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CMillwheels
12-26-2017, 08:53 PM
Hi everyone - I've spent quite a bit of time over the years following the awesome build threads on Lateral-G. Now, I can hopefully contribute a little bit. I'm a rookie build thread writer so please bear with me!
I've owned this 1968 Camaro for 27 years. When I first bought it, we did a very low budget build to get it on the road. Drove it like that for 10 years, and then had finally saved enough money to repair all of the rust and do proper body work. Well, the car had way more rust than anticipated and I spent considerably more to get there body back in shape than I had wanted to spend, but I wanted it done right. Unfortunately, that meant that I had to make sacrifices on the performance side of things.
Finally, after it looking pretty for 17 years but not really being that fun to drive I get to Step up the performance a bit!!
I've decided to completly rework the suspension and drivetrain as follows:
complete Speed tech Extreme sub frame kit
Speed tech Torque arm rear suspension
Full floating 9" rear axle
GM performance parts LT4 crate motor
T56 manual transmission
Stainless steel headers for LT4
Stainless steel Ricks vapor works fuel tank
DSE mini tubs and speed tech fiberglass inner wells in front.
Forge line RBC3 wheels
Vintage air HVAC system
PRC radiator
Stop tech 6 piston 14" rotors all around
Ron Sutton valved coil overs with Draco springs
Here's how she started the day
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By this evening I had the interior out and all the fluids drained.
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My plan is to get everything dismantled this week before having to head back to work next week. Tons of parts are showing up to the house daily, and the engine/transmission is being delivered Thursday!
Roger and Ben over at Speedtech have been super helpful and great to work with while I was trying to figure out the direction to take this build. I'll be taking a road trip to their shop in Utah in the coming weeks to pick up the chassis.
And Ben will be drawing a rendering in the coming weeks so I can show you guys the vision for the car.
The Speedtech guys have been keeping my UPS guy super busy...
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I'm going to need a lot of luck and help from my friends to get this car back on the road. Hope you guys enjoy!
Chris
Subscribed! Keep the updates and progress photos coming.
Beechy
12-27-2017, 01:25 AM
Subscribed, great list of suppliers, looking fwd to progress ......links to attachments don't work for me.
CMillwheels
12-27-2017, 07:15 AM
Thanks for the heads up on the attachments, I was struggling with that s bit. I'll learn how to correct it and get more pictures posted ASAP.
214Chevy
12-27-2017, 11:39 AM
I'm in for the ride on this one too.
DBasher
12-27-2017, 04:58 PM
SpeedTech+Hackster+Sutton...fugetaboutit!
Looking forward to watching this come together.
:flag2: :thumbsup:
Spiffav8
12-27-2017, 05:12 PM
That's an awesome build plan and I love the Forge line RBC3 wheels!
This will be a fun one to watch for sure.
:captain:
CMillwheels
12-27-2017, 07:51 PM
It seems like I spent forever in the shop today with not much to show for my effort. I did manage to finish getting all the fluids drained, all fuel, coolant, power steering, and brake lines removed. Also got the exhaust taken off and started on the front sheet metal.
tomorrow should be a big day. my son and I will remove the front sheet metal and if all goes well, we will drop the old sub frame out along with the engine and tranny.
here's a few pics of today's action:
CMillwheels
12-28-2017, 07:24 PM
I have a lot more to show for my work today than yesterday! We were able to get the old drivetrain out of the car and all sheet metal removed. It was kind of sad taking all that stuff apart that we spent so much time building back in the day, but it will be worth it...
Also, Santa Clause showed up with the new engine and transmission. YES!
Tomorrow will be spent cleaning up the shop and organizing things a little bit. It's an absolute disaster at the moment.
waynieZ
12-28-2017, 07:37 PM
I love the project, and What a sweet drive train!! Awesome garage too.
CMillwheels
12-28-2017, 08:30 PM
I love the project, and What a sweet drive train!! Awesome garage too.
Thanks Wayne, I appreciate the encouragement! We have a long ways to go with this one...
Chris
Wow, nice build. You're moving along quickly so far. :thumbsup:
Daniel
Steve68
12-29-2017, 06:02 AM
Nice looking car, lots of good parts lined up, looks like you had some good stuff on there in the old build,
Dave Pratt
12-29-2017, 06:09 AM
Chris this is going to be a fun project.I like the LT-4 choice as well...I'll be following this build for sure seeing as I'm just North of you.
Dave
CMillwheels
12-29-2017, 12:58 PM
Wow, nice build. You're moving along quickly so far. :thumbsup:
Daniel
Thanks Daniel!
Unfortunately things will slow down considerably when I go back to my day job next week.
Working on clearing everything off the firewall today in preparation to smooth it.
Chris
CMillwheels
12-29-2017, 01:03 PM
Nice looking car, lots of good parts lined up, looks like you had some good stuff on there in the old build,
Thank you Steve! I do have some nice parts coming off the car. The engine/transmission will be going into my 1968 C10. I'll be selling everything else..
[QUOTE=Dave Pratt;670958]Chris this is going to be a fun project.I like the LT-4 choice as well...I'll be following this build for sure seeing as I'm just North of you.
Thanks Dave, appreciate you following my mayhem!
I should have more pics posted up this evening..
CMillwheels
12-29-2017, 08:50 PM
Another day in the shop and finally the dismantling project is mostly complete. Thank goodness, four days in a row of taking a car apart and I'm wiped out...
The Ridetech dampers showed up today, and I got a kick out of Ron Sutton's sticker on the outside of the box. It's so true, I've been super anxious to see these things. They look amazing.
next on the agenda is to tackle the DSE mini tubs and the Speedtech firewall smooth kit. I have the tubs, so that'll be first.
I'll be taking a road trip to Utah as soon as the Speedtech parts are built to pick them all up. I'm excited to meet Ben and Roger and see their shop.
Lucy, my shop Labrador, is a little bewildered why I've been spending so much time in the shop this week. If she only knew....
CMillwheels
01-02-2018, 08:54 PM
Ugh, back to work today so the Camaro progress is going to slow down considerably. My hope is to start the mini tub installation next weekend. I've never tackled installation of them before, so it'll be a new adventure for me. Here they are sitting and waiting to go..
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Also, I've been thinking a lot about safety and what kind of trouble I'm going to be able to get into with an LT4 in this car. Specifically, do I install a roll bar or not. After a ton of reading and learning from Ron Sutton's post on roll bars, I decided to pull the trigger today on a Chassisworks pro touring roll bar with removable side bars. I plan to take the car out on the track, but not enough to warrant a full cage. I hope...
From a chassis stiffness perspective I think it should be much better than stock with a 6 point roll bar, Speedtech weld in subframe connectors, and downbars from the firewall to front subframe. If anyone has run a similar configuration in an f-body and wouldn't mind sharing their experience with their car I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Thanks again for following along!
Chris
CMillwheels
01-07-2018, 09:14 PM
Hey guys - I had a chance to work on the DSE mini tubs today. It's a slow go for a guy with no sheetmetal experience but I'm learning...
I got the drivers side factory tub removed and everything cut out in preparation for the new tub. One suprise I found was a ton of sand in the rocker from when I had the car sandblasted 17 years ago. Not sure I'll every have a car sandblasted again after seeing that. Also got ride of an old shock cross member that was installed back in the day that won't be needed any longer. Oh yeah, I also learned that 17 year old Dyna mat is a royal PITA to remove!
Spiffav8
01-08-2018, 04:20 PM
Nice! Keep at it. Car is going to be awesome.
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waynieZ
01-08-2018, 05:00 PM
Looking good.
CMillwheels
01-08-2018, 08:51 PM
Nice! Keep at it. Car is going to be awesome.
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Looking good.
Thanks guys, appreciate the encouragement!
Blake Foster
01-09-2018, 08:21 AM
GREAT progress!!!!
on a side note. your dog and mine are twins!!! when i saw the pic i had to do a double take, only mine is older now!
