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1972CheyenneSuper 02-22-2006 07:19 PM

'72 Super Project: Updates!
 
I've been browsing this forum for the past couple of months and I must say that you guys know your stuff. I've just recently purchased a 1972 Cheyenne Super from my brothers. They were planning on restoring it but they've got other toys to work on. The truck has factory buckets and factory air conditioning. It is a two wheel drive with a long box. As you can see, there is quite a bit of work to be done sheetmetal wise and mechanically. I know many people would like to see an original restoration done with a truck of this rarity, but being sixteen years old, I need something a little more exciting. But don't worry, I have plans to keep everything intact so if I do sell it in the future, converting it back to original will be possible. I will use this thread to post any updates that I have done to the truck and also to ask for assistance if any is needed, which will more than likely be often. Here's the pics:
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1972CheyenneSuper 02-22-2006 07:20 PM

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jhwkns 02-22-2006 07:37 PM

Re: New member with an old truck
 
Welcome to the forums.. It's great to see young guys like yourself that have interest in these old trucks. There's hope yet for the future..

Joesjunk 02-22-2006 11:01 PM

Re: New member with an old truck
 
Cool truck. You dont see too many that were two tone Medium and Dark Blue.

Loos like a great project!! Have fun!!!!

krue 02-23-2006 12:38 AM

Re: New member with an old truck
 
Welcome to the board from South Mississippi! Looks like a great project.

special-K 02-23-2006 08:05 AM

Re: New member with an old truck
 
Welcome from a 50 year old that still can`t quite leave one totally stock.That`s why I like the resto-rod approach.A truck like yours has class as it is.Like Joe said,that`s a seldom seen color combo.There were few 2-tone combos available and few ordered that didn`t use white as the accent color.

northcountry67 02-23-2006 08:29 AM

Re: New member with an old truck
 
Welcome to the board. I'm only 70 miles east of Grand Forks, if you need anything, drop me a line.

boundstaffpress 02-23-2006 10:31 AM

Re: New member with an old truck
 
Welcome to the board

Your truck looks like a lot of fun. Can't wait to see you rodstore it. You did right by posting lots of pics. We all love pictures.

Yukon Jack 02-23-2006 11:40 AM

Re: New member with an old truck
 
Welcome to the board - will enjoy following your progress.

Palf70Step 02-23-2006 02:03 PM

Re: New member with an old truck
 
Welcome from southern Mississippi. Nice truck and glad to have you on board

boraxman 02-23-2006 02:27 PM

Re: New member with an old truck
 
:welcoem: from sunny So.Cal.

1972CheyenneSuper 02-24-2006 12:48 AM

Re: New member with an old truck
 
Thanks for the welcomes everybody!
I got the seats, gas tank carpet, and the fuel tank along with the fuel lines in the cab out today. I also started on getting the guage cluster out, but stopped there. I suppose I may as well list a few of my plans. For an engine I will be getting a 5.7 Vortech from the place that I work. Engine management will be handled by a Painless Wiring Harness, possibly along with a complete truck harness. For the suspension I would like to go air ride, with an AirOverLeaf system in rear and the regular system in front. I do plan on doing a frame off so everything underneath will be cleaned and fixed as needed along with a fuel tank somewhere on the frame. For the interior I am looking at some nice bucket seats, but I will keep the originals in case I ever convert it back, it's just that by the time I refoam and recover the originals, I could have bought some that will be twice as comfortable and look nice too. Sandblasting is in the works too to uncover as many problem areas as possible. I want this truck to last a long time so a little time now will save a lot of time later. Although the bed was primered by the previous owner, I believe bondo was used to cover up a few things. I also need to get some doors, front fenders and inners, tailgate, along with the patch panels. I am leaning towards LMC truck because they have free truck freight on orders over $1000. Thanks again for the warm welcomes. :)

OLDROCK&ROLLER 02-24-2006 08:25 AM

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Welcome to the board from S-E N.C. Good luck on your project sounds nice. I like um with some mods. check out the board vendors before buying from that other place.;)

Kenneth

1972CheyenneSuper 08-01-2006 12:22 AM

Re: New member with an old truck
 
Well, I've made some major headway on the truck, with the limited time that I have. Much has been removed, and the cab is about ready to come off, next day or so. My plans with the truck has changed. I want to completely redo it original with the exception of the engine, transmission, suspension, and wheels. I got the 5.7 Vortec cleaned up and painted with new intake gaskets and an oil pan gasket. I'm also about to pick up my 4l60E. My Painless Wiring harness for the truck chassis and also the engine will be in my hands on Wednesday. :metal: That's about it, now for the good stuff:
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Also if a moderator could change the name of this thread to:
'72 Super Project: Updates!
It would be most appreciated.

