Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

Got to do a little work today!! :D
Installed my new Holley 600 CFM carb :)
The harmonic balancer, Fuel pump,
Sand blasted, And paint some of the
Smaller brackets

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

looks very nostalgic! i like the breeather, valve covers!!

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

now that's an engine! The air cleaner looks sweet, love it

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

:jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp: wow i love it i like that air cleaner and a 67 air cleaner the best from chevy!

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

those and the dual snorkel!

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

nice progress, man...you'll have that wrapped up in no time!!

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

oh and the brake cables today:metal::metal: i had no idea those long brake cables could be so neatly put in that small box! thanks spike!!!!!

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

Thanks everyone!!!

Today, I'm going to bolt up the tranny, And do a dry fit.
I think that this cross member may have to be removed,(pic below)
In order to run a SBC with a THM350c tranny.

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

why did you flip your trailing arm brackets upside down?

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

too make then fit better since he lowered it right??/? ya that is a manual transmission crossmember

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

my CPP crossmember has the brackets in that same position.

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

When you lower a truck, You change the geometry
of the trailing arms. By moving the pivot point from
bottom to top, You get about 3 1/2" of that back.
This will help the handling and ride.

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

So 4" rear drop, it'd be a good idea to flip flop my trailing arm crossmember?

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

Got my engine an tranny dry fitted :D
Figured out where to mount my tranny support,
And that I need to remove the mount from the manual tranny. :(
But seeing it sitting in the frame, Was great.:bann:

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

I just turned the clips over. And you don't have to do it,
It's just to help handling a little.

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

Hmm, well If I ever get bored, I"ll buy some grade 8 hardware and flip flop em, im all about better handling from these trucks..

Speaking of better handling..

You should get a 1 ton swaybar from 73-87 and mount it on your truck with new bushings, it helps ALOT!

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

wow that looks great i cant wait to see the cab on there do you have any pics of were the brake lines go on your frame

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

awesome

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

Thanks a lot,
It's feeling like progress.

Here is an engine caddy I built.
I seen it somewhere, Just can't remember where.
It worked great as a mobile stand,
If I make another one, I might put bigger wheels on it :D
I thought some of you may be interested.

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

wow i cant believe that the wood can hold all that weight!

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

You bet it can, And it's sturdy as can be!

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

i can imagine ! how did it feel to have the engine and tranny in

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

It felt real good, Even through it has to come back out,
To do some mods. Left it in there till this weekend.

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

it was very tempting too just leave it in and work around it ,right?

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

Well, After dry fitting the engine and transmission earlier this week.
I found that I needed to remove the manual transmission cross member,
I wanted to leave it in if I could, For added strength. Found the correct
hight for the automatic transmission cross member, Cut the tabs off of it,
And welded some plate steel brackets onto it. It looks almost factory. :D

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

wow hope that holds okay , looks good have you done anything to the engine

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

The engine is pretty much done for now.
Worked on cleaning up the tranny yesterday,
Got some goodies coming in tomorrow!! :D
And, Depending on if I find anything unusual in the pan,
I'll get a complete rebuild kit.

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

What kinda goodies..? lol Axles?

I cant WAIT for my goodies, I think they'll be postponed due to the winter weather were having, got any snow down there spike?

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

No axles yet. :whine:

Snow? What's that, Oh yah, That white stuff that covers the ground.
We go years without seeing snow down here.(too humid)
But I would like to see some!!!!

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

yes spike any snow?

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

We had snow last year, So it may be another 4 years.

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

hmm we never have snow

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

I'm really wishin I didn't cheap out with my bolt ons, the finned aluminum looks sweet, one day I will upgrade, as for catching back up to you, you passed me before I had postponed mine, we'll see, if you keep doing such nice work I'll be too tempted to spend outta my budget and really drag this build out ;)

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

Well, The billet bolt-ons have been pretty cheap.
There's a speed shop in Columbus GA. That deals
in volume. He has an ebay store as well.

http://stores.ebay.com/abad71camaro?_rdc=1

But I have to keep stepping on that "Might as well bug"
That keeps trying to get in my ear. :)
Now that "You really need to bug", Can be a pain in the a$$.
I just hope he doesn't get in my ear tomorrow, And tell me
that I need a total rebuild kit for my tranny:(

Budget? :eek: I get what I need, When I can afford it. LOL

Spike:smoke:

P.S. Looking for a 12 bolt posi chunk

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

Any new parts come in/More shiny stuff installed? :)

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

No, More delays. Axel's pushed back to 2/5/11.
Got all my shiny billet goodies, And shift kit.
Opened to tranny, And found some clutch and
brass material in the pan, Waiting on a rebuild kit.

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

That aint good!

Do you have experience building auto trans? Or are you just 'jumping in'? Jw

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

wow transmissions look complicated!

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

It's been a couple years, But yes, I've built one or two. :D

Spike:smoke:

Re: 68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"
 

It's not a complicated as you would think.
As long as you document everything you take off.
Including where the check valves are.
I lay the clutches and rings out in order.
Presoak the new ones, and re install.

Spike:smoke: