1967 Frame off Resto

[mcm1209]

4.20
Well I guess I posted in the wrong section.
Anyway here is the start of my obsession!!

1967 LWB rear leaf suspension, frame is nice and straight. the rest of her is in sad shape but nothing that cant be fixed.
Plans are as follows

4.8 with small turbo (always wanted a turbo truck)
4l60e or 4L80e Don't plan on beating up on the truck on a daily basis. Will be a cruiser but have balls to get it when need be.

Take it down to the frame and set the cab and bed aside for later.
Convert from long to short
Should be able to this Sunday

Convert from drum to disk maybe do the rear also
Will either sandblast the frame or just go over with my grinder and wire wheel
Getting upper A-Arms built by a local builder
2" drop spindle and a 2" drop coil
Rear flip kit but may put a lift shackle because i want a rake to the truck. Have to do more research on it.

Gas tank
Mustang?
Suburban?
fuel cell?
I know I don't want it in the bed.

New fuel lines
New brake lines

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4.23
Found this cross member off of a 1985 C10
Has new (surface rust) rotors
Disassembled everything to get ready to blast

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4.26
When I bough the truck i paid $400 for it with a title.
I knew it had rot so i figured if i can save something it would be a plus. I almost bought a frame with no title for $350. So im a little ahead by having the title and I saved a bunch of small parts that can be refurbished.
As you can see by the pic I ended up with a frame and a title. See how much I get back from the scrap yard for the rest of the truck.
The 64 in the pic is a friend of mines. I put in a rebuilt 283 in it for him. Going to do a disk brake conversion on it also.

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Parts started to arrive yesterday
I should be getting my gas tank today.
Im using a 1990 Jeep Wrangler fuel tanks and modifying the sending unit to accept a Walbro 255

Upper and Lower ball joints
Outer tie rods
a/arm poly bushings

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Some progress and traded my 110 welder for a 220 welder to weld up the frame.

[mikeleeshields]

Good start. I praise the guys that convert long beds to short beds

[69chevytrucker]

nice i did the swap with a 85 as well

[mcm1209]

Thanks guys!
I'm giving myself a year and a half to finish (at least have it running). Not being able to use the cab and sheet metal is a set back but im not disappointed about it.

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Set up the welder yesterday and grabbed some scrap pieces of metal i had lying around and started practicing. I'm very impressed with the welder it self, but have to keep practicing so i can weld up the frame this weekend.

[thelonerife]

How much did you have to cut out to make it short? I'm going to have to do that too.

[mcm1209]

20 inches total.
12" from the centerish and 8 from the rear.
I followed Stacey David's video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o2k6QoERio

[garykirby25]

Nice work!

[thelonerife]

K thx.