68 chevy

[ctpchevy]

some pics of the 68 chevy i have been building

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more pics

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[Bishops Trucks]

Very nice, I like the color combo.

[ctpchevy]

i guess it didnt let me post these pics ill try again

[ctpchevy]

try this again lol i guess i should give a lil history on the truck too me and my dad bought it to do a quick build and sell it hahhaha yea that didnt happen but it started off as a long bed i shortened it down di the air ride built a 2- link for the back and drop spindles for the front and bags and just built a mild 350 nd 700r4 trans and all the paint and body were done by me and my dad and a good friend of mine now my cousin bought the truck from us and he is having me do a few other things to it rear disc brakes ,ac ,tilt wheel ,tack drive and belt drivin air compressor and a few other things ill post more pics as it gets done

[JasonBird]

looks really nice. i love the colors, the belt driven compressor will be cool. don't see that very much it seems like.

[ctpchevy]

yea i dont know why not too many guys do them but i have had a belt driven on my short bed for about 8 years i love it i hate waiting for air im also using the sandon 508 ac compressor it works killer

jasonbird i see your boy must be a united state marine tell him thank you for serving i sometimes dont think they hear that enough i have a couple good friends that are marines one is actually from kansas and my old man is a marine as well

[chapster]

Nice job, colour combo looks awesome!

[Pop's C-10]

nice

[lolife99]

VERY nice!
I'm interested in the Sanden 508 compressor mod for air ride?

[franky69c10]

Nice anymore pics of shorting the bed
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[Hart_Rod]

I like your style...!

[ctpchevy]

i dont know id i have any more pics of the bed when i did it but i have done a bunch of them its actually pretty simple and what i found is the key is to cut it close to the front instead of 5-6 inches back i see allot of guys like to cut them in the middle and you will get allot of warping up at the front the edge of the bed absorbs allot of the heat and if you shave your side marker lights you cut it far back as well it works out pretty killer

the sanden 508 comp works killer there are just a few mods you have to do to it im doing one in the next few weeks on a 53 chevy im working on as well as this truck ill take pics as i go

[lolife99]

Thanks for taking pics of the Sanden Mod, on your next project.
Thats sounds like a cool source for ALOT of air.

[jwalk]

Very nice truck and I really like how you cut down the bed!

[Pyromedic]

Seen your other work on here and it is all equally impressive. As others have said, that color combo is wicked. Now that you've bagged a few, how's the ride at "normal" height?

[ctpchevy]

thanks everyone i appreciate all the good words ...and as far as the ride i get out of them it all kinda depends on where you place the bags in the rear allot of guys put them right over the axle which works killer but you tend to get a lil bit of a stiff ride when its aired up kinda high but i like to run a 2-link set up or a triangulated 4-link and run the bags kinda far up on the bars that way it doesnt take allot of pressure to lift and you get a nice soft ride my drive hight is usually pretty low all the time lol but my dad tends to drive his a lil higher and he loves it here are a few pics of another one i bagged pics are not that great but i didnt take many of that one lol

[ctpchevy]

now that i just saw the pics bigger they really are bad hahahah but allot of it wasnt finished off the guy still wants to z the frame and make it lay body but he ran out of money so he had to wait but it was a factory trailing arm truck but i took all that out and built new 2-link bars using 2x3 box but a set up like this will ride killer at pretty much any hight

[ctpchevy]

i just remembered i had these pics of a 73 i did i few years ago but this is the 2-link set up

[lolife99]

Cool trucks.
Is the white 69/70 the old yellow one from IFCustom's website?

[ctpchevy]

it sure is the same yellow one from IF customs i worked for cary for 6 years back in 1999 i have another thread on here as well with the yellow 70

[lolife99]

I loved following the builds on that website.
You guys weren't scared to cut up a truck!

[67_ShortFleet]

Looks great! Is that gold that you used 68 gold or what was that paint used on?

[JasonBird]

thanks ctp chevy! i sent my son some motomail today and hopefully he'll get it. he appreciates it!
awesome trucks! i wish i had those kind of welding and cutting skills.