Where in SC are you located?
 

I'm in Easley, S.C. near Greenville. Looks like a truck most if no all the board members would like to have as a project. Glad the Bible didn't specifically say anything about coveting your neighbors truck as one of the 10 commandments.

I'm in Edgefield. About 45 mins from "KP" in Lex. and 2 hrs from Richard in Easley.
The door emblems do say "Custom". I'll try to see if I can tell if the option list says "CST" or not, but its pretty hard to read. Fifth line from the bottom on the left says "custom sumething". I'll look at it tomorrow. Other than the options plate, how can you tell btw "CST" and "Custom"? I'll also take a pic of the seat w/o the cover.
Radio worked when it was parked. Assume it still does.

Thanks again for all the responses! I want to keep this going and I will keep posting pics as I start work. I'll have my motorcycle put back together by the end of the month and will start work on the truck.

It might be a little hard to tell if it's a Custom or CST. The "Custom" badges on your doors would really lead me to believe it's a Custom not a CST. Take a picture of your seat. They are different from CST to Custom. A 68 Custom Seat will have have cloth inserts while a CST bench seat will be all heavy vinyl. The CST bench seat will be a little fancier and more padded than a base bench seat. I know it sounds funny but that's the way it was.

Here's my CST bench seat.

more pics and info
 

Checked the option plate. It says" Chrome front bumper" "Custom trim package" or something. Hard to read.
Took pic of seat. Just plain vinyl.
Checked all the fluids and all seem OK. Oil is full and clean. No milkyness or anything. Removed oil fill and felt rocker arms. Still nice and oily. Brake fluid and power steering fluid both full and clear. Hopeful she'll turn over when I try.
:metal:

if it hasent been run in a while and you plan on keeping the motor, i would put some fresh oil, filter, coolent, and fresh gas :cool:

That's my plans. I'll probably pull the plugs and lube the upper cylinders also before I try to fire it up. I was just happy that it looked so good already. I'll probably allso pull the carb and make sure the float's not stuck and the gaskets not dried out.
Thanks for the advice!
Keep it coming! :gi:

Where do y'all recommend getting replacement parts? LMC, Year One? Right now I know I need a grill and the two back chrome molding pieces on each side. I also need a dash pocket emblem. Thats all so far, but I know the list is fixing to get long! Can't wait to get started!

If you want new, take your pick from the list of vendors that help support this great board. They are found at the sites home page on the left. There is actually some good vendors fairly near you (Tim Christian with Christians Classics, GMCPaul, Pickupman etc...)

You also could post a WTB (want to buy) thread on the 67-72 parts board. You could request NOS parts or good driver quality used parts. Some one is sure to have anything your looking for.

Rare or not,that is an awesome little truck you have there.To have one that is that complete,and all original is really hard to find.I would put it back stock.It's pretty easy to find one witout an engine trans to bolt a huffer on ;)

SB in SC,
Here's a picture of my glovebox sticker from my 68'. It's a long bed but it's a 396 truck with the CST option. See if any of these option code numbers are close to what you have. It might help you make them out.
Nice truck!

I agree with dtilly get parts from the vendors afterall they help support this board and they're much better to deal with than a large company like LMC yearone etc...

Have no fear, I will restore it original. The only reason I thought of blower/customized is that I swore the next project I had would be ultra custom and blown, but all bets are off with this truck. Too rare and been it the family too long. Never DREAMED my pops would part with it. My other two projects were both very stock; my '72 C10 sb/ss and my '62 Impala.
Thanks for the option plate pic. I'll compare it to mine and try to see all the options.
I also plan to take detailed pic along the way and chronicle the resto. It'll be just like "American Hot Rod" except way more redneck and with a much lower budget and slower pace :lol: !

Got my bike back together this weekend, so I'm starting on the '68 this week! I'll keep the board posted with progress.

Congrats, that's going to be a nice project. Take plenty of pics along the way. If you ever get tired of it, let me know ;)

What do you mean not much to look at. IT'S GEORGEOUS. Any one of us would love to have it !!!

We've moved!!
 

A small step, but we've moved! I pumped the tires up and hooked her up to the tractor. With the help of the wife, we got'er moved under my shed today so the fun can begin.

That is a great starting point to a very original truck it;s not too often ou find em with that many options... Good luck..

i wish you the best of luck

Did a little work this weekend, before the thunderstorm ran me inside. Started pulling off the front grill and bumper. Also hooked up the battery to check some things out. She spins over good. Lights, horn, w/s wipers, and radio work. Found a few problems. Like most old Q-Jets, the filter housing was stripped. Battery box and inner fender well under it rusted out as well as the front corner of the right fender. Everything else still looking ok. I'm going to pull the radiator and support out since I'm already pulling the grill. This will make it easier to pull the motor/tranny out. May not rebuild, but will make it easier to change gaskets and clean it up.

I found a place the other day that sells rebuilt engines for our trucks.

www.hiperformer.com - I'm not plugging their site, I just noticed that they sell rebuilt models of our engines. They have several shapes and sizes to replace your factory motor. I guess this doesn't help if you want to go stock, but the prices are very reasonable.

Nice truck SB, I have a similar 70 GMC SWB BB. Where in SC are you?

gonna sell truck??????????????let me know!!!!!!!

