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here is my 68 not finished yet but one day!

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This color is SO nice!

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Thanks. My friend and I built the tubs,16 guage polished stainless. Wheels are 15x6, and 15x12 Centerline Convo Pros. 29x15.5 Mickey Thompson Sportsman Pros.

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Here's a couple of pictures of my slow project

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250/TH350.

15x7 225/70/15 Front
15x8 255/70/15 Rear

ECE 4/6, 1.5" rear lowering blocks, and yes, it's C-notched.

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My 71

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Thanks Josh. The paint isn't as good as the picture shows. It will most likely need to be done in a couple of years. At that point, I will do some sheet metal repairs too.

Jim

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My big block '67 Stepside

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Bennetth, Awesome truck! In fact, if you had 15x10 rims (at least on the rear), bumpers and wrbenson blue, you would have my dream truck ;-)

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Wrbenson, what shade of blue is that? It looks very similar to Presidential or "Patriot" blue, but it's the exact shade that I'll be painting our '72. Super Sharp!!:metal:

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That's a keeper! Are you in Northern KY?

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That bed is ridiculous! :metal: Where did you get the wood from?

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Thank you! I bought it local, rough cut. It's Lacewood, a Brazilian hardwood. Machined and finished it myself. Me and a buddy made the wheeltubs out of 16 guage polished stainless also. There's alot of work in the bed.

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Thanks for the compliment! I just finished a 3/5 drop today and will be thinking about 2" spindles next.

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Such a cool truck!

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The drop looks awesome! If you go with a 2" spindle, will you leave the rake or drop the rear a bit more?
And if you find a 2" spindle and it turns out to be actually 2", please let me know where ya found it. All I've come across are 2.5" spindles.
It seems as though CPP advertised a 2", but after talking to a tech, they said the actual drop was 2.5.
Again, looks great as she sits. Keep us updated :metal:

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Here's mine.

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Can't resist posting pics of 'Rose'. I really love this truck!

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I've seen Snook's 'Mint 68' in person and it is fantastic!

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Here is mine. Was my grandpas then my dad's now mine. Motor is out now getting freshened up. Got new springs and spindles for the front and drop leafs for the rear. Then on to the other long list of stuff.

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Don't know why pic is sideways. Will try to fix.

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Thanks. I would plant to drop the rear an inch or so, but I think 5" in the front may be to much for all of my daily driving on these country roads around here. I drive the truck everyday so I may just leave it for now and do bags eventually. Thanks for the compliments.

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I took this one this morning

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Thanks Reno! Hope I get to see Rose sometime soon! She's looking pretty good! Are you going to bring her to the Streetrod Nats this year??

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1967

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Very nice truck.

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That's the plan, looking forward to it.

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Nice looking truck. Cant make it out, are those standard steel wheels? What caps did you put on?

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Thanks for the compliments! When driving my truck I feel like I need a pamphlet to hand out, every gas station is a conversation. That's cool though. The truck was originally a long bed and was cut down by the previous owner. The stepside bed I painted to match and used a flat clear coat. I need to lower the front just about 1" and the stance will be just as I envision. The truck rides and drives great, it works real nice as a parts hauler for the shop.

Wheel Vintiques Smoothies
15x7 Front - 225/70/15
15x8 Rear - 255/70/15

Hubcaps are also Wheel Vintiques #1005-1
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/wvi-1005-1/overview/

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Will those wheels clear 4 wheel disk brakes?

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They're only a 15" wheel, so they certainly would not clear any type of modern large disc brake setup. But if you're just running an old school disc setup (like my ECE front discs) you shouldn't have any issues. The smoothie has significantly more clearance than the stock style early steel wheels.

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Thanks. I'm just running your standard CPP 4 wheel disk set up, not a bb kit. I'm just trying to figure out what wheels I will be running once this all goes together.

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58k original miles!

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A couple of new pics

:gmc2:

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That means you did something right! Nobody ever asks about a boring truck.

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Yep, I also like that stance.

Did you ever answer the question?

...oh yea, my '69.

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Here is my "72 SWB Stepper as I purchased it. It is in paint now. Hope to have it finished in a couple weeks. (been in paint and body for 3 months). I will try to post more pics later.

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Nice look'in ride....can't beat that look with the rally wheels on a short stepper ! What drop springs are you using ?

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Great looking truck Jim ! What size BFG's are you using & what front springs ?
Hope my stepper comes out as good as yours when finished !

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