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68chevy68 · 09-24-2008, 10:40 PM

I have a truck that looks about like that sitting in my yard. The one I am building was pretty rough.as well. Keep the pictures coming.

Blue'72 · 09-25-2008, 02:06 PM

What's the story with those other beauties? If you did the work on those, there's no doubt in my mind that this truck will be every bit as nice! Keep it up and keep us posted.

red69ss · 09-25-2008, 05:17 PM

blue 72, I bought the chevelle just about like it sits i've done agood many upgrades on it ,with plans to tear front end off eventually and redo under the hood this is where the car is lacking its driver quality (I absoloutly love this car and would only sell it if I was starving) oh and it has a 454 in it ......... the truck looked good when I bought it but not as good as it does now tore front end off body matched under hood changed from smoking oil drinking 305 to 350 .....bed had roll on bedliner in it had to strip it and paint (what a job that was ) I bought this truck for half what the previous owner had in it and it only had 1000 miles on rebuild he had it so low in front A-arms were bottuming out .............wow thats a lot of imformation

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 09-28-2008, 07:28 PM

Wow thats rough looking but im sure you will get it put back together better than new.

red69ss · 01-02-2009, 12:00 AM

got this truck to use the engine,trans,cab,power brakes and steering 5 lug setup and as a bonus it has a tilt column. Truck is not running but I'm hoping it will ,truck seems really solid

red69ss · 01-02-2009, 12:03 AM

more pics

tdave00 · 01-02-2009, 03:08 PM

Definitely a good buy. That other cab was gonna be a nightmare to work with. Looking forward to the progress.

vk_chevy · 01-03-2009, 12:33 AM

this new cab is definitely looking better and is a much better candidate for restoring.

red69ss · 02-15-2009, 07:43 PM

bought another donor truck this week from a board member greygoose ,I bought it basically just for the bedsides ,don't really need them yet but the truck was cheap enough and the sides are far better than what I had to work with ..... the first pic is current condition of last donor truck.

red69ss · 02-15-2009, 07:46 PM

more pics

red69ss · 12-03-2009, 09:55 PM

so its been a long time since I've been able to work on my project, I painted the chassie last year and its been sitting outside since, so I'm going to have to go over it again. I decided to start working on the cab since it was going to be cheaper to fix it than to build my chassie right now since I got laid off a couple a weeks ago.

I thought I had a pretty good cab with minimal rust issues but the deeper I got the more bad repair work I uncovered, someone just packed the rot with bondo and fiberglass and painted over it. So basically it has all the usual rust as pics show.

red69ss · 12-03-2009, 09:59 PM

more pics

red69ss · 12-03-2009, 10:04 PM

a few more pics the last two show what the backing plate for the fender looked like after I blasted it in my new(used) blast cabinet I bought off craigslist (what a great cabinet !).

red69ss · 07-31-2010, 03:50 PM

ok so obviously this is going to be one of those 10 year builds at the rate I'm progressing but I have spent a good bit of time working on it the last couple weeks. I've been working on the cab rust repair and its went pretty well other than the cab corners they were a bear to get right. I still have to fit the outer rockers and replace cab supports, I put the door back on the drivers side this morning and the fit of the rocker isn't bad with a little minor tweeking it should fit pretty well.

red69ss · 07-31-2010, 03:51 PM

more pics

red69ss · 08-24-2010, 04:57 PM

I've been working on this cab for 6 weeks now, that's at least three times longer than I thought it would take . I'm trying to get the bottum of the cab undercoated now,I sandblasted it and put etching primer and spray bombed it black .I'm going to use 3M body shultz to under coat it in the morning. Next I'm going to sand and prime the roof and then sandblast the firewall and get it in primer. I hope to have this thing done in the next couple weeks.

red69ss · 08-24-2010, 04:59 PM

more pics

red69ss · 08-24-2010, 05:00 PM

pics

red69ss · 08-26-2010, 04:24 PM

scuffed the cab floor and undercoated it with 3M body shutz yesterday ,it turned out really nice . today I sanded the roof back to bare metal and put it in epoxy primer then started the body work on the roof and rockers.

