1972 Chevy p/u NewType Build

[NewType72]

Here's some pictures from the weekend at Rene's Ranch awesome event loved it
The crew cruising down to the event

Posted in the backyard with the boys

and the best quote I heard all weekend

and a overview of the event

[NewType72]

Also had some last minute upgrades involving the robbed OEM Trico wipers and the EM brake pedal and trim from the spare cab

[NewType72]

Alrighty men of men I'm looking for some solid advice I'm finally back on track finacially I'm grabbing up a set of new tools and have a 200$ Ford 9" rear end in sight will be picking it up next saturday supposedly it is the shorter (width wise) of the rear ends and supposedly there are some disc brake axle setups that can fit my Chevy 5 x 5 bolt pattern is there any truth to this?? If not I can spend the extra but it would be sweet if it was ready to roll. Now what am I looking into for swapping from my 12 bolt to the ford 9" I know I'll need to re weld some new saddles to position it correctly and this is where the rest of this new setup requires further planning soooooo....

I plan on also salvaging a nice shell of 700r4 from the local junkyard gutting all the old innards and having all brand new high end innards installed by my family's long time tranny guy he's a solid mechanic so I guess the question is...

I'm sticking with a SB 350 for present and future (possibly ZZ4 next spring) I need to know what year 700r I am looking for in particular so that everything can mesh smoothly together this truck will be completely a daily driver and potentially a long haul runner so what else could I be running into? with linkages gear selection tubular crossmember for tranny driveline???

thanks in advance for any advice or directions to go

[NewType72]

Any suggestions?

[67chevy1series]

what did you use to polish the wiper arms??

[NewType72]

not sure what kind of product my in-house polisher used probably ran a clay bar on a buffing wheel, roughed it then, used a soft buffing wheel to shine it up

[67chevy1series]

oh ok i would like to shine mine up a bit.

[NewType72]

definitely take the time and put some hard elbow grease into em and they'll be blindingly shiny trust me. I'll see if I can find out what he used and I'll let you know. Good seein ya at the show didn't get to speak in person but I saw Del admiring your truck

[67chevy1series]

yeah i wished i could have met everybody in person and it was good to at least see the truck behind the cameras.... you havent said anything so i guess that means i wiped the drool off your truck good enough lol, awesoem truck though. looks really good, the pictures dont do it justice.
i was suprised somebody like del was actually checking out my 100 footer lol

[NewType72]

I was wondering how the faucet behind my truck got my hood wet
and thank you it's alot of hard work to get it here I'm sure you know what Im talking about after I looked through your build the ole 67 is comin together really well man and hell I'm sure he saw your Sancho's Pool Service idea the ideas are swirling constantly for him

[67chevy1series]

hahaha yeah mysterious things happen at Rene's.... haha. I would like to put a door logo on the 67 but what to put i dont know and the fact that im going to paint it sometime soon doesnt help! dont want to waste the logo just to sand it off in a month or 2

[NewType72]

complete truth there well all the more time to research a design for it now put in a little bit of Tootsie's amazing door logo and Sancho's heritage and viola a door logo you'll have

[67chevy1series]

the equal of those 2 combos whatever it may be is probably killer! ive got 2 or 3 ideas already, but still looking for more, hopefully i can combine all my ideas into one awesome logo.

[NewType72]

throw me a pm on how you'd like to do it maybe I can sketch it out or bounce some ideas back at ya

[longbed67]

Originally Posted by NewType72

Alrighty men of men I'm looking for some solid advice I'm finally back on track finacially I'm grabbing up a set of new tools and have a 200$ Ford 9" rear end in sight will be picking it up next saturday supposedly it is the shorter (width wise) of the rear ends and supposedly there are some disc brake axle setups that can fit my Chevy 5 x 5 bolt pattern is there any truth to this?? If not I can spend the extra but it would be sweet if it was ready to roll. Now what am I looking into for swapping from my 12 bolt to the ford 9" I know I'll need to re weld some new saddles to position it correctly and this is where the rest of this new setup requires further planning soooooo....

I plan on also salvaging a nice shell of 700r4 from the local junkyard gutting all the old innards and having all brand new high end innards installed by my family's long time tranny guy he's a solid mechanic so I guess the question is...

I'm sticking with a SB 350 for present and future (possibly ZZ4 next spring) I need to know what year 700r I am looking for in particular so that everything can mesh smoothly together this truck will be completely a daily driver and potentially a long haul runner so what else could I be running into? with linkages gear selection tubular crossmember for tranny driveline???

thanks in advance for any advice or directions to go

Not sure about the tranny and engine setup, but they do make a disc brake kit for the 9" that will fit the 5x5.I dont remember who made it but I know it is was still made as of 6 months ago, as I was looking at one for a customer in Alabama. I will see if I can track it down.

[NewType72]

In the final of this truck I'll be Looking at a 350 HP 350 SBC with that overdrive 700r4 supposedly they can stillage around 15-17 mpg's with the right gearing. And rumor On the rear end I'm looking at is that it's already disc brake.
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[NewType72]

So Would I be going backwards trying to slap a powertrax and taller gearing into my old 12 bolt? I'm still going to have to do a big brake disc conversion later on but I plan on at least 18" custom wheels in the future so I'll have to wait on that till after the wheels

With the ford 9" I was liking the idea of already getting disc along with posi and not sure of the gearing this 3rd member has yet but to be announced

[NewType72]

Leaning towards the 12 bolt staying put and installing some brand of posi and keeping her a 3:73 for gearing as well as doing some base model disc brakes for the time being (I wouldn't be doing them unless my rear drums were wore out and they are so in discs go)

also will for sure be doing the 700r4 and I am looking at this product just posted has anybody ever used this? I'm imagining this crossmember looking like a sway bar for a tranny mount

http://bowlertransmissions.com/p/97/...r4-crossmember

[67chevy1series]

let me know which brand you go with for a posi. i want a posi with 3:73 gears for my 67

[NewType72]

Most likey eaton price is about half of a brute and the brute is overkill for what I'm looking for.
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[nlped]

I have an Auburn Posi, with 3.42's and the McGaughy 13" Big Brake kit that I had under my '76 Blazer that worked great. I've now put it under my '70 GMC trailing arm truck...I can say that the Auburn has been great for pulling the boat out of the water on a wet ramp, and grunting up a few wet hills here and there. And the price was really competitive.

[NewType72]

I'll look into auburn then good to hear of new brands to look at though thanks for the input
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[nlped]

Auburn's have been around a long time. The mustang crowd has been using them for 25+ yrs with great success.

[NewType72]

I'm already going Richmond gear replacement anyway so I found this package with a posi will probably have to pick up a few parts to finish this package off BUUUUUTT it would all match and mesh with eachother perfectly or it should

http://www.ronsmachiningservice.com/...HEVY-12/Detail

[NewType72]

Starting the rear end rebuild fund on my truck already have about 350$ for sure saved