1969 Short Wide

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Zoomin

Did you catch anything today, Mike?
It was windy and kinda cold today, hope it was worthwhile for ya.

You might want to start making multiples of this stuff to support your hobby.

We caught a few, the wind kicked our tails. Finished down at the bottom of the pack. Nice idea, barely have time to do mine though. I still need a mailing address from you.......

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

nicely done Mike!... when we going fishing....

Thanks, lets go.

Originally Posted by usmcchevy

As always, awesome work!

Thanks.

[mcbassin]

Time for a mild update. Progress has been pretty slow. Things get pretty slow this time of year with fishing and golf seasons taking over most our free time. I have worked on it a little though. I got the rear end all cleaned up primered and painted, then installed new seals all around. I blasted the outer brake mount plates, primered and painted them too. Then reassembled the third member and installed the axles. Got one side of the brakes assembled. Then found out I only ordered the right hand side of the brake hardware. I'll probably just clean up the old hardware and re-use most of it. I also picked up a 4l60E on Craigslist the other day, supposed to only have 70k miles on it? It looks pretty greasy. We'll see when I pull the pan. Here are the pics:

[JohnC]

Sweet!

[scotts62]

Dunno man a leaky valve cover and make anything look nasty in only a couple thousand miles so lets hope that it is good in there when you drop the pan

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by JohnC

Sweet!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by scotts62

Dunno man a leaky valve cover and make anything look nasty in only a couple thousand miles so lets hope that it is good in there when you drop the pan

Yep, I have high hopes. We'll see. It won't break the bank as a core if it needs rebuilt anyway. You know how cheap I am.

[usmcchevy]

Trans looks about right to me, my 30K engine/trans was just about that bad.........yet my 00 Silverado was perfectly clean with 130K and I only sprayed it off twice.

[72BlckButy]

Nice progress!

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by usmcchevy

Trans looks about right to me, my 30K engine/trans was just about that bad.........yet my 00 Silverado was perfectly clean with 130K and I only sprayed it off twice.

Hope your right. I really need that thing to work out without a rebuild.

Originally Posted by 72BlckButy

Nice progress!

Thanks Nate!

[mcbassin]

Time for another small update. I have just about finished the rear suspension modifications. Got the brakes installed, got the front sway bar installed.

I picked up an adjustable panhard bar from Tom (T Korinek) HERE. Then I lengthened it 12.5".......which turned out to be around 4" too long after my mock up at ride height (measure once cut twice).
I used some pics from Keith (lolife99) of his pandhard relocation mount to design my own. I have it painted and ready for final install. Next step is new shocks for the rear and brake lines, then gas tank and lines. Can't wait to get to the LS install after that. It will be downhill from there. Here are the pics:
Bar sectioned

Made a 12.5" lenthener (4" too long shoud be 8.5")

Bar Welded the second time

Mock up to decide where to weld the mounting tabs


Pieces for the mount (decided not to use the gusset, upper middle)

assembled before welding

Welded


Fit on the chassis

[mcbassin]

More pictures:


Planning for sway bar mounting (had to remove rivet on the cross member)



Sway bar installed, not a big fan of the blue bushings, that's what Rock Auto sent me.

[dougminton]

Nice work on the panhard mount.

[68 TT]

Nice progress Mike. Wish I was making some but it won't quit snowing.

[bjcaldwe]

Looks good Mike.

[67cheby]

very clean...nicely done

[JohnC]

Nice!
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[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by dougminton

Nice work on the panhard mount.

Thanks Doug!

Originally Posted by 68 TT

Nice progress Mike. Wish I was making some but it won't quit snowing.

Thanks, Snow? wow it's been consistantly over 60 here.

Originally Posted by bjcaldwe

Looks good Mike.

Thanks Billy

Originally Posted by 67cheby

very clean...nicely done

Thanks Cheby!

Originally Posted by JohnC

Nice!
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Thanks John!



More to come soon......hopefully.

[Dieselwrencher]

Very nice fab and welding work on that pan hard bar! Keep up the great work!

[screaminchevypickup]

looks good im ready to see this one in person

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Very nice fab and welding work on that pan hard bar! Keep up the great work!

Thanks Ryan!

Originally Posted by screaminchevypickup

looks good im ready to see this one in person

Thanks Kyle!
It's not much to look at right now compared to yours but, sure when your in my neighborhood stop by. I have a pretty good salvage out back if you need some parts too.

[gringoloco]

Nice work! I like the little details you include...

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by gringoloco

Nice work! I like the little details you include...

Thanks man. I hope those little details will help make it easier for someone take on part of the fabrication on their own. There is a wealth of knowledge on this forum. Most of my build is just someone elses ideas that I tweaked to make it work on the cheap.

[mcbassin]

Got a roller now...kinda. Still need to buy rear drums and shocks.
Finished the rear setup after painting the bar and mount.
finished the suspension (except shocks)

Installed the painted parts

Back on the ground2

[gopokes]

Looking good! I like the panahard bar.

[chevy88]

Nice roller, I don't care what they say about you, you do have other talents than just fishing. LOL.

[scotts62]

Wow looking good Mike!