My 65 restoration!!!

[65GMCFirstride]

here are some of the before and after pics of my truck before restoration

[65GMCFirstride]

here are some more

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and more etc...

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heres more

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and a few more

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last ones

[xxangeloxx]

looks like a solid truck!

[LostMy65]

I just noticed, yours is leafs in the back.

Edit: Never-mind, after doing a search, I see most GMCs were leafs in the back.

[Bugeyev8]

Great work so far...I see you have what looks to be a summit radiator, what bottom hose did you use? I have one like it and am having issues getting a good fitting hose


Thanks !!

[mikie 1954]

Was the truck originally a 4speed 4x4 or did you put in a different center hump? I see it has the ebrake under the dash so the other hole was for a transfer case shift? NICE work, looks like it will be a nice truck when done.

[65GMCFirstride]

i actually bougt it with most of the drive train done but i will go look and get back to u soon

[Alan's Classic]

Nice progress so far. Is that a summit radiator? If so do you have a part number for the lower hose? Keep up the great progress.

[65GMCFirstride]

it is a summit radiator

[65GMCFirstride]

65 GMC 1/2 ton truck with all the hard work done! Long bed fleetside. It has a late model front end with 5 lug, power disc brakes, power steering and tilt column, also 5 lug rear end. Late model 5.0 vortec motor with rv cam, edelbrock intake and edelbrock carb, HEI ign, chrome valve covers, new alt and batt, serpetine belt system, custom alumn radiator. 700R4 overdrive automatic trans with shift kit. New brakes, 2 into 1 exhaust with headman headers. 85K orig miles on truck. The motor and trans are about two years old. Was pulled from a doner truck. (1990) Nice body with some rust, mostly in the rockers, floor is solid. Good glass. bought it on august 6th and i am still working on it here are some of the most recent pics.the seats came out of a 93 suburban. will have oak bed, soon sending bed to sandblaster soon and sending truck of to get chassie pulled because it was hit bfore i got it and we could tell because the bumber had 4 holes insted of 2 one on inside of front bumber and other was on ouside of other bolt. each of by inch and we did some measurments from certin points of the trucks frame and it proved that the entireframe is crooked and that the body is straight but the frame its self is all shifted to the right about 1 inch! there is a long wa to go but this is my first car and second rebuild.

other project:
2004 dimondback weedwacker 30 cc 21 speed w/ clutch bike

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by 65GMCFirstride

it is a summit radiator

Is there a name and part number on the lower hose? Thanks

[65GMCFirstride]

Here is my new mufflers that i got. They are dual Cherry Bomb Vortex, as of now I only have 1 pipe coming out. but i plan to convert it to dual over summer break.

[65GMCFirstride]

here is the bed and radiator pics

[kieth]

gmcfirstride, is that a stock tach in your dash ? it looks pretty large, and is it a 5000 rpm tach or is is a newer one? Kieth

[Alan's Classic]

Thanks for the try on the hose. I didn't realize it was a flexable hose and not a preformed one. I'll keep looking.

[65GMCFirstride]

Kieth,

it belive it is origanal but i know that many dashes like this are ussualy painted black. and the 5000 rpm gauge is new

[65GMCFirstride]

is it better for my new exhust to be welded or bolted on, 2 1/2 cherry bomb vortex. 2 headers going to 1 straight pipe

[65GMCFirstride]

i am about to finish preping the cab and my colors ive chose or gloss black for the dash and mocha steel metalic for the inside of the cab trying to decide what color the door side panel should be?

[65GMCFirstride]

got the cab primed

[65GMCFirstride]

here is the truck but photoshopped

[65GMCFirstride]

This is for any one who need real clasic parts. over spring break i went to scottsdale az. there is a new show on discovery called desert valley car kings and since i started watching it i wanted to go. so this was the perfect time. this was my first junk yard and proboly the greatest. there number is 1800 841-4168- you can also request a part online at dvap.com over 10 acres of creat cars from valients to the firebird every thing its a great place and you can get great deals as well, i got a chrome gmc logo there for 40 bucks and some v8 emblems of a 65 dart for 10 buck, great buy!!! they also recomended a pparts store called "grumpys" great and just like lmc but cheaper. :