red69ss · 09-03-2010, 05:29 PM

finished up the body work on the roof and turned the cab back upright and started sanding the paint off the back of the cab, I'm only doing the top half since the bottum is in good shape, going to have to blast the rear window channel also. this truck had been painted once and the body work was poor ,someone had sanded the roof and put primer on it ,so it was not in the best shape but I think it is right now.

the last two pics show the front lip of the hood, I thought I had a good hood till I started sanding on it, turns out its scrap metal. someone packed the rust with bondo.

red69ss · 09-03-2010, 05:36 PM

started working on the drivers door yesterday,I buzzed all the paint off the lower outside of the door and it looked good , unfortunantly the inside wasn't as nice. So I decided to cut the bottum of the inner panel off. I then blasted the piece I cut off and repaired all the rust holes. I also cleaned up the inside of the door best I could and coated it with rust encapsulator, I'm going to spray bomb it with krylon rust tough also before I close it up.

red69ss · 09-03-2010, 05:39 PM

more pics

red69ss · 09-03-2010, 05:40 PM

more

67ChevyRedneck · 09-05-2010, 12:50 AM

Wow, you've made a lot of progress

That cab is lookin' good!

red69ss · 09-05-2010, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Wow, you've made a lot of progress

That cab is lookin' good!

thanks jesse , the cab has been a lot of work and time and there's still a lot of work to do on it, but it's closer to being done.

09-24-2008, 10:40 PM	#26
68chevy68 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: arkansas Posts: 524	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc I have a truck that looks about like that sitting in my yard. The one I am building was pretty rough.as well. Keep the pictures coming. __________________ http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=245203

09-25-2008, 02:06 PM	#27
Blue'72 Skinned knuckles Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Longview, Washington Posts: 1,126	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc What's the story with those other beauties? If you did the work on those, there's no doubt in my mind that this truck will be every bit as nice! Keep it up and keep us posted. __________________ '72 C-10 longbox soon to be short step! '72 Chevelle (sold in January) '07 Sebring '01 Ranger (I've gotta long commute..) If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done? My build thread - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=276904

09-25-2008, 05:17 PM	#28
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc blue 72, I bought the chevelle just about like it sits i've done agood many upgrades on it ,with plans to tear front end off eventually and redo under the hood this is where the car is lacking its driver quality (I absoloutly love this car and would only sell it if I was starving) oh and it has a 454 in it ......... the truck looked good when I bought it but not as good as it does now tore front end off body matched under hood changed from smoking oil drinking 305 to 350 .....bed had roll on bedliner in it had to strip it and paint (what a job that was ) I bought this truck for half what the previous owner had in it and it only had 1000 miles on rebuild he had it so low in front A-arms were bottuming out .............wow thats a lot of imformation __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

09-28-2008, 07:28 PM	#29
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,589	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc Wow thats rough looking but im sure you will get it put back together better than new. __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

01-02-2009, 12:00 AM	#30
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc got this truck to use the engine,trans,cab,power brakes and steering 5 lug setup and as a bonus it has a tilt column. Truck is not running but I'm hoping it will ,truck seems really solid Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

01-02-2009, 12:03 AM	#31
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc more pics Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

01-02-2009, 03:08 PM	#32
tdave00 Restoring a 68 SWB Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,068	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc Definitely a good buy. That other cab was gonna be a nightmare to work with. Looking forward to the progress. __________________ My Build Thread: Lucy - My 1968 SWB - Shop Truck Style North Nashville Concrete Contractor

01-03-2009, 12:33 AM	#33
vk_chevy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 231	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc this new cab is definitely looking better and is a much better candidate for restoring. __________________ 72 Chevy C20 Longhorn 72 Chevy, K20 Custom Camper 67 Chevy, LWB, C20, 350/350, PS, PB, 65 Jag MKII

02-15-2009, 07:43 PM	#34
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc bought another donor truck this week from a board member greygoose ,I bought it basically just for the bedsides ,don't really need them yet but the truck was cheap enough and the sides are far better than what I had to work with ..... the first pic is current condition of last donor truck. Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

