1969 Father & Son Project

[Truckism]

In the beginning 8/24/09. And away we go.......

[vegaschevy]

Looks like a great start

[OARNGESI]

Looks like a pretty clean truck whats your plans

[Truckism]

Originally Posted by OARNGESI

Looks like a pretty clean truck whats your plans

Planning to go back with the original green and white paint, and green interior. Going to move the fuel tank outside, maybe a Blazer set-up. What's the best way to go, plastic or metal tank?

[ksbeatty]

I likey. Looks like a great project.

[mcbassin]

Looks like a great truck to start with. I wish you luck and more fun and patients with your build than my father son build. BTW, I think it might be better to start when they are very young teaching basic mechanical skills Keep the progress posted!

[Truckism]

So far we are off to a good start. We got the body pretty well stripped down. As expected, some rust will need to be repaired, i'll post pics of the areas later.

[my67chevytruck]

Nice truck. Have fun with the father/son build, it's good bonding time. we are pretty far along on our father/son build. As far as the gas tank, alot of people do the blazer conversion using a steel tank, but there are also aluminum tanks etc. all boils down to personal preference and budget. I would stay away from plastic personally....

Good luck with your build!

[Truckism]

Picked up a nice set of used doors off a 68. Thinking of using the 68 mirror brackets, what do ya think?

The color combination kind of makes me think of Christmas!

[mcbassin]

doors look really solid! I like the mirrors!

[Truckism]

While Andy has been cleaning off the Liquid Nails that use to hold on the old door seals (yes you guessed it, the previous owner was a carpenter), I've been making repair panels for the driver's side air box.

[Truckism]

Finally was able to finish the driver’s side air box. Andy removed the driver’s side old rusty rocker. Surprisingly, there were only a few pits in the inner rocker and the cab corner so, I was able to fill those with a little welding, and then Andy applied a couple coats of Permatex Brand Rust treatment.

[Truckism]

Got the driver's side rocker welded on. Darn thing fit like a six fingered glove so, its a good thing I have a hammer. Next will be the drip rail above the drivers door.

[cable666guy]

Cool!!

[pat 70/71]

My son Patrick & I did a 70 short bed step side( corvette yellow)ground up resto We had great fun. and I past on "THE BUG" to him . have fun& remember, you both will have good memories of this build & your time with each other . ...Pat

[Truckism]

We've made a little progress since the last post. The cold weather and snow makes it a little hard getting motivated, especially since it takes the garage a while to get up to a comfortable temperature. We received about 20" of snow (can you spot the chassis in the snow pic) on the East just before Christmas and some of it is still piled up and the temperatures have been well below average.

To proceed with the sand blasting, we made a makeshift booth out of heavy gage plastic in the garage. Surprisingly, it worked pretty damn good. We also got both of the drip rails on. It looked simple enough to get those on when we started but they turned out to be a pain in the backside.

After the blasting, and deciding we didn't like the Swiss cheese look, we order a patch panel for the front of the inner roof from Athey's. When I called Bill this past Saturday, he said he couldn't place the ordered until Monday and it would take about a week to come in. To my surprise, he called to tonight and said the panel was in already. Going to pay him a visit Thursday and pick it up. Three days, that’s what I call service! I'll post pics once we get the panel installed.

[mcbassin]

Looking really good! Digging the portable blasting shop! You have to love rust repair....keep it up!

[my67chevytruck]

great progress....

[ksbeatty]

I used my 69 gmc doors with those mirrors and I love it. Looks good.

[pickupman]

Comin along good Bruce, but as you know you still got alot of work ahead of you. Thanks, for all your business. I am sure it will turn out as good as yours
Bill

[Truckism]

Remember the "Swiss Cheese" in the inner roof panel, it's now gone. The replacement panel came with a raised portion where the rear view mirror mounts, is that something factory on later year trucks, perhaps 71,72? We liked the way it looked so, on it went. Before we put the new panel in, we were able to blow all the sand out from the blasting.

[71blksuper4x4]

Originally Posted by Truckism

Remember the "Swiss Cheese" in the inner roof panel, it's now gone. The replacement panel came with a raised portion where the rear view mirror mounts, is that something factory on later year trucks, perhaps 71,72? We liked the way it looked so, on it went. Before we put the new panel in, we were able to blow all the sand out from the blasting.

The hump is a 71' only thing that I am aware of. I have it in my 71' and I know 72's don't have it. 72's had windshield mounted unless they were within the very first couple made in 72'. I know a guy who had one of the first of the 72's built and it had the hump from what must have been a carry over cab from 71'. Trevor

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by 71blksuper4x4

The hump is a 71' only thing that I am aware of. I have it in my 71' and I know 72's don't have it. 72's had windshield mounted unless they were within the very first couple made in 72'. I know a guy who had one of the first of the 72's built and it had the hump from what must have been a carry over cab from 71'. Trevor

Never would have dreamed there was really a 71 to early 72 specific inner roof? Still learning....go figure

[Truckism]

Started the body work on the cab. We got the rockers and the right side of the firewall pretty well finished, 80 grit then primed.

Also went and talked to the guy who painted my truck. Since he did a great job on my truck, I was thinking about getting him to paint the boy's truck too. He was working on a customer's real nice 57 Bel Air. I did rust repairs on it for him a couple months ago.

[oldblue1968chevy]

wow lots of work good job lol