CMillwheels
01-09-2018, 08:31 PM
GREAT progress!!!!
on a side note. your dog and mine are twins!!! when i saw the pic i had to do a double take, only mine is older now!
Thanks Blake! That's funny about the dogs!
I spoke with Roger yesterday, I'll be headed down to pay you guys a visit and pick up my subframe sometime in February. Can't wait!
Chris
CMillwheels
12-27-2018, 07:17 PM
Damn, it's been almost a year since I posted any progress on this thread. Too many other hobbies, kids, and car wrecks have gotten in the way of good progress. But, the car hasn't been ignored completely and hopefully I've got a clean slate for a while to make some significant progress on this thing.
Since my last post, Wheel tubs, roll cage, sub-frame connectors, and smooth firewall kit are all installed. With the exception of Hackster bailing my rookie #$% out of couple of times i completed the work myself. It took forever, and my body/paint guy has a bunch of body work to do now. but at least that's behind me.
here's a few pics of the year's progress:
CMillwheels
12-27-2018, 07:27 PM
And, more pics...
I must say the Speedtech products have been a dream to work with. everything fits great, instructions are awesome, and quality is top notch.
CMillwheels
12-27-2018, 07:35 PM
I've taken a little time off work over the holidays to spend in the shop. Here's the damage I've caused this past week!
CMillwheels
12-27-2018, 07:43 PM
With the car finally a roller again, I'm now trying to figure out how to mount the radiator, condenser, supercharger heat exchanger, air to oil cooler, and PS cooler.
A Few more pics...
CMillwheels
12-27-2018, 07:47 PM
And to make things more exciting my Fesler door panels showed up today along with a bunch more parts.
Finally, some progress...
Gmachine1911
12-27-2018, 08:27 PM
Man, you weren't kidding about getting fired up! Nice progress on an already great looking car...keep the updates coming!
CMillwheels
12-27-2018, 09:55 PM
Man, you weren't kidding about getting fired up! Nice progress on an already great looking car...keep the updates coming!
Thanks Shane, it’s pretty incredible how similar our two cars are. If I can stay focused on this hopefully she’ll be running and driving by next summer.
vdrivinmike
12-27-2018, 11:29 PM
NICE - this project is Badass.
I just added a Speedtech Torque arm to my build. Can't wait to drive it.
califconstruct
12-28-2018, 10:51 AM
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Looking Sharp!!
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CMillwheels
12-29-2018, 07:03 PM
NICE - this project is Badass.
I just added a Speedtech Torque arm to my build. Can't wait to drive it.
Thank you! the Torque arm setup is pretty awesome. takes a little bit of work to make everything fit, but once I figured out it went very smoothly.
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Looking Sharp!!
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appreciate it, been spending of long hours on this thing the last week or so.
CMillwheels
12-29-2018, 07:17 PM
I had the luxury of spending another long day in the shop today and made some good progress.
Was able to get the fenders back on the car in order to mock up the Speedtech fiberglass inner fender wells. installation was straightforward enough but the factory mounts on the firewall must be trimmed in order to get them to fit. No going back now! These things add a significant amount of room for the 315 tires. I haven't adjusted ride height or tried turning the wheels yet but I don't see any obvious signs of it being an issue as there is a lot of room in there.
Also mocked up the radiator, A/C condenser, and heat exchanger for the supercharger today. Not sure yet how I'm going to plumb up the condenser as I will need to relocate the filter/drier so none of the Vintage air pre-bent tubing will work. Has anyone done something similar? I'll probably locate the filter/drier between the headlight bucket and the heat exchanger.
Now that this complete I was able to figure out dimensions for the oil cooler and PS cooler. those are going to stack on top (above) the supercharger heat exchanger. I'm a little worried about airflow through all of these before air gets to the radiator but going to move forward with it and see how it goes.
pics of todays work....
colorado80439
12-31-2018, 09:09 PM
Awesome progress, I've been waiting for this to unfold. I'm ready to start a similar project.
