Hello, My user name is, well... That's me... My oldest son, Blake, which is 11 now has been wanting me to find him a 68' Chevelle for about 6 years now, but my bank account can't support the cars I would be willing to buy. He also has been wanting a truck, something older he says... Last weekend I found a 1971 Chevy 3/4 ton for... FREE !
The truck is mostly original as far as I can tell. The plan for it right now is, shorten the frame and find a stepside, as that's what my boy wishes. Fortunately, I have almost 5 years to get the truck on the road (doubt I will wait long and we will start driving it fairly soon lol ). I loaded it up on the trailer and took it to my shop, put a battery in it and fired it up ! The transmission leaks, so with no fluid yet, I haven't tried driving it, but things are looking good !
I went to a buddies house the day after picking up the truck and got a pretty clean front clip from a 72' , again, everything for free so far
rear trailing arms, new eurathane bushings for the arms, passenger side outer rocker panel (new) and a 5 lug rear. I'll start a build thread once my son and I start turning wrenches.
For anyone that may be interested, here is the project :
05-05-2011, 12:55 AM
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