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![]() Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Another - 'It's Alive' post - 1970 LWB for my Dad.
Just got done starting up the truck for the first time since the motor/trans install. It will need some brake work before I can do anything with it, but it started right up after I put some gas in the tank and then poured a bit in the carb...
Took me a few months to get this far - but it has been a good project. Long story made short - in December 2007 a guy in Detroit put up a CL ad for a project truck he could no longer keep - and mentioned no rust...I like everybody else was skeptical - but decided to check it out anyway. The most solid truck I have seen in these parts was in his garage (it has some surface rust and a few bubbles here and there, but it is solid for Ohio/Michigan) - after BS'ing for a few mins - he said - just make me an offer - I need it gone... Having no interest in a project - I left without giving an offer - but left my number and told him my price if he got that low - ![]() I still need to align the panels a bit on the front end, get the gauges all hooked up, replace the exhaust and clean up the body a bit from surface rust and dings here and there. Once the gremlins are worked out and it gets tuned - I will have either my buddy or my neighbor paint it (probably going white) and then swap over to the hurricane rims/tires that are sitting in my garage. Then it is going to my Dad...hopefully he enjoys it. If he doesn't want it - I will be selling my parts hauler and keeping this one - ![]() Here are some pix...along the way. First day I got it... Cleaning up the Frame Motor Swap Complete Putting it back together Now it runs... |
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![]() Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: New Madison, Ohio
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Re: Another - 'It's Alive' post - 1970 LWB for my Dad.
WOW!!!! What a Father's Day Present, or a Birthday Present, or a Christmas Present or I'm glad you my Dad Present, or a...
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A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy. ![]() 67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk. ![]() 1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc ![]() ![]() JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder! |
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