67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[babyblueoval]

OH GREAT!!!!

Now I'm a "Bromance"??

What am I gonna tell my wife???

[67cheby]

ssshhhhhhhh!! dont say that out loud!!!!!!!

[67cheby]

a little progress that has nothing to do with my inner fenders..LOL, got a new long neck polished water pump, i will satin finish it before it goes on ...gonna make me cringe a little when i do that !

[67c10rustbuket]

Very nice wp . that would hurt a little to remove the shine but I dig the no shine look under the hood. build it hot and paint it stock !

[67cheby]

LOL...thank you , i have a March pulley system all powder coated black and will be running factory style air cleaner and valve cover....for that "STOCK" look

[VA72C10]

satin is in

Unless it's chrome I don't like polished under the hood. It's never a mirror polish so it always looks dirty/scratched to me anyways...

And chrome only used sparingly...

...now billet specialties items....those look nice polished.....but are $$$$$$$$$$

[67cheby]

i agree !!

[my4by2]

Build looks amazing so far man!!! I live down in the Hot Springs area - hope I get to see this thing in person some day once it's all done!!! Keep the pics a comin'!

[67cheby]

Thanks...it has pracitcally came to a stop for the moment , concentrating on getting the front inners into production, hopefully as soon as that is handled it will generate the extra money to get this completed..my goal is by the end of the year !!

[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

a little progress that has nothing to do with my inner fenders..LOL, got a new long neck polished water pump, i will satin finish it before it goes on ...gonna make me cringe a little when i do that !

Even better- paint it the color of the block!

[67cheby]

well the block is going to end up silver so i thought it might look cool to contrast it a little with satin finished aluminum !! my March pulley set up is powdercoated black

[VA72C10]

what color are you going to do your alternator in?

[67cheby]

same silver as motor, its a 140 amp alt i smoothed up a little

[VA72C10]

hmmm...then i might recommend the same for the pump then. It's smooth so it'll look really good painted. And will not stick out but blend nicely and then the black/silver contrast will be nice and sharp with no other colors involved.....just my humble opinion

[67cheby]

well here is a little progress....the fun part since my inner fenders are just "PLUGS" now we can shape them with TONS..of bondo and it doesnt matter they are just plugs for molds now !! anyway they are coming out super smooth and nice

[lolife99]

Nice work!!!

[67cheby]

thanks i was pretty pumped when i got to the shop last night and they had been doing body work , monday night i braced that fender and last night i braced the pass side fender hopefully some more bodywork gets done today .....we will see tonight

[superflysteiny]

looks good cant wait to see the finished product.

[67cheby]

thank you .... i got pretty excited for the first time in a while last night ...finally looks like i am getting somewhere !!

[68 TT]

Great to see some progress and to hear you are getting excited in the project again.

I know I have lost motivation on mine quite a few times. It might be a little easier to stay focused if I didn't have five project vehicles going all at the same time.

[67cheby]

yes....5 is ALOT of projects to stay focused !! over the last 8 years when i get fustrated i just step back for a little bit cool off and start again later !! hopefully the inner fender production will lead to money to finish this....i guess we will see !!

[VA72C10]

Hope these do provide you with the funds needed to finish up your truck. I know you've been working hard on them and deserve a break to get your truck finished!!!

[67cheby]

thank you ...i hope it does too, i probably have $4000 time and money in these things..maybe it will payoff

[mcbassin]

Nice work on the inner fender blanks. It looks like a real cool design. I think you will get some $$ back out of the deal. Nice!

[67cheby]

thanks man