Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

As soon as i get a chance I will take some pictures of the new rockers and floor that are going in....I started tearing out the front suspension last night and i guess I will have to figure out where the best place to order all the ball joints and stuff is....I think there was a thread on the board someplace that showed all of the part numbers i needed. Will have to take a look and see what I can find.....any suggestions ?

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Love the prostreet look...

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Should have the floor finished soon....Started taking the front end out yesturday....dropping the tranny down to get checked out next week....

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Well everyone sorry about the progress reports and pictures , but i will catch up as soon as i can...Made some serious progress on the floors and doors and it's taking shape now.I kind of got side tracked with trucks lately...I bought a 1966 LB fleetside big back window truck and a 1965 short box fleetside small window in the last couple of weeks and it's cut into my rebuild time

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Well it's a busy project thats given me alot more grey hair then i had when I started it. For some reason every time i touch something on this truck it breaks,rusts or falls off. So my basic strategy has been to just pour more money and time into when i should have maybe taken a break from it and work on one of the other trucks. But thats trucking in the fast lane i am sure we all have the same problems.......On that note I am updating the pictures today so you will see how much progress has been made. The Merlin is down at the machine shop for a check up and the tranny is ready to go at the tranny shop just need to figure out a converter and get it all ready for paint.

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

So the body shop call me and say's...." This short box is a bit worse then we thought do you have anything better ? "....They know I have about 8 more in my yard...chuckles... Turns out after checking the site out we came up with the idea of not cutting down a box but cutting down the sides and replace the panel.....

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

The reason we went with this instead of cutting down a complete box is because the front header panel and rear box section are differnt because of all the rolled and beaded floor in the box and the way it bolts down. So rather then replace all of that into a new box we went with cutting down long box sides and putting them onto a shortbox. I had a open thread on asking how to cut the boxes down and got some great feed back which got me to what we did.

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

So after we marked the openings out....(I should mention someone pointed out to me that the wheel openings on a long box are 3" more then a short box ....Which i had no idea, but with the big 33" X 21.5"'s filling them up you can't tell at all.)...So don't measure the layout from the bottom openings or your going to come out short.....

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

It went better then I thought it would go.....I drank more beer and watched by buddy weld then did actual work.....lol....See he is the guy the that does my body work and i think the quote went " It will take me longer to fix it after you do it then if i just do it "......Can you tell we are friends ?....

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Even the custom trim holes line up.....( I hope )

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Thats the truck sitting behind in the background .....

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

So once both boxes were off and sitting on dollies we guessed how long it would take :
So from the time we measured the boxes.....cut all 4 sides inners and outers......swapped them out and had them "tacked" them in place was less then 2 hours

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Comin together. Gonna Haul A$$ when your done! Subscribed cuz i gotta see how it turns out :metal::metal::metal:

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Thanks alot it's nice to get some good feed back

Well with any luck it's going to finish for the 1st week of july......Here is to luck being on my side Just picking out the colors for the truck this week...and start putting things together for a change

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Killer Build!! It should be real fast with a BBC and traction!!

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Hey thanks guy's for all the support.....

Just called the machine shop and looks like everything is going in the right direction. Decided to have him do a freshen up...it's out...might as well do the bearings,hone it and replace all of the gaskets....cringes....it's only money

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

i just read the whole thread and have to say this truck is gonna be awesome!! you said something about painting it green and white then you got the bedsides from a green and white truck, thats funny!! i know what you mean about bondo, i had 1/4" - 3/4" bondo on the back corners of the bed on my truck and some spots up to an inch on the tailgate before hammered it out and cut it out!! i love the prostreet and pro tour looking trucks!! good job man keep it up!!

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Thanks for reading it all and giving me some feed back....everyone

Today's questions :

Trying to decide what to do with the tailgate .....considering blanking it out and putting a mural on it, but i really like the stock look too. I was thinking about leaving the chains on the tailgate for looks but weld them to make them look like they work and open but they move with the gate.Then put a remote lock on the inside for function. The way my fuel cell sits in the back and the way the floor in the box is all... bead rolled,once it's painted I can't see anything going back in there.

Then I need a 4" cowl hood....should i put a fiberglass one on a hood ?...I found a steel cowl piece we could put on.......but maybe we should make a cowl for the hood that has the factory lines in it ...use a old hood cut it out of the center graph it onto a good hood or bead roll it in?....I guess we could even bead roll in some flames or something.....

So many questions so many choices....any ideas or thoughts ?

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Check my gate in signature. Last page shows a pic.
Posted via Mobile Device

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

i like the factory v in the hoods!! i have a old hood i'm gonna cut up to make a cowl hood i'm only gonna go with a 2in.-2.5in. cowl but real wide like 3ft. something like the mustangs! i think it would fit the hood lines better then the z28 cowl! i've seen one with the factory v in the hood in classic truck mag. looks real nice, can't remember what issue i'll have to look!!