Palf70Step 08-01-2006 05:38 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Nice project. See how your title change works too.

1972CheyenneSuper 08-01-2006 05:34 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
It looks good, thank you. :)

67chevy2wd 08-01-2006 06:12 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
1972CheyenneSuper, That is a very nice looking truck. Where in ND are you located? I live about 30 miles west of Bismarck. Oh and hello from ND.

1972CheyenneSuper 08-03-2006 09:23 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Thanks 67chevy2wd. ;) I live in Minot.

67chevy2wd 08-03-2006 10:36 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Cool, I was just up there for the big fair. Went to see Keri Underwood(not by choice) but it was a good concert. I suppose you know where Beulah is then, not too far from Minot.

toms68cst 08-04-2006 08:41 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Hello from Bismarck. Nice project you have there!

1972CheyenneSuper 08-04-2006 03:31 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 67chevy2wd
Cool, I was just up there for the big fair. Went to see Keri Underwood(not by choice) but it was a good concert. I suppose you know where Beulah is then, not too far from Minot.

The only person I wanted to see was Keith Urban but I had to work. :rolleyes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by toms68cst
Hello from Bismarck. Nice project you have there!

Thanks. There's actually quite a few people from ND on this board. Then again there are alot of old Chevrolets in ND too.

Lated 05-16-2009 03:18 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Been a long time since your last post. How is the truck coming?

1972CheyenneSuper 10-01-2016 12:14 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
It's funny how life happens and before you know it, ten years fly by and you're picking up where you left off. This truck started as a project I bought from my brothers when I was in high school 10 1/2 years ago. My previous pictures have lost their hosting privileges, so I'm going to attach a few from '06. I have more, just not worth the time to repost them all, if you want to see something specific let me know as I probably have it. Anyways, I ripped this thing apart down to the bare frame, resulting in pieces everywhere. Then the whole college thing happened, followed by grown up things like working full time, saving for a house, etc. The money wasn't quite there for some time to sustain a frame off project, so around 2009 I put everything in a shipping container for storage minus the frame and engine. I bought a '62 Impala after college so I'd have something that I could drive in the summer and work on in the winter without the constrictions of a full frame off. Two winters ago, that car received the Vortec and 4L60E that I intended to put in this truck.

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1972CheyenneSuper 10-01-2016 12:41 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
I'm fairly content with where I had gotten with that car, so about two months ago I started getting the itch for another project. I've also picked up a 68' K20 and a '69 C2500 in this stretch of time. Before ripping more stuff apart though, I told myself that I need to work on and finish this truck first. I got to thinking about how much money and time I'm probably going to have into this thing. I know that I'm probably going to have to buy new bedsides for this truck, so I may as well buy short box bedsides and build what I really want. So the search for a swb frame commenced and after a couple of weeks of searching and finding nothing remotely close I found a parts lwb truck with trailing arms. This thing was probably eventually going to end up at the crusher so I feel I don't feel too bad shortening this frame as it gave it some purpose. As a bonus, I can keep my original frame intact if I ever want to turn it back into a lwb. A deal was struck and I had a very straight '71 frame and rear end out of a 67' for $250.

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The front suspension crossmember and associated parts are from my original '72.

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A week ago I was getting some parts at the local wrecking yard where I worked in my high school years, where I had bought the 5.7 Vortec mentioned before. They said that that they had just gotten a 5.3 in with 18,000 miles. The price was too good to resist so I found my power plant and the 6L80 that it was mated to.

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The direction that I want to head with this truck is similar to what I had envisioned ten years ago. I'm going with a modern powertrain. I'm about 80% set on a 4/6 ECE drop. I was always dead set on bagging this truck, but it's not quite in the budget right now. I want to keep the original color combo, and put the full trim back on, stock interior, and a nice set of wheels.

The first frame picture was taken Aug 6. I have been working diligently on weeknights and weekends the past month and a half to get to the second to last picture taken last weekend with all of the pieces sandblasted and painted. I've gotten more done in that time period than I have in the last ten years. Hopefully I can keep the momentum going. My first question, any body know where I can track down an upper control arm stud besides the LMC offerings?

Palf70Step 10-01-2016 09:23 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Glad to see she is moving along again. Will be looking forward to more updates.

1972CheyenneSuper 10-06-2016 11:59 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Thank you Palf70Step

I didn't get a whole lot done last weekend other than getting the front cross member bolted on. I also removed the front cab mounts of my original '72 frame. Still need to track down a set of rear cab mounts. Picked up a nice set of trailing arms on Tuesday, and worked on stripping them down for blasting, and getting some other misc. parts ready for blasting.

Yesterday, I gave ECE a call and ordered up a 4/6 drop kit, LS mounts, and some other parts. I also managed to get the last upper control arm stud that he had so I lucked out there. Stuff will hopefully roll in next week sometime.

I debated buying the conversion axles and parts for my '67 rear end, but in the end I decided to take my '72 rear end and cut the leaf spring brackets off and weld on the saddles I'll be getting from ECE. My question is will I be ok matching the factory pinion angle of my '67 rear end and later using angled shims to get it where it needs to be. I know the best would be to wait until the whole weight of the truck is together and set the angle and weld eliminating the need for shims. The only issue is, I am going to be a long time from having any sort of body on this thing, and I would like to blast and paint the rear end now. Does anybody else with a 4/6 drop recall what they're using for shims and a factory rear?

1972CheyenneSuper 10-17-2016 11:57 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Well, I have finally got most of the big items blasted and painted this past weekend. That was my main goal as we are getting closer to snowfall here. I'm hoping to have a rolling chassis by Thanksgiving, but we'll see how that goes. As I said before, I had ordered some parts from ECE and they showed up last week.

I think there is some unwritten rule about showing the box pile so here it is.

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Contents Include:
-4"/6" Drop Kit - 2.5" Spindles, 1.5" Front Springs, 6" Rear Springs,
-Front/Rear Shocks
-Shock Relocator Kit
-Super Track Bar
-LS Engine Mounts
-Lower A-Arm U-Bolts
-Swaybar bushing set w/ lowered brackets
-Trailing Arm Bushings
-Weld-on axle saddles
-ECE Transmission Crossmember
-Coil Spring Retainer Kit

This stuff was all packaged very nicely into those boxes and everything was well wrapped. I thought for sure that a few boxes were missing or coming later, but it was packed into those.

For anyone that has sandblasted their own parts, I'm sure you will agree with me that any future projects will be taken to somebody. I bought this pot blaster 10 years ago when I started this thing, and hadn't used it until I started this truck. It works really good, when a person is blasting. Most of the time is spent not blasting though. Time is spent setting up a catch area if you plan on reusing your media. You've got to sweep up and collect your media. You have to screen it all before you put it back in the blaster. Add in breaks for your air compressor and so forth, and you've got a lot of time wondering why you didn't hire it out. I set up this blasting "horseshoe" four times in the last couple of months and every time I do, I dread it. It works good for recollecting the media, but it is a very slow process if you are not setup for it regularly.

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The weeekend prior to this past one, I blasted the trailing arms I picked up the week prior, the rear most crossmember, my front cab mount brackets, center link, rear brake drums, my '72 leaf spring rear end after grinding off all of the brackets, and the ends of the axles.

The trailing arms I picked up were in really good shape. Probably about the best possible condition you'll find them in this state anyways. Every set I've seen have gotten small rocks wedged between the two rails and they keep collecting inside and spreading the rails further apart. These had only a slight gap but I wanted to clean them out anyways. So they were split apart and then rebolted back together after blasting, followed up by a few stitch welds on the top and bottom.

