she's been waiting 18 yrs for her make over
 

my wife bought this truck for me 18 years ago, It was my daily drive for 6 years. Then it has waited till now for a rebirth.

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and here we go

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sorry this one out of order.

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Im in for the rebirth .

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replacement a/c cab headed to media blast and then new floor rockers and cab corners

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A arms and front cross member sand blasted and all new suspension parts KBS seal and top coated.

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Parts truck I bought to get the c10 69 bucket seat and console for this build. Sold everything else already.

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Great start, keep the pics coming

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Love the progress so far, looks like you have plenty of room in the shop! I hadn't heard of KBS before, but am wanting to blast and paint my control arms/sway bar/spindles when I do my drop. What did you think of the KBS?

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I liked it sprayed on. I have a friend who brushed it and it still looks good. just make sure to sand very well between the sealer coat and the top coat.

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Ok, thanks for the tip. I look forward to using it! Keep up the good work!

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Looking good my friend!

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Thanks Rus

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Thanks

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That was nice of your wife to buy you that truck. Mine can't buy me crap.

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I haven't been able to do much since the frame is at the blaster and it was below 8 degrees here for 3 or 4 days. But I have set out some parts ,got in some new parts and started disassembling the bed to go the blaster. Can't wait to get the frame back to get started again.

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more CPP parts - sway bars and rear cross member

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Its gonna be nice!!

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wow very good progress! what is the color on the range rover called?

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Good start-shop envy! Powertrain?

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Funny you should ask, The color is 2011 Rimini Red. It was very close to the color I was going to paint this truck, I had planned it for years. The one day last summer my wife shows me that car and said she wanted it. Well now I'm thinking of new colors for my truck, ha ha. So I'm going with original color for 69 code 517 which is kinda close but way different also.

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350 engine and th350 for now,

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I'm usually not a fan of red on a vehicle. the only two cars that ive liked it on were the range rover and the Lincoln mkz.

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Got the bed torn down and parts ready to go to blaster tomorrow and will bring home powered coated frame and blasted cab.

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:metal:couple of things!! first I like the approach you are taking with all the "easy to overlook" stuff. any of us can build a nice truck in short period of time. but it takes dedication to rip one down to the frame and spend the extra time and money to blast and coat everything. secondly, you have inspired me to move back to TN and spend every weekend in that humongous shop of yours. :metal::metal: