Project First Car '68 Shortbox Fleetside

[68_Shortbox]

Originally Posted by mstrav1973

Just as quick thought, those tall valve covers might not fit. Do you have a body lift on the truck? It seems some trucks they fit some dont, just thought I would throw that out there before you tried sliding it in without confirming you have the clearance.

Matt

It has 4in. blocks in the rear and a extra leaf spring on each side in the front. I can't see anything that they would hit. Thanks for the warning I will have to make sure they fit.

[propanemudtruck]

Originally Posted by 68_Shortbox

It has 4in. blocks in the rear and a extra leaf spring on each side in the front. I can't see anything that they would hit. Thanks for the warning I will have to make sure they fit.

I think he's referring to the valve covers hitting the fire wall. With a body lift it would help space the engine away from the body.

[68_Shortbox]

Its been awhile since I've done a update so here its goes. I jacked my truck to take the wheels of so I could clean up the rims and my dad noticed that the u-joints were worn out. So we tore the hubs apart on the passenger side and replaced the u-joint and put in new bearings and seals in the hub. We also painted up the hub housing, caliper, and part of the axle tube on the passenger side and put a new rotor and brake pads on. We still have to do the same thing on the driver's side but we are gonna do that when we get it back together. We are almost done with welding the crack in the frame and will hopefully have that done soon. We still have to paint the front of the frame and do some more brake work. I'm hoping to get the frame painted in a couple days.