So what am I actually doing?
I'm modeling my build after gringolocos "how to ruin a perfectly good C10":
and the truck below (finished product will hopefully be very similar to this):
Basically I don't want a "nice" truck anymore. I had WAY more fun in this truck when it was flat black. After 8 years of sitting outside 24-7 my driveway paint job doesn't exactly look all that great anymore anyway, and I'll never use metallic single stage ever again (rookie mistake, I know you paint guys are probably laughing). Any attempt to make the paint look prettier just screws it up more.
What I plan to do:
New AAW wiring harness (have it.)
New Crate Engine with some goodies (have it.)
Electric Jeep Fan (have it.)
New dual Exhaust (current setup leaks, fits poorly, and will get smashed when the truck is lowered).
New cover and new foam for seat (have it.)
Dynamat and new carpet (have carpet.)
Drop it 4/6 (kit is on the way.)
New (used) 3.73 5 lug 71/72 (wider) rear axle (have it.)
Convert front to 5 lug (already has discs, just needs rotors.)
20x8.5 front and 20x10 showwheels streeters in gray.
Eliminate all rust (new 1968 bed needs some work!) and get the body as straight as I can get it. Replace pile of crap aftermarket front doors with original doors to truck (still have them, in good shape, just didn't have the skills/time to fix them at the time I did the truck the first go round). I also have 67 front fenders that came from cali and a near perfect hood I picked up last year.
Paint the truck a flat blue with a flat white top.
Shop truck theme to include something like this for a door logo with "Taylor's" (local town) above it. And
maybe PARTS SALES SERVICE across the top of the bed with 864-555-1967 or 864-555-6772 for the phone # and truck "No.67" on the side of the cowl.
Not sure if I want to do a very light "wear through" with black underneath or not. I have some panels I can test it out on.