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01-10-2016, 03:24 AM | #1 |
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Just bought this '67 lwb - sat on a farm most of it's life.
Hi Everyone,
I am new to this board and just wanted to show this '67 lwb I just got today. It was a Lafferty Chevrolet pickup that apparently had been sitting on a farm in PA for most of its life with low mileage. It looks very rough but it runs very good, 283 automatic. I am planning on trying to make this a semi-low-budget daily driver. |
01-10-2016, 03:53 AM | #2 |
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Re: Just bought this '67 lwb - sat on a farm most of it's life.
Welcome to the board! Looks like a great grab.
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01-10-2016, 08:50 AM | #3 |
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Re: Just bought this '67 lwb - sat on a farm most of it's life.
love it
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01-10-2016, 09:20 AM | #4 |
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Re: Just bought this '67 lwb - sat on a farm most of it's life.
Nice patina. Good find!
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01-10-2016, 09:22 AM | #5 |
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Re: Just bought this '67 lwb - sat on a farm most of it's life.
Welcome! You have found the best place on this planet for info on these trucks.
Good luck with your project, and don't forget to add LOTS of pics!
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01-10-2016, 09:56 AM | #6 |
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Re: Just bought this '67 lwb - sat on a farm most of it's life.
looks like a good start.
doesnt look like alot of pa. hacking on that one.
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01-10-2016, 06:04 PM | #7 |
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Nope, definitely looks like it was just sittin. Except looks like maybe someone took the bed gate with lettering? Is that white panel the inner portion of the gate or the entire gate itself?
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01-11-2016, 12:21 AM | #8 |
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Re: Just bought this '67 lwb - sat on a farm most of it's life.
Hey Shelby0099 ....
to the forums and from Ohio as you indeed have a ride
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Re: Just bought this '67 lwb - sat on a farm most of it's life.
Nice truck dude , panels are readily available , should be fairly easy fixes , keep us updated , I saw some cowls in the used parts section on this board , the grill should just be trim , but those two chrome trim pieces are a pain to get to up front , Id rather do the floor welding
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the white piece looks like another front panel for the bed. extra parts is allways nice. the rust on the back bottom of the cab is a real bugger but defintely fixable. the dealer emblem is cool. you should do some checkin and see if they are still around. most dealer emblems got trashed over the years. share your old school low cost tips on cleanin the frame up.
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Yes, when I first saw the back bottom I was quite dismayed...but yes fixable and will be fun. I'm looking at about $500-$700 in sheetmetal from LMC. The Lafferty emblem, I do believe they are still in business in PA. I think Warminster... The guy I bought it from mentioned that they do look for these emblems. I may not use them. It would be fun to bring it back to them and share a story. These aren't my tips, but from OldTimeGarage instead of using sand blasting first use engine gunk and pressure washer on frame then dry it well and then use oven cleaner and a pressure washer again, takes it right down to metal. Finish with Rustoleum semi gloss black with lacquer thinner for paint. |
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01-10-2016, 10:38 AM | #12 |
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Nice truck! But I hope your definition of "semi-low-budget" is realistic... These things can be money pits!
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01-10-2016, 10:48 AM | #13 |
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Welcome to you and we await your question and will try our best to answer them for you. Jim
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01-10-2016, 12:10 PM | #14 |
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welcome a board, nice find.
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01-10-2016, 01:57 PM | #15 |
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Thank you guys! That's what I like about this board, seems to be a lot of friendly enthusiasm..
