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1970 Burn Victim
I bought this truck on 10/30/12 from an insurance company. The truck had a fire under the hood that damaged the cowl, hood, dash, all of the wiring on both sides, a/c, ect. The fire department in an attempt to put out the fire damaged the fenders (left and right fronts), glove box, and finished off the hood. I paid a pretty penny for it though. It had a powder coated frame and a flawless step-side bed with oak in it.
The second day I owned the truck I began to tear it down. I first stripped away the interior and vacuumed out the dry Chem. BTW this thing had a pile of dry Chem throughout the truck... They did what they had to in order to save the rest of the truck but it was a mess!!! Then my dad (who grew up with these trucks) helped me take the front clip off. I was then able to see the full extent of the damage. The cowl had been burned severely (this is where I discovered the fire was started on the firewall...some sort of electrical fire). I then decided to bring this truck back to the beauty it use to be i would have to give this truck a frame-off. This truck had received a frame-off restoration within the last four-five years. |
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Re: 1970 Burn Victim
Here are some pictures from the first and second day.
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more burn pictures
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The Tear down begins!!!! And I received lots of new parts. Since the old wiring harness caused the fire and was damaged during the fire, I decided to bite the bullet and order a new one. I rewired the truck bumper to bumper. (this was a long week!!!!) I have never wired an entire truck so I actually had to read (a lot) to figure everything out.
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I do not do paint/body work, so I will not take any credit for the following pictures...
The hood was too damaged to save so I bought an original hood, unfortunately it needed a lot of work. (sorry Mario! (the body guy)) |
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and more expensive parts. I ended up really liking the way this a/c unit installed.
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At this stage I got the cab back on and began to wire...oh the fun. I also began to install the new A/C system. (as you can see the cab has been painted so I am trying to be careful and not scratch it...)
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The hood gets some work and the seat, doors go back on/in.
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This has me all caught up for posting... I hope to have the front clip back on and wired by Friday and driving by the next Friday!!!
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Well I didn't get finished with the wiring but I did get the rest of the A/C hooked up and the front clip back on and lined up. I took it for a real short ride. It was the sweetest mile I have ever driven.
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cool story!
any idea what caused the fire? i know you said wiring, but that was a lot of fire.. fuel involved? |
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No fuel still have the original carb. I replaced the fuel lines/filter under the hood to be safe. The only other thing I can think it may have been was tranny fluid, but there was not any real signs other than it was close to the dipstick. I could tell (and my father who is a retired firefighter agreed) the hottest part was on the cowl. Everything was so melted I couldn't pinpoint the original cause/wire.
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nice job saving this it is a great looking step side
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Whoa son! You bought it 10/30/12 and 27 days later have already rebuilt it, cab off and everything. Have you even bothered with sleep this month?
It is a beautiful truck.
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Also thanks for all the kind words about the truck. I was truly blessed to find this one.
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Nice truck ! Glad you saved it.
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I am not done yet but I took it out for the weekend for a few shakedown miles. It ran like a champ! I am so glad to have it running and license/inspected. Once I get it color sanded and buffed ill take some better pictures...I didn't even wash it for these.
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Looks great man! Glad to see your wife likes it too, it makes all the difference in the world. Subscribed to follow.
Do you have other plans for it, or drive it ? ![]() Welcome to the forum by the way.
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Sounds good man. It looks like a really solid cab too. The floors look great.
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Does anyone know of a good vendor for carpet? I originally ordered some from lmc but they sent me the wrong carpet (high hump-i have the low hump and told them, they just made a mistake). I didn't really like how cheap it looked either so I am going to send it back. Any suggestions? Posted via Mobile Device |
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I never could understand why someone would spend all that money on restoring their truck/car and leave 40 plus year old wiring in it.
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Finally some updated pictures. Finished the paint and cleaned everything up a bit. Now just time to square away the interior!
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