67 C10 "Green Gobblin" straight from the field!

[6t9camaro]

Here you can see ( first 2 pics) the 2 pipes that were close/touching the shock mount and the control arm mount on the pass side. Instead of banging in the pipes i just cut the pipe along the head flange and took out about 1/4" of pipe and re-welded them. (sorry no pics of that) but the last pic is it finished with clearance.

[6t9camaro]

Since I need the front control arms and rear bars in place for mock up I decided to send them out for powder coating. A little early but That way I can install all the bushings and balljoints without having to remove them later. So off they go!

[nlped]

Looks great! I’m dealing with motor height issues on my PB setup. My motor sits so low in the chassis that no header nor manifold will fit. Im hoping Nate is going to help out. I’m BBC too, so I’ll be keeping an eye on this one for sure.

[6t9camaro]

It’s tough to find info on these setups with big blocks! Every where I look is LS motors. I’m happy with the room so far, I’ve got about 1 1/2” from crossmember to pan and I’m tempted to make new motor mounts to drop it but I would have header clearance issues if I did that.

[6t9camaro]

While I was held up with some parts at the powder coater I decided to mock up the air tank and build a set of compressor mounts. (With the help of my daughter) I will end up running the compressors with the heads facing each other since that will route the hoses/lines the way I want them.

[6t9camaro]

Also decided to tackle a job I've been putting off! Pulled out the old original blown rear end and stripped it down and cut off all the mounts. Got it into the garage for mock up so I can weld on the choppin block link mounts.

[6t9camaro]

I picked up the powder coated rear bars so I can finally get the mounts set and welded!

[6t9camaro]

Welded and back in!

[Advanced Design]

Nice work...and a cute helper!

Is that snow on your trailer?

[slowcpe]

Killer build

[6t9camaro]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Nice work...and a cute helper!

Is that snow on your trailer?

Yup unfortunately that’s snow!

Originally Posted by slowcpe

Killer build

Thanks!

[6t9camaro]

Ok I got the front control arms back so I managed to get quite a lot of the front end mocked up. Ball joints in Spindles, brakes and rack all fit up nice!

[6t9camaro]

A few more with the transits on so I could get an idea of the turning radius and check some clearance issues.

[6t9camaro]

Once the rear end was fit up and engine had all the clearance issues resolved I decided to take the motor out to clean it up. I also needed the motor out to finish some motor mount work and drilling holes for brake line, air line and fuel line clips/Mounting.

[rincones]

Nice.
Loving that front crossmember ... keep the pics coming

[6t9camaro]

More pics finishing up the small stuff before teardown!

[6t9camaro]

Finally got everything torn down and ready for powder coat!

[6t9camaro]

Forgot to mention earlier in the week I dropped off the frame rails, diff housing and a box of misc pieces to the sand blaster. I wouldn't recommend hauling frame rails in a Mazda 3 as you just might hit a bump and put a rail into the windshield!

[6t9camaro]

Blasting turned out nice! I snuck the parts into the wives SUV this time for a little more room! Now there off to powder coat.

[cornerstone]

I know that must feel great making so much progress in the past month! What color powder coat do you plan to get? Cant wait to see it.

[Sparky dave]

Awesome just read the thread all in one go from the start. It’s made a turn at the end to being a type of restomod. Your fab skills are impressive to watch. Also was so glad to see the 454 go in there I don’t know why but I’m always disappointed when I see ls engines going in

[Sparky dave]

Ps pro charger? ��

[Kronald_70GMC]

Great looking project! Really digging the old school big block. I'm gonna go the same route.

[6t9camaro]

Originally Posted by cornerstone

I know that must feel great making so much progress in the past month! What color powder coat do you plan to get? Cant wait to see it.

Powder coat is just going to be mostly semi gloss and flat black.

Originally Posted by Sparky dave

Awesome just read the thread all in one go from the start. It’s made a turn at the end to being a type of restomod. Your fab skills are impressive to watch. Also was so glad to see the 454 go in there I don’t know why but I’m always disappointed when I see ls engines going in

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Sparky dave

Ps pro charger? ��

LOL No power adders for this project!

Originally Posted by Kronald_70GMC

Great looking project! Really digging the old school big block. I'm gonna go the same route.

Yup old school big block! going to try and recreate the 70s Ls6

[6t9camaro]

Since most of the parts are out for coating I figured it would be a good time to clean up the motor! I loaded it up and took it over to the pressure washer and steam cleaner! It cleaned up pretty good and removed off a ton of grease so now you can actually see all the original old orange paint.