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Thursday night I was able to get some paint on them and my other blasted pieces. You don't realize until you're running a brush on these arms, but there is a ton of surface area to cover, they must have take 20-30 mins each.

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Also blasted and painted this high hump cover I picked up for $15 at the same place I picked up the trailing arms for $75 each. Pretty happy with that find.

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Here's the leaf spring rear end that came out the truck in the original post. This one has 3.07 gears in it compared to the 3.73's that were in the 6 lug rear I was going to use. I'm not sure how well it's going to work with the 6l80, but I guess we'll see.

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So after talking with Stan at ECE, he didn't seem to recall of having to shim rear ends for the normal drops that they offer, so I decided to match the pinion angle of the other rear end I had. I used some steel tubing and a variety of shims to set up a level work platform. I placed the factory coil spring rear end on it and took a bunch of reference measurements. Then I placed my blasted housing on the saddles, and after a couple hours of measuring, rechecking, and measuring again I placed a few tack welds on, and checked a few times more. Once I was sure it was where it needed to be, I welded the new saddles on, stitching about an inch at a time alternating between sides and letting it cool down some.

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Slapped some paint on it Saturday and a few other parts and we're good to go.

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I didn't get much time yesterday to work on the truck, but at least now, the big stuff is out of the way, and I can get some work done. I mounted most of the misc. small brackets and loosely installed the trailing arms after putting the new bushings in. Put the LS engine mounts on as well.

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1972CheyenneSuper 11-26-2016 11:34 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Back again with another update. I have since gotten the rearend bolted in, rear brakes done, front suspension put together, and the whole frame back on wheels for the first time in a long time for this project. I actually had the frame on wheels a week ahead of my goal so I'm track so far. Two weekends ago I disassembled the 5.3 and prepped/painted it. I think it really cleaned up good. Last weekend was spent cleaning up and painting other odds and ends. This past Wednesday night my dad and I pulled the midnight shift and got the engine and transmission mated again and setting on the frame mounts. Friday, I was able to the transmission and engine centered and set and every thing buttoned up. Now I just need to get some sheetmetal ordered up.

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allchevy58 11-26-2016 11:50 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Nice work, looking good.

Tdrcreyn4 11-27-2016 08:47 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Looks awesome. Love what you are doing.

projectking 11-27-2016 09:45 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Looking good, sweet shop too! Where did you get the rear brake hardware kit from?

1972CheyenneSuper 11-27-2016 12:16 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Thanks for the comments. I pieced all of the parts for the rear brakes rather than purchasing a kit.

This is what I purchased for my '72 Leaf spring rear converted to coil sprung. I don't think there is a difference between the two. But I don't know for sure, so there is my disclaimer. I was slightly disappointed upon receiving most of the Delco parts as most of it was manufactured overseas. They seem to be of decent quality, but AC Delco used to be synonymous with "Keeping your GM truck GM." The joys of a global market.

Wheel Cylinders
RH ACDELCO 18E1123
LH ACDELCO 18E1124

Spring/Hardware Kit - Does both sides
ACDELCO 18K1597

Self Adjuster Kits
RH RAYBESTOS H2509
LH RAYBESTOS H2508

Parking Brake Cables x2
ACDELCO 18P2299

Drum Shoes
Raybestos 280PG

projectking 11-27-2016 02:21 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Thanks for the #'s!

1972CheyenneSuper 12-03-2016 10:20 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Re-reading my last comments and as a side note, the part number I gave for the parking brake cable is for a trailing arm setup. I am fairly certain that a leaf spring setup would be a different piece, for anyone else using the mentioned numbers.

Haven't gotten a whole lot done this past week and weekend due to a winter storm and also the fact that I've been sick the last 4 days. But I did manage to get a little motivational poster done for myself this morning. I found a truck picture online that matched pretty closely what I have in mind and photoshopped the dark blue bottom color and the medium blue roof and a few other odds and ends. I believe these wheels on the drawing are 20's, whereas I'll probably be in the 18" range so I have a little more sidewall. There is always the chance of going rally wheels too, I haven't entirely decided. I'll be finalizing my sheet metal shopping list this weekend and getting some stuff ordered so I can get going again in a couple of weeks. I'm really looking forward to it.

