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Old 02-04-2015, 08:57 PM   #1
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1965 Chevy C20 - Ideas

Hello everyone, this is my first post here, though I've been using these forums for a long time now. A while back I picked up this thing of beauty and have been slowly making improvements as time allows.



This is my first Classic car, so I don't have much experience with anything restoration related, though I have learned quite a bit about these trucks.
It's a 1965 C20, Longbed/fleetside 2wd.

I've a few major goals with the truck, but am on a tight budget.
- Reliability (relatively speaking)
- Comfortable/decent looking interior
- Clean exterior look, but maybe not a full paint job

I was able to drive the truck home without issues, but it was a little nerveracking. The engine seems to be running great,
w/out smoking, although I eventually want to put in a bigger motor. Maybe a 283, or 350?


You can see the freshly painted valve cover I was experimenting on with my dad (who knows a fair bit more than I).

I also re-built the bed wood, which was rotted out.



To save money I built the bed out of exterior plywood, which I painted with a deck sealer. The image above is roughly 6 months
later. It turned out much better than expected, and I don't have to worry about scratching shiny oak boards worth a third of the whole truck xD


Here is the interior:




I stripped all the old matting and sound deadener because it was pretty bad. It exposed the main rust in the cab. You can see the rust
at the bottom of the kick panels (Passenger side is worse) and the rocker panels, which also have drilled holes in them for some reason.







Not sure yet how to deal with it yet, but I have a decent welder and have seen some good Youtube guides. I'm thinking I need to replace
both rocker panels, and then fabricate pieces that will replace the rust in the corners.

The cab corners, fenders, roof, bed, doors, hood, and pretty much everywhere else is rust free. Rust repair is my major priority at the moment,
as the floor must remain stripped out until It's fixed. After that I want to dynomat the firewall and floor and then carpet it.

As far as painting goes, I'd like to have the interior painted eventually (dash, roof, floor, everything. I'm leaning towards keeping the original fawn
color, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to. What do you guys think?
I really like this cab look


For the exterior, to save money, I'd like to keep the current blue paint but repaint the white top half. Here's a good example:

It looks much cleaner, but maintains the ratrod feel in my opinion.

Can anyone give some sort of estimate on what something like that might cost at a local body shop?
The top half of the truck does not need any bodywork thankfully. I'd do all of the rust repair in the interior, so it would only need to be sanded
down and painted. I don't think the neighbors would approve of me painting it myself, and I neither have the setup, nor the skills to paint.

I hope at least someone here can be inspired from my trials and ideas. Trust me, if I can do it, anyone can do it.

Any Ideas, criticisms, and tips are welcomed! I'll try to put up updates as I go.

- Bill

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Old 02-04-2015, 09:25 PM   #2
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Re: 1965 Chevy C20 - Ideas

Think you have the bigger motor if it's like my 65 c 20 it's a 292
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Old 02-04-2015, 09:35 PM   #3
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Re: 1965 Chevy C20 - Ideas

Hmm. I've been told it's a 250, is there an easy way to check?
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Old 02-04-2015, 09:57 PM   #4
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Re: 1965 Chevy C20 - Ideas

height of side covers and right engine mount location if its farther forward than the left its a 292 ......from what i can see it your pics looks NOT to be 292
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Old 02-04-2015, 10:01 PM   #5
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Re: 1965 Chevy C20 - Ideas

Your truck looks great. I agree fix the rust make the inside new and rock the paint you have on the outside.

Rockers themselves are relatively easy to fix. The floor rust doesn't look that bad. If the toe kick is ok you might get by with just making some patches for the floor. You will be able to see the extent of the rust once you remove the front fender and rockers. The holes are for the trim piece that goes along the rocker. From the pictures it looks like your passenger side one is still there.

If you decide to replace the rockers invest in some spot weld cutters. Harbor Freight sells them for relatively cheap buy a couple as the break.

I used Hot Rod Flatz California Suded Metallic to spray my interior. Not exactly to factory but pretty close.
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Old 02-04-2015, 11:09 PM   #6
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Re: 1965 Chevy C20 - Ideas

that dent in the front bumper almost looks factory!
kind of cool-
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Re: 1965 Chevy C20 - Ideas

292 eng note how tall the lifter covers are and location of eng mount and fuel pump


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Old 02-05-2015, 12:38 AM   #8
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Re: 1965 Chevy C20 - Ideas

Very cool truck!!

I just got a 1962 C10 Custom Cab and it needs work. Same idea work on it as I can do improvements as I can.
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Old 02-05-2015, 01:53 AM   #9
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Haha yes, that's what I thought at first, until I realized the license plate was bent.
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Old 02-05-2015, 02:05 AM   #10
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Re: 1965 Chevy C20 - Ideas

Welcome to the forum

It looks to me like you have a fairly nice truck to work with. You've done some nice work so far.
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Old 02-05-2015, 02:42 AM   #12
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Well, that is a nice truck and the paint almost looks original...If it was original, the ring around the grill would be white...I was told all Chevys had the white circling the grill but the GMC's didn't...You can see it on this red one...
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Welcome, Great looking truck.
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Yo BillyFrank I really dig that bed idea. Any closer pics? Id like to borrow your idea!
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