My son and I are building his first truck
 

1968 gmc LWB, He is 14 and about to start drivers ed, we have about a yr and 5 months to get this done by t]ime his license arrives

Our plans are nothing that hasnt been done here a million times but i could use some help.
A good detaile thread on the 5.3/4l60e swap

Our plans inclued

4/6 drop
5.3 swap
Disk brakes
Paint

Thanks
Bryan

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Nice start to a great build, good to see someone so young interested in restoring an old c10 :chevy:

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That looks like a very solid truck to start with! I will definitely be following along!

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Thanks guys, Its really clean for the yr, The rockers and cab corners are rock solid, thumb sized hole under heel of gas pedal, truck did come with and extra cab because the truck does have some rot under drip edge in windsheild frame, So we are currently working on getting cab refinished

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What a fun build to do with your son. I'm just about finishe with an identical build. 6.0 swap 4L40e lowered 3/5. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Regards,
Terry

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I will Thank You!

Bryan

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Looks like fun, I live in Newaygo County. I got my truck when I was 13 and my dad and I completely redid the entire truck, I'm 20 now and drive it almost daily in the summer!

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Hey, I am doing the exact same thing with my son. He just turned 14 and he wanted a truck like grandpa had on the farm. So we found a 69 GMC LWB that we are just starting to tear down. I taught him to drive it last weekend, it is a 3 on the tree, he is amazed by it. Same as you, 1.5 years to get it all done! Ours is quite rougher, but that will only add to the enjoyment when done!!

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Man, how cool! Ours was a 3 on tree 6 cylinder also haha, did you start a thread?

72gmc350 thTs awesome! Im hoping he keeps this truck forever

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We are leaving ours a LWB, he races MX and I ride too so we intend to use the box

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I just joined as I was searching a few how to things and saw your thread! Not sure if I will but i will watch yours for sure.

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We got the spare cab gutted, going to patch the floor and its going to sand blaster

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Great idea, wish I had done so with my son. Sub'd

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Nice project! Following along

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Excellent project. My son turns 14 in March. Plan is to start on my old 72 after his birthday for his first vehicle.

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Welded up a sand blasting table/bed dolly out of so go cat shipping crates

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Son and I made some progress now that his grades are back up

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Looking good!!!

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Awesome project! Of course I'm really biased towards GMCs :lol:

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Great Start.

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My son and I are building a 70 for when he turns 16 in September. The time goes by fast.

Nice looking project. I'll be watching.

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Im in to see this one .

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Love me some Hugger Orange 4-Eyed :gmc2:!!!

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I love the OP truck. A friend of mine, that moved down from Wisconsin, has a Chevrolet twin to that truck. He put a five speed from a Camaro in it.