'69 Longbed Daily Driver - Project

[VA72C10]

He told me he cut the wood in the bed for the rear diff to clear. So, yes, it would hit w/out it.

[IvelDesigns]

yeah, that's also on the plans for this fall. the bed floor of the truck needs some serious attention. i cut a rough hole for the pumpkin, and another for the gas filler. then there are the two from rotted wood...

more than likely gonna go steel, and will do some sort of hump to get over the pumkin.

[watahyahknow]

i like the look of a wood floor but if youre using the truck where its made for a steel floor is better , you could raise it an inch or 2 and make it a flat floor that way you raise the inner fenders too and get room for the tires too

[IvelDesigns]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

i like the look of a wood floor but if youre using the truck where its made for a steel floor is better , you could raise it an inch or 2 and make it a flat floor that way you raise the inner fenders too and get room for the tires too

also considering doing that as well. bit more work, but will give a cleaner look. also thinking about widening the wheel wells a bit too. but i need to pull a wheel off and see what's gonna hit the tire first, the frame or the wheel well.

[IvelDesigns]

saturday i drove down to the truck store (Art's Classic Trucks) and picked up a few things. Got the red side markers i've been waiting for, a new (used) heater control to replace mine, and a couple clips for the arm rests.

I also picked up a new black dash pad. can't wait to get it installed (yet i'm being really lazy to day so i don't know if it will get done today or not).

pics to come after install!!

[IvelDesigns]

ok, so progress was made, but not on the stuff listed above.

on sunday i was taking the kids to the arcade and when i tried to come to a stop in a parking lot, foot went to the floor and i kept rolling forward. thankfully no one was near me.

limped it home and about took out the garage wall parking it.

anyways, tonight i went out and got a new booster and MC and replaced them both. i figure for $100, why not do them both. so, now i have brakes again. I can't tell you how long it's been since i've come to a stop w/o the brake light on.

i feel much safer now. especially for the 3 hr drive to KC tomorrow.

[68_GMC]

Nice build I really enjoyed your thread. I know what its like to do that. Last year I was going to a friends house. Came to the stop sign and went right on threw. Scared the crap out of me. My E break was broke so I couldnt use it to stop. All was good no cars going by so I went home the gravel road way so I could drive slow. I had my breaks re done on the old girl new drums, breaks and kits had the E break fixed to. The rear drums cost me a ass load each. They are made different then the normal drums and the factory only had 2 left that had been setting for 20 years lol. But all in all she stops and the E break works now.

[IvelDesigns]

i have 8 valves total. 4 fill and 4 dump. there are four manifolds, two on each side of the frame.

[61superman]

truck looks awesome
question about tires and rims what width are the rims and what size tires did u go with?
again very nice job

[IvelDesigns]

well, the truck is now parked for the winter. loaded it up with some other "summer stuff" and drove it up to my parents where it will sit in a building for the next few months.

I also took some time to clean out my garage. Today is the first day in 18 months of living here that two vehicles have been in it at the same time. I'm living the high life now!

[higgiec10]

looks good like it

[BIG HEAD]

great truck ivel looks as though you worked hard on it.

[t&tkennels]

Dont want to offend anyone, but im glad you kept your lwb a lwb & didnt chop it in half.

[72chevyfleet]

[IvelDesigns]

Originally Posted by 72chevyfleet

i'm confused. are you able to see the pics in this thread?

[fletch4x4]

Nice truck

[IvelDesigns]

It's "Fer Sale".

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/c...p?product=3004

[72BlckButy]

Good luck with the sale Levi!

[grayharville]

that is a BEAUTIFUL truck! you have inspired me to bag my truck! but i have a few question, what did you do on the front end? as far as bags, etc? any pics of that? and is it not neccesary to tub the rear end for tire clearence? where did you get the bag kit for the rear? and lastly, what size are your tires? thanks ALOT!

[IvelDesigns]

tires - 225/75/15's
bags - slam specialties RE7's all the way around

up front, the easiest way to go about it is to get the plates and cups from *****************. that saves you the time of fabbing up your own plates.

I also am running 2.5" drop spindles up front.

I didn't need to tub, however, the pumpkin will hit the floor of you bed when aired out. if you have larger tires, you may have to.

[grayharville]

thanks! and how about the rear bag setup? did you use a kit? whered you get the notch? im really counting on you! lol you're truck is the whole reason im baggin mine, no lie! so i want all the specific details so i can duplicate your whole setup! thanks alot!

[IvelDesigns]

I'm happy to hear you like my truck. It's always cool to hear someone say they're inspired to tackle their own project based on something you did.

most of the details are throughout this thread, but the rear bags are RE7's as well, and were simply mounted in place of the factory coil springs. The notch is the standard ECE notch that you'll see a lot of the guys on this forum using. I'm also running some home made 2.25" blocks, but they really aren't needed. You will also need to get an adjustable panhard bar from ECE as well so that your rear end stays in the correct spot.

make sure to take lots of pics and post them up in a build thread when you do start tearing into it.

You could always save some time and just buy my truck. $11k takes it home. I'd have no issues driving it to TX either

[grayharville]

i really wish i had 11k. you would be driving to tx! lol anyways, i want to build my truck, mainly because my great grandfather bought it new, drove it till the day he died, it had been sittin since 1989, until i then resurrected it, and i am on a mission to make somethin he'd be proud of!

Your truck is beautiful, i want to match your truck pretty close, except mine will be red and white two tone. thanks alot for answering my questions, i may have a few more down the road, so please hang around to answer them! lol heres another batch of questions, on the rear, how are the bags mounted to the trailing arms? did you simply drill holes? and what about on the frame? what about air line provisions? do you have any pics of the front bag setup? thanks sooo much!

[IvelDesigns]

sorry, i don't have hardly anything for pics of the front setup.

in the rear, the bottom bag mount will go through the existing hole in the trailing arm. just make sure you get the right length bolt (not to long, and use a couple washers to make sure it doesn't pull through the hole in the arm). For the top you'll have to drill your frame. the crappy thing is, to get the fittings through the frame you'll need to drill about a 1.125" hole. I was going through for layers of steel, upside down, pushing up... it sucked.

[grayharville]

lol sounds like it sucked, ill probably just bust out the torch.

what would you suggest for bags? my main issue is cost.

i found some chassis tech de-nominator bags, that are "supposedly" the same thing as airlift dominator bags, im not sure how legit these are, but for the price saving i thought i would try! thanks alot