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GR8-68 12-04-2016 07:01 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Real nice work :mm: Good to see you are back at it :chevy:

Seventy Two 12-22-2016 05:56 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Subscribed

1972CheyenneSuper 12-31-2016 11:45 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Well, I'm at my end of the year update. Not much in the way of progress, due to being sick for three weeks following Thanksgiving and receiving 40+ inches of snow in December, between cleaning snow and trying to stay healthy, truck time took a bit of a hit. I did order some sheet metal though and should be back on track again. I ordered a new cab floor, rockers, cab corners, front fenders, inner fenders, front/rear bumpers along with brackets, LH door shell and a RH door skin.

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It was advised that I test fit that door shell, before I started cutting any of the factory floor or rockers apart, due to known fitment issues. So today I mounted the drivers side shell. I'm not a body man at all, so this truck is going to be my learning curve. However out of the box, I had it bolted up and after twenty minutes or so of adjustments, I think I have it sitting relatively decent. The hinges were still bolted to the cab in the same position the factory doors were hung, so any adjustments were done on the door to hinge location. My hinges definitely need to be rebuilt though, and I know that will require more adjusting, but I think it fits decent for the most part. The only major issue I had was the top hoop hitting part of the drip rail in the dead center, but the drip rail itself was sagging in that spot, once that was clearanced, the door was able to shut fully without hitting anything else and resting on the little rubber bumpstops. The rear door to cab gap is about 1/4", I think I could slide it back a hair more, however I looked at my '69 GMC with stock doors and it had about the same gap, so maybe it's acceptable? All of my door pics can be seen HERE.


The repro door discussion can be found here.

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The following is the main reason I decided to go with a door shell. First and foremost is finding good original sheet metal in my region is really hard, if not impossible. The patch panels to repair this door would cost nearly two thirds what a new shell costs. Third, and probably the most important reason is, I really lack the body working skills to attempt such an endeavor. I am going to try to reskin my passenger side door, any pointers in that department would be appreciated.

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Obligatory shot of my helper. The last lab I had when I was in high school was about the same age as this pup (3 yo) when I first ripped this truck apart, so although I've never driven it since I've owned it, there is some sentiment attached to it.

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New cab floor, the high hump floors weren't in stock any time soon, so I'll be cutting this one out for my high hump cover.

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I took a few pics of my trouble spots on my cab. I know worse has been fixed before, but I'll get through this. You folks with the California cabs are not aware of how good you have it. Not only is it rusted out, it was an old farm truck, so it's had antennas mounted on it, been hit by various things, had some shoddy cab marker lights added on at some point, been out in a few hail storms, etc. I guess that's why its called a project truck.

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randy500 01-01-2017 12:22 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Hi,
Thanks for the update on the repro doors, the pic showed me what I was wondering.
The door fit looks great so maybe the newer doors have obviously been updated as they have the triangle raised portion in the front lower inside and your fit is nice. Good job and I do think it was wise to fit it up now before the floor work.
I was wondering who would need a full floor....now I know...I take it for granted the trucks in WA state just need the inner and outer rocker and maybe a bit of the kick panel...Thanks again, now I have to read the first part of your long build!

1972CheyenneSuper 01-01-2017 12:56 AM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Hey, thanks for the kind words. I forgot to take pictures of the bottom of the floor. That was the main reason for replacing the floor instead of a few patches of the floor pan. All of the cab support braces are rusted through.

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1972CheyenneSuper 02-08-2024 09:55 PM

Re: '72 Super Project: Updates!
 
Here we are again 8 years later. I've been under the weather the last few days, so I thought I'd get this thing up to speed. Life flies by and funds limit progress like a lot of things in life, but I got back on track a few years ago. A few photo links apparently are in-op, so a few quick cliff notes are going to have to do. You can start here or go back and re-read the beginning if you want.

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Long story short, I bought this truck from my brothers in high school with the intention of doing a frame off restoration. College, money, life all prevented that. It sure was easy to rip apart into a million pieces though. Last picture is a 5.7 Vortec that I was going to put into this, it now resides in a '62 Impala.

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