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Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Carthage Texas
Posts: 175
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Re: 1967 step side build!
That's a sweet ride. Did you cut and fab the hood yourself?
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Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Carthage Texas
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Re: 1967 step side build!
After I got the cab on it was time for panel fitment. I just thought rust repair sucked. LOL I've read many post on poor aftermarket panels but I thought surely there not that bad. I was so wrong. My original driver fender had major cancer on the front bottom and rotted on the rear bottom. Original passenger fender had a previously bad repair making it not worth using. The factory hood was in good shape but I wanted a cowl induction instead. Radiator support was rotted at the bottom. Driver inner fender was totally rotted on the front side. So I bought new to replace them. The doors bolted on good and gapped decent which was a relief after all I had cut out and replaced. The driver fender to door gap was overlapping at the bottom. The problem is that the fender is almost a quarter inch to long at the bottom. Passenger fender wasn't to bad but the shape was way off. Radiator support was good. I did have to slot a couple holes.
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Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Carthage Texas
Posts: 175
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Re: 1967 step side build!
The biggest problem was the aftermarket hood. The fit was off everywhere. I tried and tried to make it work. I cut and welded the rear of the hood to get the cowl gap even and flush. The front had the wrong radius so it didn't match the fender slope. I tried cutting out the inner support to allow me room to pie cut and weld. I finally just give up on it. I'm sure someone can make it work but it just wasn't worth it for me. 68gold/white came thru and gave me not one but two original hoods. When I bolted the stock hood on it adjusted out in minutes. I'm using Eddie Motorsports hinges. I think I'm going to make someone a killer deal on aftermarket hood if somebody needs it.
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Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Carthage Texas
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Re: 1967 step side build!
Once I seen how good the factory hood fit it made me wonder about the original driver fender fit. So I swapped the aftermarket driver fender for the original. Bam almost perfect fit. The only problem was all the rust. I ended up cutting the new fender up for patch panels. It turned out good. I was committed to using the passenger fender since the old one was to far gone. It took a lot of sledge hammer and 2x4 work to get the shape close. I was pleasantly surprised how good the new driver inner fender fit. I was sure it was going to be junk but it wasn't.
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Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: portland oregon
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Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Carthage Texas
Posts: 175
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Re: 1967 step side build!
Well I haven’t been able to work in the shop for awhile. We got some life stuff going on. I’ll get back after it soon hopefully.
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Jennings, OK
Posts: 321
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Re: 1967 step side build!
That is more awesome work, thanks for sharing your progress, wish I could move half that speed to get mine even close to the stage you are at.
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Ark City, Kansas
Posts: 3,333
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Re: 1967 step side build!
I had an older friend from church, he had a 67 C10 LWB. He had owned it since 1970. The pickup was immaculate! It was the original 1967 medium blue color. Man that thing stood out in a crowd! I’m leaning that direction on my 67.
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