Yes, Semi-low-budget...let's try to define that. I'll just ramble off some thoughts and see if I'm in the ballpark. I was going to just get an SSBC etc disc brake conversion but I may simply try to use parts from other newer trucks to make the conversion. I was surprised at how well the 283 ran. Supposedly it only has 9,000 miles but who really knows? I'm thinking/hoping I wont have to do a rebuild on the motor, maybe just an intake and carb swap. -- I might find intake and carb used for maybe the $400 range in total. The transmission, I don't know yet. Hopefully that won't need much either. The fluid is bright red clean, doesn't seem to have had much usage. -- best case, just fluids $30? The rear-end could probably be the same, just change fluid and let it spin. -- best case, just fluids $30? The suspension, I would probably just re-build. I like the idea of a nice lift with big tires, but I can put that off for down the road and just keep the stock ride height. Or I might see about a flip kit and front A-arms and drop it lower. -- going with a lift would be most expensive, probably costing significantly more than what I paid for the truck. Lowering it would be a less expensive maybe the $1500 mark. And just rebuilding everything stock would just be bushings, joints etc....I'd budget maybe $500 and then I might get a decent price on stock tires maybe $300-$400? The frame looks pretty damn solid, I could employ some old school low cost tips in cleaning it up and painting it. The cab is what needs the most work. Panels are cheap and I'm not a bad welder. I had been planning a plasma cutter and TIG welder purchase...I might take a closer look at the Eastwood package of MIG and Plasma and then get TIG later. I'd put the gas tank in the rear, so I'd need that kit which is I think around $250. Need all new brake and gas lines, gotta check price on that. Interior...new door handles, window cranks, dashpad. Not sure if I want to keep the bench seat or go with buckets. I'd have more flexibility if I went with buckets and could get any seat combination from a junk yard. I like the stock steering wheel, but if other classic wheels are at a swap meet someplace maybe that's not too expensive. The guy I bought it from threw in a power steering pump, so I'd need the bracketry and a new steering box. I'd rewire the entire thing. I like American Autowire as I've used them before. For the body, I do like the patina look but that bed is completely different blue color. I might experiment with cheaper paint alternatives and not worry so much about the dents or just do enough to fix them but not make it perfect. Dents kind of build character. My main focus on the body is fix the gaping holes and rust areas, lower portions of the doors, rockers etc... make it clean and try to preserve some patina or make some of my own. The biggest problems with this truck right now are the brakes and the gaping holes in the rear part of the cab. But this is much easier to fix than a Mustang...I'm 82% sure of that. Any and all comments are welcome...Thank you |
01-10-2016, 02:04 PM | #16 |
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Here are more pics from when I first looked at it before purchase. I can take some more today since it looks like it might stop raining.
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01-13-2016, 11:26 AM | #17 |
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Cool truck and welcome! Looks like a fun project
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03-02-2016, 12:09 AM | #18 |
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Initial teardown started last month whenever I had free time on a warm day. There is quite a bit of work to do, but it will be a fun challenge. Most of the firewall is ok, and most of the floor is ok except for some of the cab support braces and the connection to the rockers. There are quite a few patch panels I've figured out but I'm still figuring out my larger cuts. I'm not sure if it will be easier to go with full floor replacement or go with many cut out sections.
The rear corners are bad, or non-existent...lol....I knew that I can replace those..but the rear area connecting them I can't find replacement sheetmetal for. Looks like most places just have the rear corners. Does anyone know where I might find an entire lower rear panel? |
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that's a nice find!
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Nice find! I look forward to seeing how it turns out.
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03-02-2016, 10:43 PM | #21 |
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After doing work on my cab the next time I will be buying the complete floor. It is really time consuming to do it right. After adding up price on prices and my time it would of been better to go that route. For another $150 I could have bought the hole floor. I also had to fab some pieces. Like others have said rust is like an iceberg. Once you start digging you find more. Just a thought
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03-03-2016, 02:43 PM | #22 |
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Thanks Guys. I really want to keep it mostly stock but I am tempted to convert it to a short bed. I have to weigh the time involved, but once I take the cab off the frame it'll be really tough to not think about cutting the frame. Please tell me it will still be worth a decent amount of money if I keep it a long bed...lol.
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03-03-2016, 02:57 PM | #23 |
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Thank you BlueBullet, yes I agree. I could save a bunch of work with just doing an entire new floor. Considering the areas that are currently rotting I'd have to buy a new floor just to get the sections I'll need. They sell them in halfs I think, but might as well get the full floor. The sheetmetal cost with all the panels I need and including a new floor is roughly a total of at least $1000.
I'll get patch panels for the doors and i'd like to fabricate a few things. The lower front fenders need patching and I just can't see buying all new fenders just to patch them or replace them entirely. I want to keep the fenders and the doors original. I've found patches for the lower rear portion of the fenders but can't find for the front. Same thing for the inner fenders, they've rotted in the front corner but other than that they're good. |
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03-21-2016, 12:14 AM | #25 |
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I'm still doing preparations in garage before I really tear the truck down but I had a chance to take off one of the valve covers. This truck has the PowerPack heads as you can kind of make out the triangle symbol on the front of the head underneath the muck.
So far, with the valve cover off, this side looks pretty clean...the engine only had slightly less than 10k miles on it. My plan is to focus on keeping it mostly stock for now, just cleaning everything up, do the metal work, rebuild stock components but convert single exhaust to dual, maybe headers but I do like the ram horns. Will probably put in a mild cam with C3B intake and 500cfm Edelbrock. I want it to have great throttle response and bring out that Chevy sound. |
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