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*Dylan · 02-17-2009, 11:15 PM

Update!
Bed is back on! New pictures when I get home tonight after my soccer banquet!

Well, half of it at least. I finished rebuilding the rear, all new polyurethane bushings everywhere, new 4" drop coils installed, trailing arms sandblasted and painted, as well as the tracking bar and lower shock mounts. Whats the stock height of a truck bumper to ground? I think mine dropped a lot more than I thought it would. Still looks wicked though.

Bob 68327 · 02-17-2009, 11:17 PM

Lookin Good !!! Keep up the good work !! Bob

67_C-30 · 02-17-2009, 11:18 PM

Very nice Dylan. I just put a 2/4 drop on my '69, and I'm loving. You're making me wish I had I bought that old truck more and more!!

big_al_71 · 02-17-2009, 11:19 PM

looking very good!!!!

67_C-30 · 02-17-2009, 11:22 PM

I don't know what the height from the bumper to the ground should be, but this what the 2/4 did to my truck.

LuckyHenriksen · 02-17-2009, 11:23 PM

Looks good

powell72 · 02-17-2009, 11:31 PM

Looks good, can't wait to see it with the bed on.

Sammy · 02-17-2009, 11:58 PM

It should drop another inch with the bed.
Standard height was measured at the top of the wheel arches above the tire. I seen that number some where. Not in the red book must be in the ASSY Manual.

thirdstreettito · 02-18-2009, 12:07 AM

Looks good! Just wait until you get the bed and front drop on! It'll look sweet!

Yellow67C10 · 02-18-2009, 12:31 AM

Great job. I just put dropped coils in the rear of ours. Someone in the past had just clamped the coils.

It must have been nice to do it with the bed off instead off from under an assembled truck in the driveway on a creeper

Also, in the LMC catalog the height for stock from the ground to the top of the wheel arch is supposed to be 34" at the rear. Anyway, great job.

see ten · 02-18-2009, 09:03 AM

Looks good so far! The back bumper is going to come up once you lower the front end. We had that issue when we lowered my wifes 54. When we aired out the front the first time the bumper touched the ground. This was while the back was still stock height. Your rear tires are the fulcrum/pivot point of your plane at this point. Once the front gets dropped things will pivot up from the rear tires to the back of the truck.

Bumper and wheel arch measurements don't mean squat if the trucks being measured don't have the same size tires with the same amount of air pressure in them. You can take a measurement from your axle tube to your frame and then compare it to what someone else has. That measurement will be the same no matter what size your tires are.

*Dylan · 02-18-2009, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by see ten

Looks good so far! The back bumper is going to come up once you lower the front end. We had that issue when we lowered my wifes 54. When we aired out the front the first time the bumper touched the ground. This was while the back was still stock height. Your rear tires are the fulcrum/pivot point of your plane at this point. Once the front gets dropped things will pivot up from the rear tires to the back of the truck.

Bumper and wheel arch measurements don't mean squat if the trucks being measured don't have the same size tires with the same amount of air pressure in them. You can take a measurement from your axle tube to your frame and then compare it to what someone else has. That measurement will be the same no matter what size your tires are.

Oh yeah, didn't even think of the rear axle being the fulcrum point of the truck. Maybe that'll make it look a little more like I want it with the front re-done. As for the sport bumper, got one I could have? Haha.

The one I have on there now will be painted probably today when I get home actually. No new shiney chrome sports bumpers til money permits and I don't have anything left to do that's necessary for it to be on the road again.

oldno7 · 02-18-2009, 09:18 AM

Looks good so far! I gotta say at first glance I thought that was cat crap on your hood. oldno7

68Stepbed · 02-18-2009, 09:30 AM

Ditto on what Asa said. Also, it will help when you remove that 400 lb bumper and put a sport bumper on

thirdstreettito · 02-18-2009, 02:11 PM

You want a driver quality chrome stock rear sport bumper? I've got one off my 72 if ya want it.

michael bustamante · 02-18-2009, 02:20 PM

lookin good, Im about to do the same, 4". So is that an adjustable trac bar on there? Did you have to relocate the shocks or use lowered shocks?

*Dylan · 02-18-2009, 03:45 PM

Nope that's the stock tracking bar and stock height shocks. No relocating of the shocks either. I guess they'll probably end up going bad soon but maybe not. As for the track bar I've heard some say you need an adjustable one and some say you don't. I'm on an extremely tight budget so I'm not using one if I don't absolutely have to.

Bradley,
Got any pictures of the bumper, and would it mount up to the bumper brackets I have on my truck now? How much shipped to 32327?

Thanks,
-D

michael bustamante · 02-18-2009, 05:57 PM

thanks for the info. believe me youre not the only one on a budget!!

*Dylan · 02-18-2009, 06:06 PM

No problem man.

jgreene0717 · 02-18-2009, 10:30 PM

Mine is lowered 4.5 inches in rear and have had no issues after around
5,000 miles. Factory track bar and shock mounts rides great!!!

*chevy29267truck* · 02-19-2009, 12:49 AM

Dylan your truck looking great

*Dylan · 02-20-2009, 02:14 PM

Thanks guys, I appreciate all of the encouragement.

jbristo67 · 02-20-2009, 02:33 PM

Now all you have to do is get rid ofthose Gynormas side mirrors and then you will be on your way

Sorry I was scrolling down through the faces and had to use that guy I promise I am not a jerk. Some of those smileys are to much lol. Those are the mirror that were on my truck when I found it. Now I dont have any mirrors

*Dylan · 02-20-2009, 07:05 PM

Plan on doing that as soon as I have the money to buy some new ones. Lol.

Update on the truck! The bed is back on and I'll get some pictures up for you guys to see tonight after I get home from my soccer banquet!

thirdstreettito · 02-20-2009, 09:02 PM

Need moar pichers!

02-17-2009, 11:15 PM	#1
*Dylan Mean Buzzin' Half Dozen Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,081	Got the drop on my 67!!! Update! Bed is back on! New pictures when I get home tonight after my soccer banquet! Well, half of it at least. I finished rebuilding the rear, all new polyurethane bushings everywhere, new 4" drop coils installed, trailing arms sandblasted and painted, as well as the tracking bar and lower shock mounts. Whats the stock height of a truck bumper to ground? I think mine dropped a lot more than I thought it would. Still looks wicked though. __________________ "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." MY TRUCK (Now for sale) 1967 C10 SWB *Dylan* IIMY? Last edited by Dylan; 02-20-2009 at 07:06 PM.*

02-17-2009, 11:17 PM	#2
Bob 68327 72 Chevelle Club Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Newton , Iowa Posts: 2,052	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Lookin Good !!! Keep up the good work !! Bob __________________ I Have The Right To Remain Silent,But Lack The Ability 1972 Chevelle ... Mine 2006 Trailblazer... Hers 2002 Buick century ... Kids 2002 K1500 Z-71 EXT CAB ... Daily Driver 2005 Rockwood Roo ... For Camping 1974 Harley-Davidson XLH Sportster 84'' stroker

02-17-2009, 11:18 PM	#3
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Very nice Dylan. I just put a 2/4 drop on my '69, and I'm loving. You're making me wish I had I bought that old truck more and more!! __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

02-17-2009, 11:19 PM	#4
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02-17-2009, 11:22 PM	#5
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! I don't know what the height from the bumper to the ground should be, but this what the 2/4 did to my truck. __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

02-17-2009, 11:23 PM	#6
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02-17-2009, 11:31 PM	#7
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02-17-2009, 11:58 PM	#8
Sammy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bonne Terre, Mo Posts: 3,005	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! It should drop another inch with the bed. Standard height was measured at the top of the wheel arches above the tire. I seen that number some where. Not in the red book must be in the ASSY Manual. __________________ '69 Chevy Long Fleet & '71 GMC Short Step & Project "ODD BALL" "You can wash a pig, soak it in most expensive perfume. In the end it is still just a pig." ODD BALL build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=478629"

02-18-2009, 12:07 AM	#9
thirdstreettito Resident of Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA Posts: 7,716	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Looks good! Just wait until you get the bed and front drop on! It'll look sweet! __________________ ~Bradley~ 2004 Black GTO LS2/T56 too much to list Miss having a truck Last edited by thirdstreettito; 02-18-2009 at 12:07 AM.

02-18-2009, 12:31 AM	#10
Yellow67C10 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancouver, Washington Posts: 7	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Great job. I just put dropped coils in the rear of ours. Someone in the past had just clamped the coils. It must have been nice to do it with the bed off instead off from under an assembled truck in the driveway on a creeper Also, in the LMC catalog the height for stock from the ground to the top of the wheel arch is supposed to be 34" at the rear. Anyway, great job.

