my 68 shortbed build

[cstm68]

Originally Posted by nuke1

That truck of yours is looking awesome, i have the same kit as you only mine is on a shelf, great work!!!

haha mines in boxes on my bedroom floor!!

just intill after good-guys in a few weeks.

[cstm68]

i got all the front chrome on today, now i just need some hood hinges and im off to good-guys

[cstm68]

[cstm68]

hoods on and i finaly got ntho wash the whole truck. ive been waiting for that for 4 years now.

[Frizzle Fry]

Nice! Looks awesome! Well done

[chevy_mike]

Nice! Good job.

[cstm68]

today i started painting my brake swap kit, i painted the master, drop spindals and parts of the rotors black and the calipers red, and since the truck will be getting lowered soon i thought i would get some pics of how it sits now.

[msgross]

nice job... are you gonna add the outer front bumper supports? noticed the holes...

[cstm68]

Originally Posted by msgross

nice job... are you gonna add the outer front bumper supports? noticed the holes...

yeah, i need to order a new bumper and a bolt kit for it. im thinking of getting one of theoes ones with the fog lights in it.

[nuke1]

that is F'ing HOT, love it so much, it is 1 in the morning and looking at your pics makes me wanna go to the garage now, to heck with it i am gonna go, want mine done now more than ever, but i still have to work on everyone elses first, argh i hate priorities..

[steelhorse]

Looking good!

[allen123]

Your truck makes me want to paint mine orange

[cstm68]

Originally Posted by nuke1

that is F'ing HOT, love it so much, it is 1 in the morning and looking at your pics makes me wanna go to the garage now, to heck with it i am gonna go, want mine done now more than ever, but i still have to work on everyone elses first, argh i hate priorities..

haha thanks man, iv spent lots of wee hours of lots mornings and nights in the garage,

here are some pics i took before i left work today.

[sierragrande71]

You work at Les Schwab? Cause I do! Great-looking truck be the way.

[cstm68]

Originally Posted by sierragrande71

You work at Les Schwab? Cause I do! Great-looking truck be the way.

haha yeah man. ive been ther about a year and a half,






here are some pics of my brakes mocked up.

[cstm68]

tinight i started on my brake conversion, i got the old master off and im ready to bench bleed the new one and install it. i just need to get some new hard lines from the prop valve to the frame,

[cstm68]

today i tore appart all the old front suspention and got the upper and lower control arms cleaned and painted. tomarow i will try to get all the suspention put on and finnish the master cylinder









i had to cut the rivits off to get the upper ball joints out


and check out the old coils that look like they were torched to lower it.

[msgross]

I think you need a few more exhaust clamps!

[cstm68]

Originally Posted by msgross

I think you need a few more exhaust clamps!

haha yea thoes are just ther untill i get the exhaust re done i didnt want to waste all the welding wire if thats just gunna come off and get thrown away.

[ulakovic22]

Any pictures of the interior now that you have it finished? I'm interested in doing something similar in regards to a center console.

[cstm68]

got the front all put together. i love how low it is but i need to fix that the wheel wells sit on the front tires.

[cstm68]

the front is done and i got the rear coils in. now i just need to put the c notch in and the lowerinf blocks the bring the back down some more.

[68 short step]

yelp that is what it needed, to be lowered

[joe231]

wow, NICE!
that looks pretty low for static...can you turn your wheels fully with out rubbing?

[pissonNOS]

what are the specs on those wheels i like them