newbie 1968 progress thread - Page 2 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

jmuck · 03-12-2007, 09:28 AM

Thanks for all of the positive feedback. You guys want more details? Lets start with the roll up back window.
I got an electric window regulator out of a 86 chevy blazer. I had to narrow the sash a little, cut out the pinch weld around the back window and weld in a window channel, cut out the back of the cab and add a 1" box to the back for the window to roll down into it, fabricate a custom stand to bolt the regulator to and then get a piece of custom tempered glass cut 3" taller than the factory glass.
With the suicide doors I used a universal kit (don't fit ****) from hagans hotrods. It was a very good kit and has lots of adjustments to get the door right where it needs to be. I welded a 1/4" plate behind the door pillar so there would be no sage issues and also welded a piece of metal from the hinges to the back of the cab for more stability.

Both of these modifications were alot of work. But with some patience any of you can do them.

**Yukon Jack** · 03-12-2007, 09:36 AM

You have a wicked truck!

ilovetara · 03-12-2007, 10:16 AM

All I have to say... your not a newbie.... Great Work!

ilovetara · 03-12-2007, 10:17 AM

Oh yeah, I love the engine, tires, frame.... i love that truck

Lapper · 03-12-2007, 12:51 PM

Dude, get your money back. They put your doors on backwards!

Nice work. Can't wait to see it completed.

itsmike2k · 06-17-2007, 03:20 PM

what disk brakes did you run? Looks great, need some more pics...

SCOTI · 06-17-2007, 04:09 PM

Wheel/tire specs (size, BS)?

corn · 06-17-2007, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rokcrln

Ok lets just get a few things straite right now before this gets out of hand!

#1) a newbie is alowed to have a 69-72 not a 67-68. Those are reserved for the older members with better taste!

#b) newbies are not allowed to be sitting on the ground in their fist pic. Newbies are allowed to post a "how and I drag frame for under $20" as their first post.

#secondly) Saying you have an LS1 and not asking what an LS1 is in your first newbie opst is also not allowed.

#4) Telling you have an electric back window and Darwin doors but not going into detail on both right off the bat unless you have been around for awhile and just like to screw with people.

#7) Nice ride

#G) I vote we kick him off and split up his truck 37,031 ways! I call first dibs on the left handed muffler bearing

Sorry guys you snooze you loose.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

You forgot about how newbies are supposed to post pics of their own trucks in everyone elses truck posts...

blaznhot_23 · 06-17-2007, 07:52 PM

subscribed...keeping a look out for this one...

killer71 · 09-24-2008, 09:22 AM

any updates?

pcorriveau951 · 10-13-2008, 10:40 PM

a updates????

VA72C10 · 03-23-2009, 08:16 PM

Would love to see if you've gotten any further along with this.

**Nobby** · 03-23-2009, 09:41 PM

Jmuck,Please tell me you did'nt get rid of the blazer.O yea the truck is bad a$$.

68shortbed · 03-23-2009, 10:07 PM

Do you have anymore pictures of the chassis. What kind of front and rear suspension are you running.

chewychevy67 · 05-29-2020, 05:46 PM

I know this is old but just wanted to know if that roll down rear window got completed and how it seals?

03-12-2007, 09:28 AM	#26
jmuck Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nacogdoches, Tx Posts: 167	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread Thanks for all of the positive feedback. You guys want more details? Lets start with the roll up back window. I got an electric window regulator out of a 86 chevy blazer. I had to narrow the sash a little, cut out the pinch weld around the back window and weld in a window channel, cut out the back of the cab and add a 1" box to the back for the window to roll down into it, fabricate a custom stand to bolt the regulator to and then get a piece of custom tempered glass cut 3" taller than the factory glass. With the suicide doors I used a universal kit (don't fit ****) from hagans hotrods. It was a very good kit and has lots of adjustments to get the door right where it needs to be. I welded a 1/4" plate behind the door pillar so there would be no sage issues and also welded a piece of metal from the hinges to the back of the cab for more stability. Both of these modifications were alot of work. But with some patience any of you can do them.

03-12-2007, 09:36 AM	#27
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,683	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread You have a wicked truck! __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

03-12-2007, 10:16 AM	#28
ilovetara My truck is in pieces! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Abbotsford BC Canada Posts: 143	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread All I have to say... your not a newbie.... Great Work! __________________ 69 Chevy C10 Long Finally down to the frame! My Build Progress Pics

03-12-2007, 10:17 AM	#29
ilovetara My truck is in pieces! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Abbotsford BC Canada Posts: 143	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread Oh yeah, I love the engine, tires, frame.... i love that truck __________________ 69 Chevy C10 Long Finally down to the frame! My Build Progress Pics

03-12-2007, 12:51 PM	#30
Lapper Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 41	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread Dude, get your money back. They put your doors on backwards! Nice work. Can't wait to see it completed.

06-17-2007, 03:20 PM	#31
itsmike2k Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Vegas Posts: 225	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread what disk brakes did you run? Looks great, need some more pics... __________________ Mike 1972 LT1/4l60e Short Bed ART Front and Rear Strong Arms http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...50#post2151750

06-17-2007, 04:09 PM	#32
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 21,905	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread Wheel/tire specs (size, BS)? __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*

06-17-2007, 07:52 PM	#34
blaznhot_23 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 661, CA Posts: 73	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread subscribed...keeping a look out for this one...

09-24-2008, 09:22 AM	#35
killer71 Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: at work Posts: 2,552	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread any updates? __________________ R.I.P. Killer 71 10/26/07

10-13-2008, 10:40 PM	#36
pcorriveau951 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: riverside, ca Posts: 147	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread a updates????

03-23-2009, 08:16 PM	#37
VA72C10 VA72C10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 25,269	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread Would love to see if you've gotten any further along with this. __________________ Looking for a 67-72 swb or blazer project in or around VA.

03-23-2009, 09:41 PM	#38
Nobby Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: St. Amant Louisiana Posts: 840	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread Jmuck,Please tell me you did'nt get rid of the blazer.O yea the truck is bad a$$.

03-23-2009, 10:07 PM	#39
68shortbed Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: st. louis Posts: 13	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread Do you have anymore pictures of the chassis. What kind of front and rear suspension are you running.

05-29-2020, 05:46 PM	#40
chewychevy67 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Here Posts: 5,407	Re: newbie 1968 progress thread I know this is old but just wanted to know if that roll down rear window got completed and how it seals?

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