LFD's low buck truck build!

[texanidiot25]

Ahhh, so you just have the bags as helpers in rear?

15mpg, thank god... Your truck has followed the plan for mine closely, thats good to know my brick will be decent with gas... hopefully. Gas was only $2/gallon when I bought it, now its creeping to $3

[Yukon Jack]

15 mpg sounds great to me - great that you are driving the project now!

[clay68c10]

You wouldn't happen to have a part # for those shorter front shocks, would you? Mine just started puking oil and I don't want to blow out some new stock length ones.

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by clay68c10

You wouldn't happen to have a part # for those shorter front shocks, would you? Mine just started puking oil and I don't want to blow out some new stock length ones.

The Napa part # is 94022.

I have been playing with a hood I started awhile back and thought I would give it a try. Let me know what you think. It is a 67-68 Hood

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[69clark]

That looks great!

[watahyahknow]

i agree it looks cool

[msgross]

love it... no bowtie now?

[67ChevyRedneck]

That looks absolutely KILLER!

[WinDancer]

Yup- pure killer

[Rokcrln]

It's back! Sorry it has been so long since my last post but I have been all over the place (inmy own head and shop) but it is time to up date and try and finish this thing off.
Last time I left I was sitting at $3936.40 and 110hrs but I think I left a few things out like Dyna mat pricing and the hood mod time. I think the dyna mat was $170 for what is in the cab now and about 4hrs to install with pulling the seat and carpet. The hood hod was free but time was around 30hrs This puts us at 144hrs and just over $4100 so we will start from here
Now I have done a few small things since I last posted but I will leave the time and cost out of the total. Reason is because I swapped out the motor and tranny for one I already had and the one that was in the truck was just fine and did not need to be pulled. I decided to sell Slow Build and did not want to take such a big loss so I pulled my LT1 and custom built 700R4 and swapped them. (But just for info sake I was into the engine and tranny about $8k) and that just reminded me I also put in a Vintage Air set up I had for that truck as well so their adds another $1000 and 12hrs Well their goes my $5000.00 budget but only by the price of paint oh ya and the new seat and belts I put in as well so another $400 and 10 more hours (but well worth it).
Here are some of the threads of what has happened out side this thread but all to the same truck so you all can catch up on your reading

Engine swap, A/C install~http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=256484

Seat install~http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=269662

Pedal mod's~http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=269717

So now I have a few weeks of semi free time so my wife want me to get the truck painted (I think she wants to start driving it but even she has standards) so in the shop it goes. I still plan on going after the look of John Fabris's 67 but a tamed down version with out trim and only a few small body mods. Also I have the 70 grill that is staying as is the 71 front bumper. So it will be a 85mph twin I will start by pulling the the interior but leave the glass, pull the grill, bumpers, trim, lights, handles and bed. Then I will DA down the truck before pulling the windows to keep some of the mess out of the cab. Then when the out side is close to being ready to block I will pull the glass and see what surprises I find. I should be ok because this truck is in really good shape but I always seem to find somthing when I start looking.

Then once the inside is ready I think I will make my fiberglass molds for the rear speaker box and kick panel speaker boxes since I don't want to fiber glass after it is painted. I will just tape off the areas and glass them to get the exact mold of the body so I can then build the enclosure's later down the road with out pulling it all apart again.

Then I will mask off alot of items and start spraying the interior and all the jambs. The plan is to spray the truck all together after the inside and jambs are sprayed. I am not going for a show truck just a clean Driver that will get alot of looks on the road. I have minor body work to do so it should go fast. Just a few extra trim holes and the tree sets of old mirriors that left a few marks as well as the drivers door dent. I think if I can get a solid week end I Can have the out side of the truck (minus bed) ready for primming and blocking, well see. I have started another thread for paint but I think I will keep it al here since this is the wrap up of the Low Buck build. I wonderhow many pages we can get up to Here is a reminder of what Johns truck looks like for anyone who has been under a rock for some time and missed this truck. What this pic does not show are the ghost flames that are on it. I was able to see this truck and chat with John and his wife at a goodGuys show earlier this year and it is a truck to be proud if for sure!

