Rustbuket 67 build "Georgia"

[fakerwade]

Finally, I get my picture of your Brookwood. (thanks!)

[67c10rustbuket]

We pulled the drivetrain out of the tahoe over at my buddy darrells house. He is my hero, twice my age just retired and he can work faster than me. He builds hotrods, paints cars and raises his grandkids. he's standing next to the tahoe. (im pic shy) did I mention he is my hero ?

also theres a pic of a 47 thriftmaster truck that darrell has for sale, supposedly sold pending payment, wish i had room I would have bought it !!

Darrell is one of those real friends who will help me and let me use his garage to yank an engine since my HOA frowns upon such behavior, dont worry I return the favor and pay him (or attempt to) for his assistance.

[67c10rustbuket]

here is the vortec 5.7/4L60E in my garage. I'm supposed to leave one side of the garage open for the wifes hondur accord during the winter... sorry pookie i'll move it soon !

and then here's the best thing I ever fabricated! I told her she could have it when she turns 16, well maybe after driving a hyundai for a few months

I told her she could have my DD93 also but idk if that will be around then I'm kinda getting sick of fixing her ,big blue that is 93 GMC xcab 5.7 Z71 4l60/700R4?

[67c10rustbuket]

Originally Posted by fakerwade

I hear ya!! Your build looks great!!! (you've been holding out on us)

So what's your overall plan? If you don't mind, how old are you and what do you do for a living?

Thanks wade i've been stalking for a while. this will be stage 1 of the build. fix the rust drop it 3.5/5" and get it on the road ASAP so i can get to working on the 59 Wag .grandpa aint getting any younger and i'd like to pull up to his house in the wag some day soon.

I work for a large HVAC manufacturer in Oklahoma. I work in engineering, not an engineer...yet... also a college student (engineering) engineers make stuff on paper and i make it a reality out of metal and/or whatever they want. i spent at least 5 years as a press brake operator in production and as a machine set up man/operator with CNC turret press, Finn Power is my speciality on CNC turret presses and I specialize in Cincinnati press brakes

34 years of age, Ultimately I'd like to have a porterbuilt dropmember and some sloshtubz, but for now its going to be a get it on the road kind of deal !

[67c10rustbuket]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Looks like a good start and nice progress you have going on!

Thank you sir, I have been stalking for a while and finally started my own thread!

[67c10rustbuket]

Originally Posted by Pop's C-10

coming alone nice

Thank you sir !

[67c10rustbuket]

Originally Posted by fakerwade

Finally, I get my picture of your Brookwood. (thanks!)

Sorry, I couldnt remember who asked for that pic (a few have asked) I thought it was mcbassin but couldnt find his request in his 69 build thread. My dad says people ask to buy it all the time since it is currently at his house (damn HOA). It has a 5.7 TBI in the pic which i have since removed and a CPP disk brake kit and rolling on vette rally wheels. Im thinking some 3" white walls and air ride suspension. good cruising material. if you like the old 59 wagons check out "codywalls" on the HAMB he has an awesome 4 dr wag build in progress there

[67c10rustbuket]

Next I have to remove the manual trans xmember and im going to somewhat tear down the new "plan B" drivetrain as far as removing and cleaning the intake and EFI prob the trans also before I install it in the old "rustbuket" maybe remove the heads and oil pan to inspect the condition of the rotating assembly.

[VA72C10]

Very nice progress (now that I see it all ) And hopefully that'll be a great engine for you....Ideal having the complete truck to pull anything you need from it!

[67c10rustbuket]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Very nice progress (now that I see it all ) And hopefully that'll be a great engine for you....Ideal having the complete truck to pull anything you need from it!

yeah hope it works out using the Vortec MPFI. definately nice to have the whole truck so you can keep and label all the wiring. man theres alot of wiring on the 96-98 Vortec. just noticed you have a build thread also. ill have to check it out, later.

[67c10rustbuket]

Heres my "A" pillar almost finished up, I had correct a couple of the angles on it with a press brake to make it fit. then plug weld,plug weld,plug weld. make sure the upper hinge hole is 7.5" center from the fender flange on the bottom front of the pillar. I still need to cut out the front of the floor where your feet go and weld in the new one, Im thinking ill cut it out where i marked the photo, but not crooked, square off the edge where it meets the firewall. and fab up a piece to repair the offset flange of the firewall.

[67c10rustbuket]

I was planning on using this 18 gallon fuel cell i got on CL for $75, never had gas in it. but im thinking one of those aluminum would better suit what i want and i could have it made to accept the tahoe fuel pump/sender float. or maybe just use one of those corvette style external pumps i see others using on their LS swaps, thinking those in tank pumps are a pain to replace having to remove the bed or drop the tank.. any thoughts ? keep the plastic or sell and get a fancy aluminum one, use the tahoe in tank pump or go external ?

Of course I plan on an under bed mount and eventually raise the bed floor a bit to cover it up and have ground clearance.

