I bought this truck in northern cali' for 3K. it was a running, drivable '67 shortbed.
2006-06-30
this truck was originally just going to get a mild drop but after my custom '69 chevy was stolen i decided to go nuts with this one.
2006-06-30
I sold the stock frame on ebay to a guy who crashed his '67 because i wasn't going to use it.
2006-06-30
Here's the donor suv that we'll be robbing the IRS from. We'll only be using the differential but the junkyard would only sell me the complete rear en
2006-07-07
We built the chassis using 2x4-inch.120 wall tubing. The xmembers and ars are 4130 chromoly
2006-07-07
mocking up the cab and sheetmetal
2006-07-07
gas tank in and rear arms almost completed. still have to gusset and plate arms
2006-07-07
Scotts Hot Rods IFS will need a few alterations to lay out on 22's.
2006-07-07
GMPP LS2 crate motor is a tight fit but weighs very little and will help the in the handling department
2006-07-07
21 Days left until we hit the road and my little corner of the shop is filling up with boxes. Can barely even see my toolbox.
2006-07-10
I went with skinny tires because the front end doesn't get much travel. Now i get to worry about bending rims. lol
2006-07-10
IRS before bulkhead supports welded in place. cab needs new rockers.
2006-07-10
I spent morst of last weekend on the band saw cutting out gussetts. steering rack clearance is tight so i notched the framerails and boxed them in.
2006-07-10
Mike Kim aka Short Round aka Mike #2 aka Ivan came up with the tranny mount. very little room for mufflers here
2006-07-10
All of these brackets are hand formed because laser cutting is expensive and i need to make sure i have gas money for the road trip!
2006-07-10
i used a Flowmaster muffler for mock up. its 4-inches tall which will fit inside the frame but will also drag on the ground.
2006-07-10
we moved the motor as far back as we could so we had to make custom mounts behind the crossmember
2006-07-10
driver side not as easy to make a mount for. steering shaft means the rear mount will look like a boomerang.
2006-07-10
the '67 came with a wood bed floor. it probably wont have any floor for Havok. where will i put the luggage during the road trip? hmmm.
2006-07-10
i know i'm forgetting 100 other things. its a damn long list.
2006-07-10
i will make it!
2006-07-10
the weekend began with us finishing up the trans and motor mounts
2006-07-24
2006-07-24
hey look the magazine guy can actually weld. lol
2006-07-24
1am sunday morning we bombed the frame with krylon. took 10 cans to cover it!
2006-07-24
the nice thing about irs is that the cab isn't really body dropped. i only had to step up about 1 foot of the trans tunnel 1 inch higher than stock.
2006-07-24
bag mounts for slam specialties bags mocked up and ready for gussets.
2006-07-24
the SHR stock arms wouldnt fit with the bag's so Mike Kim mad new ones. sweet!
2006-07-24
front clip is on and it tucks a 37-inch Baja TA tire.lol
2006-07-24
6 days left......
2006-07-26
capping sides of floor for 1-inch tall tunnel
2006-07-26
hard to see but there's a lot of room under the stock bench seat even with the rockers laying flat.
2006-07-26
Front bags are in, brakes almost together..cycles 14-inches up front thanks to the new upper a-arms
2006-07-26
rear bags are in and just need shock mounts and one more tubular brace from the bag mount to the frame rail to make it bulletproof.
2006-07-26
at 5am this morning we set her on the ground for the first time. god i'm tired!
2006-07-26
still got to make bumper brackets and a core support mount.
2006-07-26
no time to install carpet so we threw down every ounce of dynamat i had stashed in the shop.
2006-07-26
the money shot.
2006-07-26
we built the rear arms without having the wheels onhand. we'll probably build a new set 2-inches wider because we have plenty of room.
2006-07-26
that's all for now. time to go back to work.
2006-07-26
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