My 1967 Chevy K20 Build Thread

[Chaparralman1974]

Originally Posted by loudchevy

Clay, that Cab looks great! I love the white wheels to go along with the white cab top. Nice job rebuilding that steering column as well.

Thanks Scott, I am getting closer to you. I am hoping to start the motor next month. :-)


Clay

[Jason Banks]

It looks so good!

[Chaparralman1974]

11/13/2024 - 11/18/2024
The truck has new shoes!!
I have been able to make a bunch of progress this past week on some of the smaller things. Additionally, I finally got new tires on it! Before I mention the tires I did have a bit of rework to do on the wheels. Even though I had painted them, I found that they scratched way to easy. I had bumped up against them in the garage with a piece of wood and make a pretty good chip and scratch in the paint. I ultimately said screw it, loaded them up in the truck and then just took them down to get powder coated. I am glad that I did….I don’t think I would have been happy with the constant painting of chips and scratches on the wheels. I wrapped the wheels in Pathfinder All Terrains (265/75/R16). As I am going for a stock look on a stock driver truck, these should fill the wheel wells nicely.
I also decided to go with the original Dana Hub Lok’s on the front end. As you may recall, I originally wanted to go with the Spicer Big Hub’s for nostalgia reasons, but after looking at the color scheme and the white wheels, I think that the original hubs look best, and they are just that….original. I was able to source some new orings and basically just give them a good cleaning and applied a liberal amount of grease. Now they work perfectly.
I spent a little bit of time aligning the cab as well. I made several measurements to get the cab in its correct location and orientation and then tightened down the cab mounting bolts. Prior to doing this, I leveled the frame on jack stands so that I could get the cab level to the frame. It did require a few shims on the front cab mounts.
The rebuild of the kick panel vents was also completed using new rubber that I ordered from Eckler’s. They now move and seal like they are supposed to. I also began the installation of the firewall insulation. That was a major pain. The stuff I got from LMC didn’t fit up right, but I managed to get it in there.

[loudchevy]

Good to see the cab on the frame! The white powder coated wheels look great against the blue.