67 C20 LB Conversion to C10 SB Fleet.

[67chevy1series]

the best thing with the drip rails are to make the factory seams all welded nice and clean and smooth and keep them (by the way thats my 2 cents),
(it probably doesnt do this but) when you get rid of the drip rails it seems like it alot harder on the window rubber to do its job of not letting water in.

[mr.chevy]

Got more done than I thought I would

So this morning I woke up a little after 7 to catch the cool morning air and do a little work. Started by putting my front end together. Mostly its there, I still need to do the steering and sway bar from the other chassis. After that I decided to unhook my motor and take it out of the long bed chassis. Everything went pretty well until I noticed i hadn't taken off the tin cover on the bell housing of the trans so that was hanging up. After I got that off it was cake. I then had to get it on the other chassis. The problem with that is I have lowered the truck so much that I can't get the engine pullers legs under the front cross member. So I put it in from the back of the chassis, good thing I didn't have the cab on there. I also mated the overdrive tranny with the new motor.

Tell me what you think, I think it looks Sweet!
Long ways to go though.

[67chevy1series]

wow nice progress its a 327 right?

[mr.chevy]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

wow nice progress its a 327 right?

Thanks,

Yeah its a 327. Obviously still needs to be rebuilt. I hope it has the steel crank. This is just a mock fitting. See how it all looks and fits.

[mr.chevy]

OK So I posted this question in the general forums but not much input. So PLEASE help me out here. I started with C20 long bed. Had a C10 long bed that i parted out. I wanted a short bed which is now what it is. Well what I mean by that is that I cut down that C10 chassis. So now its short. I am starting to wonder if I should just cut down the C20 frame and keep it with the Truck.

Reasons

It has a matching serial number.

It has 3/16" steel versus the C10 at 1/8", so thicker and stronger.

So i cant help but wonder will it help with handling and drag racing if I have a stiffer stronger frame?

I think I am going to go ahead and do it but I really want to know what all you guys think that have done a ton of fab work, because I am really considered a beginner at best.

If you want to see where the truck is right now just click on my build in my signature.

Thanks for the help.

[67chevy1series]

i wuld think so.

[mr.chevy]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

i wuld think so.

So would you use the stock frame? I kind of like the idea of matching serial numbers.