I'm pretty set on a roadster shop ft chassis and curious about the speedtech but don't know much about the torque arm setup.
I drove an LT4 vette earlier this fall and the low end torque is incredible. I'm interested in see what you do to get hood clearance.
I hate to be the guy that asks where you purchased this or that, but the roll bar is interesting and I haven't seen it before.
Thanks Dave
CMillwheels
01-01-2019, 08:25 AM
Awesome progress, I've been waiting for this to unfold. I'm ready to start a similar project.
I'm pretty set on a roadster shop ft chassis and curious about the speedtech but don't know much about the torque arm setup.
I drove an LT4 vette earlier this fall and the low end torque is incredible. I'm interested in see what you do to get hood clearance.
I hate to be the guy that asks where you purchased this or that, but the roll bar is interesting and I haven't seen it before.
Thanks Dave
Thanks for the compliments Dave! It feels good to finally be moving forward on the car again. I was on the fence about a RS full chassis and the Speedtech products as well. They both seem to be amazing companies that build super nice products. What ultimately pushed me in the direction of Speedtech was the impressive number of Pro Touring Camaros they’ve done and the proven handling characteristics they’ve been able to achieve. That said, I think RS is great, but it seems like Speedtech has a bit more documented “proof” of performance on the race track. This car will see mostly street driving, but hopefully will be on the track as well.
I’ve got a cowl hood on the car now, but I have no idea yet if it will fit. Time will tell...
I purchased the roll bar kit from Chris Alston’s chassisworks but did make a few tweaks to it during the install. The largest one was we fabricated a different harness bar with an offset to the rear of the car to allow for better rearward seat travel. We also used different tubing connections to make the bar removable which provided bit of a cleaner look that what comes in the kit. They are manufactured by Trail Gear. We also installed “kickers” That connect the main hoop just below the harness bar on each side and connect to the weld in subframe connectors to hopefully provide some extra stiffness and some triangulation for the main hoop. The last thing to figure out are the door bars. I’m waiting on my new Recaro seats to show up so we can do a mock up with them and the Fesler door panels to see of everything will fit together. If it does, then I’ll be installing door bars as well. Still on the fence about putting a rear seat back in the car....
Chris
colorado80439
01-01-2019, 04:31 PM
Thanks Chris, you might take a look at roadster shops site, under current builds, "Don's 68 Camaro" they modified a cowl hood for an LT4 with the large lid. It may give you some ideas
CMillwheels
01-01-2019, 06:38 PM
Thanks Chris, you might take a look at roadster shops site, under current builds, "Don's 68 Camaro" they modified a cowl hood for an LT4 with the large lid. It may give you some ideas
Thanks Dave, it's been a while since I've been on their site, I'll check it out!
I was able to spend a little time in the shop today to finish up the raised transmission tunnel modification and mock up the vintage air evaporator.
Headed back to the office tomorrow, so unfortunately my couple of weeks in the shop came to an end tonight. Back to working on the car on weekends only...
CMillwheels
01-06-2019, 08:15 PM
The only real progress on the car this weekend was that I met with my buddy Aaron who owns Southbound Customs, a auto body restoration shop in Oregon. We walked through the car and built our plan for body work. As most custom car builders are, he’s super busy with current projects but we settled on having the car into his shop to begin body work the 2nd week of April. So, I need to crank on this thing the next couple of months to get all of the mock-up complete and disassembled to be ready for him. Gonna be fun!
I did manage to find locations for the supercharger coolant tank and pump assembly. Also found a perfect location for the LT4 ECU and engine harness fuse box up underneath the dash above the vintage air evaporator. That’s a huge win as I was worried sick that there wasn’t enough room under the dash for them.
Here’s a couple picks of the coolant tank and pump locations. The pump fits great behind the passenger side headlight bucket.
jasonz28camaro
01-06-2019, 10:05 PM
Sweet looking build, keep up the good work!
