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1968 redo
Here is my 1968 230 or 250 6 cyl, 3 speed short shaft trans, 373 posi rearend. Grandpa signed her over to me in 93. He bought her brand new. Engine and trans are exchanges, I broke timing gear in 93 and found out head was cracked, I have a 350 that I rebuilt 13 years ago that has been sitting covered up on an engine stand and thought it would be worth the upgrade. The truck sat in the woods since 95 with a camper shell, thanks for that the bed is in nice shape. Dad, 4th generation Max, and I hauled her in to dads shop 2 weeks ago. Looking at converting to auto, ps and pb as well. I will try some photos.
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Re: 1968 redo
Got her loaded up
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Re: 1968 redo
Cleaned the sap off a spot on the front of fender and buffed it out to see if the original paint would shine. I was surprised
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Re: 1968 redo
We got the camper shell off, and pushed it out to pressure wash. The original title is in the glove box from 1968, Not a single chip in any of the glass. Here is what she looks like.
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All the body rust in photos is minimal. The only bad rust was passenger fender well, passenger rocker, and bottom passenger door. Thats Dad in the pics. He and I fixed up a 1967 short wheel base chevy custom cab when I was in high school, my little brother and I drove the wheels off of it. It originally had a 283 with power glide and dad eventually dropped a 327 and turbo 350 in it that came out of a 69 caprice. Here is the bummer, we had a perfect set of buddy bucket seats we took out of it replacing them with a seat out of a buick electra 225. They were electric with an armwrest. We thought that was pretty slick back then. We wish we knew where that buddy bucket set ended up.
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Re: 1968 redo
Very cool! Nice truck and cool story. Yes, the firewall writing looks factory. On the fenderwell there is a piece that's like angle iron that bolts there. It goes around the steering shaft.
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There is a bracket on top of the inner fender in the above picture. Dad said it was meant to hold and extra bottle of washer fluid. Is this factory?
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Amazing how the old chevy paint just shines right up..
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I know, I wish it did not have so many and scratches or I would just buff it out. Talk about original.
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Re: 1968 redo
very nice im building a 68 8' steper red on red just put in a 400 w/vortec heads and realized newer exaust wont work with older mtr mounts
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nice truck, cant wait to see what you do with it !!
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Thanks. That is good information on the vortec. I am changing to a 350, I don't see any value in the straight 6 since it is not original.
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Got cowl, grill and hood painted original color. Inner fenders painted. I need a passenger front fender!!!
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this truck is so beautfiul
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man thats a great story and the trucks looks super
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Front cap is painted and hanging on wall except for right front fender which I had to order repro. It will be done next. I have a set of buddy buckets that needs redone, box under middle seat is rusty. Have some rust down in firewall/vent area on driver side, got to figure out how to get to that. I have decided to leave the 250 3 speed on column. I'll be pulling motor soon, add ps, maybe pb, and hei.
I'll get some more photos up soon.
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It has been almost 10 years since my last post. I never got around to pulling the motor, but the truck is safe in my Daddy's shop. We started pulling some more stuff off and noticed the drip rail on roof is almost rusted away under the paint. I kind of lost interest because I don't know what to do. All of it will need replaced or fabricated. We will start on the straight six soon. I found a head for it. We are going to pull it and do a complete teardown. I have removed the gas tank and it was in such bad shape on the inside, I ordered a new one. I am attempting to keep it as original as possible. I have new rockers and cab corners. We will get to those later. Some rust down in the side floor vents as well. I have seen some guys brace the door opening diagonally and across the cab when they replace the cab corners. Is this necessary? Any tips are appreciated.
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Welcome back.
The roof area is a common rot spot. At least there are patches for it now vs 2011. If you are new to welding sheet metal then start with the floor/rocker repairs. It's all hidden and will be a great place to learn. If it's not pretty it won't be seen. I braced my door opening when I did my rockers and corners. It can't hurt. There's a fair amount of structure in that area.
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Subscribed!
Cool truck Can’t wait to see more pictures
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Re: 1968 redo
Great project, I will be following for sure!
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