Pic of my 67 on 78 frame!

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:11 pm

Looks like a great start on your project. cant wait to see it done.
Ken

Post by **HellBelly** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:23 pm

Slick.

looks great!

Can you tell us alittle about how the frame matched up? What mods were needed so far.

cudajimmy · Post by **cudajimmy** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 6:50 am

Did you have to channel it? Cut the fender wells? Putting 15's, 18's, 20's on it?

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 7:06 am

Now that is Low!

meangreen · Post by **meangreen** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 11:42 am

i like it, im wondering about the frame too!tell us what u did

Post by **Seabee** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 12:11 pm

BAM! That's what I'm talkin about!
That is beautiful. I want mine to sit that way NOW!

slick · Post by **slick** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:53 pm

where to start!!! I did channel the body over the frame at the back of the cab, just a couple of inches..from the back of the cab about a foot forward...had to build my own cab mounts because the originals or the 78's would not work...for the fronts i flipped the 78's and welded the 67's over them then grinded them down to look halfway decent...I bolted the 78's back in the original holes and it worked out...for the back I made a plate welded the cab mount to the plate then bolted it into the original holes...the back was only off by a couple of inches...
I also had to do some cutting in the bed...I had to cut the front crossmember and the two middle crossmembers to get it to sit down on the frame. I haven't built the mounts for the bed yet...the truck is low right now, but not low enough!!! The front springs and bumbstops are completely out of the truck and it is as low as the upper ball joints will let it go...I'm having some upper A-arms built for it so it will come down some more in the front...I also have to build my C-notch for the rear so it will come down another 6-8 inches...The truck is going to be air bagged so it will still be driveable...As for now I'm going to run 15's, but that can always change...The truck is going to be flat black with red rims.....

cudajimmy · Post by **cudajimmy** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:12 pm

You gonna have to redo the transmission tunnel, too?

MountainMoparRobin · Post by **MountainMoparRobin** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:33 am

slick
I like what your doing keep us posted!

slick · Post by **slick** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:55 pm

don't know about the transmission tunnel yet...just have to wait and see!

mopar · Post by **mopar** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:58 pm

I would love to see some photos of your custom front cab mounts... any chance you have some to post?

slick · Post by **slick** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:29 pm

they are not pretty, but they work...the picture with the two of them one is ground down and the other is not that is why they are different... I cut off the 67 cab mounts where they originally attached to the frame..after i welded them to the 78 mounts then I grinded off the bottom part...

mopar · Post by **mopar** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 1:09 am

Neat. 3 pictures ARE worth 3000 words. Thanks!