68 C10 Project FROSTBYTE Extreme Dropmember
 

Long time user, first time poster. I've been on this forum for many years waiting for the opportunity to be able to start a build thread, and that day has finally come. I'm gonna ramble on here a little bit, but bear with me, there will be pictures!

I bought my truck about 7 years ago from NV because here in Maine most everything is complete rust. The PO had already started on rebuilding the truck so the frame had already been cleaned up, but the body had not been touched, other than being completely disassembled when I bought it. Since I bought it, I have had it in storage waiting for the time to come where I could afford to build my truck the way I wanted it to be built.

A couple months ago I got on the phone with Dave over at Porterbuilt Street Rods and ordered up my full Extreme front and rear Dropmember kit along with an Accuair I-level air management system. Well last week, those parts finally arrived and man, do those guys over at Porterbuilt do an amazing job! I also ordered up a couple other things that have finally arrived, one of those things being CPP's Big Brake Kit. And another being Michigan Metal Work's upper and lower control arms. Both things look amazing and I can't wait to get them mocked up.

So here's where I am at with this build. My frame is completely stripped down and ready to go, hopefully this weekend I can get started on it. Below are some photos of when I got the truck 7 years ago, in a sort of complete way and now with the frame completely disassembled. I've also included a render I did of the route I'm thinking I want to go. Ok enough talk, here are the pics of the truck and frame.

Peace,
Rick

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And here's some pics of some parts and the render!

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Like the render,,, nice and clean !!

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Looks like an awesome project!

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Thanks!


Thanks, I can't wait to get started, it's been a long time coming!

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Looks like you have a great start and a good plan. Keep us posted
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Count me in! Great start.
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A lot of those parts look familiar! I like the plans for this build, can't wait to see it complete!
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Nice parts pile to start with, rendering is killer.
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Thanks guys! I'm waiting on the big brown truck to drop off something else today! I can't wait to post some pics of what they are!

In the meantime, I wanted to show you something a buddy made for me at his machine shop he works at. They're the caps for my upper control arms. I won't be putting them on for a while, but they'll make great paper weights for now.

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So UPS finally arrived tonight! And look what showed up!

Here are the specs: they are Bonspeed Big Blocks, 20x8.5 w/5.25 BS for the front and 22x10 w/5.5 BS for the rear. They're polished hoops with brushed metal centers. They look amazing! I'm so happy with how them came out! I'm going to be running Nitto NT420S for tires, 255/40/20 for the front and 285/35/22 for the rear. Should have the tires mounted by the end of next week.

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Wow!! That's some high end stuff!!
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Lovin' that wheel selection, plus those caps will look great as a replacement to the "M" that come with the arms.
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Another quality build!
Very well thought out.

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Thanks! When I saw these rims, I knew I had to get them and then Bonspeed had a Buy 3 Get 1 Free deal and that put them in range of my budget!

Thanks! The caps are pretty awesome, it's the small details that will make it my truck.

Thanks! I've been thinking about this build for about 7 years now so I've had some time to nail down what I want in my truck.

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Very nice plan, I'm in.

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Awesome build! I'm just beginning a bagged '68 SWB project myself. What color is actually going to be? (I'll can't if it's blue or gunmetal in the rendering)

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Thanks!

Nice! I've had the render in Photoshop and I've been playing around with colors for quite a while. Right now, I'm thinking the color is going to be somewhere along the lines of a dark blue, like slate blue, and maybe a little desaturated, so that's why it's looking a little like gunmetal too. It's a blue you don't see everyday…I hope!

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Very cool! My boss painted his '67 Chevelle a color similiar to that. It is a factory '09Toyota Tundra color, but it works on his car. It is certainly an unusual color for a muscle car. In certain light, it looks dark grey and in other light it looks more dark blue than grey.

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Yea, that's a really nice color! I think the blue I'm going for might be a little lighter than that, but I got plenty of time to figure that out! haha

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I'll be watching this one! I've always wondered how curved those spokes are on those wheels. Can you take a picture from an angle that shows the curvature of the spoke?

Josh
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Yea, definitely, I'll try and grab that angle today. They are curved slightly, but nothing too much. They way they are cut makes they appear more curved then they are.

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Your build is going to be awesome!
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Got my attention.
Im In.

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Hey Josh, here's a couple close ups of the curvature of the spokes. I think these show it pretty well. I'm sure there will be many more pics to come of the rims! I just want to look at them all day! haha

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Thanks guys! Can't wait to share it with you.

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Im in, looks to be a great start so far..

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Great build! Keep the progress reports coming. :)
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Very cool!

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Nice build. What are you doing for a power plant.
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Sweet build. Will be following closely. Make sure to take lots of pics. ;)

His signature says 383 Stroker / 700r4. Not sure if he's got different plans.

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Killer! Gonna watch this one!
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Thanks everyone! I appreciate the positive comments! Unfortunately, plans got in the way this weekend, so nothing moved forward on the truck. :/ But, I was able to pack my car with all 4 rims and 4 tires tonight to bring to the shop to get mounted and balanced. It was much harder than I thought, had to try 3 times before they all fit. I'm gonna need to find a bigger vehicle!

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Thanks! I will definitely be taking lots of pics! I know threads are useless without them.

For a power plant I will be running a 383 Stroker with a 700r4. I bought it from a guy who had just rebuilt it, and hadn't installed it in his truck. He told me he had to bore it a little more when he rebuilt it so its technically a 388 now. I tore it down just to make sure everything was clean and it was, so that's good.

I want to run an EFI conversion kit on it, so I'm going to be looking into that. I'm thinking Holley or EZ EFI potentially. Does anyone have any recommendations or thoughts on that? Experiences?

Thanks!

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I got my tires mounted! They look amazing! I can't wait to see them on the frame! Here's how I had to bring them to get mounted, it was a tight squeeze!

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Very nice build and some very cool parts being used. Love the wheels too :metal:
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Thanks for the taking the pics! The one where the wheels/tires are in your car is hilarious!
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Subscribed for sure.. I'm diggin the color too. I may do some sort of blue on my 68.

The wheels are incredible man. I think the wheels make the truck. It's like a woman in a nice dress with Converse hightops or something. .. it's just wrong. The wrong wheel just makes the whole truck look wrong. I think you nailed it.

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Your going after this build like a true Mainiac..

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I get excited when I can join a thread from the beginning :lol:
Looks like a very well thought out plan. I hope one day I can build a truck with high-end parts like you.

Let's see, my son is 5 now, that means I have 11 years to get on it.:lol: