1969 project shortie
 

Thought i would share some pics of my latest project. 1969 cst I picked up. Bought the truck from the original owners son , so I am the 3rd owner. Bought it less than a block from my house. Patina is just awesome and will remain untouched. But I have since chopped it down to a shortbed.

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Day I got it

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I can only post one pic at a time from my phone

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Frame cut

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Back together with early classic frame braces, had a short driveshaft from another truck, brake line had a compression fitting , shortened it. Cut some off fuel line and did a quickie exhaust swap and she was rolling again .

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12" out of the front of the bed , marked with tape and cut with sawzall. This was a wood floor bed , which was all rotted out , so it made it a lot easier .

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I put tape back to protect paint while welding and grinding. Wanted to keep as much of that awesome patina as I could.

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Start at the top when tacking up, if you go back between bottom and top it will not want to fit right, so start at top and work your way down , learned that the second time around

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8" out of the back

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Set that aside for now

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Bed back on

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Roll her out in the sun

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That is going to be nice ,Im in for the ride .

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Slap the trim back on and admire your new old shortie

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Still need to finish up welding the sides up and cutting the trim to perfect length, needs new cab mounts and the body lines should be really close . Good enough for a old shop truck I chopped lol

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I have 8" steelies for the rear I'm painting back original color like I did the front. Gonna get 275/60/15 bfg's, fronts are 6" steelies with 245/60/15 with nova hubcaps . Plan is to slam 4.5/6" early classic and 5.3 with th350. Just gotta work some more overtime

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Decided to go with this chassis instead

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More

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Another

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Got a 5.3 for it, also decided to "z" the frame, wasn't low enough.

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Another

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Engine

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Nice project!

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Thanks man

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Made some progress to the "z"