Please post some photos of the ECM mounted once its installed. I'm looking for some good ideas to steal for my car haha. I'll also need to find a hiding spot for TCM but you get to skip that part.
CMillwheels
02-10-2019, 03:44 PM
The clock keeps ticking to when this thing needs to be in the body shop and it seems like i'm not making a whole lot of progress towards that goal. It's just over a month away and i have a bunch more mock up that i'd like to get accomplished before this old girl needs to be taken back apart.
So what better time that to try to learn how to TIG weld and build a custom stainless exhaust! :badidea:
Went out and purchased a Miller Diversion 180 TIG machine, did a bunch of reading and YouTube video watching and started practicing. Damn, i have lots of practice to do!
Made some pretty decent progress this weekend until an inadvertent slip while using the hole saw ended my day of work today. Got to head off to urgent care to get a 4" slice in my hand stitched up. :mad: I"m pretty happy with the exhaust work so for considering my novice state. hopefully next weekend will bring more progress and no trips to the ER.
On a good note, I've been able to get the brake and clutch master cylinders mocked up and plumbed and also received the new Recaro seats that have been on order forever.
CMillwheels
02-10-2019, 03:50 PM
Here are another coupe pics showing the current state of the engine compartment and the new seats. New seat is the passenger side, driver side is one of my old ones.
bkswede
02-10-2019, 06:32 PM
Chris - looks like an awesome build. Those Speedtech Extreme frames allow for some insanely wide front tires! I know LT4s from the factory have electronic PS... are you running PS on yours? Don’t remember seeing a PS pump on the front end accessory drive in your picture, but maybe I missed it. I have a ZL1 with that motor and the low end torque is amazing... look forward to following your progress!
Brian
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CMillwheels
02-11-2019, 07:58 AM
Chris - looks like an awesome build. Those Speedtech Extreme frames allow for some insanely wide front tires! I know LT4s from the factory have electronic PS... are you running PS on yours? Don’t remember seeing a PS pump on the front end accessory drive in your picture, but maybe I missed it. I have a ZL1 with that motor and the low end torque is amazing... look forward to following your progress!
Brian
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Thanks for the Props Brian! I am running hydraulic power steering. The pump is mounted low on the driver's side of the engine. It's a Jones pump with remote mounted reservoir. I"m running 315 tires up front and 335's in the rear. It's crazy how those tires look from the front of the car.
Chris
bkswede
02-11-2019, 08:19 AM
Thanks for the Props Brian! I am running hydraulic power steering. The pump is mounted low on the driver's side of the engine. It's a Jones pump with remote mounted reservoir. I"m running 315 tires up front and 335's in the rear. It's crazy how those tires look from the front of the car.
Chris
Gotcha - I see it now... was looking for the reservoir. Is that a Drive Junky front end accessory drive? I briefly considered an LT4 for my build and, at that time, no one had an accessory drive that included power steering, but know a couple have since been released. Those front tires are wider than my rears! I’ll be running 305’s in back but only 255’s up front on my Chevy II...
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CMillwheels
02-11-2019, 08:42 AM
Gotcha - I see it now... was looking for the reservoir. Is that a Drive Junky front end accessory drive? I briefly considered an LT4 for my build and, at that time, no one had an accessory drive that included power steering, but know a couple have since been released. Those front tires are wider than my rears! I’ll be running 305’s in back but only 255’s up front on my Chevy II...
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Yes sir, it is the Drive Junky drive set up. I will not hesitate to use the Drive Junky setup again on future builds. The quality of the machine work, finish, and fit is remarkable.
Chris
hackster
02-11-2019, 08:54 AM
Looks killer man!!! Those seats are dead sexy too.
Impressed how much metal work you have done on this thing, looks good.
Love the trial by fire.
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Sean
srode1
12-07-2021, 02:27 AM
I had the luxury of spending another long day in the shop today and made some good progress.
