Project "BumbleBee"

[KrazyKevin]

I had the chance to watch my dad restore two Chevy trucks when I was a kid. The first was a mid 50's and the second one was a early to mid 60's model. I don't quiet remember the exact year models, but I'll find out and try to get some pics. At 7 or 8 yrs old all I could do was hand dad some welding rods and tools as he needed. I'm sure I helped sand a little here and there also. On top of this my grandpa was a body man. I remember spending all my summers and countless days with him in his shop fixing up wrecked cars. Thinking back at the things he did is just fascinating now. I got to shoot some primer ever now and then and help mask off and sand some cars, but that was about it. I watched him cut out patch panels out of old hoods and braze them in place. Then once I was old enough to actually pick up the art of doing body work, or course I wasn't interested. What a waste!!! My grandpa has since pasted away and all I can do is think back to all that I could have picked up from him.

Here we are now and I'm in my early 30's. I've been thinking about fixing up an old truck for a while now. My son Michael is 7 years old and I hope to spend lots of time in the garage with him like I got to do with my dad. So after much talking about it and looking around I took the dive. I was looking for a 72 swb fleetside and one popped up on ebay. i drove all the way from Liberty, Tx (Houston) to Northwest Alabama. And so the journey begins.

Without this forum I would still be staring at the truck wondering where in the heck do I begin. But I've found so much help here it is unbelievable. So sit back and get ready. Project Bumblebee has begun.

This project got its name from of course the transformers. My son originally wanted to call the truck Jazz. But after I told him of my plans to paint the truck yellow, and with a little nudging, we agreed on Bumblebee. It's neat that I grew up watching the Transformer cartoons 20 years ago and they dropped off the face of the earth. Then just a few years ago, out of know where here they are again. Enough rambling, let the show begin.