02-18-2009, 09:03 AM	#11
see ten WTB this ad Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lafayette Georgia Posts: 5,073	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Looks good so far! The back bumper is going to come up once you lower the front end. We had that issue when we lowered my wifes 54. When we aired out the front the first time the bumper touched the ground. This was while the back was still stock height. Your rear tires are the fulcrum/pivot point of your plane at this point. Once the front gets dropped things will pivot up from the rear tires to the back of the truck. Bumper and wheel arch measurements don't mean squat if the trucks being measured don't have the same size tires with the same amount of air pressure in them. You can take a measurement from your axle tube to your frame and then compare it to what someone else has. That measurement will be the same no matter what size your tires are.

02-18-2009, 09:18 AM	#13
oldno7 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ill. Posts: 584	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Looks good so far! I gotta say at first glance I thought that was cat crap on your hood. oldno7 __________________ Hi everyone, It's nice to know there's other people just as crazy about these old trucks as I am. oldno7

02-18-2009, 09:30 AM	#14
68Stepbed Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 10-Uh-See Posts: 5,609	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Ditto on what Asa said. Also, it will help when you remove that 400 lb bumper and put a sport bumper on __________________ Matt 68 C10 stepside, LS1/700R4, TCI Engineering suspension system

02-18-2009, 02:11 PM	#15
thirdstreettito Resident of Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA Posts: 7,716	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! You want a driver quality chrome stock rear sport bumper? I've got one off my 72 if ya want it. __________________ ~Bradley~ 2004 Black GTO LS2/T56 too much to list Miss having a truck

02-18-2009, 02:20 PM	#16
michael bustamante Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 7,841	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! lookin good, Im about to do the same, 4". So is that an adjustable trac bar on there? Did you have to relocate the shocks or use lowered shocks? __________________ 1967custom Last edited by michael bustamante; 02-18-2009 at 02:20 PM.



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02-18-2009, 03:45 PM	#17
*Dylan Mean Buzzin' Half Dozen Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,081	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Nope that's the stock tracking bar and stock height shocks. No relocating of the shocks either. I guess they'll probably end up going bad soon but maybe not. As for the track bar I've heard some say you need an adjustable one and some say you don't. I'm on an extremely tight budget so I'm not using one if I don't absolutely have to. Bradley, Got any pictures of the bumper, and would it mount up to the bumper brackets I have on my truck now? How much shipped to 32327? Thanks, -D __________________ "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." MY TRUCK (Now for sale) 1967 C10 SWB *Dylan* IIMY?

02-18-2009, 05:57 PM	#18
michael bustamante Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 7,841	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! thanks for the info. believe me youre not the only one on a budget!! __________________ 1967custom

02-18-2009, 06:06 PM	#19
*Dylan Mean Buzzin' Half Dozen Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,081	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! No problem man. __________________ "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." MY TRUCK (Now for sale) 1967 C10 SWB *Dylan* IIMY?

02-18-2009, 10:30 PM	#20
jgreene0717 Jason Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wetumpka, AL Posts: 152	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Mine is lowered 4.5 inches in rear and have had no issues after around 5,000 miles. Factory track bar and shock mounts rides great!!!

02-19-2009, 12:49 AM	#21
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02-20-2009, 02:14 PM	#22
*Dylan Mean Buzzin' Half Dozen Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,081	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Thanks guys, I appreciate all of the encouragement. __________________ "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." MY TRUCK (Now for sale) 1967 C10 SWB *Dylan* IIMY?

02-20-2009, 02:33 PM	#23
jbristo67 resident oilfield trash Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lubbock TX Posts: 1,465	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Now all you have to do is get rid ofthose Gynormas side mirrors and then you will be on your way Sorry I was scrolling down through the faces and had to use that guy I promise I am not a jerk. Some of those smileys are to much lol. Those are the mirror that were on my truck when I found it. Now I dont have any mirrors __________________ 1967 SWB C10 396/400 factory air factory tach (sadly had to send to a new home) 1986 Honda 70 Fourtrax 1991 Chevrolet K5 blazer 2wd 1982 Mastercraft Pro Star 190 Stars and Stripes 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe 2011 Nissan Armada Last edited by jbristo67; 02-20-2009 at 02:34 PM.

02-20-2009, 07:05 PM	#24
*Dylan Mean Buzzin' Half Dozen Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,081	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Plan on doing that as soon as I have the money to buy some new ones. Lol. Update on the truck! The bed is back on and I'll get some pictures up for you guys to see tonight after I get home from my soccer banquet! __________________ "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." MY TRUCK (Now for sale) 1967 C10 SWB *Dylan* IIMY?

02-20-2009, 09:02 PM	#25
thirdstreettito Resident of Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA Posts: 7,716	Re: Got the drop on my 67!!! Need moar pichers! __________________ ~Bradley~ 2004 Black GTO LS2/T56 too much to list Miss having a truck

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