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68Gold/white · 07-12-2017, 11:35 AM

Are you installing the engine/into the stock '70 frame???

You are doing it the way I would. I see folks spend loads of $$$ on these pickups, I don't have it to spend. I look for ways to make something work without a lot of $$$ leaving my pocket. It's still a free country.

I don't care for the manufactured patina look, but appreciate a vehicle that looks bone stock, and isn't.
I have a 67 that will start out that way. It had some good panels on it when I bought it. I have collected a bunch of fenders, doors, and a hood. Some are in good condition and some are terrible. My plan is to install all the worst looking panels first, to drive it, while body working the good panels into smooth and straight pieces. It will be a real "hillbilly" look'n pickup to start with. Almost every panel is a different color, LOL

07-12-2017, 11:35 AM	#3
68Gold/white Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ark City, Kansas Posts: 3,280	Re: 1970 C10 "RATTY" - EFI 454/4L80e, patina, SWB 2wd Are you installing the engine/into the stock '70 frame??? You are doing it the way I would. I see folks spend loads of $$$ on these pickups, I don't have it to spend. I look for ways to make something work without a lot of $$$ leaving my pocket. It's still a free country. I don't care for the manufactured patina look, but appreciate a vehicle that looks bone stock, and isn't. I have a 67 that will start out that way. It had some good panels on it when I bought it. I have collected a bunch of fenders, doors, and a hood. Some are in good condition and some are terrible. My plan is to install all the worst looking panels first, to drive it, while body working the good panels into smooth and straight pieces. It will be a real "hillbilly" look'n pickup to start with. Almost every panel is a different color, LOL