67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[El Campo]

Well if I drove a fully loaded FORD with 280,000 miles through it fine 4 times (made the trip a month later again) then a Chevy should do fine!!!! HAHAHAHA :-P
67cheby I cannot recall even though i know I have read it before in your thread, did you build that shroud? Also I am not familiar with bagged suspension as I have always had static drops. What is that bar in front of the rearend that you made a loop for the driveshaft for?

[67cheby]

yes i built almost everything in my engine compartment myself, as for the bar, that is all stuff i added for the raised bed floor to mount the bed and hold my air tank

[67cheby]

here you can see the idea, raising all of the mounts for the raised bed floor, the mounts for the bed are now welded to the riser bars

[71Sleeper]

Cheby all this talk about driven cross country, you best get busy in the shop. You only got about a few months left.

[Bowtie468]

Yep , this definately sounds like a great time in the making . Not sure at the moment if this is even doable for me, but I'd love to !!!!

Ummmm.... Hello, Gear Vendors ?
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[67cheby]

Lol, I will be ready ! The completion date I am shooting for is August 17th ! SLammily Reunion in ft smith AR , SLOSH TUBz will have a booth set up there !
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[67cheby]

WOOO HOOOOO !! SLOSH TUBZ SQUARED , are finally done ! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...38#post5423438

[67cheby]

i know you are probably tired of seeing some of these shots , but i am getting my engine compartment mocked up for the last time ...off to the body shop on monday, doing some final fitting / grinding / clearancing ! The last picture is just a shot of how SLOSH TUBZ adds a completed look !

[funkytechmonkey]

Mike... I am not sure if I missed this or not... but have you test fitted the engine? Did you have any problems with the oil pan clearing the rack?

[67cheby]

yes i have test fitted it and everything cleared, now i havent test fitted it with the "truss supports" ?

[oldman3]

Looks really good....Jim

[custompaint870]

Cheby are you painting the tubz the body color? or are you going black?

[67cheby]

I think my plan right now is Gloss body color firewall / gloss B C TUBZ / and all of the surrounding panels B C semi-gloss or flat ??? what is eveyones opinion on that ?

[custompaint870]

i like everything gloss but the tubz! have the tubz super smooth gloss black so they act as a mirror to your motor if you are running alot of billet and chrome

[67cheby]

actually the motor will look alot like the motor in Keiths truck Hazel, Stockish looking , march pulley set up powdercoated black, factory valve covers and breather, this is an old pic, the motor is stripped right now getting ready for paint !

[custompaint870]

o ok right on, i would go with all gloss then.... just my opinion

[custompaint870]

i got a good idea for you!.....how bout you come on south and help me make some progress on mine lol

[VA72C10]

I think it needs to be gloss on everything since you plan to drive this thing....gloss will clean up so much better than a flat would and semi-gloss to me will make those panels look like they just didn't get polished like the rest of it imho...

Plus, it will smooth everything out more having it all one color and sheen....so that it minimizes the division where things meet and just the engine pops in the center....

[my67chevytruck]

I agree with VA, heres the way we did my son's '67

[67cheby]

hmmmm.... as you can tell i am still up in the air on this whole decision !

[ColoradoK5]

I think it deserves full body color cut and polished!! i think mixing black into the mix may break it up a little too much. having it all same color will flow good maybe some pinstriping and call it great!!

[67cheby]

no not bringing black in just doing a ( semi gloss) on parts of it (not flat)??i still cant decide looking for input !

[belowme51]

Mike body color to your firewall. or do the firewall and everything around the same. that way your main focal point will be the engine......buttttttt all the hard work on the panels and custom bay stuff would stand out with some color If it was mind id paint the motor with a color to accent the truck and then satin everything else but make sure your motor is spotless. Add a little bit of polished lokar here and there to break it up, use stailess flushmount fastners if needed to clean it up. go to www.tastynuts.com and they make every nut and bolt you can dream of and in any material and finish and color. they are out of the country but very USA friendly...we use them on the race bikes all you will need is your threads and lenght. They make a beautiful washer/tapered bolt kit too plus tons of colors. im using a fin style coil cover and going to paint just the insides body color and polish the rest.

[jtp67-72]

Originally Posted by belowme51

Mike body color to your firewall. or do the firewall and everything around the same. that way your main focal point will be the engine......buttttttt all the hard work on the panels and custom bay stuff would stand out with some color If it was mind id paint the motor with a color to accent the truck and then satin everything else but make sure your motor is spotless. Add a little bit of polished lokar here and there to break it up, use stailess flushmount fastners if needed to clean it up. go to www.tastynuts.com and they make every nut and bolt you can dream of and in any material and finish and color. they are out of the country but very USA friendly...we use them on the race bikes all you will need is your threads and lenght. They make a beautiful washer/tapered bolt kit too plus tons of colors. im using a fin style coil cover and going to paint just the insides body color and polish the rest.

They are all metric?? And have to figure out that pricing!!....lol....beautiful stuff....what wheels did U choose....not trying to hijack Mike!!

[jlaird]

Do you have a link to those vibration isolators?
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