The Blue Ox (72 SWB)

[Hartje]

I've been trying to find some time to start a build thread. I continue to update my instagram which is (BLAKEHARTJE) if you wanted to get real time updates.

Orgin of the title and name of my truck. I was at work one day and a co-worker called me Paul Bunion as I had a giant beard and was wearing a flannel. I said yup and right there is Babe (the Blue Ox) as I pointed out the window. (truck was/is teal but I have 510 medium blue paint on the bench!

First couple posts will get you up to speed! I started the tear down in September 2015 and its now April. Gonna try and get the truck back to running before the end of next month, as I'll be relocating to Wisconsin...


This was the day after I brought the truck home. Found it on CL here in Denver and its looks are deceiving. It was a bit of a mess and I'm still sorting through some of it.



Truck came with a the 402 big block and an SM465 (this picture is after I cleaned up a bunch - I painted the valve covers and filter hat as they were pretty beat up)


tinkered on it for a bout year while I finished my Nova and collected parts


hated the black painted grill, so I painted it back to stockish for 6 bucks