83 Short Step. First vehicle=First Project
 

What's up everyone. I'm Nick, 17 years old, from just outside of Wichita, Kansas. This is my 83 Stepside. Can't wait to start on it and learn from everyone along the way! :chevy:
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Didn't have a stereo in it, so that was the first thing my dad and I did.
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Temporary cardboard 6x9 box :lol:
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cardboard?! Wow I think you have the record for most ghetto speaker box! Congratulations!

Good luck with your truck

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Truck looks good already, it can only get better. WELCOME.

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Haha, we didn't have any wood to build boxes yet, so we cut the holes in a little box, stuffed it full of paper towels, and called it good till we can do somethin better!

Thanks for the comments guys! I'll keep this updated as we continue doing work on this beast.

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Welcome! And it looks like you have a good start and I love the box.:lol:

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look into 6x9 rear speaker brackets, let me find the link.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=345494

Sorry to say, but better than cardboard. For a first truck you have a nice looking rig there!

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nice looking truck bro

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Yeah the corner speaker brackets that Jeff is making are nice. I have a set ordered for his next run of them. Joe231 has a set that I have checked out, and they are slick. It would free up some seat space for ya! :lol:

Looks good man, defintely a nice starting point.

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Those 6x9 brackets are real nice, I might get a set. Thanks for the comments. Right now I'm just enjoying driving this truck, it's straight as an arrow and runs great, I think we can all agree these are great trucks!

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sweet truck man.. makes me miss my first build at 15 :waah:

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Washed it today and took some new pics. Its so hot out! Enjoy!
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Fuzzy Dice! :lol:
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Looks good man, I need to do the same to mine. Suprising how dirty it gets just sitting there.

That is a straight truck. What does the bed floor look like? There is a company here in OKC called Mar-K. They are great guys, and are a Made In USA company.

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It's a wood bed. It's pretty bad, I'll post some pic's soon. I don't want to spend alot on re-doing the bed, though, because I'll just end up cutting it up when I bag it anyways.

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You could always do a raised wood floor after you bag it. Never seen a wood one done that way, but I bet it would look cool.

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That's a cool idea! I've never seen it either. Might consider doing that! :metal:

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sweet! a raised wood bed.. that would be awsome! do it.. post pics :chevy:

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I've seen a few of the fleet sides that have raised their whole floor instead of jsut cutting a hole for the rear end to raise up. It's just a nice touch, and sometimes it's so subtle that people have to look twice. Definitely worth looking into in my opinion.

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It's goin' to be quite a while before that happens! But John do you got any pic's of that? The way I would like to do it is make it raise up, like were a tunnel would be for the notches

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I've never seen it done with a wood bed, but here is one that was posted of a fleetside.

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Ok, I see what you mean! Yeah that would be sweet with a wood bed.

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I think so. Just that little touch that makes it unique.

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Good luck with the project!

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nice way to start bro! nice already, but cant wait to see it bagged...

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Same here, can't wait to bag it. Just savin' my pennies

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Hey, cut the young man some slack...least he painted the cardboard black:lol:

Good luck with your truck.....