[67c10rustbuket]

A few parts from Brothers trucks.

There's some Western 2.5" drop spindles for 73+ W/1.25 rotor I got an awesome deal on from JOHN@BROTHERS, we did a little trading. Thanks again John !!

Then I had the wife buy me some 5" rear drop coils for my birthday, I got from the Brothers "end of summer sale" only $88 ! sweet

[67c10rustbuket]

So my next moves are
1- clean and put up all my tools from yanking the goodies from the tahoe
2- remove the bellhousing mount xmember
3- temporarily stab it into the truck so the wife can park in there for winter
4- label and remove the harness from the engine
5- find a trans xmember ( truck didnt come with one just the old iron bellhousing mount)

[68 c10 gold/ivory]

i like the wheels I wish i could find some for my truck
great build cant wait to see more

[67c10rustbuket]

Originally Posted by 68 c10 gold/ivory

i like the wheels I wish i could find some for my truck
great build cant wait to see more

Thank you, I like them very much, I knew when I bought the black 95 I wanted to keep those wheels for this project. and thanks for the compliment. I have read some of your builds but haven't finished yet, you have some sweet toys !

[67c10rustbuket]

Small update: tried to stab in the engine but the old manual bell housing xmember didn't agree with the 4L60E. probably could've forced it but I planned on removing it anyway. Just trying to get the other side of the garage clear for winter, not a permanent install.

removed the O2 sensors and exh manifolds before attempting to put it in, had to use a little PB Blaster, man that stuff can stink up a house!

[67c10rustbuket]

Sold the receiver hitch off of the organ donor Tahoe $60!, pulled a few more parts and more wiring from the Tahoe today. Some parts for the 67 and a few upgrades for my DD 93. Hopefully I will get the drivetrain temporarily installed in the 67 this weekend but im not looking forward to grinding rivets out of that bell housing xmember.

[67c10rustbuket]

Originally Posted by 67c10rustbuket

Ultimately I'd like to have a porterbuilt dropmember and some sloshtubz, but for now its going to be a get it on the road kind of deal !

Duh I forgot to mention the air bags, when it is complete it will have a front dropmember, big rear frame notch, sloshtubz for inner front fenders, Air suspension with .5" lines & 8 valves with an engine driven air supply compressor. id like to get the body a little lower on the frame to lay body which looks pretty easy on this body.

[67c10rustbuket]

Today I removed the manual trans Xmember. It wasn't as bad as I thought, I just slotted the heads of the rivets with a cut off wheel on my grinder where i could and with a dremel where it was too tight then hammered them off with an air chisel. It didn't want to slide out so I sliced it in half with a sawsall then removed it. I did the same for the old Z-bar bracket but it wont let go! I removed the rivet heads on top and bottom and it still wont let go, I guess i'll do some grinder surgery on that thing. also bought some new motor mounts and a trans mount from autozone, cost was $21.xx but i had a Autozone reward credit so I only paid $1.xx. saweet! Havent found an auto trans xmember yet but I have a few sources so I need to make a few calls tomorrow. No pics yet maybe tomorrow after I clean up the mess I made. Later

[mcbassin]

Hey,
I found your build. It looks good! nice job on the rust repair. I can relate to that myself.
Looking forward to progress. Keep an eye out for some of that thicker sheetmetal panel from me. Maybe we can do some horse trading. Subscribed

[67c10rustbuket]

Thanks Mike! I have made some more progress and will get some pics up this evening hopefully. I'll PM you about that sheet metal.
I need to get a blue name ,going to subscribe to support this great forum. This forum is way better than any other I've found and has by far the best information, builds, and people. Then we can trade and I have a few things to sell on here also.
I havent gotten as much as id like done due to the monkey flu that kicked my butt last week and school is back in so my truck time has reduced quite a bit.

[67c10rustbuket]

Originally Posted by MJs69CST

These are some great pics of your build! Keep up the good work!!

Hey thanks MJ ! I saw a 70? at the 7-11 last week with the same emblem as your avatar pic and tried to explain that camper special to my wife. first time I saw one in person.

[67c10rustbuket]

uhhh i mean custom camper emblems, those are super cool!

[67c10rustbuket]

OK so here's my progress pics, I was suffering some kind of wicked monkey flu that kicked my butt for a good part of last week but I did get some work done. here's a couple pics. Before and after, where I removed that dang bellhousing Xmember. I had to slot the heads of the rivets with a grinder where I could and use a dremel in the tight spots. It wasn't near as bad as I thought. The only problem I had was that stupid Z-bar bracket that is riveted to the driver side of the frame, Don't need it since I'm going with the 4L60E now. I slotted and knocked the rivet heads off on both sides with an air chisel and it just wont let go, maybe it is spot welded too I don't know. *

I got the bell housing mount X-Member rivets out but it didnt want to slide out easy so I sliced it in half with my sawsall.