1970 cst lwb project "Cheap Build"

[Hottrucks]

well here goes I'm going to try to keep up here but with the time I have to build this thing and amount of $$$ which aint much I'm going to try to tranform a truck dug out of the woods to a LOW DD that will be the equal to a shop truck......

SO here goes the truck got there yesterday on a flat bed.....it was pulled out of the woods with a 1945 John deer but thats another story

Yesterday I cleaned out all the trash and dirt, 3 garbage cans full!!! and started evaluating what would be next which should have been a no brainer.....MAKE IT RUN........

this morning I headed out bought a battery $65 ( 850 cca) a pair of radiator hose $21...was home by 10 am and the work started

put a Hei igntion I had laying around ($0)and fought with it a bit but got it close to #1 ran the wires over the top of the lifters since I had pulled them to check for oil flow ...its only temp any way...
I had a Q junk that I had laying around till a buddy showed up with a edlebrock 500 in a baggy it was clean so I swapped them out ($0) and temp pumbed it..
after fighting poor cranking and a starter that sounded like sh!t I tore that out yea you guessed it had one laying in the shop ($0)
Well primed it up and the little 327/283 ( not sure yet havn't run the #'s) was awake after a 6 year nap and burping flames from the ram headers so we shut it down
next I hooked up the new 4 core rad that came with the truck pumbed up the tranny lines and added 3 1/2 quarts of fluid to the tranny put the valve cover on and set the timing.

I have to say that even I'm impressed that little mouse motor has good snap!!!! did I mention it's still running on 2003 gas thats in the tank...lmao!!
I drove the old truck down the driveway about 1/2 mile ( with open headers ) tommorow I hope to get it up on a trailer and down to a buddies where I'm going to let it have it with a steam jenny

I'm sure I left out alot of stuff but I'll try posting pics so you can see whats up

[Hottrucks]

I can't seem to get pics uploaded tonight but I'll work on it
I'm beat and need a shower

[Hottrucks]

ok todays progress. took the bed off and steamed cleaned 40 years of crap from everything.....when I got it back home I couldn't help myself and took out the tourches and stripped the frame of all the old hangers and bolts I may have gotten carried away when the old bump stops ( I'm saving them to weld in later) came off... well after that the springs came out and I started preping the frame for a C notch which will be made by a 5" piece of pipe and a piece of flat stock to box things up the shocks are gone too!! the rear frame rail is about 11" off the ground with nothing done to the front yet!!! and the cab corner is 8"

tomorrow I plan I getting the extra front clip that came with the truck, I need to replace the left side top A arm since it has a rot hole in it??? I'm also going to take the lowers and get the materails to cup the lower A arms for air bags and I can template up and make the top plate too, so when I tackle the front end I'll have everything ready to just assemble.....looks like I better start looking for some air bags used would be great ( I have and old air system in the garage too yea!!) I can't start painting the frame ( rustolium satin black $5) but I got 1 1/2 quarts from my buddy who did his old 66 ford with half a quart.....I plan on doing the bed bottom,the new floors,underside of the rockers,cab corners and the orginal floor in and out........

sorry I still can't post pics if someone could help??

jeff

[Hottrucks]

ok follow my engine build looks like the mouse motor (283) is going to get replaced..with a might mouse...I hope!!! and yea this is on the cheap too!!!

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...18#post3819618

[Hottrucks]

oh boy better scrap the votec Idea pulled the heads to find the head gasket smoked and 1 piston burnt down on the good side the $$ from the scrap dealer has become a 472 Caddy motor/trans..if I told the guy it was sold and saturday I'll call and go get it ( about an hour from me) we'll see my luck has been crap lately so X your fingers

other than that I just added the power brake booster which would have been a 1 hour job but my master was leaking out the back so after breaking the short lines between the master and proportioning valve I'm on my way to NAPA to get the new ones and finish that up

the bed is in the garage wheeel wells came out pretty easy all the bolts came right out I cleaned and scrubbed the bottom pounded out the floor dents and its ready for a coat of paint this weekend...the bad news..there where a few spots the you could see that the bondo was cracking so I whipped out the 6" grinder and some 36 grit after grinding out a gallon of dust I found out it must have been hit back int he day so the PS rear corner was pulled out with an old school drill and pull dent puller....I have about 2 hours in to pounding it back out ( pretty easy with the bed off) I'm going to weld in the 15 or so dent puller holes grind it down I'm alot happier about how litttle filler it will take but I think the board sander is going to be my freind for awhile..I can work on it more after it back on the truck but wanted to get it as straight sheet metsal wise as I can before I put it on the truck and start the tubbing....still waiting on my wheels...

