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Man looks like u got every thing coming together, looks good. What color are u going to have the truck painted?

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Thanks for the comment. My son is leaning towards Charcoal Grey......

Re: Project Slo-Go 67
 

awesome build!

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You've made some great progress on your truck!

I have a question, why did you use the trailing arms and front crossmember off of the 72 donor truck? Could you just transfer the axle and the spindle assemblies or did you need these parts as well? I have a 67 that I'm doing the same transfer off of a 72 long bed donor truck so any insight is greatly appreciated! I ordered CPP drop spindles designed for the 63-70 truck but they use 71-72 disc brakes but I can still change the order if I need to use the front crossmember.

Re: Project Slo-Go 67
 

Mahanian,

We just removed the rear springs and trailing arms when we removed the rear end, because i was going to scrap the lwb frame, so we removed all parts and left a bare frame . you can order replacement axles to make the '67 a 5-lug, but since we had the '72 rear end we installed it as well. we did the entire front swap, because the 72 was complete, and with the engine out of the '67 we were able to remove 14 bolts on both of them and roll the front xmember out from under it. We then tore down the '72 front suspension for paint, and rebuilt the suspension. I ordered '72 2 1/2 drop spindles from ECE, along with 4' drop springs for the back.

Good luck with your build. if you have any questions, let me know and i will do my best to help you out.

Thanks for the comments.

Heath

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Thanks Allen, my 16 yo Son is stoked, our HS does not have autobody but he can take it if he wanted to go to a neighboring city's HS, We both thought it would be more Fun doing a Father son build.

Keep up the good work on your Truck..


Thanks

Heath

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Thanks for the info! I will keep a close eye on your build, great job so far! :metal:

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Charcoal Grey would look good, was thinking about that for mine. But im going to go with hugger orange. You need to check that new drark gray on the new camaro, theres one around town, it looks awsome.

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Thanks, I have not seen it but will definitely check out the dark grey.....

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Thanks man



Yeah you have a really nice build thats cool that your doing it with your son too, My build is kinda just me now though since vo tech but since it just got out me and my dad might start doing motor work this summer

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Great job on the build. Gives me a little hope and inspiration as I continue to work on mine. I haven't had any experience with rust repair either but am doing like you did and learn as I go. I think my problem is I need a better welder. I have a Clarke Mig with an argon tank but it pulsates instead of feeding the wire smoothly so the welds look like hell. Could be because I am using too small of a gauge extension cord too. Who knows. Just another reason to spend money on a new welder ;)

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Thanks for the comments! you might want to check the tensioner that holds the wire spool on (could be too tight), and the tension roller that feeds the wire through the gun.

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You know that is a good thought. I will do that I haven't even thought about looking at that.

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Come on Heath!....we need some pics!!!....Glad things are rollin' along well for you guys....I know I appreciated my brother and Dad's help throughout my project....that's all we talk about now!!!

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Geoff, ok , ok , nothing really picture worthy but here ya go :lol: , we have put a couple of coats of por-15 high heat factory grey on the ramhorns, and a lil touch up welding on the cab....

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Did you put that por-15 directly over the rusty manifold?

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NO, they were wirewheeled, then i let them sit in vinegar for a couple of days (thanks for the tip CDOWNS) , cleaned em with wax and grease remover, then painted with the por-15 manifold grey high heat ..

the manifolds only have 2 light coats, I will probably put atleast one more heavier coats, maybe 2.

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I would spray it in the inside too, if you have them jet hot coated they spray the inside and out ...

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ahhhhh...pics...thanks for the fix!!!....looks good Heath....keep up the progress....and pictures....MUST have pictures....LOL

so what does the vinegar do?? (did I miss reading that post???)

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it made ramhorn pickles!!! :lol:


they look pretty good, I have to clean mine up AGAIN since they are rusting AGAIN. I'm gonna use the hot jet stuff from www.nomorerust.com

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The vinegar cleans them up real good, you can get 2 gallons at sams for around 3 bucks. I bought 4 gallons and soaked em... they came out pretty....

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Cool!!!.....I know someone that needs to clean up his headers....I'll send him this thread.....

Now I hope when you fire this up soon that it doesn't smell like PICKLES!!!!LOL (good one msgross)

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Mike,

I may give that a try on the headers of my '56, they have been jet coated (ordered that way from summit) but seem to be fading already.. let me know how yours turn out.

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some pics of the touch up welding we have been working on .

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Nice touch...I saw that you were doing this over on Bruce88's build....it's "seams" to be a great idea...LOL....I made a funny!!!haha

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HAHA Geoff "SEAMS" to be..... :metal:

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Those manifolds came out great. You said POR15 first then painted?

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Thanks, they still need another coat or two. I used a foam brush, it is a self leveling high temp paint from por -15 see the link below.

http://www.por15.com/FACTORY-MANIFOL...ductinfo/FMGG/


I wirebrushed the manifolds, let them sit in vinegar a couple of days, dried em off. and hung them up to dry internally a couple of days. cleaned them with wax and grease remover, the painted with the por-15 high temp paint. Ledzepp used the high temp paint and has had good results, so here we are.....

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MMMMM... Fried Pickles.... Must be lunch time!!!

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LUNCH!!!!!!!!!! :dig:

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keep up the good work man looks good!

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Thanks for the comment.

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My son and I met up with Dan (DTIPPMANN) and we ended up with some parts.

Thanks Dan, was a pleasure meeting ya!

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nice rims...

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Heath...pics are cool....need details of what you bought!!!LOL.....wheel tire combo info and spring and sway bar info too!!!Gosh!!!hahaha

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:cool: now lets see those bad boys on the truck.

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Nice wheels... what he said ^^^^;)

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Thanks for the comments guys.. the rims are 17 x8 with 265/60/17 and 17x9 with 285/60/17 the springs are 2" drop fronts and 3" drop backs, and a rear sway bar from CPP. I will put the rear sway bar on my son's truck and the springs will be saved for the next project out back.


My son wanted to mount em on the rolling frame to see how they looked, but i am trying to get the parts to the body shop, and dont want em all dusty, maybe we will roll out the frame and take some pics with em mounted for the picture SMORES :lol:

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notice a resemblence.. :metal:

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Well my son was bored today after football practice, so we mocked up the rear sway bar at lunch, then finished up after work. He wanted to see what the hopsters looked like on the rolling frame so we mounted 2 temporarily so he could see the difference. Here are some pics.... :metal: :smoke: