Next, swapped out 1 tyre and painted the rims Matt black and borrowed the white wall trims off my Galaxie 500
Removed the rear bump and best of all made myself a cool gear shifter :tup:
It was either grey prime the rear or paint the front to match the rear. The green of the rear bed was growing on me. So we decided to try some fake patina as most of the green on the cab had gone, hence the primer. Not a big fan of faux patina, but so far it's fooled most.
We also did many more things which I've slept since but fair to say we worked most weekends and evening till past midnight and had couriers or psotman at the house nearly everyday delivering parts etc.
Well after many many hours and very very late nights the truck was ready for Le Mans, here we are at Portsmouth UK ferry terminal
We had a great road trip there and back met many great folk, truck never missed a beat and cant wait for 2016 Classic Le mans.
We either got asked when are you painting it and are you fitting a V8, that was mainly by those that did't get it (mainly non car folk). The rest who did get it (the majority) said don't paint it and leave as is. And in case you're wondering it is staying as is for now, i.e. straight 6 ( maybe a turbo) and leaf springs front and rear (but maybe a few removed or drop beam) We completed over 1200 miles in 5 days and cruised at 60 MPH at less than 2000 rpm, so not changing a thing on the running gear. its worked well for its previous 55 years so don't see why I need to fit a front clip etc. Will be fitting a dual circuit brake master cylinder for safety.
I'll let the rest of the holiday snaps do the talking
Found this on google earth:tup: Truck parked on the previous owners drive in the suburbs of San Francisco, looks like he liked his cars/trucks
Wasn't too keen on the GMC grill, compared to the chevy Apache grill.
I think GMC made a right arse of it! Looks like a big mustache
Plus it had the middle bit missing.:tdown: Found a bargain on uk ebay,:tup: Its not mint and had the top section replaced with 2 x round bars, but it will do for now.
Clean face, mustache gone :giggle:
Couldn't find a full set of chevy indicators, so being a tight wad. Or you could say, ahem following the tradition of old school hotrodders, I've used what i had. ie the ones off the GMC grill :tup:
Which BTW arent even GMC, its probably what the PO in California had lying around.