[Hottrucks]

Ok day 3
I ground out 2 quarts of bondo on the ds fender to find 3 small hole the size of a lighter patched up those holes built some patches for the DS cab corner and rockers...I thought I was done but got to puddering and cleaned out the floor vents and removed the lower windsheid apron and vacumed out all the crap

I would post more but I'm whipped

Jeff

[VA72C10]

Sounds like you're making good progress...to post pictures, either start a photobucket account (best option) or upload them from your computer. With photobucket it will let you post a lot in the thread and is better for the board...simply click the square icon with the mountains in it and copy and paste the link to the photo in photobucket. If you're posting from your home computer...go to post reply (can't use quick reply) and use the paperclip icon and browse/select your photo. If you're getting errors, the picture or file is too big. You can use an editing program to shrink it, or simply open up the free paint program that comes with your computer, insert the picture, and stretch/skew it to 25% of it's original size or so and it should work. If you have any other questions pm me....I'm far from an expert but will try to help.

[Hottrucks]

sorry I have been busy the last few on the truck
I used the board and got the wiring dia and got that straightened out along with the heat/ac controls.....I was killing time till my panels came and and you guessed it there here...I bought my panels from Napa because of the easy of everything including returns here's the list of stuff.....
drivers footwell and edge of seat to cab corner ( i'M GOING TO RETURN THE INNER ROCKERS i BOUGHT SINCE THESE PANELS HAVE THEM BUILT IN) pass cab corner and the 4 cab supports and a pass rocker which I'm going to exchange for a patch panel......again why I went to napa

today I was fitting some of the panels and they look SWEEEEEEEET !!!!! a few clamps and some long pop rivets keep things in line ( not pulled just as a locator) till I weld them

I also pull the doors apart to get a look inside since I picked up 2 other doors a tailgate a full exhaust and a glove box liner yesterday

tomorrow I plan I picking up a quart of bondo and some paint for the inside of the doors...I'm so looking forward to getting the cab in primer!! then the bed which I'm not sure how fancy I'm going to get with it till I get a better look at it, but I still need to cut my C notch before that...wouldn't want to forget that!!! Once I get the bed on it then I'm going to put on my exhaust so I can be sure when I cut it, it will exit in front of the rear wheels because the way it looks now theres no room over the rear axle???? but that need more home work...I would like it out the back?? but??

I'll reg it and start putting on miles while I hack at the spare front suspention getting it ready for a set of something hopfully air bags all the way around then I can pull it one weekend and swap out the stock stuff

[Hottrucks]

well today I got the driverside done.......... 2 cab mounts a front floor and the panel that goes from the front floor section to the inner rear corner also the inner rocker...not a bad job but If I had to do another ( like tomorow) it would go alot quicker...... the welding is almost complet but I'm sure I'll tach them a few more million times tomorrow....I ran out of wire tonight so I'm on break until I run to home cheapo for more wire for the welder in the morning

[VA72C10]

Cool...we gotta see some pics soon!

[Hottrucks]

If I spend time trying to figure out how to post pics that means that I'm not working on the truck..so Back out to the garage.......................

[Spray-Bomb]

[Hottrucks]

and updates

[Hottrucks]

well after 8 months...holy crap!!...I have learned my way around the sight and should throw thanx out to about half the board memebers....I'm going to try to post some build pics from the begining

these are what I started with and don't be fooled the pics make it look better than it is with the bed remove I hauled it to a buddies for the Power washing I also sanded out the cab and shot the outside with a quick coat of Napa primer....I'm looking for those pics and the cab rocker work

Pleasae let me post all the pics before you chime in I'll note the last one it will prbably be my avatar

[Hottrucks]

these are some shots of the rockers and floor section..the last one is starting the reapairs...

[Hottrucks]

sorry thye aren't great

[VA72C10]

Very nice....the altitude adjustment and primer have really helped it.

[Hottrucks]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Very nice....the altitude adjustment and primer have really helped it.

you didn't read my first post today did you??? snuck one in the middle of my pics...LMAO

yea the truck has got its own thing now who would have thought that this thing would be my DD and I would love driving it as much as I do..I think the power disc breaks will bring it right out of the stone age as far as using it to tow/haul which is about all I use my other truck for.. I need to thank the owner of this truck for insperation most of us know who he is

the others are just freebie's next to the work horse
hope you enjoy..I'll be trying to up daye as soon as I take it apart again...LMAO...

