1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
 

im terrible about figuring out technical stuff but im guna attempt to start my build thread....how am i doin so far? this is how i got it after cleaning it up a little. ill post pictures of how it sat for 13 years. story was i bugged this guy for 2 and a half years to sell me the truck, it was a scrap metal running truck the bed was just an 8 ft x 4ft garbage can for years. n the cab had enough papers in it to fill a small file cabinet. when he finally sold it to me for 1200. (pshhhh) i showed up next day with 900 in cash ,a flat bed and my truck :) walked away with it, its all mine now. sweetest part, not for $1200 either way .1965 chevy truck,
.small back window
.w/ air.
.sm420 4 speed,
.292 i6 ,
.4:11's in the rear end,
-truck was well "loved"

Re: 1965 C20 fleet side longbed DD low budget build.
 

So what are your plans for your good looking truck? I like it.

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Great start, how about some cab pics?

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Ditto…;)

I'm on board for the ride!!! :uhmk:

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Rusty76, these pictures are from few years ago so this ol girl has come a long way. Keeping the 6 and leaving it a 4 speed. Best car security out there,a dang clutch haha. Doing all basic maintenance to have road worthy, the works ya know. Keeping factory stance. Give it a factory paint job....and drive the wheels off this baby. Maybe a BBC one day....396.Mmmm. Or a 305v6. I got a soft spot for those weird motors.

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so here is my dilemma, i have a 292 inline 6 in the truck now backed with a sm420 trans with 4:11 gears.the 292 has been built 3 times but has great compression and good lookin cross hatching on all cylinder walls. i have this garret 1 3/4" turbo given to me. i found all the parts i would want, offie intake running a 600 edlbrock and a turbo manifold paired with long down tube headers . keeping engine stock but only want to push 3-5 lbs into the motor to "pep" it up. OR i can go with a small block iv been building thats out of a 71 el camino. its a 2blt main that needs block to be punched out. 487 heads with 1.94 valves 2 burnt 1.5 exhaust valves i can run a comp cam w/ an unknown amount of lift or duration but my buddy ran it for 600 miles and said "its to aggressive for me" so he gave it to me :D eldbrock dual plane performer manifold, w/ the same 600 carb i would run on the I6, would need all new insides other than rods, crank,and lifters, sooo means new pistons and wrist pins, bearings, ect... i cant make up my mind. any ideas or thoughts r welcom hahah

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forgot the pics haha sorry

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Nice project.....Looks like some goodies for the engine!!

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Oooooh a turbo....yummy

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I say turbo charge that 292! :metal: If not..I'll take that turbo off yer hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mm:

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okay, cab pics. for Jeff la, finally found em, had to dig a bit. pain in the rear finding old photos. heres the best i got tho. there was plenty of rust on the floor boards but it worked out nicely as it serves its purpose in the winter time. when coming to a stop all the water sloshes forward and drains out of them rusty holes :metal: rockers were rusted and replaced one. not much more than that other than the normal spots, bottom of fenders, bottom of doors, parts of the hood, floor board. ect.

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few more i found of how i found it sitting for 8 years or so ... i think.

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Thanks man, loving it. Waiting for more.

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Looks like a great start there !!

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Nice start good deal for sure. Turbo sound simpler to me. :chevy:

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ok so bit of an update... LOTS of photos for all you photo lovers. this is the process/ 1 ish year restoration i have managed to come up with. also at least i don't have to worry about steeling a threat with pictures of my truck because this is my own thread. muah hahaha!

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truck got a bath for first time in years with soap n water. started painting it with rattle bombs until i could find the time for a real paint job. cleaned all the crap out of the cab. popped trans cover to peak at trans. sm420 lovely surprise

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re moved the badges and restored them with modeling paint and clear coat. turned out perfect for a DD work truck. started painting small parts white.

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ended that week with a camping trip up to northern cal for log season/getting rid of trailer time :metal: nothin like a little fire to warm up by on cold nights

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motor time. needed a new harmonic balancer, there was about a quarter rotation of play between the balancer and crankshaft. i happened to find one from my uncles friend in royal Nebraska when i went back. got lucky n picked it up for 80 bucks. brand new!! who'd a thought. intake/ exhaust off n ready to rebuild w/ carb.

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put it back together, never did get a picture of the new balancer on, sorry all. picked up a new billet distributor for 45 bucks from a guy in santa Rosa who had a 236 i6 n this cap was ment for 230,250,292 soooo, lucky me i guess.

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first picture is how it ended up sitting for a few weeks then i finally put down some primer after sanding off old paint a little. got the front end cleaned up and painted to where i WAS happy with it, excuse the license plate being put on wrong. and lastly started sanding the top of the cab for a two tone paint job.

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paint time. gotta love that tractor paint. lays so nice from a gun.

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paint un masked n drying, this next part i do not know what i was thinking but i obviously wasn't.....:banghead:

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the flatbed.... and rust repair. i would take rust repair any day over having to remember why i flat bedded my 65 .