Project: white knight 1967 step

[nuke1]

way to go, you got me jealuous, you got to drive yours, whaaaa whaaa whaaa

[Richard8971]

I gotta tell you that is one sweet looking truck you have built. This is what I love most about what I do for a living!

I really like the blue interior paint with the outside white. Man, I have to admit I am a bit jealous...

Don

[Spray-Bomb]

Yeah it still trips me out that its still the same truck we used to own

I just cant wait to get a ride in it

[hotrod 80]

Thanks guys , i'll post some current pictures of it in a couple of days . Looks like friday for the muffler shop .

And Richard , I like the orange . You have a super nice truck . Just look back at page one of your build . Yours has made alot of changes and been an inspiration .

[my67chevytruck]

looking good. Keep at it!

[rscam]

I just looked at your build thread as it was used for an example of the side mount spare tire in another post. I noticed that you are missing the top bracket for the spare tire bracket. It mounts to the top of the bedside and behind the triangle pice on the top. I didn't read the entire 200 post thread so I don't know if its been mentioned yet. Just thought I would warn you before the weight of the tire breaks the rest of the bracket.

[hotrod 80]

Yea , the top 2 bars where cut off to put a camper or bed rails on at one time the bracket is way over built i don't think it's going anywhere , but thanks .

Spraybomb and backyard88 here's your Camaro shots . I pulled the ole gal out today and im getting ready for the disc brake conversion and 8.5 10 bolt install . Off topic , but as requested .





Just to let you know this car will NOT out run the Luv . It is sceduled to got to paint Jan 12th . I took it down again today and had him look at it . Ima work on his hydrauliced out low rider next week , as he is from L.A. and an air brush guy also .

[my67chevytruck]

sweet camaro

[Spray-Bomb]

Sweet

[hotrod 80]

The weather has been nasty down here with alot of rain , so i've been workin on this

[a1953mdl]

Can't remember, is that the one you are doing with your dad?
Really nice. Is that "black cherry" and white pearl?
Any more details to share, or do you have a build thread for it?
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lee

[a1953mdl]

P.S.
Maybe we should start a contest on who has the most "active" projects in progress. I thought we were bad.

[hotrod 80]

Originally Posted by a1953mdl

Can't remember, is that the one you are doing with your dad?
Really nice. Is that "black cherry" and white pearl?
Any more details to share, or do you have a build thread for it?
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lee

Merry christmas !!!! to everyone . The "maroon" is a Jaguar color It is very much like a black cherry or brandy wine color . The white is the mother of pearl color off the new escalades . The story of this truck is that i bought the truck from my uncle in the late 70's from grass cutting money and me and my dad got it running with new brakes and king pins . My dad was going to surprise me and have it painted on summer when i was away at a camp . He paid a guy $1500 down on a $3000 paint job . The guy disassembled the truck and left town . I was lucky enough that i found the truck after only 2 days searching . I hauled the parts back to my dads house and we shoved them in the garage . I bought a 65' Mustang to drive and the truck sat for 15 years . This is 5 years worth of work to this point . I have paper work on this truck being in the family since 1958 . Vortec 350 , 350 long shaft , 2.73 10 bolt 8.5 posi , serpintine belt drive , A/C & heat with defrost , Power windows and locks , tilt . Power steering and brakes , Mustang II front end , walnut bed . More of a show truck then a driver . I love cars and trucks . Im also looking at an 70' Mark Donohue Javilin with 14,000 original miles .

[hotrod 80]

Well it's been a while so i thought i'd update . The Maroon color on the 49 is dupont 302 .

I have gotten a little farther on the 67' when i am not driving it . I got the exhaust run back to the axle , set the timing , installed a coolent reservor , hooked up the kick down cable , installed a new speedo cable , and have been adjusting the carb . I also have an intermittent trans leak that i need to find . I bought a posi unit , but have not installed it as im looking into the possibility of going 5 lug . I am still collecting parts for the serpintine conversion and A/c install . The paint has some bleed through in it when it's in the sun and the painter said he has to repaint the whole truck to get it right . I am dreading taking the truck back apart for a repaint as i have alot going on right now . Anyway here are some pics .

[my67chevytruck]

keep up the good work...

[a1953mdl]

What happened on the javelin? Didn't the MD have the huge rear spoiler. Very Rare.
On the bleed thru. Is it to where some pin stripping or a set of racing stripes would cover it? Or maybe scuff and shoot some clear with blue pearl over it???
Just throwing out ideas that might keep from having do go thru the whole process again.
Hang in there.
Lee

[Spray-Bomb]

Just gimme that posi, you dont need it

[hotrod 80]

Originally Posted by a1953mdl

What happened on the javelin? Didn't the MD have the huge rear spoiler. Very Rare.
On the bleed thru. Is it to where some pin stripping or a set of racing stripes would cover it? Or maybe scuff and shoot some clear with blue pearl over it???
Just throwing out ideas that might keep from having do go thru the whole process again.
Hang in there.
Lee

The Javalin deal fell through , just wasn't mean't to be . The MD did have the straight up spoiler on the deck and a smaller one on the roof by the back glass .

The bleed through is in big splotches almost like there was not enough base coat put down . I guess im gonna have to strip it back down and do it again . I'll put a serious detune on it before it goes . Im also gonna get with mike down in webster and get the aluminum trim rings and head light trim . Even thinking about a none spare fender for the bed . I had a pair of 1.5" rear lowering blocks made for it to set it level also . Starting friday im off for 6 days , so i'll be looking for a sway bar as my wife says it leans to much in the corners . It is alot of fun to drive and im really enjoying it so far . The cam doesn't make quite enough vacuum for the power brakes so im thinking about a cam swap to something more wife friendly . She has been hinting about taking it to the little car show at the mall this weekend ( nothing big just a every saturday 6 to 8 type deal ) . I'll try and get some better pics .

[BACKYARD88]

Wow, guess it's been a while since I popped in. That was a 6 last time I looked looks nice!

[LUV2XCLR8]

Very nice, keep it up

[hotrod 80]

Got a little bit more done this weekend . The truck had a pulsation when stopping so i turned the rotors , installled new pads , and repacked the whell bearings .

While i was at it i put these in .

It handles a ton better going tommorow to pick up the sway bar off a suburban for the front . I was test driving it and the water pump bearings went out .

[Spray-Bomb]

All that & you didnt slam it
You could at least lower it some more


Keep it up bro

[hotrod 80]

That's a good look . Im just taking my time and lowering it a little at a time . I want it to still be usable . Got the water pump replaced and have benn driving it a little more . I'll get some pics soon .

[Spray-Bomb]

[hotrod 80]

I haven't updated in a while and just thought i should . The 288 cam was just to big . The motor was not making enough vacuum for the brakes and it was just getting annoying driving it with the big cam . It also was not happy on cheaper pump gas , so i am doing a little "de-tune" . I pulled the heads and cam and installed a XM270HR . This cam is on 114 and still has .503 lift . It will be in between a ZZ4 and the LT-4 hot cam . The old heads were 210 CC intake runners which are on the big side for a 350 . They also had 62 cc chambers which put compression at 10.5 to 1 , not very pump gas friendly . I got a smoking deal on a set of Dart 200's . These are 200 cc intake runners with 64 cc chambers & 2.02 valves . The compression should be 9.7 to 1 with these which is still pushing it , but for $500 brand new in the boxes i couldn't pass them up . Im hoping to have it close to back together by tommorow night . Also looking for some cool valve covers to go with the air cleaner . I'll post up some pics of the finished motor as soon as i get it done .