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The chasis will be painted GM victory red and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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I'm so sad you edited that post, lol that's where I thought you were going with it. I'm on board! :bomb:

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Nice work !

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I only edited it because I felt like I was spoiling the surprise. The plans are set in stone and have been for several months. There will just be minor adjustments to fit the theme better as the build nears completion. Which I plan to be done by late winter.
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Fair enough, surprises are always fun! Your secret is safe with me.

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It really needs to be done by next Friday, hint hint doomsday :metal:
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Got the front frame horns dropped with a new tube crossmember and got rid of the factory one for radiator hose clearence. The core mounts cleared the gear box by the skin of my teeth. I ran into the issue of the bumper side braces so I had to do a step to keep it in line without messing with the gear box mounts but yet pulling the core support mounts back an inch to account for the lengthened wheelbase. So long story short everything fits, and measurements are back in line. More pics will follow soon, just had to tell everyone about my day.
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Who knew Arkansas was a Mecca for 67-72 trucks. Looking good. Even if its not a long bed anymore.

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Looking good! You made the Longbed/shortbed conversion look too easy!

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The trick is don't let it intimidate you. If your unsure of your ability to do a good job then don't even attempt it because it will turn into a headache/disaster. I even shortened the driveshaft myself, never done it before and it turned out pretty good. I just did my homework first to avoid any surprises. Don't get me wrong there is a ton of work involved and even more calculation and math to keep the truck from dog tracking down the road.
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:agree: So true...the homework/research part BEFORE you start to attempt this is so critical to the outcome. I did the same (no z for the frame though) and also avoided the surprises. Keep up the good work.

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Reangled the upper arms to fix ball joint angles and did a notch for my steering shaft. Also cut out the last of the factory crossmembers so their all tube now. Picture update this evening after work.
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My home made step notches. Had to try my own set.

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The parallel bars are one piece with the large nut slid over for looks and adjustability since I used right and left hand thread hiems to shorten and lengthen the bars with a simple turn. I cad programmed all the brackets and had them cut out by a local business. The bags were originally going to be inside the frame but the space and body roll were issues so I went outside the frame.

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The rearend is nearly complete with the front not far behind but I may be getting a little carried away as the front laid flat the rear was less then a half inch off the pavement so I decided to save time and ordered new notches to lay out hard. So as soon as they show up then I can get after it again. Hope everyone likes it so far.
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Should have more metal by the end of the week. Was looking at the POR 15 products and then top coating it with their hardnose colors. Anyone have any experience with this stuff?
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Heres the last of the pictures until this weekend. Lots of updates for this weekend.

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looking good.. now i have to wait for you to post more pics..

post them all already...

why do this to us..

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Nice freakin work man, great job so far.

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Pictures will come soon. Just been busy this weekend so I didn't get as much done as I wanted.
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Notched upper arm to clear stearing shaft, you can also see I pie cut them to fix the ball joint angle. Removed factory core support crossmember for cleaner tube one. This will allow me the necessary space for my radiator hoses. Because I moved the wheel base forward an inch I had to bring the core support body mounts back that much and down 3". So I dropped them 3" and sectioned out the 1" just barely clearing my gear box.

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Started plating the inside of the frame to tie in the carrier bearing xmember. I've just about got the panhard bar dialed in. And finally got the bag brackets built after I installed the new taller notches.

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more pics.

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I've just about got my rear disk brake conversion complete just have to cut out my templates. I could have done a quick weld on bracket but I didn't see the challenge of welding on a caliper bracket so I made a 2 piece bolt on bracket. Stay subscribed because this build is about to pick up speed.

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Thanks to the resources from this great forum I was able to pick up the caprice rotors and caddi calipers from my local parts store that worked out great.
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