out with the old, in with the new... Custom Camper in the works!

[jocko]

some of you may have seen my "Bye Bye Ol Blue" thread over on the 60-66 side. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=546472 Sold it the other day and am awaiting the arrival of the next project. Been looking for a Cheyenne Super Custom Camper for quite some time and finally found one and pulled the trigger. Special thanks to TimSS for his help in the search!!

Anyhoo, it will be here in a few weeks, but thought I'd share a little bit about it while I sit around and make parts lists and watch the money I made on the 66 disappear.

It's a 71 Cheyenne Super 20 Custom Camper - 350/TH400/4.10 with a/c and dual aux tanks. I particularly like the dual aux arrangement as the fillers are in the wheelwells. Bed in great shape (the metal), passenger side in great shape, driver's side needs a little work, but not a big deal.

It has some "issues" - needed a door and fender on the driver's side. Already nabbed one of ledzepp's med olive doors this weekend and am working on finding an original paint fender. Needs some brake work, a/c work, engine work, etc - but it's the combo I was looking for in one of my favorite colors. Have been collecting parts for some time now, so looking forward to getting her going. Plans are to first get it back on the road and enjoy it (or as much as I can with a 4.10 and $5/gal gas out here in Cali...) while trying to piece together an original paint body. Needs trans work, so a rebuild may be in order first. Whenever I eventually stop moving around some years down the road, I'd like to take it all apart for a resto at some point, but that all depends how satisfied I am with the pre-resto stuff. If I can get it looking decent, I might not touch a thing. Bed wood someday. Camper someday hopefully.

Note that 71 was an oddball year for emblems - the engine callout moved to under the side marker but the Custom Camper nameplate was still on the fender like a 69-70, so the Cheyenne Super emblems are superseded by the Custom Camper nameplate if ordered. For some strange reason, I kinda like that... (in 72 you would have both because the script Custom Camper went up to the door handle and the Cheyenne Super would have been on the fender). But I love the super interior, so will be fun to rebuild it.

Will update on progress if I ever make any - have to actually get it here first. For all I know, I just sent a 12 year old with mad hacker skills on a pleasure cruise to the bahamas...