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Originally Posted by NorthshoreChevy
I'm looking and buying a 1966 Chevy pickup. The cab and body look to be in good shape with minor rust spots at the base of the tailgate and some blistered up rust on driver side fender under primer. The motor is the six cylinder that's pretty much the same as original.
I would want to paint it, put the wooden slats in the bed and a few other things. What type of money am I looking at to paint and fix the bed? What other things usually come up in a truck this age?
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I have a inexpensive tablesaw that I got at Harbor Freight a few years back. cost about $100.00. I went to Mar-K's website and got the dimensions of the boards for my 66, bought white pine at a local commercial lumber company that were large enough and long enough to cut down. cost $55.00
Borrowed a set of old dado blades from a friend, cut the boards as shown on Mar-K. painted them as shown in Mar-Ks instructions.
cost total about 150.00 for wood and paint.....
saved enough money to splurge for polished SS hardware and bolts..
total about $ 350.00
after cutting to spec's:
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...rLzpm&lb=1&s=A
installed and painted:
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...6113&k=DZW9XDm
If you reused the existing bed strips and only new bolts it would cost less.
Kieth
