1961 Apache SB SBW build

[64tantruck]

Last night my wife and I were able to get the front end bolted in. Its rather difficult to find 7/16 grade 8 fine thread bolts. So we bought some course thread and locking washers along with some loctite. Im sure it isnt going anywhere. We still have to figure the locations of the shock mounts, tie rods etc... Then its on to figuring out the steering (we hope to add power steering). Anyway heres the latest pic.

The Korecs

[64tantruck]

Update!
Rear brake lines replaced. New Wheel Cylinders, hardware and shoes. Drums will be painted body color. Then on to the the front. Once the front brakes are done we'll have a roller, onto the cab body work.

[Jmorales3181]

Looking good! Keep at it!
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[64tantruck]

Little more done.
We've gone as far as we can for now on the chassis. So we wheeled the cab out and got a lot done today. We removed the heater, master cylinder, and cleaned up the fire wall. Primed the firewall. Then started to replace the rigt cab corner. Here's a pic of Cyndy welding on the cab corner. Our first time welding, lets just say we need to learn alot.
Thats it for now G&C

[64tantruck]

Quick update were working on the cab. getting it ready to mount back to the chassis. Trying to free up some room in the garage. Here are some pics. Fire wall and interior painted. The floor has been completed, and we used spray on bedliner to seal it up.

G&C

[Jmorales3181]

Nice work....you two are jamming out
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[64tantruck]

Nice work....you two are jamming out

Pretty much, each day we pick a station on Pandora, crank the tunes and go at it..

Of course, money and time is all it takes, when you have one, you dont have much of the other.

G&C

[Jmorales3181]

Yeah I can relate to that. I don't have any money or very much time just making a dream come true
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[64tantruck]

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Been a while but got a lot done. Front rotors
On. Also we were able to set the cab on the
Frame. Still a lot to do, but were back to
Putting things back ON the truck
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[62-One-Ton]

What did you do to get those small center hole wheels to fit on the big centered axle shaft on the rear?
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[64tantruck]

We bought one inch spacers/adapters. The new
Wheels have a difference of a 1 inch offset.
We originally bought 4 but with the newer
Front end (73/87) we don't need any in the
Front.

Glenn
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[64tantruck]

Chloe wants to know if we can take it for a ride.
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[62-One-Ton]

Did the width end up narrower then stock still?
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[64tantruck]

It was with in a quarter inch. The wheels rubbed.
With the one inch offset they were within 1/4 inch

Glenn
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[62-One-Ton]

Narrower or wider? Sorry for all the questions I have a set of '05 17" silverado wheels for my '62. I was just thinking of machining down the cent of my rear shafts to fit the wheels.
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[64tantruck]

Narrower these were 07. 16 inch wheels
Off a Tahoe or suburban. The axle center
Hole was too small. Not knowing at the time
We had an offset problem. We ordered the
Adapters. So one problem was solved by the
Other.
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[62-One-Ton]

Sounds like it worked out well.
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[64tantruck]

It did hope the info helps. i hace recieved so much info here. Nice to be able to share some.

[62-One-Ton]

Happen to have a pic of the spacers?
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[64tantruck]

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Here's the spacers. For them on ebay for
About $125 shipped for all four
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[64tantruck]

Also note I'm running 235/70R16 tires and have
71 1/4 inches white wall to white wall
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[62-One-Ton]

Nice. Thanks for the pics and info.
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[64tantruck]

Its been a while but here are some updated photos of the progress. Put on a hold for about a month while we enjoyed some of the summer.

[64tantruck]

A few more pics fo the truck. Were making progress.

[Ta2Don]

Nice!!! Diggin' the color!!!!!!!
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