Project Blue Goose

[djmachinist]

Man, Sweet truck, I just put my 69 GMC short fleet in the paint shop this morning.
The original color was 507 light Blue. The PO painted it 503 light green and it looks ok, but a cheap enamel paint job. I decided (with some light urging from Lolife99) to put back to the original color. and You just gave me the crossover Basecoat/clearcoat Deltron number...."DBU-15004", Thanks a lot.

I cant wait to see more updates of your truck!!

Dale

Check out my build.. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=388447

[67chevy1series]

were you at any progress

[nds1968]

No real progress has happened to the truck. I did purchased alot of parts. My life has been very busy since I started this project. I changed jobs, started night school, got married, and just purchased my first house last June so thats where all of my money and time is being spent. I've been thinking about just putting the truck back together.

[oldblue1968chevy]

Wow, im glad I live in the country! Thats a small yard! Heck yes, its gotta garage so you can work on your truck where its warm!

[67chevy1series]

ah hes offline i wonder if he moved since he had the truck before he had that silo type thing

[nds1968]

The yard is bigger than my last place. As for the garage in the house, it had a 4in. terracotta wall that separated the garage from the basement that I took down. The old dimensions of the inside of the garage was 9 1/2 ft wide by 19 ft long. I am going to build a new wall to separate the two and my garage will be 11-12 ft wide in locations by 24 ft long.

All of the other pics of garages are of my buddy's place, my uncle's place or my previous job (which is where I was doing all of the painting)

[67chevy1series]

is the truck still just a engine and cab and frame

[nds1968]

This is what the truck looks like right now but it is on the other side of the garage

The bed is completely finished but I do have a NOS tailgate to replace the repo one someday

My plans for the spring is to pull the cab off and put the rolling frame in my garage and start working on it.

[oldblue1968chevy]

gonna be a cool build glad to see another bluegoose lol

[nds1968]

Got my Porterbuilt boxes for the rear suspension Not sure what I want to do up front I originally was gonna run dropped coil springs and 2-1/2" Bell Tech spindles. But I would like to get the wheels centered so then there are only a few options.

1 - Mild Dropmember then you need to go with R@P, tubular A-arms, air bags and different spindles.
2 - Porterbuilt custom upper and lower tubular A-arms but you need to run air bags and different spindles.
3 - Hotckins lower A-arms and you can go either coil springs or airbags.

I am going to run 15" wheels so Nate said the Bell Tech spindles won't work because they are 2-1/2" drop.

[67chevy1series]

well i hope all goes to plan and you can keep the 15 steelies with original caps when its all sadi and done

[nds1968]

I cleaned the grease and New Mexico dirt from the SM420. I am gonna have it rebuilt

[nds1968]

Here are some pics of the PB parts and my toolbox I need to build a shed so I clean out the garage

[67chevy1series]

nice progress!! nice harley.

[nds1968]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

nice progress!! nice harley.

Thanks Rick, I haven't rode it much in the last few years. I've even entertained selling it to fund my truck but my Wife won't let me It's a 2004 Deuce, It's been fun and also trouble

[67chevy1series]

Originally Posted by nds1968

Thanks Rick, I haven't rode it much in the last few years. I've even entertained selling it to fund my truck but my Wife won't let me It's a 2004 Deuce, It's been fun and also trouble

haha i love harleys my dad used to have a 50 panhead back in his day but he sold it sucks... but i like a 67 pickup more i would sell the harley to fund the truck... those are just my 2 cents.

[nds1968]

THE INSTALLATION has begun I've been fighting rivets and bolts all afternoon

[nds1968]

I'm knocking out the rivets in the tranny crossmember and some misc. brackets and I'll bolt them back in after paint. It will also make it easy if I decide to go with an automatic.

I still have to cut the notch and take out the stock TA crossmember. Then a lot of drilling

[67chevy1series]

Originally Posted by nds1968

My cousin if real close to pulling the trigger on buying my Deuce

let him do it!! fund your 67

[nds1968]

Got more of THE INSTALLATION done today. I removed more rivets and drilled more holes than I could count I still have more to battle I'll try to get pics tomorrow.

[bosco200]

Dang the truck looks like its coming along good, the bed looks amazing!....I love that color by the way!

[oldblue1968chevy]

Dang this is gonna be a nicer bluegoose than mine

[67chevy1series]

haha
i never would have thought you would have gone this route! i like it keep it up

[nds1968]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

haha
i never would have thought you would have gone this route! i like it keep it up

Yeah this was not part of my original plan but Porterbuilt got the best of me

[nds1968]

I got the TA cross-member partially installed I have a few more rivets to take care of