67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[67cheby]

if i hadnt ever heard of Porterbuilt i would have been driving this by now

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

thanks greatly appreciated from a builder of your caliber.... my biggest problem is i have " Crown special reserve taste on a Keystone light budget " i want to build a truck worthy of rolling with the big dogs..... but oh well some day i can add the Billet wheels and big motor !!

I know how you feel on the budget. When I was single and before I changed careers to something I could do the rest of my life I had more money than I knew what to do with and all the time I wanted to work on my toys. Now I have a career using my brain instead of brawn and have a great wife & two wonderful daughters but the trade off is I have no money, time or facilities to work in. I still have the taste for the high end toys and the desire to build them but just can't get there from here.

Just because you don't have $10k wheels on your truck or a cutting edge technology drivetrain doesn't diminish the quality of your work or the thought, blood, sweat and tears you put into your truck. You have been doing great work and are on your way to a fantastic truck. Keep up the good work.

[67cheby]

thank you

[spike38]

Your truck is going to be a killer man!
There is some things I won't do in this part of my build,
That will have to wait until (phase II)
Lets face it, Your truck will be an ongoing project,
Even after you get it on the road.
For me, It's a matter of,
-What needs to be done now,
-What I can afford now
-What can be done later
-And what will have to wait until I can afford it.

But all in all, Your truck is coming along great,
And you do fantastic work.

Spike

[67cheby]

all great points..... i guess it will leave me something to look forward to in "Phase 2" billet wheels and a 6.0 or by then who know's Maybe "powered by Lithium ion batteries with a Super Conductor " just kidding

[superflysteiny]

68tt could not agree more. I am in the same position two great kids and a great wife. Made alot more money when I was younger than I am now, but my life is so much better with my family and less money. And as far as building goes suspension, wheels paint none of it matters as long as the car and truck you are building is what you like.

[rockb1]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

a little more welding progress, thanks Brian, my 2 cents for anyone looking if you are buying one of the notches save yourself a lot of time and headache and buy the pre welded one !!

Where do you buy the pre welded ones

[67cheby]

porterbuilt, will sell a completely welded one if i remember right it was around $275, trust me after all of the welding grinding and fitting it all together, you will save a lot of time and headache

[watahyahknow]

he does make verry whell fitting stuff

[67cheby]

Yesterday my body man Mark Alexander(he is in one of the pics sweeping) from NEX-Hotrods, did my passenger side door gap (looks great) not 3/16 but very nice !! i went out sanded both doors down to bare metal and cleaned the rain gutter completley out (not one speck of rust in the rain gutter, that made me quite happy !! all in all a great productive night,(pretty awesome that he lets me come work on it to save me a little money,not many people let you do that ) i only found 2 little rust pinholes in the bottom corner of my drivers door, anyway heres the pics, man bare metal looks sweet !!

[VA72C10]

Looks good. Have you seen the cleared blazer FS on ebay right now...maybe you should just clear the bare metal

[67cheby]

im going to check out that blazer sounds cool

[LEEVON]

Oooooooooooooooh Yeaaaaaaaaah

[67cheby]

Lmao !!!

[my67chevytruck]

Nice Progress....

[superflysteiny]

looks good

[67cheby]

last nights progress, removed the motor and trans from the frame , hopefully for the last time !!! when it goes back in the frame it should be done !! anyway more progress next week will finish stripping and work on the firewall

[nastyc10]

Man I know thats alot of work. You're doing good!

[rockb1]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

porterbuilt, will sell a completely welded one if i remember right it was around $275, trust me after all of the welding grinding and fitting it all together, you will save a lot of time and headache

Do they have a website?

[67cheby]

www.porterbuiltstreetrods.com, i think, i checked it that is correct

[kev2809]

i bought the welded up version on my truck. just drop it on, center it, and weld it up.
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[67cheby]

i spent alot more than the welded version would have cost me having my fab shop weld it up, and i think my guys are pretty cheap they are 40 an hour!! i prob had double in it compared to what i could have bought one for !! but i thought it would just take them an hour or two , so learn from my experience and even if you weld yourself i dont think your time that you would spend doing it is worth it.... oh and one more thing i thought i would save money putting my own back half together , it prob would have been 1000 dollars cheaper (parts&labor) to buy the porterbuilt rear half and do it all myself !!!

[jmedero]

Hind sight sucks sometimes. I got the rear dropmember weld in version. Figured I'll just do it my self right.... Welder crapped out first 15 min on it. It was an old welder but my truck is still in pieces. BOLT IN RULES!!'
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[67cheby]

oh well , i guess we live and learn...its just freakin expensive to learn this way !!

[lowdownstar]

i feel your pain! my wallet is running really low from all the learning i've been doing myself.... Your doing a great job and don't lose the faith, we will be driving these bad boys someday!


Ray