[VA72C10]

Sorry, saw the last post was at 6:30 and it was almost 7 so thought you were done

[mr48chev]

Looks good and I can't figure out why I never saw the thread before.

I like the idea that you were able to dig through your stash of pieces and find almost everything to make it work. At least to get it up and running to see what you had.

I've been wanting to thin my parts collection out for a long time but everytime I get rid of something it seems that all of the sudden I need that very same part for one of my rigs.

[Hottrucks]

yea 48 as soon as the truck was done I turned it around backed it up to the garage and scrapped 2180 pounds of left over stuff from 10 years of building cars/trucks in the garage funny even the plug wires where on the dizzy and now there on the truck thats why this winter some of the parts..all good..but need some cleaning and fresh paint....one thing I have learned from building alot of vech. is to run them in primer for a year..it allows things to settle and twist into a postion it wants to live..then go back readjust every thing and paint it...this one probably wont ever get paint it would take the truck out of it...

[Hottrucks]

well the garage is clean and it loks like today is the last day I'm going to drive it..the roads have been dry but the frost heaves are so big and the boredum has set in so it looks like a good time for a tear down...

I also picked up 2 Nascar trailing arms for $100 to the door..so the rear out of the spare frame is going to get bolted up to those with a new long panard bar, fresh bushings and a flip on the rear shock mounts....this means that I can clean,paint and assemble it all then roll it under the truck for a quick change...I went outside and did a quick spin test on the rear tires and it looks like the new rear has 4:11's, I was hoping for 3:73's but I'll use what I have it will wake up the 283 and let it rev but fuel mileage will be non exsitant compaired to the 3:08's I have now

stay tuned I'm waiting for a new camera so it will help me post more pics for you followers

Jeff

[Hottrucks]

I should not be left alone to long.......I should call this the rebuilding of the Sunshine Syndicate..I think I got carried away today.........the pics above could have been 10am this morning it now 8 pm...truck is stripped bed gone, rear axle gone, seat gone,interior gone,steering column gone,Dash gone...now for what I did get done...new tilt is all but in I need to swap the turn signal lever and plug it in,all my heat and A/C ducts are where they shoud be and the controls all work smoothly and new vacum lines inside the dash area are in...now for the big thing......I was die hard on keeping the bench seat but after sitting on a pepsi crate while working on the dash I was likeing the height which is about 6" off the floor then the new tilt went in and I liked it even more...a buddy of mine stopped by to give me some ideas on the sound system and just happen to have a couple of bucket seats...we took a ride..got back to the house and you know we had to do a dry fit....I think I'm in Love...power buckets from a BMW heated and all...I think I'll remove the head rest and build a new console that will run from the dash to the tank with a 10" sub facing down between the seats and two 6 1/2" in the center by your feet..the doors will get a set of 6 1/2" also with a tweeter mounted just above the A/C ducts near the door (on the dash) should sound good with a good thump

now heres what you want.........sorry the seats are dirty its late and notice the tilt

[Hottrucks]

ok guys heres what happen today..I had a 12 hour OSHA class today so I didn't have much time to play...this is about 2/3 hours of my center console build I think you can see where its going 2 cup holders and the radio is marked out in the last pic and the top of the curve will be cut to so that its the same width as the heat A/C controls the box between the seats will house a new 10" sub on top of that there will be a arm rest box that will be about the size of the paper work tin ( I use this at work all the time and it beats throwing it on the seat) you will notice that Im making it out of an old sheet of paneling..my plan it to get all the curves build and sucure then fiber glass it for strength..... any input is welcome

[Hottrucks]

well I was looking for my build post to help out anotehr memeber and relized that I scored some parts.....the A/C hardware and yes a new carpet...dam it!!.. but I bought it from a member here on the board I think he tried it in his truck only to find out he has a high humpand it layed around his place for awhile...I'll concider it used..it make me feel better...Nothing to good for my beater

Oh I snagged a head board for the bed and a better tail gate I plan on learning to pin stripe so I think it will make a good place to start..maybe a big TRAP STAMP on my tail gate...lmao....a dream would be to lay out some pistripe outline flames over the primer for a bit more attitude or I was thinking a barb wire pin stipe not sure which