Project: Truant 69 SS

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Finally I'm back in the 67-72 C10 game. My dad bought this truck about three or four years ago but never really did anything with it. When he got it the original six was still in it with a three on the tree. It has been here locally all its life. It was owned by the local board of education and was used as a parts truck for the school bus shop. The truck supposedly ran just had a bad fuel pump but he pulled the motor out with plans to put a 454 and a four speed in it. Well to make a long story short the guy that was doing the work for him pulled the motor but never got around to putting the new engine in. So it sat for another year or two. Then about six months ago he decided he was gonna get a guy to put the bed sides back on it and weld in the patch panels, install the new grill, etc. So he got the truck loaded up to take it before he realized that someone had stolen the new tail gate, head gate, and grille out of our storage trailer. Now keep in mind this wasn't repo stuff this was all factory GM pieces. So needless to say after that he was disgusted because most all his good pieces were gone. The truck has been sitting on the back of our ramp truck since then

So that brings us to now. He finally(knew it was just a matter of time) told me to take the truck and do whatever I wanted with it he was tired of messing with it. While 69-70 is my least favorite year I'm still excited about it. The truck is gonna be a nice driver, no show quality but something I can take to the local shows without being ashamed of it. Here is the truck the last pictures I took.


I dont really know what the plans are right now. First things first I'm gonna get the truck in primer. I've got two really good bed fenders for it. I'll probably leave the truck painted in primer for a while until I get the drive train all finished up. Thinking of doing just a basic reman 350 engine. I plan on driving it a lot so I want good gas mileage and something that will be dependable. As much as I'd like to put a four speed or five speed trans in it I'll probably just drop the clutch pedal out and go back with an automatic. I've got a couple of turbo 350's laying around the house I could build for it.
I'll post more plans and pictures later, hopefully gonna dive into it a little bit this weekend.