67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[my67chevytruck]

nothing to be embarrassed about. looks good.... keep at it!

[superflysteiny]

I agree. One thing that is great about metal is you can weld it remove it add it take it away until you get what you want. Then you a nice skim coat of body filler and you are finished.

[67cheby]

i cant wait to get a coat of bondo on them and smooth them out super slick !!! i am pretty pumped about this progress if you cant tell . LOL

[superflysteiny]

you should be pumped you worked your butt off on this truck. Congrats

[67cheby]

thanks appreciated, have they started the body work on your wifes truck ??

[watahyahknow]

i wonder if theres room to either pull the whole columb intoo the cab or down a little more to have the linkage clear the booster

if you have enough room between pedal and booster another option might be to mount the booster behind the firewall and the master cylinder in front wedging the firewall between them

another thing that might work is operate the booster mc setup remotely with a hydraulic clutch setup , then you can mount the lot somewhere else instead of against the firewall and only have a single cylinder and one hydraulic line against the firewall .
i dont know wat the law saying about it since if the clutch cylinder fails youre without brakes alltogether , a master cylinder has two seperate circuits

[kev2809]

sick progress bro..ur truck is gonna be killer when u get it done!
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[67cheby]

i will have to mock this up again and check it out

[es67chevy]

Looks good, Mike. Can't wait to see the fenders all smooth either! Oh, and I know all about getting pushed aside for insurance work. But it's definitely understood that insurance work is their bread and butter!! Looking forward to more progress.

[67cheby]

well, a little bored at work this morning so i took my new 140 amp alt apart , so i can try my hand at smoothing one out

[67chevy1series]

nice work 67cheby

[eagleuh1]

Looks good so far. Even the greats had to start at the beginning. And yeh, grinders, cutting wheels, hammers and body filler can work miracles. Wish I could bring parts to work.

[67chevy1series]

just went through the hole build nice job on customizing the seats and the score on the 67 air cleaner

[kev2809]

hey, just a heads up, be careful when you paint it. i tried painting my aluminum intake and paint would not stick to it. finally i bought some etching mag cleaner, cleaned it about 5 times with it, then the paint stuck very good. i totally forgot about this when i tried painting my alternator...the paint just flaked right off. i got pissed and put it together anyways, but i plan on taking it apart and cleaning it just like i did the intake and re shooting it.

[mcbassin]

This is an Awesome project! I wish I had found it earlier in the build. You sure have came a long way from where you started. Gonna be so slick!

[watahyahknow]

theres a special etching primer for aluminium its a clearish mustard yelow (in the days i used it ) and you only aply a mist of it on the aluminium before painting , it does help to have the cast aluminium clean enough to eat off as its verry porious (lots of microscopic holes and cravises that hold dirt)

[67cheby]

thanks guys for all of the compliments, and tips on the aluminum all input is appreciated

[67cheby]

well here is last nights progress , when i got to the shop my builder said " i want you to work on those front frame horns" i said Mark i am just going to leave those spots alone... Mark says " you can either do it tonight or i will do it tomorrow , either way its getting done !! " so here is what i did, and now i am glad i did it

[72k5zl1]

looks factory! good call

[67cheby]

thanks, i was pretty pumped after i got it done, or well not done yet still got to weld it up , but i think it will look pretty slick !!

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

thanks, i was pretty pumped after i got it done, or well not done yet still got to weld it up , but i think it will look pretty slick !!

I did do the top lip of the rail on the pass side & thought about removing the 'pads' for the steering box but ultimately left them.

For the lip, I simply made some relief cuts, straightened the steel (cresent wrench + a hammer/dolly), welded things back up, & then trimmed the rail slightly to have a better transition fore/aft of the area. I did remove the pads for the idler arm as they interfered w/my reinforcment plates I made for the R&P c-notches.

[67cheby]

i thought about trying that but i didnt know if it would turn out right , i should have asked on here first !!

[VA72C10]

It's the little details that make the difference!!!

[superflysteiny]

looks great

[mcbassin]

I like the mod on the front of the frame too. It's going to look like it came that way when you get it welded and smoothed out. Nice!