Polishing a Turd!

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I have another thread on here of an 85 C20 I bought and built a motor for. Thing runs nice. Well I traded my dad for his. Heres a lil story and pics. Oh heres the link to the other thread.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=412960

1986 chevrolet custom deluxe. Nothing super special, I wanted a truck to drive daily so I could leave the 01 in the garage.

My dad bought this truck for $100.00 3 years ago and built it as a hot rod/side truck. He built a 350 for it, ported and polished the heads and intake, beefy cam, headers, true duals, glasspack type mufflers. Its loud. Its fast. Super fun little truck.

Dad never had a lot of extra cash, so every B-day and fathers day or whatever I'd hook him up. Last year I bought him a 2/4" drop kit with new shocks, then replaced his tierods and balljoints, then bought him a window felt kit to keep them from rattling. The front end was all fudged up so he found a 90's model suburban, and stole the front clip from it, hence the GMC front end. He also secured bucket seats and a lot of upholstery parts that the custom deluxe didnt have at the time. New headliner etc.

Long story short I bought an 85 silverado 3/4 ton in such good condition you wouldnt believe. Everything was intact, and the interior was the burgandy and looked like showroom quality. paid 800 for it, spent 2,000 rebuilding the engine, and he mentioned he wanted to swap. I said sure, cause I wanted him to have something nicer than what he had to drive, and I figured I could make his short wide nice in time.

I've had it less than a week. I've scrubbed the interior. I've rattle canned the whole truck satin black. I've bought 2 new tires, the other two next week. I scraped all the old tint off and had it limo tinted. I had a new windshield installed today. I bought a donor truck for $200 and off of that I secured an original 86 model grille and headlight bezels, I want it back stock. He had a hideous rear bumper on the back, I took it off and cant decide on a chrome smooth bumper or rollpan. The wheels that are on it came off dads last truck, and the one before that. They are 26 years old, and they are timeless I think. I spent 2 hours on each wheel today polishing them, they came out spotless.

Next is a spray in bedliner, and new carpet. I love driving this truck, its such a fun truck you wouldnt believe. I havent driven the '01 since I've gotten this one. Enjoy the pics and tune in for frequent updates.

When he got it. 305, smoked like a freight train, looked like trees had fallen on it.



AFter the drop


dull wheel


Shiny wheel


Original grille going on tomorrow


pieced together interior


new windshield


taking out dents


tacked back in


Ready for rattle can lol


After rattle can and limo tint


Last night. Notice the 90 model front end about to be gone.


As she sits now.



What do you think?