Was able to get the fenders back on the car in order to mock up the Speedtech fiberglass inner fender wells. installation was straightforward enough but the factory mounts on the firewall must be trimmed in order to get them to fit. No going back now! These things add a significant amount of room for the 315 tires. I haven't adjusted ride height or tried turning the wheels yet but I don't see any obvious signs of it being an issue as there is a lot of room in there.
Also mocked up the radiator, A/C condenser, and heat exchanger for the supercharger today. Not sure yet how I'm going to plumb up the condenser as I will need to relocate the filter/drier so none of the Vintage air pre-bent tubing will work. Has anyone done something similar? I'll probably locate the filter/drier between the headlight bucket and the heat exchanger.
Now that this complete I was able to figure out dimensions for the oil cooler and PS cooler. those are going to stack on top (above) the supercharger heat exchanger. I'm a little worried about airflow through all of these before air gets to the radiator but going to move forward with it and see how it goes.
pics of todays work....
I know this is a couple year old thread, but curious what you ended up doing for relocation of the DS knock sensor with the headers. I'm debating what route to go with that on mine right now with the same subframe, headers and an LT5
CMillwheels
12-07-2021, 09:03 PM
I know this is a couple year old thread, but curious what you ended up doing for relocation of the DS knock sensor with the headers. I'm debating what route to go with that on mine right now with the same subframe, headers and an LT5
It’s funny you ask the question…. This car has been sitting on ice the last couple years while I was completing a C10 build, and a couple of Jeep wranglers for my boys. Finally able to get back to the Camaro.
I don’t believe I had to make any modifications for the drivers side knock sensor to fit under the header. It’s a tight fit, but it works. I installed a significant amount of heat shield on all of the wiring for the knock sensors and the starter. All of this wiring is very close to the headers. I can try to take some pics of the area when I have the car back up on my lift if you’d like to see a visual.
srode1
12-08-2021, 01:22 PM
I can try to take some pics of the area when I have the car back up on my lift if you’d like to see a visual.That would be great. There must be something different in the headers, although I did hang mine without a gasket just to check, but it had 1 tube touching the knock sensor bolt. Looked to me like the tube could have been routed a bit different improve clearance, but perhaps it would have changed the length too much.
Cramer4918
06-15-2022, 06:05 PM
Subscribing! I am anxious to see the finished product! Kudos to you for tackling a lot of the work yourself. Hopefully you can get back on it pretty steady. Good luck!
CMillwheels
06-19-2022, 09:39 PM
Subscribing! I am anxious to see the finished product! Kudos to you for tackling a lot of the work yourself. Hopefully you can get back on it pretty steady. Good luck!
Thank you! Unfortunately life’s gotten in the way of making substantial progress on this build but I’ve been slowly working away on it. I’ll get some new pics posted up soon. It’s almost ready to start, and all plumbing and wiring are complete.
In the mean time I had a C10 project that was completed and have been playing around with a 2009 ZR1 that I purchased last summer. Gotta get back on the Camaro!
Do you have a build thread for the C10? If not, more photos please! :goggles:
Daniel
syborg tt
06-21-2022, 08:08 AM
Thank you! Unfortunately life’s gotten in the way of making substantial progress on this build but I’ve been slowly working away on it. I’ll get some new pics posted up soon. It’s almost ready to start, and all plumbing and wiring are complete.
Trust me we all here understand as we never seem to have enough time. The car looks great and I am looking forward to your next update.
In the mean time I had a C10 project that was completed and have been playing around with a 2009 ZR1 that I purchased last summer. Gotta get back on the Camaro!
Love the C10 and I am with you as I bought a Cayman R to fill the void while I am working on my Camaro.
Cramer4918
06-21-2022, 03:18 PM
Thank you! Unfortunately life’s gotten in the way of making substantial progress on this build but I’ve been slowly working away on it. I’ll get some new pics posted up soon. It’s almost ready to start, and all plumbing and wiring are complete.
I understand completely! Between my almost 7-year old twins and every other daily thing, I have only logged minutes of work for my project in the past week. It's a slow process, but it is all rewarding. Looking forward to updates.
