Long time lurker, and have posted a few mainly in the paint and body side. Finally decided to add a build thread for this truck and find out I just have a few pics from the early stages of my ownership.
All these rides have a story and this one well its no different, just complicated. It all started with my buddy and his dad purchasing the truck at the Chickasha swap meet in about 1989, not running and very rough she had had a 4bt put in with lots of torching to the cab. Born a Cheyenne Super it was sad to see the level of neglect, almost like it should be parted out, price was cheap and they had an empty trailer so project rescue the 72 started, and the next part of this trucks journey is launched in Belton MO.
My Buddy and his dad were going to build a low, smoothed street truck on a budget, since my friend was 17 at the time he had lots of energy and not a lot of cash so as with many of these rides all the trim holes were welded along with marker lights, and a roll pan on the bed. The cab required major surgery to fit a patch from another truck into the gaping hole left by what appeared to be a oil field diesel conversion, early 4bt swapped C10, who would have thought it was a thing. As many truck builds go parts were purchased, hard labor was put in, but the finish line it was too far and the truck sat idle, far too long. Every time I would go and visit I would see her in the corner, bed on a boat trailer turned bed dolly, cab and doors stuck in the bed for tightest packaging frame painted and set out back in the weather. I always asked if they were going to finish and his dad always offered to sell me all his Chevy "junk cheap". finally in 2007 I bought the truck and 3 trucks worth of parts. I will work on more pics and catch this dude up to date, I have been putting videos on youtube at hogshooter hotrods. The truck drove a few weeks ago, but I need to tell the story and we still have a ways to go before we get to that first drive!
02-13-2021, 12:29 PM
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