67 long box

[Metaldoc]

Originally Posted by Canuckvetter

Hey Metaldoc, I found a 67 lighter for you in Alberta. Karen is coming to Ayr June 14th. I will send it along with her.

Right on ,Thanks it's getting close now, going to another swap meet tomorrow to find a couple more little things.

[68bowtie]

looks killer.

[klwebb]

subd

[Custom.Chevy]

wow man i have to say i really admire your work. i know what it takes to do all that work and it is super rewarding in the end.

[Metaldoc]

Originally Posted by Custom.Chevy

wow man i have to say i really admire your work. i know what it takes to do all that work and it is super rewarding in the end.

Originally Posted by 68bowtie

looks killer.

Thanks it is a crap load of work and it's hard to keep at it, but when it comes together the pay off shows.

[swamp rat]

Nice! Gotta ask, did you have prior painting experience before your blend work?

[Metaldoc]

Originally Posted by swamp rat

Nice! Gotta ask, did you have prior painting experience before your blend work?

I do have painting experience and have painted many cars, boats, trucks, lawn mowers. I have never tried this type of blend before and now I have that checked off. The only way I no how to do this stuff is by doing it. Try everything and anything. I have done every bit of this build myself excluding some sand blasting on the frame.

[GREGT]

that's nice work

[Metaldoc]

Door seals and doors on, still have to touch up the door bottoms where I did some patching. Now to finish fit the fenders and cowl. The rest is bolt on.

[Metaldoc]

Got most of the front end on and lined up. That reconditioned grill emblem looks great on there.

[Metaldoc]

front bumper on and cleaned up the floor mat, gave it a coat of vinyl paint to make it look new with the sill plates. Daily progress gets it closer to driving.

[Metaldoc]

Looking at doing a sunken spare in the bed so I have it mounted but still able to put a tonneau cover over the bed.

[Advanced Design]

Great ideas all coming together. Very nice!

[Metaldoc]

I think I'm happy with the side angle to hold the edge of the boards, now I can run bolts through the outside edge and follow around the inner fender to complete the look. I had to cut off a half inch of the edge to fit in and lost the groove.

[Metaldoc]

Stone guarded sprayed in the bottom of the bed sides, inner and outer fenders. Should make it quieter.

[Custom.Chevy]

How did you come up with your sway bar? Just curious because I have the ability to do something similar i just never thought of doing it myself. What material tubing and size did you use. Did you find info on how much torsion is needed to twist the tubing and then increase the leverage by making those long mounts. I think its cool and its just one more thing you can say you did yourself.

[Metaldoc]

Originally Posted by Custom.Chevy

How did you come up with your sway bar? Just curious because I have the ability to do something similar i just never thought of doing it myself. What material tubing and size did you use. Did you find info on how much torsion is needed to twist the tubing and then increase the leverage by making those long mounts. I think its cool and its just one more thing you can say you did yourself.

Thanks I love making everything I can, The cost is much cheaper. I used 4130 Chromalloy 1" solid bar and 2"x3" hss. The links are 65 Impala and the bushings are just 1" sway bar. I made the trail arms so just added a bracket to mount. The mount location has one bolt through the bed mount. As for the length I modeled it after the Hotchkis rear sway bar.

[Metaldoc]

Put the last fluid in and it runs. Sounds great to hear that run again, it's tough to through some parts of the build but the pay off is coming.

[Metaldoc]

Engine bay lighting looks good

[Xeen]

The truck looks great, all your hard work is paying off, I bet you are excited to be at this point, so close to being able to drive it.

[Metaldoc]

Originally Posted by Xeen

The truck looks great, all your hard work is paying off, I bet you are excited to be at this point, so close to being able to drive it.

Thanks man and the anticipation is killing me. I debugged the electrical today and I had to move the horn wire to constant and the wiper to keyed power. Not bad for all that work on the wiring. Everything works now. My horn was dead so I tried the adjustment screw and now have a working horn, thanks to vwnate1.

[Metaldoc]

Drove it up and down the street for the first time. That felt great and it felt great. Small exhaust leak manifold to pipe no big problem. Start putting on the box now.

[Metaldoc]

Trail fit , looks great still need to trim the edges to fit but all good.

[Metaldoc]

It all fits in and on. I lovin this look with the composite and flat bar. You can't even tell the bed was raised 2 inches with the tailgate mod. Undecided on the wheel house bolt edge, I might put a strip over it with cap screws through. Put the tail lights in and with a few grounding issues they all work.

[Xeen]

Hmm I can dig the patina idea but what the hell be a contrarian.
How about a nice Metallic Silver on both bumpers, headlight bezels and the grill, perfect, glossy and clean, no faux patina.
Maybe consider replacing the rear bumper with a paintable sport model.