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Thanks Chizzler.

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hey billy so sorry to hear about your dad.

love your progress i know i havent been on this site at all but if you still got my number hollar at me anytime you need i come to the city quite a lot. id be glad to do any bodywork you need thats my favorite. i could even bring back most of your panels and work on them up here and bring them back to you if youd like.

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I appreciate it man. At first I probably will only do repairs for body work. The patina the truck has I am really digging. Esepcially after I CLR'd some of it. There is a bit of pin striping I will probably get with you about.

Since the bowling alley closed on 39th, are they going to have the Okie Twist Off somewhere else? I have meant to go to that since I have lived up here and always forgot.

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well man from big to small let me know on that body work. even maybe just small touches just let me know. i havent had a chance to even touch mine. id rather have someone have theirs on the road hahah.

i havent talked to many people about the twist off not too fond of some of the groups that run it. ive been traveling photopgraphing some of the bigger shows recently. theres an awesome old school show may 5-7th in dewey that will be awesome.

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Where is Dewey?

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It's north of Bartlesville. Were leaving up Friday evening and staying til Saturday. I have a few photoshoots for people's cars to do Saturday. If you or anyone wants to go let me know.

I keep going back and forth on mine if I want to paint or not paint but I'm doing quite a bit of custom touches I'm sure I'll eventually paint. I don't blame you for nOt painting right away drive the heck out of it.
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That is my theory right now. Slowly get it drive-able and worry about paint later. That would give me time to work on dents and such a little at a time.

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I'm getting that itchy wanting to drive feelin too. I have a tendency to hurry when I get in that mood I'm trying to hold back. I wish I hadn't started full customizing things but now I'm too far into it. Maybe I'll just show all my welds and lead work for a while that could bE a nice touch haha. Did you end up going with that 350. I was about to say I have an extra 305 if you needed it.
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Ive got a 60 over 350 fresh from the machine shop. I need to get some heads for it. There may be a pair at my dad's shop. We just have not had time to go look.

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Yeah I saw the Part where the guy found it at the machine shop that's awesome.
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I went to parr yesterday and bought the upper arm bolts. They were like $21 but they are the correct part for the job and did not have to wait.

http://static.speedwaymotors.com/RS/...034310-2_R.jpg

I have the front end mocked up, rotors are on with tires and wheels hung, but no lugs yet. I took the training wheels off the front too. Tonight I am going to hang the drivers side fender and see about clearance. I sorta checked last night, but lighting was not good. I also need to decide if I want mount the cross member up into the frame like fredscarryall did on his slamburban thread.

Fred's Pic Below

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1298789888

Pic borrowed from fredscarryall's build thread. Check it out.

I will post a few pics if I can remember to get them when there is light. This one I ran through photo shop.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_H...52gmcfront.jpg

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i thought it was a good idea so that the notch in the frame keeps the ifs crossmember up high enough so it wont hit, ever if i get a flat or lose an air bag. but i also installed two inch drop spindles.mine could lay running boards but i wouldnt be able to push it if for some reason i lost my air system or hand to get it up on a flat bed tow truck. i put in one inch bump stops to fix that. so my running board are now an inch off the ground

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I see you found some bolts for the upper control arms. Nice work. Keep at it man.

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Tiny garage.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_H...2020.19.41.jpg

I think the crossmember needs to go forward a bit more.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_H...2019.52.42.jpg

Thanks for the info fred. I already have 2in spindles on it, but I do not have my cups yet. I have a pair or ss6's going under the front.

Mcbassin - Got a little done.

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looks good. are those oldsmobile wheels?

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Yup, pretty sure they are. I am not even sure how we ended up with them. But I know the price was right for me.

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I had the same wheels on a buick regal that ran in the 11s and still had the diesel badges on the side.

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I think the wheels will kinda look the part for this version of the build.

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I raised the control arm until right before it binds and then stood out in the street and now see what fred means about the cross member hanging so low and leaving the rack exposed too. It tucks a decent amount of wheel, but I want my ride height a bit lower.

I took everything loose from the cross member and started cutting loose my tack welds. But my compressor acted funky and tripped the breaker. So, I thought that was a good stopping point and cleaned up a bit, moved some stuff to the back so I am not tripping over it. Either Saturday or Sunday I will get back after it again.

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Saturday and Sunday passed long ago, have you finished out that front end yet? Or has the heat been killing all of your motivation like it has me?

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Oops thought there was an update? Where you at Billy?

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I am here, just haven't had too much motivation. I know the heat sure has not helped things either.

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The heat has sucked..

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I hear you bro. It has been a hot mother trucker this year. Not even fishing the last month because of it.

I don't know if it's heat or the sweat dripping in my eyes that's worse:)

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Ya no kidding. I put up insulation yesterday and in this heat that was horrible!!! :lol:

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ARGHHHHHH THE HEAT !!!!! After working out in this heat all day, the last place you can find me is in the shop.

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I got a little bit done today. I raised the cross member 1 3/4 inches into the frame, as Fred did on his suburban.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-M...0/IMAG0043.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...0/IMAG0044.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9...0/IMAG0045.jpg

It needs to be centered left to right, and just checked over. Then it needs to be tacked in. Some things I am going to need to purchase or make are the upper cups for the air bags, and boxing plates.

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Getting there!! :metal:

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Here is a small update.

I had already tacked in the crossmember. So, after spending a few hours fumbling around looking for parts, and tools, I tacked in the spring hats, and loosely fitted the suspension. Here are a few pics. I need to get a steering rack, and some pieces to make upper spring cups. Then I should be pretty close to making the front complete enough to roll it out of the garage. Then I will pull out the rest of the rat turd infested interior and probably take the bed off and relocate it to the back yard. Even with auto focus, it did not help my shakey hands lol. The pic would be clear and screw up right before I took the pic.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-s...2/IMAG0131.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...2/IMAG0136.jpg

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Glad to see you back on it again Billy! Looks like some good progress to me.

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Looking good. Just nice enough weather to be out in the garage in the evenings this week.
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Thanks. I finally ran out of excuses of why I was not working on it. The weather has definitely helped. I may try to work on it a bit more on Saturday.

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Sweet!! Is that with the cross member raised or not? Hard to see.

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That is with it raised I think it was about 1 3/4 inches. I am going to do some checking to see which steering rack I need to buy for it. I want to say it is from a thunderbird but I am going to make sure.

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Mustang 2 and Pinto will fit it, power rack was about 120 for mine.

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That is not bad at all. I know my dad got his at oreillys. I may go see if I can find one Saturday morning.

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Here is a small parts update.

A few weeks back I purchased my steering rack. I have ordered f9000 bags for the rear as well as various mounts. When I get closer to actually working on it, I will see about getting a cnotch for the rear. I was going to take advantage of a deal on the forums for an air management kit, but that was putting the cart before the horse. Once the suspension is all put together, I can just run some temporary lines to air it up and roll it around.

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Do u know where u set your axle centerline
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If you have your stock suspension you can mark it and then adjust from there. Mine has been trial and error and I am not 100% sure I have the front wheels where I want them. There is not enough room in my tiny garage to get a good look from the side. There is a good write up on custom classic truck about going from stock suspension to an IFS. You might look at instructions from other brands of crossmembers. They can give you an idea.

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Stock suspension is gone I found out Alot of company's are putting there at 18.125 I just want to see if people are about there when there putting there's in if u ever get chance let me me know what u set yours thanks
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