Wanted to go ahead and get my build thread going. background on me- been building late model high performance cars for a while now, hence my truck sharing one of my garages with my 800rwhp mustang cobra (it's for sale btw lol). Born in charlotte NC, raised in mooresville NC- currently living in asheville NC. You'd think with my raising that my upbringing was surrounding by automobile education (grew up behind ernie ervin)- couldn't be farther from the truth. My dad couldn't care less about resto or speed etc. long story short- I've been in love with 60-66 gm trucks for years now and always wanted to pick one up so I could finally have that father/son project, and heirloom vehicle myself that I could pass on one day (doesn't hurt that my father in law drove a 56' F100 during my wife's childhood, so she's onboard). I picked up this truck from a guy on craigslist (only to found out I knew the guy already as we worked together about 10 years ago). bought it for 900 bux- it's a GMC stepside truck.
Guess I should also mention that I've never done bodywork, resto'd a vehicle, or welded before. I am anxious to learn all of the above and am on the way to doing so.
The truck has a 1980 front cross member with disc brakes, power steering, and a 1984 rear end. I am currently taking the whole truck apart because I want to leave no bolts unturned and no surface untouched. The following pics are from my deconstruction of the truck and some panels I have already took to with CLR and a green scotchbrite pad in order to clean/ smooth and put some finish on the natural patina.
Plans are to clean everything first- I'm using eastwood rust remover gel for all bolts right now and it's working really well. I'm soon to be blasting the frame, rear end, inner fenders etc, and bed rails. I will be coating all of the above in either roll on bedliner, or POR15 top coat after priming. Also planning to put roll on bedliner on the inside of 4 fenders and under the cab. The only rust repair I will be doing is the bottom of both front fenders, and alot of the bottom of the cab needs work- but other than that it stays. The cab will be as show as I can go- new seat covering, dakota digital gauges, and new paint everywhere inside. I plan to lower the truck 5/7 if I don't bag it (budget of course), and will be doing a LQ9 LS engine with 4L60E trans (for the wife to drive it also, I know, I know). tires will be wide whites, wheels will be matching green. thanks for reading and will update as I go along.
05-18-2014, 06:43 PM
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