67 C20 LB Conversion to C10 SB Fleet.

[mr.chevy]

The Frame
Well here is a picture of my other truck that I started with. It is the one that I have turned into a parts truck.

So here there it is when I got it trailered it to my house and I took the front clip off. Obviously I got a better truck to work on. This is a picture of it all stripped down into parts and after i sold the cab and then removed to motor and trans.

As you can see it is marked for being chopped. I have to get the truck out of the garage before I can get started on really any frame work. I am pretty close to being able to do that, just new ball joints and the new spindles and discs. It shouldn't take too much longer, although it may reduce my budget a lot.

[mr.chevy]

Right Now

July 25 2010
So I guess I need to show the Truck as it sits right now. I do have a new tailgate that came out of a junk yard for 50 bucks. Its really straight. The front tires are off in preparation for tearing into the front end.

[mr.chevy]

Bad News.

July 29 2010

So I don't have any pictures to update you with. Although I ran into a stumbling block, that happens to be with the new spindles I grabbed from the junk yard. This ended up being a waste of money but I didn't get into it to bad. The bad thing is that I drilled my axles and drums. Now I am going to have to buy a whole kit from CPP and call it good. I will have to replace the axles as well if i want them to match the new front that I am going to get. So yeah that sucks, although I am slowly getting the frame stripped down to nothing so that I can chop it down. Right no I am trying to just put the drum brakes on from my 1/2 ton front end. So anyway I thought you all would like this picture of a 54 Chevy that I took a picture of at the local car show.

[mr.chevy]

1/2 Ton now.

Aug 1 2010
Well as you all know my good truck is a 3/4 ton or at this stage was a 3/4 ton. So my updates are that I converted the front end to a 1/2 ton 6 lug with drums, since my disc conversion didn't work out as well as I planned. So I am going to have to wait until I have more funds to be able to buy the kit from CPP. Anyway i still have to convert the steering linkage over so that is why its not all together in the picture.

Yes my shop is now pretty messy, with all the extra truck parts all over the place. Anyway to update you all on my frame here are some current pics. I don't think there is anything left on it that I still need to take off. I just need to cut the 12" sections in the middle and 8" in the back and then weld it all back together. I am moving the rear cab mounts back right now but I didn't have a big enough drill bit for it. I have drilled the pilot holes though and removed the cab mounts. Oh I also removed the the front end and that will be sand blasted at the same time as the frame.

[mr.chevy]

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Here it is with the wheels on.
So I thought I would snap a photo today of what the truck looks like. I put all of the steering linkage in today and finished up the front end. Man it sure looks like a 1/2 ton now. I like it. I will like it even better when I have it on the road. Next step is to hook up rear brake line then bleed all of the brakes and adjust e-brake. Then all I have to do is hook up the link bar in the rear and charge the battery then make her maiden voyage. Ha Ha.

[mr.chevy]

Saturday, August 21, 2010

So I have not done much lately
I have done all of the things that were needed to make it into a half ton. So I needed to bleed the brakes to get it ready for the road. I tried to rent the vacuum tool from Autozone but it did not have the reservoir. So I took it back and ordered one from Amazon but I am waiting for it. Although I did notice that my rear cylinder on my drums had the bleed valve broke off. So I decided just to replace the whole thing. In the process of taking it off I broke the brake line. I pretty much knew that this was going to happen. So I also had to replace that. So here are the pics.

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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Did Some things.
Well here is the truck now. Last night I put in a new back window with a little help from my wife. I am waiting on some weather stripping because the stuff that I ordered from Classic Parts pretty much sucked and broke while installing them. As soon as I get the new weather stripping the truck is going out of the shop for a while and the frame is going in to be modified. So here are some pics of what it looks like now. Oh I also bought new mirrors but I am waiting on the arms. They are on back order.

This morning i put on new plugs and wires. I am eventually going to do a conversion on the points and a new cap. It sounds a lot better than it did before. I think we may be running on all 8 cylinders now. You will also notice that the new master that I had in it is gone. It didn't work out, the booster is shot. I have a new one on the way.

Here is the new old back window. It came from the parts truck. The one in there was broken.