I will be doing mine in a single stage paint with some clear added into it for a better cut and polish job after it is layed down. Also it will be a solid blue and not a matalic like John's truck. Well thaks for following along with this build and I hope to be all finished by the end of the year!

John thaks again for the aproval for me to do a slight copy



Kevin
LFD Inc.
166hrs
$5500.00

[texanidiot25]

I thought I read somewhere the 67/68 front fenders and grille had to be used with the hood...

Looks so good though, I want to do that to mine since I got it.. lol

Love the plates! LOW-BUK

[brak]

Originally Posted by texanidiot25

I thought I read somewhere the 67/68 front fenders and grille had to be used with the hood...

That is true, in order to utilize the hood in it's stock form. however he modified the hood to fit the later style fenders and grille.

[texanidiot25]

Ohhh, got it. How did you modify it? I think I see how.. but the end product pics kinda kill my idea (its so well done)

[brak]

I know he will chime in eventually, but it seems he removed the skin from the 67/68 hood and installed it over the 70 hood inner frame.

[smbrouss70]

He didn't cut the skin off, he just cut the front of the hood off. Look in this thread for pics of how he did it. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=243168

[GREASEMONKEY72]

looks good just like everything else you do man

i should drive up there and bug i mean hang out with you and see if i can pick up some of your tricks

actaully ill be up there eventually when i go to wyotech in sacro

[Rokcrln]

Sorry guys I have been burning the candle at both ends the last week or so. I will be doing a How-To write up as soon as I can sit down for a few hours and work on it for all of you. I like how it turned out and the best part is most people wil never know anything was ever done

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[texanidiot25]

Originally Posted by Rokcrln

best part is most people wil never know anything was ever done

That is the best part Atleast to most ppl, its just smoother than the other guys hood

[68GMC454]

it great your getting to drive it now..and to see that your very pregnant wife thought it sounded good,,thats the best thing yet...its cool that she likeing it as much as you do...it looks great,,good work..
billy

[John Fabris]

Cool Thread Kevin!! It was cool chatting with you this weekend!! Looking at the pictures in this thread is making me itch to get started on my next 67....

Talk to you later..

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by John Fabris

Cool Thread Kevin!! It was cool chatting with you this weekend!! Looking at the pictures in this thread is making me itch to get started on my next 67....

Talk to you later..

Yes John it was very nice meeting you and your family (and Eric) at the show. Your truck is even nicer than what shows up in the pic's. Like I said if you want a sounding board for ideas on th enext 67 please let me know. Also I am just up the road if you ever want to swing by for a chat or throw ideas back and forth, I have alot of them

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[blaznhot_23]

wow!!!!

kevin your work is simply amazing good job!!!

[Rokcrln]

Well now that the main build is done as far as low buck builds (except paint) so I am making it a bit more comfy for driving. I sold my 99 SPD so this is now my only running truck and tow vehical so I added some interior goodies.
I changed out a few pieces that did not match like the dash pad, sun visor clilps, headliner and arm rests. I then pulled the seat and carpet and installed 36 square feet of dynamat extream. I will need to get another 36sq to complete the interior. I still have the doors and firewall to do. The first 36sq did the headliner, back of cab and most of the floor. I will do the cab corners once I weld up the trim holes and gas filler hole then I will do all the way up th efire wall to the top back side of the dash and in the doors.

Just what I have done so far is amaizing and I can't wait to do the rest some day. The truck is done for now utill I get some power issues fixed with my shop and get the next customer build done. It has been in the shop for a few weeks now and I have not been able to start on it yet so that is the next push.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[SCOTI]

So you installed the Dynomat under the headliner?

I was considering that. I thought about getting a 'new' headliner kit through one of the vendors & putting some insulation under it. I figured here in TX the Dynomat type stuff wouldn't like the heat & would release from the roof in limited time. My thought was the insulation (thin jute pad type) would be light enough that the headliner retaining trim would be able to hold it in place w/o problems.

Not ideal, but better than a bare 'tin roof'.

[watahyahknow]

never seen a headliner like that (i own a 86 so its different ) it looks real nice i might make mine simulair with the chrome trim