Slick Copper's Build Thread

[Cameron 1137]

Originally Posted by slick copper

Thanks!
I also gots a spare tire carrier in, I'll post some before after pics. Also waiting on some parts I ordered off the board here. A sway bar, original steering wheel (going to cut down to 15"), and gas pedal trim. Now I'm gonna need a good brake pedal pad and trim! It NEVER ends!

Haha, i hear ya on that one, I'm always finding stuff that makes me think, hmm... that would look good in the truck.

Truck is looking great, i LOVE that copper/ orange color

[71Sleeper]

It is all in the details.......That's what sets each one of our trucks apart from each other.

[slick copper]

Originally Posted by Cameron 1137

Haha, i hear ya on that one, I'm always finding stuff that makes me think, hmm... that would look good in the truck.

Truck is looking great, i LOVE that copper/ orange color

Thanks. It's kind of a brown right now, but when the sun hits it it's got the copper color I'm looking for. Thinking of going with Stacey David's Copperhead Orange when I redo it all.

Originally Posted by 71Sleeper

It is all in the details.......That's what sets each one of our trucks apart from each other.

Yeah, I think it's really cool how many of these trucks there is, but seems no two are the same!

[slick copper]

Been making some progress! First though I took these of Copper and my Aunt's 84 GMC High Sierra (to be mine eventually).

[slick copper]

Spare tire mount!
Before:

After:





Tire mounted:

Hey guys tell me if I mounted it wrong! Looks right to me.

[slick copper]

Took the old glove box emblem from my parts truck and painted it up since it was faded and my truck needed one. The blue in the bowtie was still good so I taped it off. Then primed and painted a charcoal gray. Next used my touch up paint and painted the outside edge and around the bowtie. Used a white paint marker for the letters and inside of outter edge. Then gave it 3 coats of clear! Still gotta install it. Pics.....
Before:

Base paint

Finished! Wish I could've got it in the sun.

Also got my gas pedal trim in and polished! Now just need a nice brake pad and trim.

[jbice70gmc]

Trucks looken good. I bet it sounds good to (video). Nice squarebody. My first truck was a 76 chevy and I loved it.

[oldblue1968chevy]

Nice squarebody! Get a tarp or something over that thing and get some steelies/caps or some rallys on her!!

[slick copper]

Originally Posted by jbice70gmc

Trucks looken good. I bet it sounds good to (video). Nice squarebody. My first truck was a 76 chevy and I loved it.

Thanks. Yeah, still gotta get around to the video. Been slackin' on that! Mine was a '70. Love the square bodies though.

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

Nice squarebody! Get a tarp or something over that thing and get some steelies/caps or some rallys on her!!

THanks, will be mine someday. It's got some nice cragar wheels on it. They need polishing though. She's not been taking as good of care of it lately.

[67chevy1series]

raymond that emblem looks beast! keep it up and i hope you get a picture of it installed.

[slick copper]

Definately Rick!

[71Sleeper]

The emblem looks GREAT!!! My sway bar is just setting on the ground full of rust. It is so pitted I don't know where to start with it. I might just take it somewhere to get sand blasted.

[67cheby]

nice touch on the emblem

[slick copper]

Thanks guys! Here's my sway bar and frame brackets painted. I did my bar in Chevy Orange!

[Cameron 1137]

everything looks great, and that sway bar is going to look cool under there!

[67chevy1series]

Originally Posted by Cameron 1137

everything looks great, and that sway bar is going to look cool under there!

i agree its cool when different suspension components are different btight colors.... like the 4wds with the orange transfer case and then now the sway bar and on my truck the red shocks and red differential cover

[oldblue1968chevy]

sway bar is the best mod for these trucks id say

[slick copper]

Thanks everyone! Yeah I wanted it to pop. And pop it does! Will try to get it installed this week.

[oldblue1968chevy]

I dont like pop personally, but the swaybar is huge upgrade

[slick copper]

Yeah I can't wait to see how it handles after this. Then it'll probably be new shocks all the way around. The rear shocks on it now are coil overs and too stiff for me. PO used them I guess for hauling stuff. Any one need a good set? $20 plus shipping.

[oldblue1968chevy]

Yup, swaybar,then some shocks, then you'll be like ah lets throw some disc brakes on...

be careful

[slick copper]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

Yup, swaybar,then some shocks, then you'll be like ah lets throw some disc brakes on...

be careful

Yeah I know! I've already looked at complete sets on Ebay. Front and rear disc conversion! $$$$ Only thing about that is I'm worried the backspacing and everything will be different and I won't be able to use my wheels. I may just rebuild the drums.

[oldblue1968chevy]

just convert the front to disc and use some ECE 6 lug rotors, you dont need rear drums I dont think (yeah theyd be nice but front disc is quite enough)

[slick copper]

Yeah, that'd probably be the best way to go. Probably do that when I redo it from ground up and clean up and get the chassis ready.

[oldblue1968chevy]

Do you wanna drop the frontend or rebuild the suspension or is it already rebuilt?

You can get spindles that accept discs and your existing bjs or just rebuild frontend and use stock spindles (from say 73-87)