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Old 02-15-2017, 10:41 AM   #232
67ChevyRedneck
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Re: Out of the Ditch = The Rebuild Begins ('72 GMC)

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Originally Posted by GASoline71 View Post
Some days I really wish I would have just found another truck to build.

Gary
Some days I think that too, but unless you get a completely unmolested original paint truck ($$$$ nowadays) it's near impossible to tell what you have when you buy a "new to you" truck.

I bought a set of wheel arches cut off of an AZ longbed truck to fix my rusty shortbed wheel wells. Looked 100% like original, faded paint. I started cutting an area I needed and found 1/4" of filler. It wasn't a big deal because I was able to grind it off and flatten it back out, but still, you just never know what's hiding under that new trucks paint.
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