One Fine 69 Build Thread LT-1 Swap

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This is my project truck, a 1969 CST/10 swb. I have had the truck for about 10 years now and started working on it a good bit this past year. To get it drivable, I took the crate 350 that was in my 67 Camaro, swapped it in, serviced the trans and rear, serviced the brakes, converted it to power steering/power brakes and put a new set of wheels/tires on it.







The truck was wrecked at some point in its life, and the frame was pretty rough, so I bought a rough 70 stepside for its frame. I stripped the body and bed off of it, and took it to the frame shop today, to have it inspected/repaired. It had a bent cross member in the rear and the frame horns on the front were slightly tweaked. They got it fixed, and its ready to be disassembled now for blasting and powder coating. I will post pics of the repairs tomorrow. It appears to have an extra crossmember in the frame that isn't in my 69. Is this for a manual transmission? The transmission crossmember looks different as well???












This is the drivetrain donor vehicle. A 1996 Z/28 with 44k miles. The car was t-boned hard in the passenger side, but the engine/trans still runs great. For now, I plan on putting a set of headers on it, a cold air intake and maybe a converter for the trans. Since everyone is going with LS platforms now, I was able to pick this car up for a good price, and the LT1/4L60E will provide plenty of power for me along with getting better gas mileage.





I will update this thread as work progresses on the truck. I enjoy reading threads like these because they give me ideas for my truck, so I hope that by reading this it helps other members out as well.