My Practice Restoration: 70 lwb

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Good day all, I am a new poster to the forum though I have been scoping it out for quite some time, reading what I can. I enjoyed reading about all the different builds and thought it would be neat to make a restoration diary of my practice machine.

So the scoop with the truck. My girlfriends mother had this truck for a few years following her husbands passing and she decided it was time to go. The truck had a ton of sentimental value for my ladyfriend and I really liked it, so I picked it up as a daily driver. I drove it for a few months with no real changes to it, as it looks really good from a distance. I visited a few car shows this year and really looked at how sharp these trucks can look. I have always wanted to build up a first gen camaro but don't have the technical background so I figured this truck would be a good start.

So the pics I got up are just body shots mostly. The body has tons of bondo on it, all of which is starting to crack and look horrible, plus when the truck was restored the first time a lot of corners were cut and I am paying for it now. The chassis is pretty rotten, well basically every part that has seen water is pretty rotten and some paint was just thrown over top. The truck was in an accident about 3 years ago in which I got a new front end, thus it looks so great.

It has a 454 that I have cleaned up a ton in the time I have had it and am considering headers and cold air still. I wish I had a before and after pic, but ah well, it looks nice meow. So other than a bit of fiddeling around, the motor is about right and the tranny is solid (turbo 400).

I intend on this project getting some serious time over the next few months but due to a move, it will have to be put on hold around Christmas until next September but I will update here as often as possible!

Enjoy the build!