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[Jacob's 72]

So im am going to start posting things i do to my truck onto this thread. This is somewhat of a continuation of my rustoleum thread that can be found here http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...26#post5285526
I decided to modify the rear bumper a bit and i believe that it turned out about right. Help me out with a project name as well guys.

[Jacob's 72]

Before

[Jacob's 72]

Also before the paint.

[Tinkermc]

I' watch

[VWNate1]

I'm watching , you've done a pretty good job here IMO .

Did you remove the lights , grille etc. or just mask it all off ? .

I'm amazed you deleted that hard to find rear bumper but if you're never going to work it like a truck , I guess I can understand why .

When do we get to see the interior and under the hood ? .

[Jacob's 72]

I pulled quite a bit of the parts; door handles, grille, marker lights etc, as well as the bed. I wasn't aware that those bumpers were hard to find, just ugly as far as I'm concerned. I took the bumper to school and put the plasma cutter to work cutting off the steps, i then took the round corners off of the steps and welded them back onto the ends of the bumper. I think the bumper looks far better now. Even compared to many of the other step side bumper options out there.

[Jacob's 72]

Here is the interior, i had a bench seat at one point but was not a very big fan. The Ford Probe bucket seats are awesome, probably the most comfortable bucket seats i have sat in. There is even a control to inflate the sides of the seat and its like gettin a hug from my truck I also made the console out of some scrap wood and cut some some 3 inch ABS pipe to make the cup holders. I have never done interior work so the mexican blankets made a pretty solid learning material. On top of that i think they look awesome.

[Jacob's 72]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

I'm amazed you deleted that hard to find rear bumper but if you're never going to work it like a truck , I guess I can understand why.

I don't think that this was a factory bumper or anything of that sort. When I first got the truck the steps on the sides of the bumper had plate steel that extended all the way up into the fender where it was bolted in. That was in no way good for the fenders.

[VWNate1]

O.K. , now I see : you've never actually worked a pickup truck in the Field .

Those bumpers with the weird ' wings ' going forward to the fenders , are terrif. if you have to drop the tailgate all the time for access ~ no banging your shins against the tailgate nor does it ever get bent and when that new kid borrows the truck to run a load of fence poles & wire out to the far end of the pasture , he always seems to back the rear fenders into a potted fence post , boulder or other truck , those ' wing ' things , are good fender savers . not for City Folks .

I think you did a bang up job on the interior ! looks very nice .

I spy a " Three On The Tree " shifter ? Saginaw three speed manual tranny ? .

What's under the hood ? .

Have you made suspension up grades yet ? .

[Jacob's 72]

Lol. no fields out here in the middle of the desert, just a few cacti.

The transmission is of the saginaw variety. Had to replace a few synchros in there too. Got pretty good at pulling the tranny. also had to tear apart the column and scrape all the dirt out of it. I didn't make any suspension upgrades, although i did have to rebuild all of the suspension. Motor is easier to show in photo form.

[Tinkermc]

so who says high schoolers can't do very impressive work?

[Jacob's 72]

Originally Posted by Tinkermc

so who says high schoolers can't do very impressive work?

LOTS of people. But proving them wrong is a plus.