1966 SBBW pro street

[66-PMD-GMC]

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

So let me get this right, 'you sold one of your trucks and your getting to work on it' which means you have money to put into the prostreet truck, lol!!
what happened yesterday with the pics? i'm waiting to see updated pics!! LOL!!!!

I think we may have a pic-tease...

I crack myself UP!

[wutnxt]

Okay Okay.....pictures i get it ...

So we have the box back on again with the new rear cage.....the fuel cell goes into the middle. The batteries go on either side of the fuel cell....The rear tubs are out at the moment just to make it easier to work around. We changed up the rear cage so the cab didn't get cut at all and just the window gets cut instead....it's a bit cleaner looking i think and will be a better seal in the end.

[Dinos63]

Duuude sic!!

[66-PMD-GMC]

The cage has been my issue.

I just haven't figured out how to re-enforce the frame without having the cage visible and hacking up the back of the cab.
I don't want to see the cage outside the truck.

[wutnxt]

The cage is all finished now.....

Decided to not go with the swinging side door bars....didn't want them bashing into the doors....

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by Dinos63

Duuude sic!!

Thanks Dude....
From a guy like you that builds killer stuff thats a awesome thing to hear

[wutnxt]

We went with a floating seat and shifter plan.....The seats mount off the cage not the floor so they kind of just float there....When i sat in the seat....(which took forever by the way) and your all buckled up there is no way to reach anything on the dash so we will be moving the switches/ignition to the center between the seats.....not sure when I drive on the street how i am going to use the turn signals just yet. With the seat belt laws here it basically say's that if it came with belts you have to have them,if you but belts in it you have to wear them. So call me silly but I might make the harness so it comes out easy when i drive it on the street....then i can reach everything.....lol....

[wutnxt]

I still have a few changes to make.....
Filled a hole in the dash.....cut the hole for tunes....going to need something loud to drowned out all of the engine noise. Thinking we are going to make a gauge cluster to fit into the original dash , still not excatly sure on that just yet.

[wutnxt]

I am not a huge fan of the high back seats so thats going to be a change...Having a big back window cab full of huge head rests didn't seem like a good idea to me. So the plan will be ( I think ) to cut head rests down and then have a head rest that hangs off the roll cage on both passenger and driver seats.That way they could be removed when driving on the street and if it goes to the track you just pop them back in with the seat harness.

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by 66-PMD-GMC

The cage has been my issue.

I just haven't figured out how to re-enforce the frame without having the cage visible and hacking up the back of the cab.
I don't want to see the cage outside the truck.

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Well if it's not going to the track it would make it alot easier, if it's going to go to the track and going to run a pass....It gets way more complicated. I decided if i was going to make it possible to run that fast I might as well make it legal for the track.....in the event that oneday I want to sell it to someone who might want to race it. If i was starting the build all over, not so sure i would have done that much cage work and I would have made it more for the street.

[66-PMD-GMC]

Originally Posted by wutnxt

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Well if it's not going to the track it would make it alot easier, if it's going to go to the track and going to run a pass....It gets way more complicated. I decided if i was going to make it possible to run that fast I might as well make it legal for the track.....in the event that oneday I want to sell it to someone who might want to race it. If i was starting the build all over, not so sure i would have done that much cage work and I would have made it more for the street.

I am on the fence at this point.
The frame has an Art Morrison back half unit in it with a narrowed 9". I was originally going to do a extended cab/custom 5' bed job but I found a flawless 63 donor cab and couldn't bring myself to cut it.
Now I have a virgin short wheel base frame I am looking at and rethinking the build. Problem is, I have 20" wide M/T street radials and I can only get 16" tires in using a stock frame.
Then again I could re-enforce the frame and use no cage at all but what would be the point of using the 600+ hp motor at that point?

[Dieselwrencher]

Buddy, this truck keeps getting better and better! I for one can tell you how those dang harnesses suck goat balls to be in while on the street! I like your idea. In my vette I originally had a retractable seat belt set up in it plus the harness. But, I took it out when I was cutting items to put it on a diet. The blower looks bad azz! Heck, the whole package is off the hook! I really like the look of your cage too man!

[chad64chevy]

very nice, very nice!! love the pictures!!

