67 GMC super custom build

[mcbassin]

Very nice work on everything! Good choice upgrading to disk brake BTW.

[67 Burb]

When you installed the metric speedo, did you get the numbers on the lens custom done, or are they available somewhere?

[Phill0406]

Love that you're keeping all the original touches to it. Great work.

[chewychevy67]

Originally Posted by 67 Burb

When you installed the metric speedo, did you get the numbers on the lens custom done, or are they available somewhere?

The speedo is all original gm parts. I got them from a member in sweeden. I just added the speed warning to it. I had the vacuum lettering added cause it wasn't stock in this cluster

[chewychevy67]

I picked up the steering wheel yesterday. Looks very nice. Great detail work.

[DeadheadNM]

Very nice Rod - thanks for posting

[Already Gone]

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

I picked up the steering wheel yesterday. Looks very nice. Great detail work.

Looks brand new..

[chewychevy67]

Got this rear sway bar I am going to use on the truck.

[kehstr]

what is the sway bar off of?

[chewychevy67]

I bought it off a member that had it on a 68 C20 with leaf springs but I am unsure what it originally came off of. Here are all the pictures I have of it. I recently found out it is from an square body dual rear tire 1 ton truck.

[chewychevy67]

Finished up.

[duallyjams]

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

here are a few more with the gauges in.. I think it looks period acceptable.

so where is the 67 impala steering wheel now that you have the custom one ?

[chewychevy67]

I sold it on ebay. I tried to sell it on here for 3.5 months and nobody wanted it. After I sold it on ebay quite a few members PMed me about it. Funny how that happens sometimes

[chewychevy67]

Well I bought my tires for the stock rims I'm going to have for show with my full Wheel covers. There are 5 new bias ply 855-15 b/f tires. One even for the spare. Just like original in the factory photos.
https://www.cokertire.com/855-15-bf-...wall-tire.html

[NewType72]

Man do I love a tidy full restoration build. Great work so far and that steering wheel is off the hook!

[chewychevy67]

I do like the wheel to. One of my personal favorite pieces. I didn't like the way the brake pedal looked cause the circle around the disc brake plate wasn't crisp so I purchased a 1 1/2" chassis punch and that worked much nicer and a cleaner cut. I also cut the center bar and Tucked it under the plate to clean it up as well.

[chewychevy67]

I have been thinking what my options are once I do my disc brake swap. The wheels will stick out 3" wider in the front (1.5" on each side) and I don't like that look and I'm keeping the stock gm 15 x 6 wheels. I did some research. You can reverse the centers on the wheels to give you a deeper frontspace. The wheels now have a 3.5" backspace so I found out if you reverse the centers the minimum backspacing you can have is 2" so that is perfect making the wheels stick out 1.5" more than they do now. Perfect. I won't use wheel spacers on this build. You will never know the rears are deeper with the full Wheel covers on. Pictures just show what I'm trying to say. Not my exact wheels.

[68bowtie]

brake pedal turned out great, nice work.

[chewychevy67]

Thank you. That reversing may still not work as I don't have a good place to put the valve stem where it will stick out of the wheel cover. It will be way inside the rim on the bevel..... Here is the answer for that Maby...

[NewType72]

I machined my billet smoothies to have the valve stem on the inside to avoid the constant heat attack from the beating sun at car shows, it's a pain occasionally but a nicely set bead will take care of any constant checking

[chewychevy67]

Starting to figure out the rear sway bar.

[chewychevy67]

Tailgate lock. Just playin. Had a gate stolen once and ever since I have been thinking about doing this. Not sure about this. Didn't want to break up the lines on the gate so it had to be hidden by the moulding. It keyed to match my 67 already if I use it.

[chewychevy67]

Installed.

[duallyjams]

If you could flush mount it no one would even know.

[chewychevy67]

If they would have casted the moulding solid instead of hollow that could have been done. I got it as absolutely low as I could. The other option I had was to put a door lock overtop of the handle but that would disturb the clean lines of the rear of the truck. .