Newbie with a new build thread
 

Well, I have been feeding off of your build threads long enough. It is time I share some picture of my beast I have come to call "BRUISER" due to the many parts I have had to peice together to make one truck. Black and blue mostly. A friend of mine came across 6 trucks and gave me two of them. One is a 1971 long wheel base gmc, and the other was a 71 chevy short bed that had been in a wreck as you can see. Well I know how you like pictures so let me see if I can get this right.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/100_0250.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/100_0266.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF2273.jpg

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Welcome aboard from Northern California, keep us up to date with the progress.

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The dates on those first couple of pictures are wrong. That was a digital camera with the wrong date put in. That was actually about a year ago. I just finished building the engine. The frame was done till i decided to "z" the frame. I blame that on this forum, lol. I would love that drop front x-member, but I do not have the funds for it now. I still have a lot of work to do on it though. This is pretty much how it sits as of now.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3454.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3469.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3468.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3467.jpg

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WELCOME to the board


looks like the makings to a sweet truck, you goin with the gmc front end or the chevy?

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Good work! Keep it up & keep us posted...

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I was talking to a guy I work with and he just happend to have a 68 front cap. I picked it up for 100 bucks. It could stand to be in better shape though. I decided to just get some new fenders. The ones from the cap were in pretty bad shape. The hood is ok, but needs some hammer and heat work. The front sheet metal was about the only part that was any good on the intire front cap. The 71 gmc cap had a good core support and appears to be exactly the same as a 68 once you remove the headlight buckets and add some headlight adjustment screws.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3334.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3333.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3331.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3329.jpg

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a few more pics.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF2619.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF2548.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...ofDSCF2669.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF2538.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF2504.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF2529.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3154.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...ofDSCF3116.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3102.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3103.jpg

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http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3470.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3473.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3458.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3431.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3432.jpg

Re: Newbie with a new build thread
 

Welcome to the Board! Nice work keep the pictures coming!!! Where in Arkansas are you located?

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Some nice work! Glad to have you on board. Keep us posted on the progress.

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Thanks, I am in the Little Rock area.

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Welcome to the board, looks like you do good work.:D

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Thanks Krue, I try. This is the first vehicle I have ever done so I am hoping it turns out ok. So far so good i think.

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Welcome from Jonesboro! Wish I could find 6 at one time. My wife's glad I can't! Looking good so far.

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looks good man, like the bagged S10 in the back too

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Go for it, cut that BIT^H up!!

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My wife has been understanding thus far, but I don't think I am allowed to bring any more home.lol

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Thanks, I said earlier that this is the first vehicle I have done this much work to, but the s-10 is actually the first one I have done any work to. I put it on hold after I got this truck though. I think it will be next though. So far it has a triangulated 4-link, step notch in back, 4" body drop and I have done some work to the fire wall.

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Yeah, Original is nice, but i prefer the custom, slammed,bagged,chopped versions better. If I had some rare truck worth taking back to original, I would. I bought a sawzall a while back and that is what made me start it all.lol

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My wife is understanding too as long as half of my "projects" fit in my shop. I have a "parts spot" in the yard where I need another shop bay so I know I'm at my limit. If you stumble on another deal that you can't use, keep me in mind.

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:c2: And :welcome2: from Springfield, MO.

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I have like 13 cars in my yard and I am in the city limits. It is only a matter of time before they say something. At least 3 are in the shop.
this one looks ok enough to sit out front
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF2689.jpg
this picture show some of them out back behind the shop
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF3453.jpg
these two stay in the shop, my 69 chevell and my favorite truck, the 61
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF2978.jpg
this is my 1977 chevy with less than 20,000 original miles.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...8/DSCF2538.jpg

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Mums the word on the yard art:cool:

Why the cutout in the pillar? Access to align the latch?

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That is the factory hole for the cab pressure relief vent. when you shut the door it allows the door to close assuming the cab is air tight. most of these cabs probably do not need these vents.

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Ah yes. The '71 cab. The '68 grille made me forget how it started. I've been looking at my son's '70 which didn't have the vent. My '71 has it but I don't even notice it any more. I think it got oversprayed when one of the POs painted it white.