| 1967 Chevy C10 Suspension Install side View
For those holding an AARP card, you have grown up with early-model trucks and know of their cool custom potential. The long legacy of the '48-'52 Ford F-1s, the '53-'56 F100s, the '48-'55 and the later '55-'59 Chevrolet customs have been repeated over and over. As of late, it seems the popularity bar has been raised. We have seen the trend advance into the late '50s, '60s, and '70s. Early-model custom trucks have become a new discovery for many custom-truck enthusiasts under age 30. It is great to see that early-model trucks have become accepted by the hobby's young guns.
| After being sand blasted and powdercoated, the '67 C10 1/2-ton frame was ready for suspension.
One of those young guns, Elon Ahal, is a 24-year-old from Van Nuys, California. He is a Sergeant in the Marine Reserves and has admired early-model custom trucks since high school. After throwing down some hard-earned cash, he found himself loading up a '67 Chevy C10 Fleetside pickup on a borrowed trailer and dragging it home. His project's journey began with thumbing through a mountain of magazines, catalogs, and searching the Internet for ideas and parts to build his '67 he named Nightmare.
| Here are some of the Classic Performance Products (CPP) Grand Slam front suspension kit components that were installed: 2-1/2-inch drop spindles, upper and lower tubular control arms, coil springs, shock absorbers, 12-inch diameter brake rotors, and brake calipers.
The foundation of '67 Nightmare is the factory '67 1/2-ton frame that was disassembled and given a Classic Performance Products (CPP) rear-axle housing frame notch before it was sent out to be sandblasted and then powdercoated satin black. To achieve an aggressive lowered stance, Elon decided to install a CPP 4/5 static drop kit, using QA1 Precision Products front and rear gas filled shocks. Bill Markel of Bonfire Racing in Lancaster, California, installed a CPP transmission, a crossmember, and a CPP dropped center crossmember.
For this first segment of '67 Nightmare's buildup, we followed along as Bill, from Bonfire Racing, installed a CPP Grand Slam front suspension and CPP Big Bar rear-suspension kit.
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Time Spent Working: Approximately 7 hours
Degree of Difficulty: Intermediate (Bolting on front and rear suspension components)
Parts List Part Number Price Classic Performance Products (CPP)
Front suspension: CPP Grand Slam Suspension Kit PN 6772GSK-5D $1,299
Parts List Part Number Price All Necessary Hardware QA1 Shocks gas filled front PN STS1572PX ${{{200}}} each
Rear Suspension: CPP Big Tube trailing arm kit PN 72TADLK $789 CPP Rear C-Notch PN 6372CNK $129 CPP Shock Relocation kit PN6372SRK $59 CPP Deluxe Trac Bar PN 6572DTBK $109 CPP U-bolts PN 6072RUBS $29 CPP Rear Disc Brake Kit PN 6772RWBK-5E $599 QA1 Shocks gas filled rear PN STS250PX $200 each LPW Rearend housing cover PN 301-12T $167
Crossmembers: CPP GM Transmission crossmember PN CP9427 $79 CPP GM Drop-center crossmember PN 6372LDL $199 Tubular SB motor mount PN 6372MP-T $129 LS1 Engine mount brackets PN CPLS1K $69
Total Cost: $4,356 (Not including tax, installation labor, sand blasting, or powdercoating)
