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10-21-2009, 01:46 PM
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New Guy With A 72
Hello all! I've been lurking around this site for awhile now and I'm finally getting around to putting up some pix of my truck.Some of you may remember the thread I started about 6 weeks ago asking advice about buying this truck.Thanks to each one for your comments and advice.My buddy who had the truck lowered his price to $1800 so I went ahead and bought it.My plans are to first get rid of the rust and then work on the interior.Then think about painting the outside.
The engine was rebuilt about 400 miles ago,and runs real good.My mechanic changed out the lock-outs to get the 4 wheel drive working,paked the wheel bearings,changed the U joints and said everything seemed tight and ready to roll,so mechanically it seems to be in exellent shape.The PO painted the frame,inner fenders,and firewall when he had the engine out which will make my job easier.Looks like he did a pretty good job,but just never finished the truck. I've never done anything like this before so ya'll are gonna have to help me!Here's some pix.Let me know what you think. |
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10-21-2009, 01:49 PM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Looks like a good truck for that price! Eric
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10-21-2009, 01:58 PM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
 Looks like you got a great truck to work with. Price seems good also. Thanks for sharing.
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10-21-2009, 01:59 PM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
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10-21-2009, 02:00 PM
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PROJECT 7DEUCE
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Congrats and welcome to the board..
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GO BIG GREEN  GO DUCKSMEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P.. |
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10-21-2009, 03:04 PM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Yeah, looks like you scored big. That looks like a great starting point.
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10-21-2009, 03:09 PM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
great deal, very nice truck.
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10-21-2009, 03:10 PM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Nice score. Welcome aboard.
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10-21-2009, 04:28 PM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
seems like i might have seen that truck driving around neosho???
anyways, great find!
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10-21-2009, 06:22 PM
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Under Construction
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Thanks for the welcome ,guys.Culp,I bought this truck close to Topeka KS.Anyway,I got a lot of work ahead of me.All four cab supports are bad,both cab corners,both outer rockers,there's a hole in the drivers side floorboard,and the corners of two fenders are gonna need work.And who knows what else I'll find?!O yeah,and the bed floor is shot.My Dad has some sheet metal laying around he said I could use on the bed floor,so I thought I'd try to make that work.Probably coat it with bedliner.Anyone ever done anything like that?I'm not really building this truck on a budget but I'm gonna try not to sink too much into it if you know what I mean.Any tips would be much appreciated.
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10-21-2009, 11:11 PM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Welcome from Lake County California! As you will soon discover that working on these old trucks will never end, but who cares! It's so much fun.
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10-22-2009, 01:07 AM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Nice to see another 4x4 added to the board. It looks like you have a nice base for your resto project. Good luck and have fun!
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10-22-2009, 07:53 AM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
definetly a cool truck!!!!!
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild |
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12-06-2009, 05:25 PM
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Under Construction
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Time for an update-I'm finally getting around to posting what I've gotten done so far.I found a tailgate and front fender on CL and I bought a bed from Randy(teeitup).The bed and fender are in good shape but the tailgate is gonna need some work.I had planned to just use the bed that was on the truck but decided buying the one Randy had for sale was a better idea.
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72 chevy 4x4-my project 67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=368210 94 Nissan 4x4-Daily Driver and off road beater 03 Saab 9-3 -tripper 90 Polaris Trail Boss- 2 Stroker Last edited by justagoodolboy; 12-06-2009 at 06:29 PM. |
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12-06-2009, 06:16 PM
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Under Construction
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Re: New Guy With A 72
I had planned to do the welding myself,but I'm not very good at it,and since I was lucky enough to have a lot of work this fall,I just never seemed to find the time to get at it.So I ended up buying rockers,cab corners,and a driver's side floor piece from Mike's Bump and Grind Garage and had a welding shop replace them for me.He did it by the hour and ended up charging me $325 for labor,and $32 for the stainless steel he made the cab supports out of.I'm happy with the result. I decided to redo my exhaust while I had my truck in the shop,and I'm glad I did.The PO just stuck on an old muffler he had laying around.I think it came off a Dodge Dakota.Anyway,it had 2 inch pipe coming off the manifolds,then dumped into 2.5 inch.The one off the passenger side curved around and T'd into the one off the driver's side.After the muffler it went back to 2 inch pipe with a chrome tip exiting in front of the rear tire on the driver's side. I went with dual exaust-2 inch off the manifolds,flowmasters,then 2.5 inch pipes with stainless tips forty-fived behind the rear tires.It sounds good at an idle and is fairly deep and sounds good when you get on it.It's not obnoxious at all and for my taste,could actually be a little louder but I like it alright.At 65 mph you can acually hold a conversation without hollering,so after I get new door seals and put down sound deadner and carpet it should be fairly quiet.With the old exhaust it sounded like the truck was gonna lift off and fly.Okay ,just kidding,but it was loud.
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72 chevy 4x4-my project 67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=368210 94 Nissan 4x4-Daily Driver and off road beater 03 Saab 9-3 -tripper 90 Polaris Trail Boss- 2 Stroker Last edited by justagoodolboy; 12-06-2009 at 06:27 PM. |
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12-06-2009, 07:04 PM
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Tot Roddin'
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Nice progress on the project.
And,  to the boards from another Mid-MO resident. 
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12-06-2009, 07:59 PM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Great score and it looks like it's coming a long nicely.
Ray
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12-06-2009, 09:12 PM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Looks good, glad to see you're getting rid of the tinworm...
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12-06-2009, 09:21 PM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
nice progress
looks like a great start keep us posted
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12-06-2009, 09:53 PM
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Under Construction
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Thanks for all your kind comments.Man,whoever said that working on these trucks is a never ending process was right on!The deeper I dig,the more things I see,the more ideas I get,the less money I have....O well,one small detail at a time.
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12-23-2010, 11:24 PM
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Tot Roddin'
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Re: New Guy With A 72
Lookin' good, nice progress!
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12-24-2010, 03:17 AM
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Re: New Guy With A 72
nice work good ol boy
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