67 C10 "Green Gobblin" straight from the field!

[riddinlow99]

just went through the whole post. man you were in the same boat as me with all the rust. I'm doing a 70 bagged laying frame and rockers. anyway keep it up looks like your doing a great job Im sure some time ill see ya at a truck show.

[TrshTrk]

Seeing updates on your truck makes me want to get over to the garage and get some work done.

[6t9camaro]

Ok so my little helper and I dug back in and tore down the front end so I could get the lower control arms out and cupped. Once again I have a lot of pics incase someone wants to do the same.

[6t9camaro]

Cutting and fitting the rings, I cut slowly alternating between control arms as to not warp them.

[6t9camaro]

Fitting the bags and setting the angle of the cups

[6t9camaro]

Once their set time to weld them up!

[6t9camaro]

And just like that the bags in and the control arm can still go up enough to hit the crossmember! LOL

[toms68cst]

Hello from another North Dakotan! (Bismarck)

I got a great kick out of all the pictures with the kids. I have a Boy and Girl who were about the same age as yours when I first got my truck. We have a lot of great memories. They are grown and in college now.

I am in awe of all your cutting/welding skills. If I ever get the shop/skills/time etc to do a restoration, I'd take it along the same lines as your are. I love the old patina look you are going after.

Where are you from? I am getting a Red River valley vibe from the pictures.

Tom.

[6t9camaro]

Originally Posted by toms68cst

Hello from another North Dakotan! (Bismarck)

I got a great kick out of all the pictures with the kids. I have a Boy and Girl who were about the same age as yours when I first got my truck. We have a lot of great memories. They are grown and in college now.

I am in awe of all your cutting/welding skills. If I ever get the shop/skills/time etc to do a restoration, I'd take it along the same lines as your are. I love the old patina look you are going after.

Where are you from? I am getting a Red River valley vibe from the pictures.

Tom.

Thanks toms68cst
I try and get the kids involved in this project as much as possible! I've had cars in the past where i couldn't let them go near it in case of a scratch! But not on this patina project and thats a big part of why I'm building this truck this way. Your right on with your red river valley vibe! lol

[6t9camaro]

So once the lowers were back in i had some ball joint binding at full drop. So even though this truck will probably never go this low due to the tire hitting the fender I still wanted to get max drop!

[6t9camaro]

I decided on the lower arm Caster mod to get a better positive angle and also reduce some of the negative camber once dropped. I took out and moved the ball joint in 1/2" and moved it forward until I had 5deg of positive Caster. I also took out some ball joint angle (10deg) so they wouldn't bind when slammed. You can see in the pics the difference between the two since I compared and did them one at a time.

[6t9camaro]

Before and after 10 deg angle out. I put new ball joints and cross shafts in and a coat of por 15 on them. Even had my daughter come out to help clean them after. (she wanted to use the vacuum???) lol

[jlsanborn]

Great looking work!!

[garmar]

Nice project! Following.

[6t9camaro]

I had to finish up the upper arms to match the lowers so I took out the same degree by putting a slice into them and bending them down. It worked pretty good now I can drop the front right down onto the control arms with no binding!

[6t9camaro]

First pic is with a 1" block holding the suspension up (mock up bump stop) and the 2nd 3rd pics are front on the ground! Last pic is a-arms welded up, new ball joints, cross shafts,tie rod ends to see how it all fits!

[Aus69c20]

Great progress.
I love seeing the work that goes into making these trucks sit low.
Are the cups in the lwr control arms necessary for an airbag install or purely to get the truck as low as possible?

[6t9camaro]

Thanks Aus69c20
The cups are just to get a extra few inches of drop. Most airbag kits come with a flat plate that sits on the control arm for the bag to rest on or aftermarket arms have that drop built into them.
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[Advanced Design]

Great build! I enjoyed catching up and will tag along for the rest.

[Aus69c20]

Thanks for taking the time to answer 6t9.

[6t9camaro]

I have finally decided on the motor! After debating to just slap in my 350 (burn victim motor) or go modern and run a 5.3 or 6.0L I've decided to go old school 454! I'm seeing way to many ls conversions these days and i figured a old school short box big block would be cool! Ive been looking for all of the above motors for a little while now but nothing has really caught my eye until last week! A 1975 454/400 out of all things a 75 Chevelle! Owner says its got 80,xxx original miles ran great when pulled out car was sent to the shredder about 3 years ago etc etc....
It didn't really matter to me as it matched the patina look and was old school orange and was complete carb to pan! If it ran that would be a bonus since I'm going to go through it anyway. So i hopped in the truck drove 8hrs dropped it onto the trailer (nearly crushed my trailer) and drove the 8hrs back! Now that was a long day

[jlsanborn]

Awesome! We'll want full reports on the overhaul. Retro roller?

[Phill0406]

Man, just caught up on this thread from page 1. Absolutely amazing work, very inspiring. Builds like this are the reason i read this board.

Great work, will continue to follow.

[6t9camaro]

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Awesome! We'll want full reports on the overhaul. Retro roller?

Lol Yes i will keep you up to date on the overhaul! I thought about doing a Retro roller but I'm not sure i want to go that route? I might just match up a cam to my combo with a nice lope at idle and some good tire burning torque!?!?

[6t9camaro]

Originally Posted by Phill0406

Man, just caught up on this thread from page 1. Absolutely amazing work, very inspiring. Builds like this are the reason i read this board.

Great work, will continue to follow.

Right on and Thanks! I hope some pics/info can help somebody along the way! I know I've sure learnt a lot from these builds.