In the mean time I had a C10 project that was completed and have been playing around with a 2009 ZR1 that I purchased last summer. Gotta get back on the Camaro
Details man! Details!
CMillwheels
06-23-2022, 08:45 PM
Haha! Yes, details! I bought the C10 several years ago from a guy that had converted it from a long bed. He put a new box on it and painted it the truck’s original color. The cab and front clip had original paint, and still do. It came with the truck arm rear suspension, turbo 400 and the ever so gutless 307. When it was converted to a SWB, it was c notched and the front suspension was dropped as well. It ran with shortened coil springs. The cab had the usual rust issues in the rockers and cab corners. I drove it for a few years like this and pretty much used it as a cruiser and shop truck. The first pic is a pic of it back then.
When Covid started I got a wild hair to completely blow the truck apart and revamp it. I took it apart in march of 2020 and had it back on the road one year later. I repaired all the rust in the cab, installed complete TCI front and rear coil over suspension, installed an L33 All aluminum LS with a 4L60e I had sitting in the shop, Wilwood disc brakes with hydro boost, new wheels and tires, relocated the gas tank, and all new electrical and plumbing. Here’s a bunch of random picks from the build. Unfortunately I didn’t write a build thread for it.
Mikael A
06-24-2022, 05:12 PM
Very nice 👌
WSSix
06-25-2022, 08:09 AM
x2 Looks great! I wish those L33s weren't so hard to come by. I'd love to use one in a build one day.
Awesome! Thanks for the follow up info and photos.
Daniel
Ricochet
06-27-2022, 06:03 PM
Very cool Truck!!! Nicely done!
Spiffav8
06-28-2022, 02:52 PM
Yeah.... that looks like a lot of fun. Always wanted one.
:captain:
camcojb
06-28-2022, 05:19 PM
Yeah.... that looks like a lot of fun. Always wanted one.
:captain:
Hows your car doing? :peepwall:
CMillwheels
06-28-2022, 07:57 PM
Hows your car doing? :peepwall:
Ummm, oh, that car…😳. I have been making progress ever so slowly. The last major update I posted was right before Covid. Since then, we stripped it back down to the shell and sent it off to the body shop to finish the major metal work, shave drip rails, and fit up the fesler flush mount glass (that was fun).
I received the shell back in August or so of 2020 and it sat in my car trailer while the C10 was being finished up. Since then, I have been cranking away. It’s wired, plumbed, and mostly mocked up. I was hoping to get it back to my body guy to get that finished up but he’s way behind schedule and it’s not looking like he can take the car back until this fall sometime. So, now my plan is to keep moving forward, and get to a point where I can start the car, check all electrical systems, and make sure everything is working before it goes back to the body shop. Probably a better plan anyway…. Here are a handful of progress pics.
Steve68
06-30-2022, 07:45 AM
I want to know what inner wheel wells did you use???
Looking at the wiring harness's do you have a harness coming out of each side of the firewall??? noticing the hole on the drivers side,
CMillwheels
06-30-2022, 08:40 PM
I want to know what inner wheel wells did you use???
Looking at the wiring harness's do you have a harness coming out of each side of the firewall??? noticing the hole on the drivers side,
Hey Steve - the inner fender wells are Speedtech fiberglass. On the wiring, I have the body harness in the stock location and the engine harness is coming through the hole I installed on the driver’s side. The PCM is located under the dash and the engine fuse box is located on the drivers side core support. I had to completely rework the harness to make this work but I really wanted the PCM under the dash inside the car. Here’s a few more pics of the wiring and where I installed the PCM.
camcojb
06-30-2022, 09:18 PM
Love the details.
Ricochet
06-30-2022, 10:11 PM
Very cool build..
Steve68
07-08-2022, 11:20 AM
Very Cool, I'm laying things out, My plans also, PCM inside and the harness thru the firewall,
How thick is the foam you have in the interior??
I'll look at the Speedtech site, always gathering ideas to implement on my car,
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