67 chevy shortbed PA project
 

I just bought my new 67 project at the Fall swap meet at Carlisle last year. I told myself I would build a build thread since this site has helped me out so much. The only three vehicles I have ever had are a 72 longbed, 68 shortbed and now 67. I got way over my head and killed bank account with my 68. So my goal is to keep my 67 driving and not out of commission for long periods. It's been 9 years since I sold my 68. I'm a little behind on starting this so I'll try and get some pics on here of my truck when I bought it.
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Once I got back off the road I finally had a little time to work on truck. Only had three weeks so I had to pick my battles. Drum brakes had to go after the 1000 mile trip to Springfield, MO. Driving through St. Louis during rush hour was stressfull. Cut roll pan off and attached new bumper. Roll pan gave me some issues but it works fine for now. Picked up original style wheel with horn button. Changed mirrors out also.
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I don't know how to get more than one picture on each post. So I guess I'm just going to have to make many smaller posts. Sorry.
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Good looking truck

The brakes weren't too bad to install. Running brake lines wasn't very fun under the truck. I see why people wait till they do frame off jobs. The hose going to banjo bolt was upside down which leaked all over my painted calipers. One of the brake lines also had metric fittings which was fun to deal with. The only fitting I had to hold onto was the t-fitting on the differential. It had deeper threads than the newer fittings I tried to buy. Using clothes hanger to figure out line bends saved so much time. Also measure before you buy lines because they make different length lines with double flares and fittings already attached. I learned the hard way plus the stupid tool from oriellys was hard to use correctly. Disc helped a lot but might do hydro boost later.
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Sport mirrors back to oval mirrors. Which are way easier to see out of. I had to drill new holes to mount mirrors.
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I had to make some metal pieces so I could mount the am radio back in truck. Also I wanted to put new stereo in glovebox but keep the cardboard liner. So I bought two liners and extended the a/c flat spot larger. Had to make small bracket to hold back of CD player up. If I did it again I would put more effort into finding a piece of dash cause it sucked grinding welds down near the knob areas.
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I never ended up posting pictures of my truck after the 5 lug swap and disc brakes. I also put ss airbags in the back hooked to Shraeder valves for the time being. Heading back to Missouri from Pennsylvania this week so hopefully more progress soon.

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I am on the never ending debate of a 5.3 or a original 327 back in the truck. My 700r4 is struggling so I'm guessing this 1000 mile trip will force me to make a choice soon. Still trying to decide which hubcaps to run.

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Making some great updates to this truck! Love a good '67. I'm doing an LS swap in my 68 now but absolutely love a 327 and have one of those put back for my 67. As for the caps, I like the dogdish over the wheel covers. I like full wheel covers on stock-is trucks with all the trim etc. Dogdishes go with almost anything else.

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Mods!!!

:sumo: ;)

Suburban area :lol: :mm:

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Did you buy that glove compartment like that? I like the way it seems to match the gauge cluster.

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That's a from-the-factory 67 only thing for Chevy's. Glovebox and cluster both match and are outlined in silver. GMC's are a whole different animal.

Yeah the truck came like that. I like the silver over the chrome bezels.
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Truck is looking better by the day but the dog is way cool !

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Unreal how much better that original steering wheel looks! Nice find!

Here is a couple pictures of truck lately. Getting ready to put 5.3/4l60e in next week hopefully. I really wanted a all aluminum block and heads. So I’ve been patiently waiting for awhile. I want to keep truck light and fairly simple. I spent today cleaning up wiring and pulling heater out and glove box/radio setup. I used a Jeep tank and I put in s10 speedo with led lights in gauges.
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Nice progress. You won’t regret that 5.3. I put a 6.0 in my truck three years ago and haven’t stopped smiling yet.

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Keep up the good work. Nice truck! You mentioned wheel cover choices earlier, I prefer the dog dish type over the full wheel covers but Baby Moons might be a nice look. (then again, I'm an old guy) I was wondering about your interior. My 67 will have a black and blue interior as opposed to your black and red. Are your sun visors black?

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Another Springfield, MO board member! Truck looks great. I am putting a 6.0 in mine. Let me know if I can help you out in any way.

