Project “keeping it simple”

[Gkfabshop]

What’s up guys ! Thought I will do a build thread on project “ keeping it simple “ this truck was originally my dad’s truck I got this truck off him when I was in High school and it sat for years in the back of the shop because I was always busy working on customer trucks now the time has come for this truck to get built like I said “ keeping it simple “

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here she is this truck went threw hell and back

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truck came into the shop and got blown apart we made quick work of this i knew this truck had a lot of rust it sat in a field for years before i got a hold of it once the cab was off i knew it was all trashed at that point the rust was so bad there was no floor and it started to eat away at the firewall so i decided to get other cab , picked up the green cab and front in for 500 bucks i got to work on the frame also i made new bodydrop cab mounts you can see the difference started making the drop member and had blasted out all the tabs and brackets i need with the help of a friend who has a laser got to work on the new cab shaving the body line it was at this point the truck sat for a more years due to working on customers projects

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so after finishing up currant projects in the shop and some customers not paying and life happening i close the doors to the shop and the truck sat for a few more years i did not have that fire in me anymore to build anything i wanted to sell it so bad then i wanted to set it on fire and let it burn good thing i didn't so about 2 months ago me and my 9 year old daughter sent to a swap meet / car show and she saw a laid out 69 c10 there and said i want a truck like that! and boom just like that the fire was blazing i got the truck out of my parents place the cab got a little banged up sitting there but it was ok so me and my daughter put out a plan on what she wanted and she told so here we are now guys it felt so damn good to put my hands back on this thing i was the happiest kid on the block to just shave the gas door lol

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here is the new cab and simple mods

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was so happy to put my hand on it again

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just a little tig action

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so got in contact with the guy who was going to paint this truck for me a few years back he had my front clip and bed and what do you know everything got " lost or stolen" lol so i now have to hunt down a bed for this thing and as of now there is a lot of mix match colors and parts lol oh well

[68Gold/white]

Originally Posted by Gkfabshop

so got in contact with the guy who was going to paint this truck for me a few years back he had my front clip and bed and what do you know everything got " lost or stolen" lol so i now have to hunt down a bed for this thing and as of now there is a lot of mix match colors and parts lol oh well

If you wish to tell us where you live, there's likely to be members near you with parts you need!!!

Yeah, lost or stolen...that goober would be on my "List"

Did you weld the seam on top of cab???

[Gkfabshop]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

If you wish to tell us where you live, there's likely to be members near you with parts you need!!!

Yeah, lost or stolen...that goober would be on my "List"

Did you weld the seam on top of cab???

yeah i found some parts that went missing yes the top seam got welded up fresno ca is where im from so in case any you guys want to come lend a hand would be great lol

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got the front cross member out and cleaned up the frame rails a bit the frame will get painted once everything is test fitted also got the rack and pinion notice in little more progress

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also got the new cross member in and bolted down rack and pinion also in

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so the cross member i made for this truck got sold to one of my old customers and a buddy had this kp one which is a porter built one laying around so a few text later and a drift trike i built his son i had the cross member yes i could of made another one but this one was already here

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so here want i built to trade for the cross member sorry for the pic being side ways my lap top sucks guys

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i ordered a set of transit wheel from olhaftun from ig i have a set of billets as well for this truck but ill let my daughter decide what wheels she wants on it i might build another drift trike to sit in the bed of this truck when its done. also found some caps for these on craigslist i do need two more so if any of you guys have some i do need them

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the rear wheels will get deep dish i just haven't had time to take them down to my buddy shop to use the lath its on my to do list tho

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got the wheels on also picked up 6.0 ls engine thanks to a good friend whos been helping find parts for this trucks and hitting up swap meets when i cant make it got so excited and bolted up the fenders just to see it i also did make my own set of flat arms for this build really happy right now just to see this truck where it is now

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so my sister daughter came over to give her approval we have a love hate relationship because we are so alike lol

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Cool project.

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So went to the metal shop picked up some tubing to backhalf the truck

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Chopped up the metal just can’t wait to full lay it out

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Well after talking with a buddy going back and forth I got a set of mandel bent rails for this old girl

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Getting everything leveled up

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Keeping it simple