Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Threw some primer on to see where I’m at. Also chopped all the mounting bosses off a valve cover. Filled the remaining holes with some 6mm bolts, cut them off, and sanded smooth. Thinking of building a bracket to mount the coils behind the intake.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Live in Oklahoma they said. It’ll be fun they said.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Building the pipe from turbo to intercooler. What you can’t really see is that I had to change motor mounts and stands. I had 73-87 mounts because of the Dougs headers I had. I am GOING to have a/c. The turbo lives where the Sanden 508 was supposed to live. I’ll need a low mount bracket and SD7 compressor. 73-87 mounts interfere because they are huge and far forward. I put the 67-72 mounts in and they were farther back but are taller and suddenly the turbo manifold hit where it once fit. I ended up with the Performance Online tubular stands and some 70 Camaro mounts. They sit low AND far back (in the rear holes) so I now have room for the Trick manifold AND a low mount compressor. Change one thing, change everything.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

My truck oil pan hangs about an inch below the crossmember. Almost bought the gm muscle car pan but it would have only got me to flush to the crossmember. I also wanted the port for an oil drain for the turbo. The pan I bought is from Top Street Performance, part number 81075. Looks like a knock off of the Holley pan with oil drain ports but it comes with all hardware and a gasket. Got mine on eBay for $100 cheaper than the Holley pan, too.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Going to try to use the side exit exhaust hole I built in front of the rear tire. Notched the cab brace and will have to modify the inner fender to clear the pipe. There’s not enough space for the wastegate on the manifold now so it will have to go on the crossover. I think it will be easier to run the wastegate pipe separate from the main exhaust.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Got the longest straight through bullet muffler I could find. All the pipe is 3” stuff I had in my shed to this point. Ordered an adapter, a piece of straight pipe, and a 90 in 3.5” and will kick the size up just after the muffler.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Outstanding craftsmanship on all your mods and ideas

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

That turbo setup is going to be sweet. Turbos had never really been interesting to me until I started watching videos of C10's with turbos.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Thanks guys. I hope it works. This is my first turbo and I’m going to try and run the Holly Terminator X system so it will also be my first attempt at tuning. Mostly I hope the system is smarter than me so I don’t blow anything up. I really want some power but I want it smooth and quiet-ish. That’s why I’m leaving the stock Camaro LS1 cam in my 5.3. When this engine was in my 56 gmc I got 18mpg and never used a drop of oil. If I can get that same reliability with a couple hundred extra horses on board it should be a blast. Been trimming the inner fender to clear my strange exhaust.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Exhaust built. Wastegate next.

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Wastegate secured. Going to put a little Thrush straight through glass pack and a turndown on it instead of tying it back to the main exhaust.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Like this!

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Your neighbors are going to hate you haha

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Yeah... I'd love to hear it decelerate from 5000 rpm. I bet you'll have a loud snap, crackle, pop sound before the rumble kicks in at idle.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Sanded. Body filler. Sanded. Primer. Patch bottom of door. Patch no longer needed exhaust hole. Every time I feel like I’m catching up I find another part that needs work.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

1" angle iron. Cut bend tack. Repeat. Repeatedly. Window frame coming soon. Added clearance for a small gap.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Worked the shape to fit the glass better. Almost ready to prime

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Frame for flush mounting made but fitting it to the cab is slooowwww.....

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Outside looking pretty good. Bottom fully attached inside. Trying to figure out the top and sides inside. I’m pretty sure I allowed too much space. Broke my back glass and not sure how tall it was but I have 14 3/8 “ height and I “think” the glass is around 14”. I’ll have to weld in some 1/8 “ bar stock to get that 1/8” gap I was trying for all the way around. I’m 98.9 percent sure I’ll never go this crazy on a roof again provided I can actually survive this one. And I may need to replace my worn out welder. And my wife says the smell of welding and grinding has officially become a permanent fragrance for me despite repeated attacks with industrial soap and a good scrubber pad. Told her that’s just how a real man smells. She just laughed and laughed.

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Welding 1/4“ rod all the way around and patching in the gap. I think it will look good but it’s slow. At least wire and gas are cheap.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

More patching...

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

The quantity of hours you've put into the body of your truck is unfathomable for me. I don't have the patience for all the one-off touches. You're going to have a unique truck!

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

If I had left the body stock I’d probably be driving it right now. The fabrication takes forever.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Sometimes you have to put on a couple coats of primer to see if you’re doing any good.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Like my mom used to say....."Looks as smooth as a baby's bottom!"

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Starting to revisit the dash. Trying to decide where what goes. The unfortunate part is that when I dug out the glove box door I guess something rather heavy had fallen on it in the last 6 years or so. I’m making other arrangements. A blank sheet of metal looks so bland, so I broke out the punch tool again. I had almost forgotten I used it on the tailgate so it will sort of bring the theme inside.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Center section filled. Will probably put a touch screen double din stereo in there. And build a lower panel for a/c vents and controls. And make a new column mount since I can’t raise it enough to attach it in the new dash. (It’s held by zip ties right now) And modify the brake hanger to attach to the dash since they are miles apart now. Change one thing, change everything.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

I did it! Ididit! ...is the brand of column I bought. Bad joke. Sorry. Making a panel below the dash for a/c vents and also mounting a panel for bag switches and two pressure gauges. Since the air bag stuff is going down there I’ll mount a single din head unit and the heat/ air controls up high.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

I mounted the radio in my 56 gmc by cutting a hole and sliding it in. Always thought it should have been recessed but after paint who wants to cut and weld? This time I used angle iron and built a cubby hole. This radio will very nearly be flush. Now to mount a Vintage Air control panel in there...

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

OK, im impressed with this work. beautiful

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Thank you. I really appreciate it!

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Should work.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

I like the VHX gauges I got for this truck but had to make a change. Dakota Digital doesn’t make individual gauges for the set I got and I wanted to add a boost and afr gauge for the turbo. I don’t want a mess of mismatched gauges cobbled together in random places on the dash. So I ordered some custom built gauges from Speedhut to fit my instrument cluster. Now I can achieve zen by having everything in its proper place. Besides, it just wouldn’t be right if I didn’t do every part of this truck at least twice.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Very nice gauges and fab skills

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Moving to a new home. Rolling a truck downhill with no steering is fun. Couldn’t have done it without my dad, my father in law , and my son in law helping. Moving sucks!

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

I can agree with that one!

On a positive note, the truck out of the garage allows us to see the proportions you chose. I think you nailed it man! It looks like it could have rolled off the GM line... that is to say if they ever made one! Cool build!

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Trying to get settled. In the last couple weeks I’ve painted 5 rooms and built an 8x8 shed. Trying some lights I found on Amazon. I bought a 12 pack of T5 linkable led lights and installed 8 of them on the big bay side of the garage. They are as bright as my old garage was with 20 F32T8 fluorescent bulbs. I’ll install the last 4 in the small bay side and should be good. @ $80 for 12 it’s a good price, too.

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

Wow. The lighting in your shop is great! Hard to believe you can get that much lighting for only 80 bucks... and be way more efficient! Nice upgrade:c2:

Re: Mr Green Jeans - the 69 (or not) chevy, er gmc, project
 

I’m starting back on this truck but taking a very very different path to completion. I feel like it will be easier to start from scratch since most of what I’ve already done won’t be used. I’m starting a new thread here…

https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=851167

hopefully I can actually finish the truck this time and stick with a plan. I thought about parting it out but would rather finish it than cut it up. I’ve already cut up and threw away a 70 Chevelle and 70 RS Camaro in the past. Still kicking my own behind for that even though all the parts went into my 79 trans am and 56 gmc.