My Son's '87
 

He's almost 16 but we couldn't wait to get a truck. All the kids want square body's now. How cool is that? He found an '87 in town on CL so we went to take a look. It was the nicest one we looked at over the course of several months. Some minor issues but we wanted a project. First thing we did was strip the interior and repaint the old brown stuff dark gray. Installed a new headliner and made some door panel inserts. New dash topper to cover the cracks and seat cover for the ratty seat. The 4-6 kit is on the way and then tires. Here's where we are so far. We made a mistake and didn't take any before photos.


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My son has learned to scrounge around Pick-a-Part, weld, paint, improvise, and trouble shoot electrical. Next he's going under to install the lowering kit.

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Nice ride!!

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very nice ride looks clean!!

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very nice!!!

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I like it! Dang that things clean, it's so much nicer than my first square body was. I like that you and your son are building it. Thats what me and my dad did with mine and I'll remember that one truck forever.

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Thanks everyone. It's only been a month and we've had a blast so far. We spend a lot of time together and get along really good. Kids appreciate cars more when they put their sweat into it. I hope he learns that some of the best modifications are the ones that you build yourself.

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MAN i wish my 1st car or truck looked that good.

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Sweeet !!! :metal:

It's nice to hear stories of young bucks getting out and doing something creative instead of sitting in front of a computer/play-station all day.

Hats off to you both.....

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Very nice looking truck, good job

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looks great!! your son has good taste in trucks

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Looks good! Keep us updated!

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Very Nice, i think its great when father and son get together to work on a project like that. My Dad and i are workin on my 85 sierra classic. Beautiful trucks!

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My 3 sons are all into imports > Oh well :waah:

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Your a nice dad! lol nice truck!

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We just picked up the McGaughys 4-6 kit. I'll take some photos when we're done with that project.

My wife thinks that I'm more into the truck than my son. Then she tells me that she wants to start looking for a '72 for herself. I love my family!

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clean..i like it.

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Awesome to see ya'll working together, I wish I would have had a project like that with my father. But I get to do mine all by myself, maybe I can get my 11 year old brother interested in it...

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Thats a nice first truck. I got a square body when i was 16, it was my grandfathers old truck, and my dad and i restored it. My son is 3 weeks old i really hope i can hand down my 85 when he gets ready to drive. Dont let your son sell it when he gets older. He'll regret it. I still do.

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Nice looking truck! Me and my dad are fixing up my 84 too.

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Looks like we need a thread about father/son, father/daughter, mother/son, etc... projects.

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:metal: that is awesome! i love to see stuff like this:D

nice truck too... cant wait to see it lowered

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Thats awesome nice truck.

Though im older then your son me and my dad are building my 86 shortie. He is helping me with all the welding aspects. Even made me some link bars and what not for the air ride.

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Kunzy:

Value this time with your dad. He's having a blast so don't let him make you think it's a pain. I'm having a blast with my son's truck. We get along really well as we've been hanging out together cause he races karts and mini sprints. We spend a lot of time together. I'm hoping we can do a ground up bagger in the near future.

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I showed my son a 76 C10 I told him I was going to buy him (craigslist), he turned his nose at it, and then watched me cruise CL for a while. He liked the old fiero I viewed.... I'm worried. Granted he is only 7, he has a few years to start learning better.

By 7 I was sanding the low areas on cars/trucks and painting stuff like propane tanks in beds and odds and ends (think 1" brush and a gallon paint can with 2oz of paint in it, lol). But by golly I was working on cars with the old man!

The father son stuff is something that no one will ever be able to rob from you when you're old and gray.

Slick truck btw, lucky boy you got there.

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Well, The kit is on. After the 5-6 kit went on, we ran into clearance issues with the stock ralley's. Instead of grinding on the spindles and control arms, we decided to buy some wheels. KMC 17x8.5 with 255/50/17's. I wasn't ready to buy wheels but I think my son was okay with it. We still need to drop a bit more in the back to level it out. It rides pretty good. Next we're going to dive into the smoker under the hood. I think it's time for a new crate motor. Glad I got a good deal on this thing.

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Lookin' good. Sons are a great excuse for dads to get more toys. My son drives a 64 El Camino. My wife doesn't understand all of the attention it gets, but we have a good time with it.

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man..that a nice ride, me and my bro are building my 1/2 ton crew cab short bed and i'm only 16 and he's 19

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Man this reminds me when me and my dad were in the heat of rebuilding my 73. I love that thing, and it deff. made me appreciate it more then if he would have just bought me a new truck or anything to that sense. I'm 17 now and still look forward to starting that thing every morning. looking great by the way!

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Thanks. I'll tell you what, my son has learned more in the last four weeks than ever before. What happen to those kids that know how to trouble shoot and figure stuff out? They all grew up and had kids with electronics. I like teaching him the Monster Garage stuff. You know, cutting wheels, torches, grinders and bondo.

Thanks for the compliments everyone. The body is not as nice as it looks in photos. That's going to be out last task. The paint is decent for now.

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what color ya'll plannin on painting it

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I hope you guys keep it the same color it is, it is truely looking great. And I wish I had the tools to learn the Monster garage stuff ha, I just know how to rebuild motors, diffs, workin on my first tranny here soon, but all is learned it time. I will make sure too keep an eye on this thread!

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Nice solid foundation! Looks great with those wheels. Question, were the issues with the wheels rubbing of the control arm? If so, I'm nervous about ordering the 4/6 kit. I thought only 3'' spindles had issues with 15's. McGaughy's is a 2.5 spindle with drop springs correct?

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Chevymotorcross:

From what I understand, a 15" wheel with more than a 4" back spacing is going to hit the spindle and control arm. My stock rally's hit both on a 2.5 spindle. You only have to grind a little bit off the spindle to make it work, but the control arms will need some cutting and welding. If you plan on buying McGaughy's, I would suggest calling them and tell them what you want to do. They are real nice to deal with. They don't sell retail from the manufacturing plant but they answer all of your questions.

We'll keep it black for sure.