Project: Old Timer...

[jwalk]

Well I think it's about time I start a thread on my latest project... I've had this '68 for eleven years now and I'm finally serious about working on it. I got this truck from my grandpa-it belonged to his father who bought it new. (The truck was originally a long step side.) When I got the truck I had full intentions on making it a short wide. So what did I do at 16? I took a running and driving truck completely apart and got rid of everything except the cab and front clip. The frame and bed went to my grandpa's farm.
I found a short bed frame and a short fleet bed and set the cab and front clip on it. Thats how it's sat for the last nine or so years while I've worked and played with other trucks. Now, with my grandpa not getting any younger I want to at least show him that this truck is not going to waste. I've got big plans for this truck; maybe too big of plans. I'm probably dreaming on how I want this truck to be, but I plan on it taking me quite a while to accomplish.
Within this last year I decided to make the truck look like it did when my great-grandpa had it-but with my sense of style-so I went and got the frame and long bed from my grandpa's. I plan on cutting everything down to a short bed, so it'll be a short step side, painted and kind of orignal looking, layed out on 20 and 22 inch Twista Vistas (I hope I can do this with a stepside), fuel injected (maybe some kinda forced induction) LSx, tremec five speed, 14" wilwoods....and a lot of Porterbuilt goodness!

Pictures coming soon.... I promise!

[jwalk]

I don't have any pictures of the truck when I first got it. Maybe I can find something at my grandpas. This is what it looked like when I just now started working on it. First I started getting everything off the frame (saving the short frame for my current driver.)

[jwalk]

I drug home the frame and bed and started getting everything cleaned up.








I got the framed stripped and ready to move in the shop.

[jwalk]

I started cutting the frame down and removing more cross members and adding braces.

[jwalk]

Got the frame cut down to a short wheel base. Still need to grind and weld some kind of plate to the inside of the frame.

[jwalk]

Ground down the welds and added these....

[DRTYRAT30]

Looks good man. Thats a clean cab also. Have fun with it...

[Hart_Rod]

Glad to see the PB stuff going to such a good cause, .

R/

[jwalk]

Thanks guys! Ones just not enough! Just kidding... I don't know what I'm thinking.
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[scotts62]

Well go ahead and start on the third one and ill pick it up asap

[jwalk]

I think the third will be the Buick. Since my wife won't let me get rid of it. I'd like to see you try and take it from her! She loves it like a fat kid loves cake!
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[scotts62]

On bags would be sweet too!!

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[FnLow69]

looks sweet dude!

[jwalk]

Thanks man!
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[scotts62]

Not out there working on it?????

[jwalk]

O I will be trust me! Just waiting for the days to be longer. So I can make time.
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[ky_savage]

Subscribed!! Great work so far.

[jwalk]

A little bit done this weekend. Got the rack notches welded in and the front dropmember bolted in (just loose).

[scotts62]

[jasonhall]

Any pointers on those rack notches?

[jwalk]

I marked the center of the notches. Then measured the 4.25 from the center of the forward crossmember mounting hole. Then the 2.5 down and just held the notch up to the frame. I outlined them and marked the bottom edge of each notch. Then ran a straight edge from one side to the other and marked the front and back of each notch. Then cut them out. I used a piece of square tubing and clamped the notches to it so they'll be straight with each other (look at my other project second time around). I hope that made since to you....
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[soala70]

like the progress gonna hook on to see it completed

[jasonhall]

Makes sence.. Looking at your progress helps me wanna get going on the front of mine..

[jwalk]

Got a little bit done today or should I say yesterday. Pressed in the lower ball joints (a lot easier than the last ones I did.) Put the a-arms, bags, and spindles on. I need to buy a rack and some conversion axles. I think I'm going to buy some rotors for now, so I can get it rolling tell I can afford big brakes (if I'm still going that route?) Got a few other things put on (see if you notice...)


I cut the rear brace out and I needed something else to go back in there... so I had this tranny crossmember that I won't be using. I cut the trans mount off and smoothed it up and it worked perfect!