Yeah right now there black but eventually I’m doing either medium poly blue or fawn interior. Here’s a picture of what I want but little lower. Found it on the internet but really like that blue.
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Thanks I will send questions your way. Almost everything is done but hopefully no big surprises.
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Trying to button up last few things before next weekend. Hopefully dropping 5.3l in over the weekend. I installed some stainless steel tank straps I made with rubber in between. Switched to later style plunger brake switch. Which helped me find out that I had shot a bunch of gravel up and knocked some wires loose yesterday. Cleaned up some wires for passenger taillights. Mounted a breaker on the side of my battery tray, I made, so hopefully I don’t burn my truck down having battery behind the axle.
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I have a lm4 aluminum block so I had to drill a hole for the dipstick. When I tried to remove the mounting tab I ripped a big hole in the side of it. So I bent, cut center section out, welded back together with a shorter tab for a cleaner low profile look. I also shortened about a foot out of the trans dipstick. I also made this bracket to mount pcm, Tac Module, obd2 and 2 fuse blocks. Eventually I want all wiring coming out of this spot and having drivers side less cluttered. I wanted it under dash but all together with room for vintage air heater/defrost. I’m going to paint it black tomorrow since it hangs below dash.
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Today I got back to the shortbed. I made a taller arch that will help let the 4.25” driveshaft clear a little better. I can’t wait to loose that two piece shaft. Finally got the broken stud out of exhaust manifold flange. I painted them black with some high temp paint. I am going to try and wrap them with titanium wrap tonight. I also painted the aluminum bracket I made to hold fuse blocks, pcm, tac and obd2 port.
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I have been inside planning out new fuse block setup with a bunch of relays to centralize wiring. Tomorrow when my other fuse block shows up I’ll post some pictures. Finally got in the garage and wrapped manifold today. I need another 50’x1” for the other side. Hopefully it works out and helps exhaust flow better plus keeps heat down.
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Here’s some pictures of fuse block setup after I painted it. Ready to install the rest of the wiring once I drop engine in. Excited to have drivers side cleaned up some. Top block has fuses linked together but bottom is open for some key on wiring and some constant.
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Today was the big day. Started around 10am and finally got the engine mounted to stands around 8pm. Super fun fighting the last broken exhaust stud for around 2 hours ate up a bunch of time. Pulled front clip off which help a ton. I used the f-body pan which is really close to cross member. Had to slide stands back as far as we could and massage cross member a bit. Hopefully the hard part is done because my goal is running and driving by Tuesday.
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Day 2 of engine swap was slower than expected. First I rode my bike to my friends shop 28miles to get started. Pulled cab wiring out and fuse block. Previous owner had installed column c to flat plug adapter so I linked all my wires into flat style plug. Tedious work but it will pay off having everything ran tucked up how I want it. Tomorrow I will finish up fuse panel and hopefully get close to starting truck up by the end of the day.
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A 28 mile bicycle ride over icy roads to continue work on your truck? Now THAT is dedication.:metal: On a side note I think that I now officially qualify as lazy.:lol:

Keep pushing man! I wanna see this thing done by midnight Tuesday!!! In all seriousness though, great job and good luck! May there be no more broken bolts in your future;)

Day 3 was grueling. I took a different route today which was 24 miles instead of 28 from yesterday. Fought through wiring up the rest of the fuse block setup. Found that feeding the ls harness through grommet was challenging with pcm plugs hitting the transmission. I need to drill another grommet hole for another set of wiring. Also, ran into issue with valve cover breather hitting coil bracket. I’ll try to get some better pictures tomorrow.
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Thanks, now I’m to the stage were the unexpected issues start coming out to test your patience.
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Well I haven’t had a update in a couple days so I will try to recap. I went to put the power steering on and apparently the envoy has a wider reservoir setup that doesn’t fit in between the frame rails. So I had to get one out of a truck (seemed like every other one I saw worked including the remote reservoir setup in vans). That held me back a day plus the crazy wind chill day Set me back. I also didn’t realize that I could just cut off metric fitting and reflare high pressure lines directly to pump for a cleaner/cheaper setup.
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I think this was the day I had a good tailwind so I wasn’t as exhausted when I showed up. Then finally a happy surprise was that I could reuse the 700r4 mount. It bolted right up to 4l60e plus the cross member was already drilled for that mount already. I just had to unbolt cross member and move it forward a inch or two. Also that gave the emergency brake cables room to move (hopefully it will actually work now).
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Now the exhaust day. I had to notch about a 1/4 out of the frame for manifold flange to have a little extra room. I had already welded and hung the exhaust where I wanted it up until the cab bushings. So basically I had to cross under the frame and over to connect them. I’ll don’t have pictures of that yet. I just tacked them together cause welder I was using is dying badly. Then to finish the night I tied the 2 three foot sections of exhaust and welding helmet to my backpack so I could weld them at home. I rode home 22 miles in the dark down highway 13. That was trippy and I would definitely not recommend to anyone.
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Yesterday I got driven to the shop with exhaust and aluminum drive shaft that was shortened. Luckily exhaust bolted up cause I was nervous about fitment. Installed front accessory drive and v-belt after a minute of struggling with layout. New spark plugs installed and connected the rest of the engine plugs.
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Well today was the breaking point. I had to switch seats on bike and double up on padded shorts since my butt feels broken. 9 miles into my ride to the shop I get a rear flat then a minute later a front flat while walking my bike. I decided this is part of the adventure and rode the next 13 miles with two flat tires (somehow the tires stayed on the rims). I was only 8 minutes slower than my fastest time which blew my mind. I had told myself today I was cranking the engine. I started with transmission lines which seemed simple except it was super tight and I couldn’t figure out why fittings wouldn’t go in. Eventually I bent the lines to the right angle and they went in and also fought the little clips. 2 hours later I just wanted something chill to regroup. I start installing fuses and relays and found out I messed up. I had read the relay facing me instead of turned around how you would plug it in. Lesson learned. I will be pulling all 40 pins out and reworking setup under the dash now. So I decided enough was enough and opted to have my truck towed to my house so I could finish up there.
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Ok so yesterday I grinded a little flat head screwdriver down to help remove pins i messed up. Today I tried to finish up last couple things to start engine. The transmission lines are holding me up. I tried reusing donor lines but they are 3/8 instead of 5/16. I tried finding adapters but no luck. I ended up getting some adapters and regular 3/8 brake flare nuts. I will run new lines once I figure out best radiator later on down the road. I ran hoses but had to slide radiator towards passenger side to the other holes. I fit air cleaner straight ahead but might change later on.
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