Project: Fireball 1974 Custom 20

[patbeard44]

Hello all, i've been stalking the forums for the past 6 months or so, about the time i got my first Chevy that is.

Before we get on to the new truck, i'll show you what first got me addicted to working on these old Chevys. It was a 1971 Custom 20, bare bones basic but i didn't care when i brought it home. I was actually axle shopping at one of my teacher's back lots when i saw it, so i brought it home the next day.



The glamour shot of my Toyota of coarse ^



I then found this guy nested in the glove box. He wasnt too happy about being trapped in a cage, so i had to deal with him promptly.





After i drove it around the driveway and down the dirt road for a week or so, i decided to start ripping it apart, i wish i had taken more pictures of it, but i got alot of the body work and new parts.



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And on to starting the paint, about a month in...











The color is off of the new 2015 GMC pickups, i think its called Sonoma Red





Laying on the clear







From there i added a new dash and the usual replacement interior pieces, oh and some leather electric seats out of a 2000 something Oldsmobile.

And that brings us to the beautiful truck sitting next to the '71



A 1974 Custom 20, yeah i know pretty original, its even reddish too lol. Except for now the '74 has power brakes, and power steering. plus its got that magical third pedal that ive been wanting since i felt the take off power of the Turbo 400 that the '71 had

First thing i did was build a flatbed for the moment so i could make it street legal, followed up by the autozone lights.







I'll stop this here before i lose track of where i'm going with this thread. Hope you guys enjoy, and if this isn't where this belongs i'll kindly move it, or however you go along with doing that lol

-Pat