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I originally bought this truck at the beginning of 2009 and sold it to my Dad about a year later after putting a different bed on it, tires and wheels, and exhaust.
My Dad converted the front to discs and put dropped spindles on it. I just recently bought the truck back from him and will be doing a leaf to coilover conversion with some help from Porterbuilt. |
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I don't have the best pictures of this truck from the last few years, but that will be changing.
I'm probably going to be selling the Nissan Armada/ Titan wheels and tires, but won't be able to ship. |
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Looks like a great truck.
Save all the leaf spring parts, they are getting harder to find and us rust belt guys sometimes need those frame brackets and such. |
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IM confused. did you convert it to a 68?
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A lot of you are probably asking yourselves, why would this guy take the time, energy, and money to rebuild a longbed? Great question. Since I'm doing a lot of motorcycle riding, I need as much room as I can get out of a bed for dirt bikes and gear, and possibly a street bike for track days. Bed has to be fully functioning.
I picked up a '07 Suzuki vtwin a couple of weeks ago and am in the process of converting this to a streetfighter/ modern cafe racer and replacing the clutch. So between the bike, playing in the dirt, and work, progress on this truck has been slow. The Porterbuilt kit should be ready to ship by the end of next week. 12 bolt housing goes to the powder coater next Monday, and CPP rear disc conversion should be here next week. Eaton posi and Moser 5 lug axles showed up today. A couple of patch panels need to be completed on the bed and it's off to the strippers. The theme on this truck is a vintage Chevelle influenced truck with a static drop. The rear American Racing VN500/ AR500 15x8's showed up yesterday. I had a '90 silverado bench seat reupholstered to look like a '70 Chevelle with a similar pattern in vinyl. More to come next week. |
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Little by little.
There should be some Porterbuilt boxes here by Friday. Excitement plus a lot of anxiety. |
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People just dont get it sometimes. THey just follow the crowd. I use to have a shortbed truck but I would get excited driving down the street passing a longbed truck. Now the shorty is gone and I have a Longbed. Funny how things work out. I just love CHEVY/GMC TRUCKS. GOOD JOB on sticking with it.
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Thanks bud, I appreciate it.
I'm selling a pair of 15x8 American Racing wheels now because I feel like she deserves 20's with the PB stuff underneath. More to come soon. Quote:
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Started cleaning up the bed last night and filling some holes on the frame.
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I don't want to scare u but this could lead to a lot of work
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That"s why we're all here, right?
It's also cheaper than therapy... Quote:
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Right on with the long bed. I think they can look as cool or cooler than the short beds, but you just have to nail the stance and wheel/tire combo. The short beds are a lot more flexible toward having different looks, in my opinion...
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Fully agree. I don't have a lot of flexibility with the stance, so I'm all over the map with rims. Just ordered my 3rd pair of wheels in 10 days. I'll get it....
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What size tires are those on the Titan wheels?
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nice truck, im building a 67 long box and will be putting a 71-72 clip on it, ill be watching your build
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definitely subscribed...
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255/55/18 and 275/55/18.
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Just got this from Nate and wanted to share. Great pic for many reasons...
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Non-project update: Got some work done on my left arm Friday night in SF. A 3 hour session with 4-5 more hours to go for the black and grey shading. I wanted the focal point to be a tribute to my Mom, who was born in 1947.
Today I spent some more time on the frame with my trusty copper spoon, filling in a few holes. |
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Holes filled and most of the rear set in primer.
Expecting rear wheels and a whole bunch of PB boxes next week. |
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Bronze hammer finish paint. Laid out more like a charcoal grey color. Should be a good contrast with Nate's kit in satin black, gloss black 12 bolt housing, red coils with CPP rear brake calipers.
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No more excuses; everything arrived today..
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Rear wheels showed up today -
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What kind of rear wheels are those?
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I went with 20x10 Coys for the rear.
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Nice LWB! Killer job on the frame! :metal: Looking forward to seeing your truck progress! Love my long bed also!
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Thanks man, I appreciate it.
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I left the little crossmember at the back in on purpose, trying to prevent the frame from spreading. But apparently that didn't work, because it still took some ratcheting to get it just right for the rear xmember.
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With the xmember lined up with the mounting holes on both frame rails, the carrier mounts are about 4.25" too far back.
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After two different unsuccessful PB xmember installs, I opted for the CPP one that doesn't require an altered driveshaft.
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Welded in the rear frame support. Next up is bolting in the fuel cell.
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Fuel cell rear support has been welded in. Mounting the tank and picking up the 12 bolt in the next week.
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Fuel cell is mounted. Got my diff back, housing was powder coated gloss black, LPW cover, 3.08 Eaton posi, 5x5 Moser Street axles, CPP rear disc brackets installed.
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PB trailing arms..
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Work's been busy, but I'm still pluggin' away on this thing.
Frame notch holes have been cut out, and the first halves of the notch were bolted up and welded in. Rear cross support bar has been bolted in too. |
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Thank you sir.
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