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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Amarillo, Tx
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newb here! just purchased a 68
Just wanted to say whats up love this place a lot of beautiful trucks! I've own a few 87's and was looking to get into a 67-72 truck and about a month a go ran into a farmer here in west texas and decided to purchase his old pickup. Wasnt looking to purchase one anytime soon but ran into this so I picked it up. Doesnt run but he just had it sitting at his farm going to waste so decided to pull the trigger and bring it home. I plan to start from the frame up using all porterbuilt products. Not a fan of the stepside so I do plan on keeping an eye out for another bed. Anyways here are of few pics
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
I see some big potential there, congratulations and welcome to the site.
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Nice save! Welcome aboard.
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Amarillo, Tx
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Plan on keeping the truck for many yrs I hope. Few more pics
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: oklahoma
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Nice find and welcome to the board! I love the look of these step sides!
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Still Learning
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Central Oklahoma
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Welcome to the board! Be very careful about the frame off. They can turn into years of down time. You gonna do a build thread?
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Henderson NV
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Marianna Arkansas
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
If I may offer a little advice don't listen [or read ]if you don't want to but I say get it running and driving then make sure it is safe brakes and suspension and drive for a while. There are tons of people on here that wish they had done that. You have these to enjoy for the most part and it is hard to do that when it is scattered all over the place. Then you get stuck on something in the build and it sits. Try getting on the road to enjoy for at least this summer . And if you need help when it is time and you get stuck on body stuff look me up
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Arizona
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
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Location: Godley, TX
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
hey, welcome and nice truck! That 3rd pic will give you a good idea what the impending 5/7 drop will look like from the front. JUST kidding - good lookin truck, like it just as is as long as you get it going sound mechanically.
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Location: Fruitland Park, FL
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Welcome from Central Florida! Looks like a sweet stepper. You shouldn't have any trouble selling that bed.
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: los angeles,ca
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
very nice find. i wasnt a fan of stepsides either. but after seeing all the awesome ones on here im a big stepside fan now!!
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: murray ky
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
welcome and nice truck. also when i first bought my stepside i hated it but now that i'm repainting it after owning about a year and a half i couldn't imagine getting rid of it. around here there are about 20 of these trucks running around and only 2 stepsides i know of.
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Rusty Nuts
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Clever Missouri
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Nice turck and good luck with your venture of restoring
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Welcome and Congrats ..
You see Fleets all the time (there's a reason for that too, they look awesome) but there's just something about the step side I like too. I personally have both but I think that truck would look best to keep the step bed. That way the patina matches, etc. If you're going to paint it then of course it doesn't matter .. but .. Nothing wrong with a stepper ! ![]() What's up with the high hump? I might think about another side mirror but that's about it. ![]()
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67cheby
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Location: siloam springs ar 72761
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
GREAT project !
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: ottawa kansas
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Welcome from Kansas. Nice truck...keep us posted with whatever you do with your truck.
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67cheby
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
along the lines Hugger mentioned, you could make it driveable and get you another short wide frame and start building that frame, that way you can still have fun with the truck and keep yourself from ending up like me .....9 year long build !
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Lebanon, Mo.
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Love it, I'd hammer it on the stock steelies and caps.
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Amarillo, Tx
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
I appreciate it! I work a lot so its going to be hard to find time to work on this truck but I plan to take my time on it. Once I start getting it down to frame and ordering parts I will post more pics at that time.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: South Florida
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Welcome to the board and Cool truck for sure.. the easy part is tearing it apart, the hard part is putting it back together.
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Really .. I don't think I'd even wash it.
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Stuart, Florida
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Very nice, i think the step side looks great also. Good luck and make yourself a plan, do things a step at a time. You'll find a lot of help here, make sure and post pics of your progress.
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Re: newb here! just purchased a 68
Welcome to the board and nice truck. I agree with alot of the comments on here. Get it running and driveable and enjoy it for a little while then maybe tear it down later if you want to. I immediately tore mine down and now i'm 2 1/2 years in with no end in sight. 67cheby had a great idea, pick up another SWB frame and build that on the side while still being able to drive and enjoy the truck. I would also leave it a stepper, i'm throwing around the idea of changing mine to a stepper.
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