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

I have to go 4" to get air to pass through the hood area and get the big block to let a little heat out. I haven't seen a cowl with the lines in it but i think it would look good.....but you never know until you actually get to see what it looks like....but the more i think about it...the more i like the idea....I would love to see the picture if you find it

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

http://www.classictrucks.com/feature...964/index.html i hope i'm doing this right! go to kevins keepsake it the blue truck! i hope this helps! i thought of doing this long before i seen it! i'm just learning as i go to fab. up the things on my truck! its hard to see but i hope you get the idea

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Well it's been a bad couple of weeks.....the body shop and i had a wee disagreement....and i pulled 3 trucks out of the shop and it went to some otherrrrrrr place...but it's on track now and i will get some new pictures soon

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

did you ever get to look at that thread i sent you about the hood scoop? i like that blue and white truck you did! big change! wish i still lived it cali, my brother says theres about 2-3 shortwides big and small windows he sees on his way to work that are just parted!

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

brotha just read the hole thread:metal: ,thats slick how you did the bed killer work , and i am stoked to see your build !!! sucks about the bodyshop but shhhh-t happens :lol::lol:

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Chad...
Ya i checked it and we are getting close to putting it together the cowl hood now. Thanks for that link by the way.....and hey try living in Canada ....everything comes pre-rusted.

Dino
Ya ain't that the truth shhhhhht happens.. but it's how ya wipe up the mess that counts...back on track no looking back. Hey thanks for checking my build out...you have mad skills dude you do great work. If ya ever get up to canada bring your wrenches and I will buy the beer...lol

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Okay well

I know you all want picture updates but here is the new schedule..

- The tranny is completed they just called and it's ready to go ...Trans brake set up is all good to go .....just need to get the right torque converter.

-Engine will be ready to go for next week.....
-Front end is out and been reblasted....
-Frame has been blasted again
-Tossed the cab " groans " and had to take one of my other big back window cabs and send it for mock up
- it's all in a big pile sitting and waiting for mock up "again" so we can set the ride height up...we have a plan to use a air set up to make it drop down after thats completed I will send the frame and all the pieces out for powder coating.
Once we get some powder coating completed I will start posting some more pictures...

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

okay not the best pictures.......

But we have really managed to get it down in the weeds.....so far the front horn on the frame is just under 5" off the ground.....Should look evil down low with those tires sticking out back.....what do you think ?

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

I cant believe im saying this but that is the best looking ford i have ever seen!! :sexy:

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

CdM

Re Best looking ford you have ever seen.....

Hey I know friends don't let friends drive fords but to clarify.....that ford isn't mine...lol...it's my friends. But it's his company truck and they bought the gas to haul all my chevy parts and i have since converted him to a slammed body dragging 52 chevy truck.....lol

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

That thing is going to look sick!!!
Posted via Mobile Device

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

If it supplying parts for a chevy rebuild as nice as yours,
its ok in my book :lol:

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

I love me a good pro-street build. Signing up for the adventure. I just had my first trip into Canada a month or so ago, went into Victoria by way of ferry from Seattle. Spent a couple days there, and I was actually suprised to see quite a bit more Classics on the road there than most places I go here in the US.....any idea why? Either way, I'm looking forward to a chance to go back into BC and have more time to look around, maybe by way of Vancouver this time. Cool build so far bud.

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

fryer1979 Re: 1966 SBBW pro street

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I love me a good pro-street build. Signing up for the adventure. I just had my first trip into Canada a month or so ago, went into Victoria by way of ferry from Seattle. Spent a couple days there, and I was actually suprised to see quite a bit more Classics on the road there than most places I go here in the US.....any idea why? Either way, I'm looking forward to a chance to go back into BC and have more time to look around, maybe by way of Vancouver this time. Cool build so far bud.


Hey thanks

I have never gone the ferry from seattle to victoria but heard it's nice. I have gone the vancouver to victoria ferry many times....For the amount of time it rains here we have a awsome car culture here, and if your here when it's sunny everyone drives what sits in the garage. So my guess is you hit a sunny day that everyone was waiting for.....lol

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Should have more pictures soon.....

Changed plans slightly,and after looking at the way the truck sits have decided to drop the body down another 3" on the chassis. It's not going to lay rocker or anything like that but it should sit down about 3" off the ground. The rear tires at that point are only a couple inches below the top of the box. So i plan to look around and see what ideas I can come up with to finish off the inside of the box today.....If I were to do this build again would i ever rethink some of the choices i have made so far.

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Any updates?:burnout:

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Well the only update I have today is......feel free to start mailing cheques and cash to my address.....I have never had a truck that loved the taste of money as much as this thing does.....I will have new pictures tuesday and wed I am sure....

Hacked off the front engine plate tabs.....hacked off the rear engine tabs and am moving the engine back about 9 " New cross member for the tranny..........shakes my head. It really seemed like a good idea at the time, looks better, better transfer to the back....but it sure adds up quickly .

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

Took the old cab off...cause it was butchered and a piece of ...well you get the idea. Then took my spare big back window cab ....and then we started making some progress.

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

subscribed .. this is what I envisioned for my 63 ... but I have a prostreet 70 GTO that gets no love at all , why do I need 2.. so now I envision a crew cab ...

Re: 1966 SBBW pro street
 

I can understand that.....but 2 has to be more fun then one right ?
I hope to make some big progress in the couple of weeks I want to see some road yet this summer...not sure at this point how big of a dream that is yet.....lol