Project "What was I Thinking" 68 SWB

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

oh man....that looks SEXY !

Thanks alot the motor compartment should look pretty good with my big block and those Slosh Tubz in there
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[67cheby]

OH YA.....cant wait to see it !

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

OH YA.....cant wait to see it !

Yeah me too, I'm hoping I can get all the panels mocked up to set the gaps by the end of the summer and get some color on it this fall.
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[67c10rustbuket]

Nice job, the chassis and engine look great!

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by 99-LS1-SS

What headers are you using? Also, what motor mounts did you use. I apologize if it is somewhere in this post, I didn't read it all.

Its ok, headers are Hedman Elite 68618. They are Mid length Chevelle headers. I'm running factory 68-71 BBC Motor Mounts.

Originally Posted by 67c10rustbuket

Nice job, the chassis and engine look great!

Thank you

[99-LS1-SS]

Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L

Its ok, headers are Hedman Elite 68618. They are Mid length Chevelle headers. I'm running factory 68-71 BBC Motor Mounts.



Thank you

Thanks for the reply. I have a set of the factory BBC motor mounts too. Now I need the headers.

Your frame and drive train look awesome!

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by 99-LS1-SS

Thanks for the reply. I have a set of the factory BBC motor mounts too. Now I need the headers.

Your frame and drive train look awesome!

Thanks, check out streetsideauto.com. I got mine from there for around $300.00 shipped. They are always running 5% - 10% off sales plus free shipping on orders above $300.00.

[gofast68c20]

Hey Keith, just a word of caution with the champion radiator, I bought one on eBay, lasted less than 4 months in the truck before it cracked and started leaking. They replaced it with no issues. Installed the new one and within 2 months it started leaking, looked like the aluminum stretched and cracked on the tanks. They were going to replace it again but I decided to buy a Be Cool instead. It hasn't leaked a drop!!

Jerimiah
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[Bowtie468]

Looking great Keith ! Love that big block !
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[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by gofast68c20

Hey Keith, just a word of caution with the champion radiator, I bought one on eBay, lasted less than 4 months in the truck before it cracked and started leaking. They replaced it with no issues. Installed the new one and within 2 months it started leaking, looked like the aluminum stretched and cracked on the tanks. They were going to replace it again but I decided to buy a Be Cool instead. It hasn't leaked a drop!!

Jerimiah
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Wow that sucks, hope I dont have the same problem. Thanks for the heads up.

[71Sleeper]

WOW! It sure looks pretty...

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by Bowtie468

Looking great Keith ! Love that big block !
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Originally Posted by 71Sleeper

WOW! It sure looks pretty...

Thanks Guys

[raull]

really nice choice on that air cleaner keith !!!!!!

[Bennett68C10]

Thanks Raul I have been wanting this aircleaner for a while.
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[Bennett68C10]

Was a productive weekend for me. I pulled all the air bags back out and trimmed the airlines with an airline tubing cutter, then reinstalled the fitting with loctite pneumatic thread sealer. All my air leaks are now fixed. Held constant airpressure for 24 hours. Also installed my porterbuilt front shock relocators and shocks.

Prepped the underside of my cab so my brother could finish welding it. Also picked up some 3/16" by 2" steel that he welded in for the supports for my bucket seats. Also blasted my high hump so now that is ready to install.

[Bennett68C10]

This weekend I installed my Porterbuilt front sway bar, I'm going to change the hardware to grade 8 as I think it came with grade 5 and would just feel better with grade 8.

[Bennett68C10]

My brother finished welding the bottom of my cab up so I cut out and installed my high hump and painted the bottom of the cab with POR-15. Next step is to seam seal it and roll on some bedliner. That should keep everything sealed up and keep the rust away, hopefully for a while

Some Pics

[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L

...installed my porterbuilt front shock relocators and shocks...

Are you able to run stock inner fenders with these brackets? Do you know the specs on the shock?

Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L

...installed my Porterbuilt front sway bar...

How's the fit on this? Does it use existing holes in the frame?

Love this build. FULLY stealing your Camaro rear sway bar mounting style Speaking of- did you run into any binding/clearance issues?

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by gringoloco

Are you able to run stock inner fenders with these brackets? Do you know the specs on the shock?

How's the fit on this? Does it use existing holes in the frame?

Love this build. FULLY stealing your Camaro rear sway bar mounting style Speaking of- did you run into any binding/clearance issues?

Thanks buddyI'm glad you like my build. I'm not sure about the stock inners, I am going to be running slosh tubz on mine. I think I saw Nate post somewhere that just a little trimming is required on the stock inner fenders. Email him he should be able to help you out. I have emailed hime so many times i'm suprised he hasn't blocked me yet lol. What do you want to know about the shocks, the part number? Mine came with the control arms. I have to get the part number for another member hopefully I will remember tomorrow.

The Porterbuilt sway bar fit great, I did change all the hardware over to 3/8" grade 8 as mine came with grade 5. I had to drill 2 holes, one on each side to mount it. the other 2 holes used existing holes in the frame.

The Camaro Rear Bar has no binding or clearance issues the way I mounted it, even at full dump of the bags. I have alot of things going on in that area between the bar and my exhaust and everything clears.

Good luck with yours, can't wait to see all those new suspension and brake parts on there.

[67cheby]

Looking good !

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

Looking good !

I'm making some progress

[Bowtie468]

Looking great Keith ! Which KYB's are you running on your truck and what travel do they have ?
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[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by Bowtie468

Looking great Keith ! Which KYB's are you running on your truck and what travel do they have ?
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I'll try to find out for you Chris, I threw the boxes out and actually won't be near my truck for a couple of weeks. I will email Nate to see what the part number is for the front shocks.

[Bennett68C10]

Well guys my project has taken a major turn in direction this past week. I needed to find a bed for my project as my fleetside that came on the truck needs alot of rust work, more than i'm willing to do. It would have also bogged down this build another couple of years trying to fix it. So I decided to make a change. My truck is now going to be a Stepper. I bought a set of rust free original 1967 takeoff stepside fenders from Frank Ham of PICKMUP parts in Washington. He is a vendor on the board and a very nice guy. I thank him for going the extra mile with packaging these so they could make it 3000 miles without getting damaged. These fenders are mint, I can't believe how nice, original and rust free these are. My fathers eyes almost popped out of his head when he saw them. He just kept saying "wow these are really nice".

[raull]

wohooo !!! stepper !!!!