02-15-2009, 07:46 PM	#35
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc more pics Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

12-03-2009, 09:55 PM	#36
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc so its been a long time since I've been able to work on my project, I painted the chassie last year and its been sitting outside since, so I'm going to have to go over it again. I decided to start working on the cab since it was going to be cheaper to fix it than to build my chassie right now since I got laid off a couple a weeks ago. I thought I had a pretty good cab with minimal rust issues but the deeper I got the more bad repair work I uncovered, someone just packed the rot with bondo and fiberglass and painted over it. So basically it has all the usual rust as pics show. Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

12-03-2009, 09:59 PM	#37
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc more pics Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

12-03-2009, 10:04 PM	#38
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc a few more pics the last two show what the backing plate for the fender looked like after I blasted it in my new(used) blast cabinet I bought off craigslist (what a great cabinet !). Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

07-31-2010, 03:50 PM	#39
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc ok so obviously this is going to be one of those 10 year builds at the rate I'm progressing but I have spent a good bit of time working on it the last couple weeks. I've been working on the cab rust repair and its went pretty well other than the cab corners they were a bear to get right. I still have to fit the outer rockers and replace cab supports, I put the door back on the drivers side this morning and the fit of the rocker isn't bad with a little minor tweeking it should fit pretty well. Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

07-31-2010, 03:51 PM	#40
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc more pics Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein



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08-24-2010, 04:57 PM	#41
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc I've been working on this cab for 6 weeks now, that's at least three times longer than I thought it would take . I'm trying to get the bottum of the cab undercoated now,I sandblasted it and put etching primer and spray bombed it black .I'm going to use 3M body shultz to under coat it in the morning. Next I'm going to sand and prime the roof and then sandblast the firewall and get it in primer. I hope to have this thing done in the next couple weeks. Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

08-24-2010, 04:59 PM	#42
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc more pics Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

08-24-2010, 05:00 PM	#43
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc pics Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

08-26-2010, 04:24 PM	#44
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc scuffed the cab floor and undercoated it with 3M body shutz yesterday ,it turned out really nice . today I sanded the roof back to bare metal and put it in epoxy primer then started the body work on the roof and rockers. Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

09-03-2010, 05:29 PM	#45
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc finished up the body work on the roof and turned the cab back upright and started sanding the paint off the back of the cab, I'm only doing the top half since the bottum is in good shape, going to have to blast the rear window channel also. this truck had been painted once and the body work was poor ,someone had sanded the roof and put primer on it ,so it was not in the best shape but I think it is right now. the last two pics show the front lip of the hood, I thought I had a good hood till I started sanding on it, turns out its scrap metal. someone packed the rust with bondo. Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

09-03-2010, 05:36 PM	#46
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc started working on the drivers door yesterday,I buzzed all the paint off the lower outside of the door and it looked good , unfortunantly the inside wasn't as nice. So I decided to cut the bottum of the inner panel off. I then blasted the piece I cut off and repaired all the rust holes. I also cleaned up the inside of the door best I could and coated it with rust encapsulator, I'm going to spray bomb it with krylon rust tough also before I close it up. Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

09-03-2010, 05:39 PM	#47
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc more pics Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

09-03-2010, 05:40 PM	#48
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 851	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc more Attached Images __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

09-05-2010, 12:50 AM	#49
67ChevyRedneck Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 23,090	Re: Heres My Next Project 68 C10,what A Poc Wow, you've made a lot of progress That cab is lookin' good! __________________ Jesse James 1967 C10 SWB Stepside: 350/700R4/3.73 1965 Ford Mustang: 289/T5-5spd/3.25 Trac-Loc 1968 Pontiac Firebird: Project Fire Chicken! 2015 Silverado Double Cab 5.3L Z71 2001 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0L 5spd 2020 Chevrolet Equinox Premium 2.0L Turbo 2011 Mustang V6 ~ Wife's ride American Born, Country by the Grace of God 1967 CST Shop Truck Rebuild! My 1967 C-10 Build Thread My Vintage Air A/C Install Project "On a Dime" Trying my hand at Home Renovation! 1965 Mustang Modifications!

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