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*FormerMember* · 05-05-2008, 01:25 AM

Kurt (VtBlazer) and I took a drive today, to recover a shop truck my Dad and I restored. My Dad used this for his business and this was the last vehicle he and I worked on. It's kind of funny, he bought it new, sold it and bought it back years later and we restored it. I just did the same thing... at least the buying and selling part.

It's a 70 GMC C1500 Custom (Super?). NO PS, NO PB... my Dad didn't believe in em. It'll get new rockers, a cab corner and a driver's side fender. I almost want to cry, when I last saw this truck, it was PERFECT, chrome with deep gloss black paint, red interior and red bed liner.

Phase one of this restoration will be brakes and front end work. Right now, there's barely any hydraulic pressure in the brake system, I suspect there's a leak in one of the lines. I'll be bending up all new stainless lines. I also have to charge up the battery and straighten out the exhaust. I may also convert the M22 my Dad installed in it to an auto.

Then drive it for a while. I'll do the rockers and schtuff when I have Shuffling, my 4wd project is done. I don't want this to turn into a frame off like the rest of my projects.

So, it's a good running 350, M22 column shifted trans, 12B rear. When we restored it, we swapped in 72 brakes to get disks in the front.

All the trim stays.

On to the pics:

05-05-2008, 01:25 AM	#1
FormerMember Account Suspended Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,051	Another one came home Kurt (VtBlazer) and I took a drive today, to recover a shop truck my Dad and I restored. My Dad used this for his business and this was the last vehicle he and I worked on. It's kind of funny, he bought it new, sold it and bought it back years later and we restored it. I just did the same thing... at least the buying and selling part. It's a 70 GMC C1500 Custom (Super?). NO PS, NO PB... my Dad didn't believe in em. It'll get new rockers, a cab corner and a driver's side fender. I almost want to cry, when I last saw this truck, it was PERFECT, chrome with deep gloss black paint, red interior and red bed liner. Phase one of this restoration will be brakes and front end work. Right now, there's barely any hydraulic pressure in the brake system, I suspect there's a leak in one of the lines. I'll be bending up all new stainless lines. I also have to charge up the battery and straighten out the exhaust. I may also convert the M22 my Dad installed in it to an auto. Then drive it for a while. I'll do the rockers and schtuff when I have Shuffling, my 4wd project is done. I don't want this to turn into a frame off like the rest of my projects. So, it's a good running 350, M22 column shifted trans, 12B rear. When we restored it, we swapped in 72 brakes to get disks in the front. All the trim stays. On to the pics: Last edited by FormerMember; 04-02-2009 at 03:01 PM.