[Dinos63]

Originally Posted by wutnxt

Thanks Dude....
From a guy like you that builds killer stuff thats a awesome thing to hear

THANK YOU BROTHA!!very kind words,and kat this truck your building is sooo bad a$$$ i check the updates every day

[wutnxt]

I will take some pictures tomorrow when i get a chance......and then the updates will slow down as it heads to the body shop.....The body guy is building a new shop and is going to wait till it's up before starting my truck so .....that gives me time to wait and pick a color......I am guessing a couple of weeks before anything happens on that front....

soooooo while i am waiting i might do a 6 bolt drop spindle swap on my black primered truck.......or a might do a engine swap on the old blue big window truck......or start a cab for the powder coated truck frame....or i could build a addition for my shop.....or i could just drink beer and relax.....

[Dieselwrencher]

Drink beer and relax happens when it is snowing out.

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by Dinos63

THANK YOU BROTHA!!very kind words,and kat this truck your building is sooo bad a$$$ i check the updates every day

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Thanks dude....
I hope we both keep them long enough to see them parked side by side.....We are going to have to pick a place half way when they are done to hit a event....I am down for driving a day for a side by side....We had a big cruise event last weekend with about 1300 cars, and it killed me not to have anything to drive....ugh

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Drink beer and relax happens when it is snowing out.

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LMAO ***...ya but it's been a long wrench pulling nuckle busting summer dude...I pulled more wrench in this summer then I did all of last year....funny bit of info is we drank more beer this summer then we did all of last year too....intresting huh ...

[Dinos63]

Originally Posted by wutnxt

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Thanks dude....
I hope we both keep them long enough to see them parked side by side.....We are going to have to pick a place half way when they are done to hit a event....I am down for driving a day for a side by side....We had a big cruise event last weekend with about 1300 cars, and it killed me not to have anything to drive....ugh

for sure that would be sic, i have plans on going to brothers show for sure and (dont tell my friends i am buying a trailer or everyone will ask me to barrow it) and that show primer nats in ventura ca , find somthing in the middle i will meet ya. we have a huge cruz night coming up oct 4 and i am try to get my p/s done in time

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by Dinos63

for sure that would be sic, i have plans on going to brothers show for sure and (dont tell my friends i am buying a trailer or everyone will ask me to barrow it) and that show primer nats in ventura ca , find somthing in the middle i will meet ya. we have a huge cruz night coming up oct 4 and i am try to get my p/s done in time

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That would be awsome to meet someplace in the middle Dude.....I never even looked at my prostreet truck today....Screwed around with a truck from the " field of dreams "...thats the place with long grass that i hide all my trucks. .....lol

[wutnxt]

Ya know your a redneck when......

I cut the grass in the "field of dreams " and found 4 more 64 to 66's.....and a 1972 longhorn ....lol....shakes my head

[hotrod1]

Like the cage. Can u show us more of it and how are you mounting your seats to it? Do the seats attach to the cab at all or only the cage? If so, how are you doing the front seat mounts? Does the cage attach to the cab at all?

[chad64chevy]

LMAO ***...ya but it's been a long wrench pulling nuckle busting summer dude...I pulled more wrench in this summer then I did all of last year....funny bit of info is we drank more beer this summer then we did all of last year too....intresting huh ...
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now thats funny!! so any idea on a color or still thinking about it?? and i got a question about the brace by the door opening? you said it took forever to get into, would it be track safe to do like an s bar? instead of a slated straight piece that you have in there now! that way it would be a lil easier to get into!! jmo!!

[chad64chevy]

kind of like the same shape as the sides of the seats!!

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by hotrod1

Like the cage. Can u show us more of it and how are you mounting your seats to it? Do the seats attach to the cab at all or only the cage? If so, how are you doing the front seat mounts? Does the cage attach to the cab at all?

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The cage attaches to the cab at the floor....then the cage gets picked up under the cab and down to the chassis. The two back bars that run from the floor to the roof have extra bars the run parallel to the floor and inbetween the two back bars....On the parallel to the floor bars there are steel pads to mount the seats too. So the seats mount to the cage instead of the floor if that makes sence. Then for the front seat belt portion we but tabs in under the seat off of the mounts to pick up the front seat belt. In this picture at the very bottom you can see the two pads the seats bolt to .......and the parallel bars i was talking about. Those seat mounts and parallel bars are about 5 or 6 inches off of the floor....hope that makes sence