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[foxhole]

Time for a new kustom shop truck, gonna try to do this one on a low buck high effort type thing. Starting with this 70 GMC i found. This is the origional ad and pics

Used Autos Specialty $900 - 1970 GMC 2500 SUPERCUSTOM. NEEDS ENGINE WORK! COOL PROJECT!
Outside Victoria (View Map)
1970 GMC 2500 SUPER CUSTOM. "NEEDS ENGINE WORK!" WAS RUNNING & DRIVING GREAT! EVERYTHING WORKS! "ENGINE IS DEAD!" WAS JUST TUNED UP NEWER CHEVY 350. MANUAL 3-SPEED NEWER CLUTCH. DUAL EXHAUST, AFTERMARKET PARTS, GOOD GLASS, TINT, NICE INT, GOOD TIRES, TAILGATE, UGLY CANOPY, BIT OF BODY RUST, ECT... FIX IT UP, OR GREAT PARTS TRUCK! HAVE PAPERWORK & ORIGINAL PARTS. $900 OBO. LOCATED IN SOUTH NANAIMO. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME...

Ad Id: 13110029
Posted: September 17, 2010
Expiry: October 17, 2010
Status: SOLD
Edit: My ad

got it for 700 so so far the tab is at 700

truck 700
cab 250
total 950

[foxhole]

Got it back to the shop and did a quick survey, doors are shot, bit of rust in cowl, ect pretty much everything i expected. Build calls for the basic chop, chanel, section, phantom dually kinda thing. We'll see how mockup goes and see how much i can take out of it and still fit it all in. What's the lowest you all got one of these things so far? meaning ground to top of roof?

[foxhole]

Well i just don't have any room at my shop as its full of customers cars so i struck a deal to take it to a little island near the one i'm on to a buddies house on the property of the old familly autowrecker that was built back in the 40's or 50's. Basic shop, two bays, pit, 60 years of clutter. Gonna do this build old school i guess, cept he's got a good mig there. other than that it's straight out of the 1950's

[foxhole]

Cut all the bolts and pulled the box while it was still on the trailer so we didn't have to carry it to far and pulled the canopy. Looks like the box shen a wee bit of rust by the looks of the crossmembers. Frame looks a bit punky round them upper coil mounts too.

[foxhole]

dropped the front inners and bumper off at the same time to take some measurments and get a rough idea as to what kinda room i'm dealing with for rolling stock room and for building headers. Never built a set of headers before, thought this might be a good one to learn on.

[foxhole]

put tha canopy back on the box and turned it into a nice little storage bin for all the rest of the parts i take off. also rolled a 235 up next to it to eyeball what kindas meat i can section out and keep tires under the truck.

[VA72C10]

Great progress so far...I'm more a fan of no or subtle chops....but still interested to see how this comes out...

[foxhole]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Great progress so far...I'm more a fan of no or subtle chops....but still interested to see how this comes out...

I have wanted to see just how far i could take a chop chanel section job for quite some time. There was much deliberation before settleing on a 67-72 truck but i wanted something that was old enough to not get branded a lowrider and had some style but at the same time wasn't going to get persicuted for cutting up something rare or valuable, not that these trucks arn't special its that i started with a prettymuch terminal one for this project so no one could really complaine about me taking it this far. Its supposed to be the ultimate experience in fitting 10 gallons in a five gallon bucket. Hoping to make every aspect of the truck a bit overkill and stand out as i've learned from showing customers cars over the years that you can have a national award winning car and still some people will still walk right past it in a feild of 1000 plus nice cars. Don't think there will be a single cubic inch of space not filled up trying to fit it all in, but trying to do as many things i can in new and inovative ways and get as many things that have been rolling around in my head for years off the paper and into steel. Next weekend i plan to trial section the green cab to see if any unforseen problems arise before i section the good cab.

[GR8-68]

very interesting build , interested in seeing the outcome of the chop myself, never seen a chop that big

[VA72C10]

Hope I didn't come off rude...definitely interested in seeing how this turns out. Like I said, chops aren't my first choice, but if every vehicle was the same it would be boring. Looking forward to the progress shots!

[foxhole]

i'm not real great with fancy computer stuff, i tried to figure out photoshop and epicly failed but managed to mash this out with microsoft paint. Pretty sure if i took my reference points right with the headlights representing 6 inches it should look kinda like this once the 10"chop 6"section 2.5 inch body drop and 14.5" from suspension were all applied if i were to hit my 37 inch target. Might end up at 38 or 40 but i'm gonna do my best to hit 37.

[OARNGESI]

Thats going yo look mean from the front are you making it a shortbed theres someone on hhere doing something similar with a 60=66

HERES THE ONE IM TALKING ABOUT http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904

[foxhole]

Originally Posted by OARNGESI

That's going yo look mean from the front are you making it a short bed there's someone on here doing something similar with a 60=66

HERES THE ONE IM TALKING ABOUT http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904

When i first got the idea i was planning a short box but as the plan evolved i decided to make it a phantom dually and proportionally the short box wouldn't work as well and I'd like to retain the wheelbase for handling purposes

[FRENCHBLUE72]

This thing is gonna be bad ass when its done..

[foxhole]

drilled out some spotwelds and seperated the door top today so it can be modified later and won't be in the way durring the chop.

[foxhole]

another weekend another trip to the island to work on mock up on the truck. brought with me the "ready stripped" fenders from the longhorn step side box i bought for doner fenders for the dually box. They looked more like they were ready to be stripped than ready stripped and also had a good size dent in the one side that wasn't mentioned when making the deal but whatever, they're workable. although since getting them i realized i won't be able to run as tall a tire as i had planned and still be able to get it as low as i want so some redesigning came into play. Also in the redesigning came up that the box side can't be lower than the dually fender so i had to start splitting hairs and seeing where i am willing to let stuff go and still get this thing as low as possible. With the fender sitting on the ground it will clear a 25 inch tall tire. as much as i would love to run a much taller tire i am not willing ton sacrifice much of my sectioning so 25 it is. that will let me run a 25 1/4 inch tall bedside which will still allow a 5 inch sectioning of the body, one inch less than planned.

[foxhole]

going from the 6 inch section down to the 5 inch section ment totally re laying out the whole thing. plan here is to do a trial section job on the green cab which is rusty before i do the real thing on the black cab which is less rusty. that way i can afford to learn something as i have never sectioned a vehical before. i stagered the section from the a to b pillars a bit so they fell where they worked out best. the cutlines will fall at 5 7/8 above the lower bodyline and 10 7/8 above the lower body line which will give them the same width when the panels come together.

[foxhole]

I'll be reworking the whole firewall so i zipped that out of the way to be able to better see what ill need to do and See real word clearances.

[foxhole]

i staggered the section a bit where it goes through the jamb and stepped it so i can keep the striker pocket stock. oh and i forgot to get reinforcement stock before i came over so i dredged up an old bed frame and chopped it up and braced it a bit.

[VA72C10]

Wow, down she goes

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Wow!!!!!!

[sams60gmc]

Subscribed!! Can't wait to see more. Nice work.

[Maxxd07]

subscribing, this thing is gonna be wild!

[swamp rat]

Subscribed, looking for updates!

[swamp rat]

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