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Olin · 07-28-2022, 10:49 PM

I've lurked on this site for years, haven't posted much, but watching your trucks go together has been an inspiration.

To start, I lack the skills, space, tools, and time to do this restoration myself, but I found a shop in WA that let me be a part of the entire planning and procuring process. Not the way everyone wants to do it, but it's what worked for me.

My truck is a 1969 CST/10 long bed 2 wheel drive that my parents bought in the mid-80s for my Dad's daily driver and to put a camper in the back and tow motorcycles to the dry lakes in SoCal. So many good memories.

We left CA in 1991, and moved to a small town in KS. Prior to leaving CA my Dad rebuilt the engine, I was the gofor, and slapped a Macco paint job on it.

My Dad died in 1997 from cancer. He was actually my step-Dad, but he raised me from the time I was 2 and adopted me when I was 5 around the same time they bought this truck. He'll always be Dad in my book. I had 2 step-sisters, but one of them passed from cancer in 2019.

The truck was willed to me and it stayed as he left it until I blew the motor on my way home from my freshman year at Kansas State in 1999. I was 100 miles from home and 100 miles from school, so I had it towed home, put in a shed and there it stayed until 2017.

In July 2017 I had it pulled from the shed and shipped to Bremerton WA where Finish Line Speed Shop was located at the time. He's since moved the shop to Ellensburg WA.

What started out as a medium scale build turned into a full scale restomod when we confirmed the engine block was cracked in numbers 3 and 4. From that point things got away from me....

Highlights:

383 stroker, roller cam, aluminum heads and a Holley Stinger FI (435 hp, 430 ft lbs of torque)
5 speed manual
Positraction rear
QA1 Full Suspension
Power Disc Brakes all around
Power Steering
Frame/Bed Shortened, and Stiffened
Vintage Air
All new Trim/Bright Work
Billet CST/10, 383 and Glove Box Badges, Rad Machining
Every Light is LED
Mishi Aluminum Radiator/Fans
Con2r Custom Steering Wheel
Hydraulic Hood Hinges
TMI Full Interior
Dakota Digital Dash
Pioneer Apple Car Play Stereo with one 10" Sub
Headers
Stainless Steel Exhaust, Dual Black Widow 250s
Bedliner everywhere, in the bed/under the bed, in the cab/under the cab

07-28-2022, 10:49 PM	#1
Olin Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gig Harbor WA Posts: 65	5 Year Restoration Posted All At Once...... 1969 CST/10 I've lurked on this site for years, haven't posted much, but watching your trucks go together has been an inspiration. To start, I lack the skills, space, tools, and time to do this restoration myself, but I found a shop in WA that let me be a part of the entire planning and procuring process. Not the way everyone wants to do it, but it's what worked for me. My truck is a 1969 CST/10 long bed 2 wheel drive that my parents bought in the mid-80s for my Dad's daily driver and to put a camper in the back and tow motorcycles to the dry lakes in SoCal. So many good memories. We left CA in 1991, and moved to a small town in KS. Prior to leaving CA my Dad rebuilt the engine, I was the gofor, and slapped a Macco paint job on it. My Dad died in 1997 from cancer. He was actually my step-Dad, but he raised me from the time I was 2 and adopted me when I was 5 around the same time they bought this truck. He'll always be Dad in my book. I had 2 step-sisters, but one of them passed from cancer in 2019. The truck was willed to me and it stayed as he left it until I blew the motor on my way home from my freshman year at Kansas State in 1999. I was 100 miles from home and 100 miles from school, so I had it towed home, put in a shed and there it stayed until 2017. In July 2017 I had it pulled from the shed and shipped to Bremerton WA where Finish Line Speed Shop was located at the time. He's since moved the shop to Ellensburg WA. What started out as a medium scale build turned into a full scale restomod when we confirmed the engine block was cracked in numbers 3 and 4. From that point things got away from me.... Highlights: 383 stroker, roller cam, aluminum heads and a Holley Stinger FI (435 hp, 430 ft lbs of torque) 5 speed manual Positraction rear QA1 Full Suspension Power Disc Brakes all around Power Steering Frame/Bed Shortened, and Stiffened Vintage Air All new Trim/Bright Work Billet CST/10, 383 and Glove Box Badges, Rad Machining Every Light is LED Mishi Aluminum Radiator/Fans Con2r Custom Steering Wheel Hydraulic Hood Hinges TMI Full Interior Dakota Digital Dash Pioneer Apple Car Play Stereo with one 10" Sub Headers Stainless Steel Exhaust, Dual Black Widow 250s Bedliner everywhere, in the bed/under the bed, in the cab/under the cab Attached Images Last edited by Olin; 07-29-2022 at 02:49 PM.