'70 Chevy Longhorn 4x4

[special-K]

I hear you. It's already there for me. I can't be paying the wacky prices I'm seeing for anything. Basically, no such thing as a parts truck anymore. The 4wd Longhorns go quick for more money because they are a cool phantom creation... other than a rare NAPCO (which I once had one of).

[TALLone71]

what a beautiful truck, its always nice to see one you built, over the years, especially when its been taken care of, its a testimate, to your work and time you put into it, i see my old 68 around now and then, it was my first complete restoration i did many years ago, and the guy has really taken care of it, its like seeing an old friend...beautiful job doc!

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by special-K

I hear you. It's already there for me. I can't be paying the wacky prices I'm seeing for anything. Basically, no such thing as a parts truck anymore. The 4wd Longhorns go quick for more money because they are a cool phantom creation... other than a rare NAPCO (which I once had one of).

Do you have any pics of that? I've been searching for a Napco front axle for the next Longhorn conversion but I think I'll just have to make one.

[GMC71k20]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Do you have any pics of that? I've been searching for a Napco front axle for the next Longhorn conversion but I think I'll just have to make one.

Not sure if it helps but this is an earlier Napco I saw this fall

You know how to install those knuckles on an Eaton?

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by GMC71k20

Not sure if it helps but this is an earlier Napco I saw this fall

You know how to install those knuckles on an Eaton?

If I do it, it'll probably get D60 C's with king pins and real u joint axle shafts. I can't stand those closed knuckle axle shafts. I had a D70 front once I thought was so cool and I broke those axles a couple of times and finally ditched that setup for a D60.

[MJN]

Sorry to go on a tangent but I would definitely go with a Dana 60 if someone was to do a conversion. Nothing wrong with a Napco but parts availability and drum brakes would be the down sides for a driver but for a novelty or show truck then Napco would be cool. They didn't use regular u-joint axles, they used Czeppa (pronounced cheppa) joints. The shafts and joints are quite stout- here are mine from my '56. Its also not as simple as just adding the outer C's to an Eaton housing since they don't have axle tubes and its a one piece housing that uses the Eaton third member and cover.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Do you have any pics of that? I've been searching for a Napco front axle for the next Longhorn conversion but I think I'll just have to make one.

I should have an old print in my picture boxes. It was a '71 C/30 (Custom/30)and I bought it in '82 from a mountain top farmer (friend) and it was already pretty rusty ($1,000). He bought it from a powerline maintenance outfit. He had parked it due to being too low on funds to treat it right, due to a wife leaving him and his boys after trashing his finances, including running off in the Z/28 and wrecking that. He sold it to me because he knew I'd treat it right. He had put a flatbed on it. I took it off and put a utility bed on. I worked out of it, including plowing snow, until the cab got really bad. I had scoured the planet for parts (way before internet) and the drivetrain, including engine/trans, was all rebuilt. The plan was to restore it, mount a contractor dump, and keep it at the family place in the mountains to use for firewood, plow snow on the place (not in the salt), and enjoy general running around while up there. I had bought a '72 Cheyenne Super K/20 to have down hear. So this would have been '91. I had sold the utility bed and had it at the truck body place where it was removed, and was waiting for that guy (also an auctioneer) to come up with the dump body. While at his shop it disappeared. I'm 99.9% sure it was an inside dirty business type deal between him and an employee who was also into the 71/72 Chevy 4wds. Big fat bummer!

[MJN]

Originally Posted by special-K

I should have an old print in my picture boxes. It was a '71 C/30 (Custom/30)and I bought it in '82 from a mountain top farmer (friend) and it was already pretty rusty ($1,000). He bought it from a powerline maintenance outfit. He had parked it due to being too low on funds to treat it right, due to a wife leaving him and his boys after trashing his finances, including running off in the Z/28 and wrecking that. He sold it to me because he knew I'd treat it right. He had put a flatbed on it. I took it off and put a utility bed on. I worked out of it, including plowing snow, until the cab got really bad. I had scoured the planet for parts (way before internet) and the drivetrain, including engine/trans, was all rebuilt. The plan was to restore it, mount a contractor dump, and keep it at the family place in the mountains to use for firewood, plow snow on the place (not in the salt), and enjoy general running around while up there. I had bought a '72 Cheyenne Super K/20 to have down hear. So this would have been '91. I had sold the utility bed and had it at the truck body place where it was removed, and was waiting for that guy (also an auctioneer) to come up with the dump body. While at his shop it disappeared. I'm 99.9% sure it was an inside dirty business type deal between him and an employee who was also into the 71/72 Chevy 4wds. Big fat bummer!

Small world- this one just popped up on the 'NAPCO Trucks' Facebook group. Owned by a guy in North Carolina.