Project Glacier 68 Shortbed

[Lord_glum]

1st post here so humor me...
It was a mess of old seat foam and rotted cardboard boxes of old parts when purchased. This project had been in the works for a while before it landed in my garage. The vin tag matches the frame stamp and she's not been shortened.

So here it is...moving slowly.

Project Glacier
The goal of this truck is to get the most performance I can DIY for the least amount of cash that I can spend. That is the rationality behind the parts list.

It will be driven a couple times a week but I would like to do some auto crossing & track days on occasion. The motto is do it right and do it once. I am taking it down to the frame. Which means its gonna get done slowly. That and free time around here is hard to find some days. Thus the name glacier.

I am absolutely looking for feedback so feel free to comment on my parts list or some mistake I made in planning or some new thing I missed. Like CPP offering a coil over kit now.

Drivetrain

• L77, L96, or L92
• TBD cam w/supporting mods & tune. Shooting for 400ish RWHP
• 6L80
• Still looking for tranny cross member
• Edge Racing Torque converter
• Don't think I need a yank
• Borla Pro XS mufflers. Not looking for a loud truck
• Keeping the stock 12 Bolt
• Truetrac w/3.73 Gears
• DS.com driveshaft

Suspension, Steering & Brakes

• Late 80's higher ratio steering box
• Would love full front drop member kit w/R&P, can't justify the cost

Ft

• PoL Sway bar
• Looking at the QA1 front coilover setup.
• Not sure if its worth the $1K difference
• Eibach 3” lowering Springs
• Eibach lowered shocks
• CPP 2.5” modular drop spindles w/brackets
• Looking to use 09 Z06 reman brakes, not sure if they fit yet based on rotor size.
• More research is needed

Rear

• No Limit Trailing Arm System
• CPP C notch
• PoL 1.5” drop blocks
• Wilwood 140-10094-D Kit for rear brakes
• I like the way their parking brake setup works

Wheels & Tires
FT:

• Rocket Attack Rims 18x8 5” BS in Gunmetal
• Nitto NT555 G2 245/40/R18

Rear:

• Rocket Attack Rims 18x12 6” BS in Gunmetal
• Nitto NT555R 335/30/R18

Interior

• Like to keep the stock look interior
• New wiring harness
• Updated to foot parking brake
• Updated bench seat and stock trim
• Heat only, non AC cab
• Possibly Vintage Air unit and shaved firewall
• Need to decide on the gauge cluster Dakota or Classic Instruments
• Is there a more cost effective option?

Chassis

• Larger Rear Wheel wells
• Possibly Porterbuilt rear cross member
• fueltankparts.com Rear EFI bed fill tank
• unless I can find a cheaper option
• Walnut Bed floor and new bed supports
• New Tailgate
• New Front Bed section
• Stock bumpers ft and rear
• New wiring harness
• Relocate the battery to passenger side frame rail

Color Choices

• Plan to use TCP Global Hot Rod Gloss Paints for everything
  
• Primary color not yet decided...leaning White with Grey and Carmine Red accents.
• Diamond Blue
• Glacier Blue
• Alpine White
  
• Accent Colors
• Machine Grey
• Satin Black
• Carmine Red
• Summit Primers
• SEM primers as needed

Other Miscellaneous
Looking for a new Cab!
It looks like I need to re-do what somebody already did poorly. Wondering if its worth my time or just buy a new shell. I can weld but that don't make me a 'body man'
Working with a couple places on line to line up a new cab shell for a non ac cab.

Cab Pics:
Somebody was a fan of caulking, rivets, and seam sealer




How she sits now ready to be torn down: