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famous4130 · 02-28-2009, 04:35 PM

So i'm starting in on my newest money pit. Its a 1967 GMC 7500. i plan to recycle the body and parts of it here and there but in the end it will be a 4X4 recovery truck. I'm no Chip Foose but i can fabricate pretty well and body work comes fairly naturally to me. so i want a project but not a super involved full metal shop type of job.

Anyways its a single cab and i would like to make it a four door suburban style rig but i'm having a hard time finding trucks with body lines that i wont have to work too much. anybody have any ideas?

Here is what i have to work with right now.

So far the closest lines are on my 1967 international but as you can see they aren't that close.

thirdstreettito · 02-28-2009, 05:43 PM

You have top make a full custom job to make it a burb type. Nice truck btw! I would try to find 2 doors and make everything else from scratch and work around the doors.

brad_man_72 · 02-28-2009, 09:20 PM

i always thought it would look good to ditch the step, cut the fenders even with the bottom of the body and add a truck bed.

famous4130 · 02-28-2009, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by brad_man_72

i always thought it would look good to ditch the step, cut the fenders even with the bottom of the body and add a truck bed.

wow good call, thats what i was planning on doing except i am going to pull the fenders completely and leave the inners to give it a bit narrower appearance. i was even thinking of going to the length of channeling the body deeper into the frame for a lower center of gravity.

at first i was going to put an 04 duramax dually bed on it and knock the body line out of the middle but then i decided to go the 4 door route.

67_C-30 · 02-28-2009, 09:40 PM

These are not exactly your body style, but here's some inspiration. I'd love to do this to my newly acquired dump truck!

famous4130 · 02-28-2009, 09:57 PM

ha well that definitely rules the color whit out of my list, yuck. haha cool pics though where did you find them?

02-28-2009, 04:35 PM	#1
famous4130 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 25	Time to mate a couple trucks. So i'm starting in on my newest money pit. Its a 1967 GMC 7500. i plan to recycle the body and parts of it here and there but in the end it will be a 4X4 recovery truck. I'm no Chip Foose but i can fabricate pretty well and body work comes fairly naturally to me. so i want a project but not a super involved full metal shop type of job. Anyways its a single cab and i would like to make it a four door suburban style rig but i'm having a hard time finding trucks with body lines that i wont have to work too much. anybody have any ideas? Here is what i have to work with right now. So far the closest lines are on my 1967 international but as you can see they aren't that close. Attached Images __________________ My vehicles so far.... 1967 GMC 7500, 1967 INTERNATIONAL TRAVELALL, 1977 K5 BLAZER, 1977 C10, 1977 SUBURBAN 4X4, 1985 K5 DIESEL BLAZER, 1989 JEEP CHEROKEE 4X4, 1989 SUBURBAN 4X4, 1991 383 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4, 1994 TOYOTA 4X4, 1996 TOYOTA TACOMA 4X4, 1999 R6, 2006 GSXR 1000, 2008 GSXR 600 and i THINK thats all... huh, now that i wrote it down that looks like a LOT for a twenty year old.

02-28-2009, 05:43 PM	#2
thirdstreettito Resident of Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA Posts: 7,716	Re: Time to mate a couple trucks. You have top make a full custom job to make it a burb type. Nice truck btw! I would try to find 2 doors and make everything else from scratch and work around the doors. __________________ ~Bradley~ 2004 Black GTO LS2/T56 too much to list Miss having a truck

02-28-2009, 09:20 PM	#3
brad_man_72 the boat guy Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: springfield mo Posts: 2,339	Re: Time to mate a couple trucks. i always thought it would look good to ditch the step, cut the fenders even with the bottom of the body and add a truck bed. __________________ 67, swb, fleet, tach, throttle, 5.3, 4l60e, 3.73's, fuel cell, 5 lug, p.d.b., 4-6 drop. great little truck 66, stevens drag/ski 18' silouette, 350, 2.02 doublehump heads. comp extreme marine 278 cam, vette 7 fin valve covers, old polished edelbrock intake, velvetdrive, casale v-drive, adj cavitation plate. 28, model a rpu project,

02-28-2009, 09:40 PM	#5
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: Time to mate a couple trucks. These are not exactly your body style, but here's some inspiration. I'd love to do this to my newly acquired dump truck! Attached Images __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

02-28-2009, 09:57 PM	#6
famous4130 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 25	Re: Time to mate a couple trucks. ha well that definitely rules the color whit out of my list, yuck. haha cool pics though where did you find them? __________________ My vehicles so far.... 1967 GMC 7500, 1967 INTERNATIONAL TRAVELALL, 1977 K5 BLAZER, 1977 C10, 1977 SUBURBAN 4X4, 1985 K5 DIESEL BLAZER, 1989 JEEP CHEROKEE 4X4, 1989 SUBURBAN 4X4, 1991 383 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4, 1994 TOYOTA 4X4, 1996 TOYOTA TACOMA 4X4, 1999 R6, 2006 GSXR 1000, 2008 GSXR 600 and i THINK thats all... huh, now that i wrote it down that looks like a LOT for a twenty year old.



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