Mike's 66 swb dropmember build

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by 66ZZ4

I've been test fitting all of my sheet metal. Got my front fenders trimmed and the hood hinges welded on. Put the bed back on to make sure the tires will clear. Now I need to take it back apart and start welding in some patch panels. This truck was restored some time in the past and they covered up a lot of the bad stuff. Not looking forward to doing the body work. It's real tempting to finish putting it together now and start driving it again but I know if I do it will never get painted.

It Looks Great! Put it together and Drive it... At least for the spring/summer season...

[jasonhall]

x2 its almost driveable and looks great!

[66redw/white]

heck if i can drive around all year in my peice of crap driving something that nice would be a dream come true! but if your gonna do it do it right.

[Mad Rods]

Sweet!
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[Driveway Dreams]

Very nice. I love it sitting on the big hoops. Can't wait to see it painted.

[old chevy truck]

Sweet hey can you tell me what colors are the white the blue and the numbers ? Because my truck is blue and and i think it would be nice with that newer color . Thanks .

P.s are you going to make a vedio of you driving around ?

[66ZZ4]

The paint on the truck now is the original blue and white color for 66. I will be painting it a blue-turquoise color. The same color I put on the frame. Don't know the paint #, just a color I picked out of a book at the paint store.

[biohazardbill]

Are those pics all the way aired out?

Where did you get your driveshaft from and about how much did it cost. I have the same setup and will need a driveshaft soon.

I am really digging the look... excited to keep working on mine now.

[66ZZ4]

Those pics are all the way aired out. The frame is on the ground. I had a 2 piece drive shaft from a 90's chevy truck that I had a local shop modify for me. Had to put a longer tube on the front and shorten the rear shaft. Cost $260.

[c.brown]

nice ride and taste im running the same wheels on my suburban

[72BlckButy]

Looks killer "temporarily" back together.

Could load it up on the trailer and bring it to Magic Dragon in two weeks... I'm just sayin'. http://www.magicdragonstreetmeet.com/

[franky69c10]

Looks so sick
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[66ZZ4]

Haven't posted in a while, too busy mowing 3 acres and going to grand kids baseball games. I got a few things done. I had my exhaust system made while I still had the sheet metal on. It was a pretty tight fit but I managed to snake it out the back above the bumper. Got my drive shaft, power steering pump and radiator painted. Hooked up my power steering pump and it works great.

[jimmydean]

Man, this build is awesome. How does that exhaust look with the body on? I've never seen one like that.

[Dinos63]

Killer work!! Super clean

[c10Mang]

I was going to do that with my exhaust.. looks awesome!

[exoticmetalworx]

VERY NICE im thinking of a lighter green my self very clean!

[66redw/white]

im lovin the color scheme on the frame. inspiring even.

[shortbed70]

Just went through your build, man that thing looks sick!!! Love the stance and color combo on frame. Awesome work!!
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[aggie91]

That looks good. What did you coat the exhaust with?

[66ZZ4]

Aggie, the exhaust is painted with some rustoleum 2000 deg. high temp paint. I used some 12" cherry bomb glass packs. It has a nice rappy sound, good and loud, just the way I like it.

[Pop's C-10]

I see you did the air cleaner....that looks good
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[56taskforce]

Looks very nice attention to detail is great but I was looking at your power steering pump mount and it looks to me as if you have used an old style alternator adjustment strut. Don’t get me wrong to mount looks good but I can’t see how the lower end is mounted and looks like the pump may have a tendency to twist under the tension of the belt. You may want to check it out and insure that there is no flex here. Keep in mine that even a slight amount of flex in belt driven accessory mounts usually leads to fatigue cracking and mount failure down the road.

This is a great build always excited to see the progress you have made.

[66ZZ4]

Thanks Pop's for the suggestion on the air cleaner. The power steering pump adjustment arm is from CPP. I used an original bottom bracket that I cut and welded back together to get it to line up. It seems pretty solid.

[torkerjr]

Any updates on your truck??