68 Fleetside Resurection

[Werker]

My father (PaulMora) lurks here often and we both share a fondness of these trucks. He has a suburban and a blazer and I'm now joining the club with a 68 Fleetside. We picked up this truck in early January and I had to sit on it for the last few months. Well this week we are diving in and getting to work resurrecting this truck. It sat outside a shop in Upland CA for the last 10 years or so and was just rotting away. All the the window and door rubbers are hard and crusty, the 327 smokes but we were able to negotiate a set of buddy buckets to accompany the truck. The interior is in otherwise stock and original condition with great hugger Orange on the dash and floors. The original rubber floor mat is present and in great condition. The body is dented and scratched a bit, but I love the old truck character it has.

The plan:
Pull the 327/TH400 and replace with a slightly used 350/700R4.
4/2.5 lowering with disc conversion
Classic Air install
Replace rear bearings, cylinders and shoes
Buff the hell out of the paint
Dynamat the interior (under the rubber mat)
New carpet over the rubber mat
New door and window rubbers
Fresh tires with 1" white walls
Drive the hell out of it...