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scotteric · 10-15-2012, 05:43 PM

wanted to give everybody an update on the 68 chevy im working on

so far i have removed the "in cab" gas tank and replaced it with a 16 gallon fuel cell ///////i also have a "flush mount" cap that i am going to route up through one of the stake pockets on the bed.....

new (to me) 8' bed ready to go on

lowered 4" in the back along with new shocks, shock relocators and an adjustable panhard bar.....

will lower the front after I get the bed back on and see how it sits......probably 2-3 inches tho

starting bodywork

replacing cab corners and inner and outer rockers on both sides as well as fixing some pretty serious floor rust

the passenger side is all screwed together aligned etc///ready to weld but havent touched the drivers side yet

i bought a nice set of re-habbed doors so they will be going on as well

new front fenders (after I reload my wallet a little)

heres how the truck looked when i bought it

**Classic Heartbeat** · 10-15-2012, 05:56 PM

Looks like you are doing a great job.

Have you tried to set the bed down on the truck since you installed the tank? I am working on a truck with a simeler tank and am having clearance issures for the fuel lines on top of the tank. I know your fuel lines are down below, but your filler neck is not. It looks to be even taller than the filler lines are on the truck I am working on. Of coarse the truck I am working on has a wood floor. WES

scotteric · 10-15-2012, 06:30 PM

Hi Wes....I haven't tried to fit the bed yet but am sure I'll have room....

According to my measurements the bed support rails are 3" high ( i have a steel floor )and the very top of my fill tube where it goes across the tank is 2.5".....of course I'll have to notch 2 of the supports for the fill but that isn't a real big deal....I'll probably throw a little "bridge" across the gap tho

I'm coming out wit the rubber elbow as shown then aluminum tubing to the corner of the bed where I'll have another elbow with more tubing ran up inside the stake pocket to my flush mount fill

**Classic Heartbeat** · 10-15-2012, 07:22 PM

Sounds good. It must be a wood bed issue with the one that I am doing. I have the same fuel feed and return lines as you do, only they are on top of the tank. They actualy touch the bottom of the bed. So I am going to be changing them out. WES

scotteric · 12-02-2012, 09:10 AM

truck is getting there.....

inner and outer rockers ,floors, other bodywork, all done...

filled old gas tank fill

shaved driprails

as soon as i get done sanding offf the NINE! layers of paint on the rest of the front end im ready to spray primer

10-15-2012, 05:43 PM	#1
scotteric Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: reading,pa Posts: 36	finally working on my 68 wanted to give everybody an update on the 68 chevy im working on so far i have removed the "in cab" gas tank and replaced it with a 16 gallon fuel cell ///////i also have a "flush mount" cap that i am going to route up through one of the stake pockets on the bed..... new (to me) 8' bed ready to go on lowered 4" in the back along with new shocks, shock relocators and an adjustable panhard bar..... will lower the front after I get the bed back on and see how it sits......probably 2-3 inches tho starting bodywork replacing cab corners and inner and outer rockers on both sides as well as fixing some pretty serious floor rust the passenger side is all screwed together aligned etc///ready to weld but havent touched the drivers side yet i bought a nice set of re-habbed doors so they will be going on as well new front fenders (after I reload my wallet a little) heres how the truck looked when i bought it

10-15-2012, 05:56 PM	#2
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,770	Re: finally working on my 68 Looks like you are doing a great job. Have you tried to set the bed down on the truck since you installed the tank? I am working on a truck with a simeler tank and am having clearance issures for the fuel lines on top of the tank. I know your fuel lines are down below, but your filler neck is not. It looks to be even taller than the filler lines are on the truck I am working on. Of coarse the truck I am working on has a wood floor. WES __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

10-15-2012, 06:30 PM	#3
scotteric Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: reading,pa Posts: 36	Re: finally working on my 68 Hi Wes....I haven't tried to fit the bed yet but am sure I'll have room.... According to my measurements the bed support rails are 3" high ( i have a steel floor )and the very top of my fill tube where it goes across the tank is 2.5".....of course I'll have to notch 2 of the supports for the fill but that isn't a real big deal....I'll probably throw a little "bridge" across the gap tho I'm coming out wit the rubber elbow as shown then aluminum tubing to the corner of the bed where I'll have another elbow with more tubing ran up inside the stake pocket to my flush mount fill

10-15-2012, 07:22 PM	#4
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,770	Re: finally working on my 68 Sounds good. It must be a wood bed issue with the one that I am doing. I have the same fuel feed and return lines as you do, only they are on top of the tank. They actualy touch the bottom of the bed. So I am going to be changing them out. WES __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

12-02-2012, 09:10 AM	#5
scotteric Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: reading,pa Posts: 36	Re: finally working on my 68 truck is getting there..... inner and outer rockers ,floors, other bodywork, all done... filled old gas tank fill shaved driprails as soon as i get done sanding offf the NINE! layers of paint on the rest of the front end im ready to spray primer



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