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Old 05-27-2011, 12:27 PM   #26
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Re: New to vintage trucks. Tons of questions. Yes, I searched.

That's what's cool about these trucks. People can and will do anything to them. With 3 million made, I hope we don't run out of stock (pun?) soon.
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Old 05-27-2011, 02:04 PM   #27
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Re: New to vintage trucks. Tons of questions. Yes, I searched.

Welcome and a nice project. The pictures of the rear are correct for a factory trailing arm truck and the technology is still used in nascar today!

For budget, you can do a 2/4 drop without spindles. even a 3/5 with just springs.

If you plan to upgrade to discs in the front, then consider the 4.5/6 drop as in my humble opinion, it is the best looking static drop for our trucks. Will require an adjustable panhard bar and lowering shocks/shock relocators also but those are a good idea with any drop.

On the doors, I'd look for a good pair of rust free doors on craigslist or junkyard....they can be patched, but the patch panels made for them aren't the best and if you search long enough you can get good deals on nice doors. I found a rust free door with some dents I swapped some parts for (free) Dents are a lot easier to take care of than rust

Check out the FAQ section for a great resource.

And a quick search tip....use the advanced search on the board and select only the forum you're interested in (FAQ, parts, 67-72, etc...)

OR...I've had a lot of success just typing in a search in google. This board dominates google for 67-72 truck info so many times it will pull up easily that way.
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Old 05-27-2011, 02:26 PM   #28
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Re: New to vintage trucks. Tons of questions. Yes, I searched.

Ya it was my day to rag for give me all Bord members and new people to the site I guess when i see trucks heading to the scrap yard that could of been really nice trucks but instead there all hacked up from people trying to experiment on being a designer or a hot rod builder and they run out of time or they give up and its so transformed from it's once good glory It just makes me Sad cus in about 5 years there will be no more of these trucks like we see to day.But again Forgive me i was having a off day by seeing 12 of are trucks being Junked by the salvation army or what ever that none prefect group is such a shame lots of use full parts and good memoirs lost
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Old 05-27-2011, 07:03 PM   #29
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Ya it was my day to rag for give me all Bord members and new people to the site I guess when i see trucks heading to the scrap yard that could of been really nice trucks but instead there all hacked up from people trying to experiment on being a designer or a hot rod builder and they run out of time or they give up and its so transformed from it's once good glory It just makes me Sad cus in about 5 years there will be no more of these trucks like we see to day.But again Forgive me i was having a off day by seeing 12 of are trucks being Junked by the salvation army or what ever that none prefect group is such a shame lots of use full parts and good memoirs lost
It's Cool, we all have those days. Shows how passionate you are for these trucks, no worries.
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Old 06-24-2011, 10:13 AM   #30
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Re: New to vintage trucks. Tons of questions. Yes, I searched.

Small update. Finally able to bring her home after weeks of conferences and being swamped at work.

She is getting a complete scrubbing tonight and I cannot wait. New exhaust pipes came in and will also be going on before dark, Now if I can only find some way to sneak out before 5....

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Old 08-14-2011, 10:40 AM   #31
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Re: New to vintage trucks. Tons of questions. Yes, I searched.

I like this truck. Seen your other thread about a dumb drunk hittin ya. SOrry about that. Gonna look good with gmc front clip though. Still love the 67 chevy front clip
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Old 08-14-2011, 01:05 PM   #32
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Re: New to vintage trucks. Tons of questions. Yes, I searched.

Not a bad project...

I would ditch the 305 heads though. Unless you have a 305 to bolt them on.

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