get time to take some

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Sounds Like U are doing Good on your Project.
Just Remember Watch were U Go /Remember Where U Been.

That Said /Stay with your Project as much as U Can.
Keep the Faith/ Then it Will B something you will Thankful for the hard labor U put in/

4 Year on End.

I started a Machine Shop Class Today.
Wish me Luck

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Well summer is finally here so i now have plenty of time to work on it. Im working on pulling apart and selling the donor truck right now. Hopefully will have it taken apart by next week. As of now motor wise the cummins may not get put in right away but thats kinda up in the air right now. My main focus is getting the body work on the 66 cab done and prepping the frame and figureing out what im gonna do about mounts.

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Alright so I havent said much about the project but thats also because its sat at a stand still due to a job high school and college classes and sports. Im currently taking my automotive engineering classes at a local college while finishing high school its a pretty sweet deal. Anyways I was unsure of weather to use the frame from the 77 or not and been thinking about selling everything or what to do till I recently ran onto a 62 chevy 4x4 on craigslist well i called the guy up and he wasn 650 i talked to him again and he said hed take $400 it has a straigh 6 4spd and 3.90 gears with a dana 44 up front and eaton in the rear but no transfer case. So now im taking the 62 body off cuz its pretty bad and put my cab and body on it and maybe put the 77 suspension and axles under this fram and put powersteering on too while im at it im also building a smallblock to go in it undecided wether to go 327 or 350 ive got a couple weeks i have to finish another guys 350 first. Ill try getting pics up of everything soon.

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http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/...7/113_0129.jpg
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/...7/113_0128.jpg

62 4x4 i bought

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/...7/113_0118.jpg

pretty tough bumper on it

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/...7/113_0130.jpg

worked on it tonight and got the front clip off and cut the cab bolts all off and got some roller wheels on it too

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/...7/113_0121.jpg
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/...7/113_0120.jpg

anybody ever heard of a hydraulic clutch on a 62? the line goes down to the clutch so im assuming that what it is

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alright i have to bed off and the cab is ready to come off i will get pics as soon as i can get time to take some

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Very cool project you have going here! You should keep the step side bed for the 4x4, I think they look really cool on them. Ive never heard of a hydraulic clutch on one of these trucks, the guys in the 60-66 section would know more about it. May I also say that you SUCK for only paying $1100 for all of your trucks! Just kidding! :lol:

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ya and u dont wanna know what i paid for the 2 cummins i have but ya i thought about keeping the stepside but this truck is going to be used for how i paid for it which if for firewood and then gonna definatly play and probably do a lil towing so ill probably put the fleetside i have on but i did consider a flatbed but ya i just seem to always stumble onto really good deals

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mk soo due to weather and work havent got to do much but i did make a pretty nice score i think on a sm465 and np205 with flywheel clutch and bell houseing for $200 today at the sunflower swap im starting to get things together to put the driveline in and right now the motor thing is up in the air if we can get the adapter we need or atleast borrow one so we can make our own then theres gonna be a cummins under it if now a smallblock it is

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nice build we need more pics .....

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mk soo i know i need to get pics but ive been busy collecting parts so far i think ive got the driveline parts together for the most part just got my adapter for the cummins for only $150 shipped from a guy in cali and i started tear down on our 6bt to see how bad it was and i think a set of bearing is all itll need so im probably gonna go that route even tho the 4bt would be better power to weight ratio but hey go big or go home right? im gonna start body work on my 66 cab and hopefully get it finished up soon then put the majority of my drivetrain in the other frame

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Sounds like progress! Are you going to do anything performance wise to the cummins while you are at it? Check out this build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=303017 , lots of good stuff in there.

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im probably gonna turn the pump up and i didnt get a turbo with the motor so i may get one a lil bigger than stock like an hx40? maybe but i dont want this thing to be to crazy power just yet because i dont have strong enough axles yet i just wanna get this thing on the road and then ill start upgrading things and thanks for the build thread helping out with alot of things that ive been wondering about