My New 77 Custom 10 Shortie (All Original)
 

So I've been in love with these old short beds as far back as I can remember, and I've always loved them in their original state. I've had many 68-72's but this is my first square body and I love it.

This was actually up on the auction site and I went to check it out in person and was able to make a deal with the Original Owner.

All original pain, 3 minor dents on the truck, does have some dings and scratches here and there but overall a very nice Original truck

99.5% Rust free

79K Original Miles with all the original paper work

It's a plain jane truck, 6 cylinder, power brakes, manual steering
250 6 cylinder with a 4 speed on the floor

My favorite thing about here is the original "Hawaiian" Vinyl seat

Anywho... plan is to get a 4/6 drop on here Monday, but the nasty pipe tips off, color sand and buff her out and cruise her around to the local swap meets as is.

She runs like a dream

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The original owner had about 3K receipts as well, new bearings, bushings, radiator, shocks, carb... List goes on forever, but I'm glad she's already road worthy

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A beauty! Congrats man!

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What a beautiful truck!! That's going to look great dropped. I like the steelies and caps.

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That is a nice looker, and do not get much simpler then that.

How do you like the smaller mirrors when driving?

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Congrats man! That's a clean little machine.

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Very cool. Will look sweet lowered with the white bumpers n dog dish caps.

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Wow, that's clean! Great find.

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@ziegelsteinfaust They are pretty small, they are going to take some getting use to, that's for sure

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Good looking truck. Man it is clean.

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Great looking truck! I have it's younger brother. Mine is an 80 I bought from the second owner. Had just over 59k when I bought it with a 305 and an auto. I've got it lowered 5 in the front and a flip kit in the back. I just finished up an ls swap and front end rebuild and the truck is a dream to drive! Nice find!

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Thank you all for the kind words. I'm sure she'll look much better with the drop on Monday.

Mopar250, have any pics of yours?

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Love the "old school" look of your truck.

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That is mint

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Yep - she's a sweetie.

K

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I do have some pics but im on vacation right now and dont have then with me. I plan on making a build thread soon now that the trucks done and ill have to let you know when I get that done.

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Mopar: sounds good!

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Congrats on that truck! I saw it on the auction site myself, I saved the pics of it. I love the Hawaiian Blue. My 78 Silverado is Hawaiian Blue and white, I always wanted to see a full Hawaiian blue truck without trim or two tone. I hope you are keeping the six cylinder. I love how it is a basic truck, if mine I would leave it that way. Again, congratulations on it.

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HipToBeSquared,

Ya, Just something about it says "Older than I am" it just catches my eye as an older late 60's early 70's truck because of the color. I'm keeping her ALL original, only thing I just had done was a drop 4/5. Other than that just a nice lean and cruising her... I think this one will stick with me for some while, if not forever. Just too clean a truck to tamper with

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Ok, lets see how this goes I've never really played with posting pics yet. This is my 80 that now has a 5.3 LS swap and a turbo 400. The rear has a flip kit and the front is 2.5 spindles and I cut a coil cut out. I love the way it looks and it rides better than it ever did before. I will soon do an LS swap thread and a build thread on it. I love when people do those because it answers so many questions and they are great when you plan what works and how things look when they are done.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a4...D550/ry%3D400/

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you should really leave it stock

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Mopar250,

Looks great man! If I didn't know any better, I'd say that was my truck minus the tires lol. Looking forward to watching your build! Something about that blue on our trucks just has me hooked!

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murguia and mopar250, both of your trucks are awesome! I love Hawaiian blue, seeing both of your guys' truck makes me wish mine was all Hawaiian blue :P, mine is blue and white.