67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[67cheby]

thanks Superfly, hopefully my bodyman will let me come work on it a little more this week !!

[superflysteiny]

for sure cant wait to see it finished

[BP68]

Thanks for your comments over on my build thread. Amazing build you have going there. Looking forward to more pics.

[67cheby]

no problem... i love seeing all of these awesome trucks that are being brought back to life on this website, kind of makes you feel like you are a part of all these great builds !!

[67cheby]

got another present in the mail from OLDSKOOL today, geez im gonna have to put you on my christmas list, Thank you once again

[ksbrktracer]

Sounds like I need to send him my address , I f I had more parts I could start a build thread ..... I need a better paying job By the way you need to post more pics of progress .....!

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by ksbrktracer

Sounds like I need to send him my address , I f I had more parts I could start a build thread ..... I need a better paying job By the way you need to post more pics of progress .....!

Hhmmm..... I could always use a good friend too .

[67cheby]

no PROGRESS, to post pics of !!! painter has a couple insurance jobs he has been working on with, the holidays i havent been able to get him to let me come over and work in the last few day...... waiting very impatiently to get going, i was going to start building a fan shroud this week but my 16 inch electric fans are to big i need to sell them or trade them for 2 12 inch fans so i can build my fan shroud !!

[67cheby]

HEY..... YOU GUYS GO GET YOUR OWN FRIENDS AND LEAVE OLDSKOOL alone !!!

[ksbrktracer]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

HEY..... YOU GUYS GO GET YOUR OWN FRIENDS AND LEAVE OLDSKOOL alone !!!

HA HA

[67cheby]

i know you guys are probably tired of seeing pics of my inner fenders but..... FINALLY all of the metal work is done on the drivers inner fender

[my67chevytruck]

nice progress.

[67cheby]

here is the slight firewall modification to go with the inner fenders

[67cheby]

if you look to the right of the welded in piece you can see how far it come in compared to where the stock floor was , just a little over an inch

[72k5zl1]

looks good.

[67cheby]

thanks 72, kind of embarrassed for a guy of your metal working capabilities to be looking at them !!!

[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 ??

[tonypaul]

Your doing a great job on everything!!! I was wondering what are your plans for steering column and shifter? Just wanted to let you know about my experence- I was planning on mounting my brake booster like yours, right against the firewall. I have a aftermarket chrome steering column and column shifter. What happened on mine was right where the shifter rod hooks to the column- it would hit the bottom of the booster if tried to put it in park. The steering column has a adjustment that allows you to turn it down but then it mess's up the articulation (spelling?) so the trans wont shift down into low gear... If that makes any sense....

I had to end up using a shorter booster bracket of a Fiero to get it off the firewall just enough so the shifter would work. Just thought I would share you my experience incase you run into problems when ever you get to that point....

Keep up the great work!!!!

[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