Got the drop on my 67!!!

[*Dylan]

Update!
Bed is back on! New pictures when I get home tonight after my soccer banquet!

Well, half of it at least. I finished rebuilding the rear, all new polyurethane bushings everywhere, new 4" drop coils installed, trailing arms sandblasted and painted, as well as the tracking bar and lower shock mounts. Whats the stock height of a truck bumper to ground? I think mine dropped a lot more than I thought it would. Still looks wicked though.

[Bob 68327]

Lookin Good !!! Keep up the good work !! Bob

[67_C-30]

Very nice Dylan. I just put a 2/4 drop on my '69, and I'm loving. You're making me wish I had I bought that old truck more and more!!

[big_al_71]

looking very good!!!!

[67_C-30]

I don't know what the height from the bumper to the ground should be, but this what the 2/4 did to my truck.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Looks good

[powell72]

Looks good, can't wait to see it with the bed on.

[Sammy]

It should drop another inch with the bed.
Standard height was measured at the top of the wheel arches above the tire. I seen that number some where. Not in the red book must be in the ASSY Manual.

[thirdstreettito]

Looks good! Just wait until you get the bed and front drop on! It'll look sweet!

[Yellow67C10]

Great job. I just put dropped coils in the rear of ours. Someone in the past had just clamped the coils. It must have been nice to do it with the bed off instead off from under an assembled truck in the driveway on a creeper
Also, in the LMC catalog the height for stock from the ground to the top of the wheel arch is supposed to be 34" at the rear. Anyway, great job.

[see ten]

Looks good so far! The back bumper is going to come up once you lower the front end. We had that issue when we lowered my wifes 54. When we aired out the front the first time the bumper touched the ground. This was while the back was still stock height. Your rear tires are the fulcrum/pivot point of your plane at this point. Once the front gets dropped things will pivot up from the rear tires to the back of the truck.

Bumper and wheel arch measurements don't mean squat if the trucks being measured don't have the same size tires with the same amount of air pressure in them. You can take a measurement from your axle tube to your frame and then compare it to what someone else has. That measurement will be the same no matter what size your tires are.

[*Dylan]

Originally Posted by see ten

Looks good so far! The back bumper is going to come up once you lower the front end. We had that issue when we lowered my wifes 54. When we aired out the front the first time the bumper touched the ground. This was while the back was still stock height. Your rear tires are the fulcrum/pivot point of your plane at this point. Once the front gets dropped things will pivot up from the rear tires to the back of the truck.

Bumper and wheel arch measurements don't mean squat if the trucks being measured don't have the same size tires with the same amount of air pressure in them. You can take a measurement from your axle tube to your frame and then compare it to what someone else has. That measurement will be the same no matter what size your tires are.

Oh yeah, didn't even think of the rear axle being the fulcrum point of the truck. Maybe that'll make it look a little more like I want it with the front re-done. As for the sport bumper, got one I could have? Haha.

The one I have on there now will be painted probably today when I get home actually. No new shiney chrome sports bumpers til money permits and I don't have anything left to do that's necessary for it to be on the road again.

[oldno7]

Looks good so far! I gotta say at first glance I thought that was cat crap on your hood. oldno7

[68Stepbed]

Ditto on what Asa said. Also, it will help when you remove that 400 lb bumper and put a sport bumper on

[thirdstreettito]

You want a driver quality chrome stock rear sport bumper? I've got one off my 72 if ya want it.

[michael bustamante]

lookin good, Im about to do the same, 4". So is that an adjustable trac bar on there? Did you have to relocate the shocks or use lowered shocks?

[*Dylan]

Nope that's the stock tracking bar and stock height shocks. No relocating of the shocks either. I guess they'll probably end up going bad soon but maybe not. As for the track bar I've heard some say you need an adjustable one and some say you don't. I'm on an extremely tight budget so I'm not using one if I don't absolutely have to.

Bradley,
Got any pictures of the bumper, and would it mount up to the bumper brackets I have on my truck now? How much shipped to 32327?

Thanks,
-D

[michael bustamante]

thanks for the info. believe me youre not the only one on a budget!!

[*Dylan]

No problem man.

[jgreene0717]

Mine is lowered 4.5 inches in rear and have had no issues after around
5,000 miles. Factory track bar and shock mounts rides great!!!

[chevy29267truck]

Dylan your truck looking great

[*Dylan]

Thanks guys, I appreciate all of the encouragement.

[jbristo67]

Now all you have to do is get rid ofthose Gynormas side mirrors and then you will be on your way Sorry I was scrolling down through the faces and had to use that guy I promise I am not a jerk. Some of those smileys are to much lol. Those are the mirror that were on my truck when I found it. Now I dont have any mirrors

[*Dylan]

Plan on doing that as soon as I have the money to buy some new ones. Lol.

Update on the truck! The bed is back on and I'll get some pictures up for you guys to see tonight after I get home from my soccer banquet!

[thirdstreettito]

Need moar pichers!