Just bought a project 67

[Pl4yboy]

What are your plans for the bed? Anything special? Shaving the markers? Keeping the stock tail lights? Roll pan or bumper? I always thought that on the steppers, the lights in a roll pan looked better. Looking great so far! Keep us updated.

[XTRMRCR]

Sorry if I missed it, but what size wheels and tires are you running and what is the back spacing. The truck looks great.

[panhandler62]

I think your rear discs might drag a bit with a standard disc/drum proportioning valve.

[whatnow123]

Originally Posted by panhandler62

I think your rear discs might drag a bit with a standard disc/drum proportioning valve.

Yep, I have heard of that happening, I'll find out for sure in a couple of weeks. Currently it "releases" and rolls just fine, but it's not real world stuff as I have driven it a total of 1.2 miles (well thats what to odometer says anyway.

Originally Posted by XTRMRCR

Sorry if I missed it, but what size wheels and tires are you running and what is the back spacing. The truck looks great.

The rears are 17x10, 4.5 BS with 285x60x17 tires and the narrow 12 bolt rear. The fronts are 17x8 with 4.5 bs and 275x50s17.

Originally Posted by Pl4yboy

What are your plans for the bed? Anything special? Shaving the markers? Keeping the stock tail lights? Roll pan or bumper? I always thought that on the steppers, the lights in a roll pan looked better. Looking great so far! Keep us updated.

Yep, shaving the markers, keeping the tail lights and adding a roll pan. I don't think I have the skill set or like a set of lights enough to install them into the roll pan.. currently anyway.

[Trey`]

Truck looks great , nice wheel choice, what did you do with the smoothies that came on it?

[heavy71chevy]

very nice start...gotta love those dessert trucks

[whatnow123]

Just an update. Finally got all the bodywork done on the bed and shot the paint. I can't believe it's finally going together. I'm happy that there is very little sanding in my future as I'm tired of rubbing on this thing. I have new cowl hood and new tailgate, hopefully they will need very little as far as bodywork goes. I now know exactly how decieving "just needs paint" is when you see an add for a car. This has got to be the most time consuming and unrewarding aspect of "restoring" a vehicle, but worth it in the end.

Here's the pics....

[BigSky71]

Originally Posted by whatnow123

This has got to be the most time consuming and unrewarding aspect of "restoring" a vehical, but worth it in the end.

Unrewarding?! But your truck looks awesome with its new paint, come on, that's totally rewarding! It will also be very cool when someone asks you who painted your truck and you get to say "I did" .

[6chevy9]

im liking the color
nice work man!

[chrislehr]

Great looking truck - how did you "reinforce" the seat mounts? Im REALLY liking those!

[whatnow123]

Hey Everyone!

Just an update, I finally tore into the motor to install the edelbrock aluminum heads (2.02 valves, 64cc chambers) I bought off board member boraxman. Never spoke to the guy, seems really cool and shipped them when he said he would. I've been sitting on them for a few months as I wasn't ready to install them yet. Anyway, when I was pulling off the old heads (I was freaking out a little bit doing this as I bought the truck unrunning and full of grime) and I as suspected the short block as been rebuilt which was a huge relief. I figured it was with the compression being dead on for each cylinder, great oil pressure and ran very strong. It's a .60 over 350 4 bolt main with flat top pistons. The cylinder walls were perfect with zero ridge and all the hone still clearly visible, so the good news is it's very low mileage, the bad is that it's .60 over and on it's last rebuild.

Anyway, pulled it down to a short block, it cleaned up great and the paint was still good from the rebuild. Not sure why anyone would install leaky valve covers on a new block as it was covered in oil grime. Installed the heads, put a new damper in there (the old one was wobbling really bad and the rubber was coming out so I was afraid to drive it far if it let loose). Installed a Lunatii Voodoo cam, roller rockers, ceramic coated headers (which I discolored on start up do the the timing being off duh!) and the stainless magnaflow X kit (buy the way, the tail pipes won't fit on the passenger side if you have a super track bar). After I broke in the cam and got it timed right, all I can say is Wholly Sh-t! It was quick before with the 1.94 76cc heads and whatever cam it had, but now there is no comparison. I know that some have said that the shift from first to second is fairly wide for a 700r, but it rips the tires through second as well and is completely squirly. I was almost out of gas so I filled the tank thinking that the extra weight over the rear would help it hook up, all that did was make the black marks on the street darker. I still have the wood and tailgate to install, so maybe that will help.

I also installed the one piece window kit (with triangles). Great kit! The windows don't rattle at all and are smooth as silk rolling up and down. I highly recommend!

Wasn't sure about what to do for mirrors, I bought some 3rd gen camaro mirrors that I was going to install, but wasn't sure I could fabricate the mounting surface to match the door and not have the mirror to far down. When I was at the auto parts store, I found some $25 "sport mirrors" and thought I could make those work. Did a couple of test fits, shot some paint and low and behold, I they look pretty cool. are completely functional and cover up the triangle for the windows. Turned out way better than I thought they would.

Going to include a photo of the underside of the cowl hood I painted today. I'm going to paint the top tomorrow and install, then I will be completely comfortable actually driving the thing around!

Anyway, sorry for the long post, here are the photos!

[whatnow123]

and the hood.

[Hart_Rod]

Missed this thread somehow. Great looking truck! Love the color. What kit did you order for the exhaust? Can't wait to see pictures of it completely installed.

[BigSky71]

Originally Posted by whatnow123

Hey Everyone!

After I broke in the cam and got it timed right, all I can say is Wholly Sh-t! It was quick before with the 1.94 76cc heads and whatever cam it had, but now there is no comparison.

Good to hear you like the new heads and cam. I have been wanting to order a set of aluminum heads and roller cam setup. Are your heads the Edelbrock RPMs or the non-RPMs?

So what do you think you are at for hp? I have read those Voodoo cams are really nice. How rough is the idle?

Keep up the great work!

[whatnow123]

Originally Posted by chrislehr

Great looking truck - how did you "reinforce" the seat mounts? Im REALLY liking those!

I put some steel plates on the underside of the cab where the rear of the seat bolts down.

Originally Posted by Hart_Rod

Missed this thread somehow. Great looking truck! Love the color. What kit did you order for the exhaust? Can't wait to see pictures of it completely installed.

It's the Magnaflow thru X kit for our trucks. It's a well made kit but I don't like how the exhaust exits out the rear on a stepside. Not to mention, it doesn't exatly bolt in do to the way the front angles towards the collector and it didn't clear the non stock pan-hard bar for the over the axle peices. You are going to have to cut it and weld it for a shortbed truck since it's made for non-lowered long bed. I took a gamble but fortunately, I got a great deal on it so I'm still happy, plus it sounds great!

Originally Posted by BigSky71

Good to hear you like the new heads and cam. I have been wanting to order a set of aluminum heads and roller cam setup. Are your heads the Edelbrock RPMs or the non-RPMs?

So what do you think you are at for hp? I have read those Voodoo cams are really nice. How rough is the idle?

Keep up the great work!

I have no idea what the HP is and the idle is awesome, it's got a little lop to it, but it doesn't shake the car. The heads are the RPM 60899, they were new and never installed. It's the same heads that are used in the "Edelbrock top end power package" that is over 400hp when bolted to a 350 short block with 9.5:1 compression. Billa did a desktop dyno on a similar combo that pulled 413hp and 437tq, so I'm sure it's in the neighborhood. Not to mention my 60+ year old neighbor (who is a car guy and building a 32 coupe) came over checking on my progress like he usually does, I took him for a ride and he was awfully pale when I dropped him off.

[tdave00]

I like the mirrors. They fit well. Care to share any details about them? Brand/Part#/Store purchased from??

Very nice looking truck.

[jay-dawg]

sweet!

[whatnow123]

Originally Posted by tdave00

I like the mirrors. They fit well. Care to share any details about them? Brand/Part#/Store purchased from??

Very nice looking truck.

I got them at Pep Boys. No idea on brand or part number. Sorry.

[Richard8971]

Beautiful looking truck, I love the color. Curious, is your '67 with the optional big rear window or do you think the cab at one time been replaced? I'm only asking cause I know the big rear window was an option in '67 but never really knew how many actually came with it. Keep up the good work!

Don

[whatnow123]

Originally Posted by Richard8971

Beautiful looking truck, I love the color. Curious, is your '67 with the optional big rear window or do you think the cab at one time been replaced? I'm only asking cause I know the big rear window was an option in '67 but never really knew how many actually came with it. Keep up the good work!

Don

Hey Richard,

Thanks! Wish your build thread would have been started a little earlier, all kinds of tips in there I could have used!

My truck is 67 throughout. The only option it had was the big rear window.

BTW, I got my tweed for the door panels, any install tips to make it conform to the panels?

[Richard8971]

Originally Posted by whatnow123

Hey Richard,

Thanks! Wish your build thread would have been started a little earlier, all kinds of tips in there I could have used!

My truck is 67 throughout. The only option it had was the big rear window.

BTW, I got my tweed for the door panels, any install tips to make it conform to the panels?

Tweed will stretch and conform quite nicely. I would say at least make sure its warm when you do it and be sure to wrap the tweed around the back to make sure it sticks. As you press the tweed into place it will stretch and stick due to the contact cement you sprayed. It wont take long to get an idea how much that stuff can stretch. I would also say lay the tweed down loosely but tight enough to get out any wrinkles and then place the door panel on the tweed, not the other way around. It's easier to hold a solid door than a big piece of floppy tweed. Let me know how it goes.

Don

[Couch]

love the truck man. nice job throughout. what color did you go with? i like it

[sleric77]

man your truck is looking good.

[kyull67]

Looks Awesome! What kind of wood are you going to use for the bed?

[duane67c-10]

Sweet Truck!! Love The Color!