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Bennett68C10 02-08-2014 09:43 PM

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Looks awesome

screaminchevypickup 02-09-2014 12:14 AM

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Love the bonspeeds...

ridinlow68 02-09-2014 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Bennett68C10 (Post 6515959)
Looks awesome

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Originally Posted by screaminchevypickup (Post 6516308)
Love the bonspeeds...

Thanks guys!

ridinlow68 02-09-2014 10:08 PM

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Here's a little transformation picture of what the garage used to look like before I cleaned it up. Not sure how I found anything before!

builtbyKane 02-09-2014 11:23 PM

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Wow, where'd the stairs come from! Haha

jcramsey 02-10-2014 09:32 AM

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Looking good Rick!

You know you won't need that garage heater or the snow blower if ya'll end up moving to Charleston? :lol:

Hart_Rod 02-10-2014 09:53 AM

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Love the wheels! What'st the part number and who did you get them through, if you don't mind me asking.

ridinlow68 02-10-2014 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by builtbyKane (Post 6517953)
Wow, where'd the stairs come from! Haha

haha right!? That's 10 years worth of junk right there!

ridinlow68 02-10-2014 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by jcramsey (Post 6518331)
Looking good Rick!

You know you won't need that garage heater or the snow blower if ya'll end up moving to Charleston? :lol:

Thanks Jeremy! Yea, I was just telling my wife how nice it would be to be able to drive the truck pretty much 24/7 if we lived down south. No snow and no salty roads!

ridinlow68 02-10-2014 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Hart_Rod (Post 6518355)
Love the wheels! What'st the part number and who did you get them through, if you don't mind me asking.

Thanks! The wheels are Bonspeed Big Blocks. They have polished hoops and the centers are brushed with a clear powder coat. I ordered them straight through Brad at Bonspeed. He's a little hard to reach, but when you do talk to him, he's great to work with and very understanding. If you're interested in rims through Bonspeed, they sometimes do a buy 3 rims get one free deal like once a year, which is a great when buying billet rims.

cook2199 02-11-2014 08:03 PM

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Great looking build! I ordered my front extreme dropmember in January for my 68 :) subscribed!!

ridinlow68 02-11-2014 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by cook2199 (Post 6521000)
Great looking build! I ordered my front extreme dropmember in January for my 68 :) subscribed!!

Thanks! You're going to love your dropmember, Porterbuilt makes some great quality parts!

cafetony 02-11-2014 11:16 PM

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Nice build.
Looks like your making good progress.
Did you save the wood wheels for the next truck?
subscribed!!
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=608373

ridinlow68 02-12-2014 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by cafetony (Post 6521385)
Nice build.
Looks like your making good progress.
Did you save the wood wheels for the next truck?
subscribed!!
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=608373

Thanks! I'm getting there. The wood wheels didn't quite have the right backspacing lol had to get something that fit better! Haha

ridinlow68 02-18-2014 10:36 PM

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Was able to get the motor temporarily mounted on the frame this weekend. I'm looking to order up a new oil pan and some headers soon, got to get that figured out. I also got my high hump transmission cover delivered today!

I'm hoping to dig out all the snow from in front of the shed that's holding all my body parts soon; there was about 2' there yesterday...we got about another foot today, it's never going to end!

ridinlow68 03-01-2014 08:36 PM

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Updates! I've ordered up a few more parts over the last couple weeks. I ordered up both my front and rear bumper and a hitch. I'm still not sure what I will tow with it yet, but I figured now is the time to get it mocked up so it's not an afterthought. It'll be hidden behind the license plate and should work pretty well. It looks like I'll have to modify the hitch a little bit so that I can lay frame, but it shouldn't be too bad. I also ordered up another really big item this past week and can't wait to show you what it is!

Today I worked on mocking up the rear bumper, but I'm still waiting on the front bumper brackets to get that mocked up. I was also finally able to rearrange all my body parts in my storage shed to get to my cab. And after 7 years of waiting, my cab is now officially back on my frame! Man, I can stop looking at it! This truck that I've been thinking about for so long is finally becoming a reality. I think I'm going to go back to the garage and stare some more haha

ridinlow68 03-01-2014 08:37 PM

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And here's how she sits now!

1stchevy 03-01-2014 11:14 PM

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Looking good

mikeleeshields 03-01-2014 11:57 PM

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Looking good. I'm about to sit my cab on too.

Bennett68C10 03-02-2014 12:22 AM

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Looks great, congrats on getting the cab on. I know how excited I was to get mine back on.

ridinlow68 03-02-2014 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 1stchevy (Post 6552389)
Looking good

Thanks!

ridinlow68 03-02-2014 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeleeshields (Post 6552484)
Looking good. I'm about to sit my cab on too.

Thanks! You're going to love how it sits! From the looks of it you're way ahead of me, it's looking really good!

ridinlow68 03-02-2014 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bennett68C10 (Post 6552541)
Looks great, congrats on getting the cab on. I know how excited I was to get mine back on.

Thanks! It was so awesome to see it on there. The cab won't be on the frame for too long, just checking clearances, but it's definitely a good motivator!

belowme51 03-19-2014 03:24 PM

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she is coming out awesome brother!!!! I have a question if you don't mind...on your lower control arms were the bushings that came with your arms a very very tight fit when you installed the washer/keys on the Dropmember?
-Mike

ridinlow68 03-26-2014 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by belowme51 (Post 6583973)
she is coming out awesome brother!!!! I have a question if you don't mind...on your lower control arms were the bushings that came with your arms a very very tight fit when you installed the washer/keys on the Dropmember?
-Mike

Thanks Mike! They were a little tight, not too bad though, I might have used a rubber mallet to get them on, can't remember though.


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