1978 GMC Build!

[budget78gmc]

Well Sharkbite. There will be more pictures coming, The wheels are at least a couple of weeks from being done and ready. But more pictures on the way. Got rearend in the truck, just have to buy new u-bolts considering i cut the old ones off. Pictures coming soon.

[budget78gmc]

Alright got the flip done.

[JRANGER]

looks awesome!

[budget78gmc]

thanks, the wheels in the back are only 6 inch wide so it looks a little funny.soon to get wider ones

[budget78gmc]

Here is a before and after

[JRANGER]

SO here is my question....DO you think it will still maintain the same hailing capacity with the lower stance? Thats what worries me when i think about lowering my truck

[budget78gmc]

Jranger, No it will not be able haul anything. If i did a airbag over leaf option i could haul what ever i want, but as it is it is almost on the bump stops. So if you want to be able to haul i would do less of a drop. Mine dropped almost 8 inches because i have the 8 spring leafs in mine. shackles and hangers will get you around a 4 inch drop in the rear. I did 2.5 inch drop spindles and cut 1.5 coils from stock springs in front and bought new spring perches for my flip in the rear.

[budget78gmc]

But it will now hug the road in the turns.

[JRANGER]

haha got ya

[77ChevySharkBite]

the truck looks awesome!!!!

I'm inspired now, haha it looks awesome makes me more anxious to get mine dropped!

[JRANGER]

So let me double check what you did...3 in spindles and 3 in drop spring = 6" and rear you did 8" so aa 6/8 drop? I might do like a 2/4

[budget78gmc]

2.5 spindles, Cut 1.5 from springs=roughly 3.5 inches. so yes 6 in front and around 8 in back. You could buy 2.5 spindles for around $220-$250, Then get drop hangers and shackles for your 4 inch drop in back. It would cost a little more then mine, but you could still haul.

[77ChevySharkBite]

nice nice, yeah I'm planning to do a flip kit in the rear, and then switch out the shocks but in the front I have to get drop shocks, because I'm going to switch out the springs and put lowering springs on mine, I'm trying to get a 3/5 outta mine.

[budget78gmc]

Well replacing the rear brake lines and bleeding everything hope to drive soon.

[JRANGER]

sweet

[77ChevySharkBite]

nice very nice!! no update on mine just in the process of saving lol

[budget78gmc]

I here ya on saving, it has taken me 3 weeks to save up to fix all the broken brake lines that i broke doing the flip. Everything was rusted together.

[77ChevySharkBite]

Well I ended up getting some work done, well my buddy did it for me but since my truck didn't come with a Tach I went, and bought one so I finally have a Tach gauge, I'll try to get some pictures of it for you guys later in the week or something. Now its just time to start saving and start replacing very minor things, and maybe start kicking away at body work and start sanding down the truck.

[JRANGER]

haha yeah buddy...Once I get done with the workshop im building off goes the bed of the truck so i can get back to patching the cab corners....ahhh what a task that will be

[77ChevySharkBite]

Yeah and I still need to get my garage cleaned out so that I can just store the truck inside and then since it's starting to get cooler here in Texas just open the garage door get some fans and just hack at body work all day long, work on my days off got to love the fact that you have a 5 day job and then you have a project so you end up working 7 days because you tinker with your truck what a life lol but it's all about what the final product that keeps us all going.

[JRANGER]

the good thing is you enjoy that second job! lol

[77ChevySharkBite]

Yeah its get frustrating and everything but hey it's part of it, and I also have to remember some of the best trucks out there weren't built overnight they took time and money, lots of money lol

[budget78gmc]

True True. Still wish I had that awesome money tree growing in the back yard.

[77ChevySharkBite]

Haha! You and me both or a generous amount of money would be donated that would be fine with me too. I think though yeah its a struggle to save and have to just look at a truck that has little things done to it, though there is HUGE plans for it, the way I see it is it'll make that final product so much more worth it, because you can drive it and enjoy it the way that it is before you have a totally different truck.

[budget78gmc]

So not much new, having to save to get it tagged so i can drive this beast before winter. So many thoughts running in my head with what i want to do, what i need to do, and what i should be doing.