Thanks for the info, but this truck is matching #'s, so any rebuild I'll do myself. No exchange.

I'm in Edgefield. About 20 miles from Aiken, SC and Augusta, GA.

Truck is not really for sale, but I will entertain ridiculous offers of 5k and above.

I have a grill that's in pretty good shape, if you're anywhere around Easley let me know and we do some buying & trading etc.

Thanks Richard. I'll give you a call this week.

Did some work tonight. Got the grill and bumper off before it got dark. We're getting there, slow but sure.

How do you identify a numbers matching block. I had asked this about #'s matching engines in the past and board members told me that our trucks engines do not necessarily have engine numbers that reflect the VIN. Whereas I am sure you know of your trucks history. Sometimes they use whatever was on the shelf at a given time :confused:

Good question nyn. I know this truck is "matching #'s" because I do know the complete history of this truck. I have always assumed somewhere there is a link between VIN and engine, but have never had to verify it. Maybe someone else more learned than you and I can help us. When I pull my motor in the next couple pf weeks, I will look for all ID marks and numbers and see if something lines up. I seem to remember that the options card has VIN and engine #. Maybe thats the link? I'll see what I can find

cool I'll be interested..good luck on your project

Are you going to the Charlotte Auto Fair? I have a extra ticket.

I wish! My wife has a horse show in Tryon, NC all weekend, so we're camping up there. I am riding my motorcycle up there b/c I have a poker run to do on Saturday. Luckily she doesn't have her first ride until the afternoon. I'm going to call you tomorrow to get some directions and see if anytime is good for you this weekend. Do you want anything in trade? I do have a HEI distributor for a Chevy V8. I'm not going to use it b/c I'm doing original resto. I've also got a pair of black diamond tucked vinyl door panels out of my old 72 C10, as well as the old bench seat, although the seat has been out in the weather for about 10 years! The door panels are in good shape.

Thanks for the offer of the ticket! Maybe next time.

Got a tough question for the board. If you've read this thread, you know how original and loaded my 68 is and that I am going original resto. A friend of mine had a 68 C10 BB truck that had a factory A/C. He sold the truck years ago but kept the complete A/C unit. Compresser, brackets, lines, condenser, under dash unit and all. He's offered to GIVE it to me. Even though my truck didn't come factory with it, should I put the A/C in it? It is an original Chevrolet unit and this IS South Carolina, where 100 is not an uncommon summer day. I want your opinions.

Got to meet with R.Dobson this weekend and we came to an agreement on a '68 grill in excellent shape. Also got to take a look at his project. The wood bed is AWESOME! :metal: Might need his help when I do mine. Still looking for feedback on the A/C question. :fb:

You can upgrade to A/C on your truck. It would require a small amount of cutting and welding on the firewall, (this fabrication work would be hidden behind the a/c unit), then finding an a/c dash to weld in place of the non-a/c one (the weld would be hidden by your dash pad.)

this a/c unit you speek of........where are the vents located......in dash(factory)...or under dash(dealer installed).......if i remember correctly the factory installed unit also had 2 fresh air vents( vacuum operated doors one in the cowl and one on the pass. floor vent ) and the dealer installed unit only had the one at the pass floor.....anyway installing the factory one may involve some cutting you may not want to do on your all original resto, where as the dealer installed one could be installed with the look that it came from the dealer that way....just my 2cents

The unit I am speaking of is the dealer add-on type. The under-dash unit, which I believe had 2 registers. (I stated "factory A/C, but I meant "dealer add-on") I would not consider changing the dash, even though it would be hidden as dtlilly said. Its just that the unit is FREE and would be just as you could have ordered it from the dealer. Just wondered if y'all thought it would be wrong or might detract from the original resto value of the truck by adding the "dealer add-on" unit. I would love to have A/C, but not at the risk of detracting from the value or "spirit" of the original truck.

Thanks to dtlilly and sixty8c10 for the response!

Unless you are going for a concours show quality restoration I don't think a properly done addition of a dealer add-on would hurt. You have to maintain a balance of originality and driveability.... it can get pretty dang hot in these things in the south. Put it in and enjoy it.

Ac
 

In my opinion when I see other than factory looking AC I consider tuck worth less. If I really wanted the comfort of AC and did not ever plan to sell the truck I might consider under dash AC if cost was like 1/2 of adding factory looking AC. I have seen pics of trucks with correct indash vents installed, firewall mods and correct pieces used to make it look and perform correct. I have also see aftermarket vintage AC or Old Air AC installed to look nice. In any case I feel the dash vents and appearance when looking in the window needs to look stock with stock vents not the aftermarket cutins. If custom pump brackets and custom pump installed on passenger side were added under hood I would accept that if done extra clean.

Couple of ways in my opinion to get stock dash vents is by removing and replacing entire dash piece with AC version by cutting at spot welds at windshield or by carefully cutting existing dash to take stock vents.

my 2 cents.

i would use the dealer add-on one if had it (especially if it was free) and not even think twice about it. i drive my truck alot, comfort and driveability are #1 to me.

Chopping up the dash and welding in vents is something you can't "undo". I never buy anything that has been chopped up and modified to give the appearance of being factory original. To me that just detracts from the value of the truck. An original dealer add-on would not have that affect. There are enough clones out there (fake Supers) etc. Sell it to me before you butcher it up... :hm: