72 Cheyenne Super Plain Jane

[wayne72]

Nice Rear end set up! Where did you get your trailing arms from and what length are they. love the build!

[truckmanloco]

Who makes the upper radiator hold down?
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[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L

Wow that rear looks sweet. Awesome parts you have, love the brakes too. Sorry to hear about your troubles with Intro
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Thanks Bennett, I'm really glad I went with nickel plating.

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Man, that 9" is the cat's meow! I love it. Can you PM me a price on what those run? That stinks to hear about your wheel issues man. That's sweet you can get it to paint so soon. I bet you can't wait to get it together and go for a cruise!

Thanks man, I sent you a PM. And as soon as its drivable I'm gonna just cruise the entire day. I can't wait.

Originally Posted by wayne72

Nice Rear end set up! Where did you get your trailing arms from and what length are they. love the build!

Thank you!! The trailing arms are from a Bristol cup car. Same length as stock and nickel plated.

Originally Posted by truckmanloco

Who makes the upper radiator hold down?
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I made the upper rad hold down myself. It covers up all the stock holes and looks a ton better IMO. It was pretty easy to make
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[VA72C10]

Looking absolutely great!!!

[gcburdic]

Dang...is that a 6 lug wheel??..wonder how it would look on the Mistress??..Maybe I can come over and we can mount it up to see if it'll fit??

[502ms]

Originally Posted by Graham57a

Thank you. When I was about 8 years old, my dad ran an automotive repair shop and he worked on a truck for a guy named Kevin Bradley who owns a custom hot rod shop in rio dell, california called kreations. I remember watching my dad work on that truck, a 72 c-10 painted copper orange, slammed and completely custom, and telling my dad that I wanted a truck like that when I grew up. Ever since then, my dad has been buying parts trucks, gathering little things here and there, and getting me things to make my build easier. My grandpa also owns a wrecking yard in northern california and he is a hoarder when it comes to early chevy parts.

What an awesome story - I love things like that! Wish I started on my C10 at 17 lol

Ok...back to page 1.. Lol
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[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Looking absolutely great!!!

Thanks VA!!

Originally Posted by gcburdic

Dang...is that a 6 lug wheel??..wonder how it would look on the Mistress??..Maybe I can come over and we can mount it up to see if it'll fit??

Haha it was six lug but ups already came to get it. Should said something sooner, it would've looked sweet on the mistress!!

Originally Posted by 502ms

What an awesome story - I love things like that! Wish I started on my C10 at 17 lol

Ok...back to page 1.. Lol
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It hasn't been easy but I've learned a lot. Thanks for checkin out the build Leon, hope you enjoyed the read
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[67cheby]

that rearend is KILLER !

[NewType72]

rear end looks amazing my friend and bummer on the wheels. as a machinist I run the other end of this scenario where we do all we can to ship it out on time demand is just too high most of the time and errors do occur unfortunately. Wish you the best in dealing with getting your wheel back

[raull]

that's a cool rear end !!!!!!

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

that rearend is KILLER !

Thanks Mike, I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Originally Posted by NewType72

rear end looks amazing my friend and bummer on the wheels. as a machinist I run the other end of this scenario where we do all we can to ship it out on time demand is just too high most of the time and errors do occur unfortunately. Wish you the best in dealing with getting your wheel back

Thank you sir, the lost wheel should be here anytime this week. As soon as it shows I'll get the tires mounted, they are already ordered and sitting at discount tire waiting on me. They are 255/40/20

Originally Posted by raull

that's a cool rear end !!!!!!

Thanks Raull, just got the third member casing powder coated and the rearend shop is waiting on a back ordered posi to complete everything. Should be fun when it's all said and done, it'll be a 3:25 posi

[Graham57a]

On another note, the old girl went to final paint today. After much waiting, I finally got everything tied up and dropped it off. I am going to make a couple of mods to the bed before I drop it off so it's at my dad's shop, everything else is ready to go. Local shop called Hawks Restorations is doing the work for me, really cool guy and I'm looking forward to see my truck painted. Also he's gonna lay four coats of clear so I can wet sand and polish it to look like a mirror

[Graham57a]

Last few. Hopefully it'll be done by the end of the month but I am going to California all of July so if not I'll get it in August. Either way I won't have too many updates for a while so hang tight guys.

[fastnotch89]

Will it be ready by the meet this weekend? haha Just kidding but great work

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by fastnotch89

Will it be ready by the meet this weekend? haha Just kidding but great work

I wish. I'll be there with my dads all original 1970 z28 rs camaro and 72 longbed survivor
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[Bhelton]

Just checked out your build, looks good!

[NewType72]

man that 72 is one hell of a survivor if that's all original especially over east

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by Bhelton

Just checked out your build, looks good!

Thanks Bhelton, it's been a rewarding process

Originally Posted by NewType72

man that 72 is one hell of a survivor if that's all original especially over east

Thanks man, it is all original. Some rust in the cab supports but that's about it, the paint is super nice for original paint. The old man who owned it took really good care of it
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[Graham57a]

Couple minor updates, the fourth wheel showed up today and it's at discount getting a tire. Also stepped up and bought these off the parts board to hopefully eliminate my brake rotors from hitting the lowers.
Question of the day. Should I get the new control arms powder coated black to match everything else or nickel plated?
I think nickel would look pretty sick considering the quality of Porterbuilt products
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[Graham57a]

Finally got front tires. Here's the front and rears side by side
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[lolife99]

Love those wheels^^^.

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Love those wheels^^^.

Thanks Keith!! I took your advice on tires, 285/40/22 rear 255/40/20 front. I think it's the perfect look. Discount tire told me 40s werent designed to carry the load of my truck even tho they dont know any specs on my truck so I had to go to a local nitto dealer and ended up saving 50 bucks!!
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[lolife99]

Originally Posted by Graham57a

Thanks Keith!! I took your advice on tires, 285/40/22 rear 255/40/20 front. I think it's the perfect look. Discount tire told me 40s werent designed to carry the load of my truck even tho they dont know any specs on my truck so I had to go to a local nitto dealer and ended up saving 50 bucks!!
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I agree.
The sidewall ratios looks very good, in my opinion,... and compliment each other.
Some would rather have a 35 series tire,... not me.
Intro should use your pics on their website.
Because Intro has terrible pics of these wheels on their website.

I think they are one of the best kept secrets in a "salt flat" designed wheel, on the market.
I'm surprised more don't run them.
And the satin center is so much better than a polished center.

I'd actually like to have them in a completely satin wheel.
Center and lip.

[CC69Rat]

Yes sir .. looks awesome buddy. I cant wait to see this truck finished.

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by CC69Rat

Yes sir .. looks awesome buddy. I cant wait to see this truck finished.

Thanks chad, your truck turned out great. I bet it's gonna be hard to see it go. Also forgot to mention I got these trick hide-a-valves on all four wheels
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