1970 C20 Custom Camper Restoration AKA "Opa's Ride"

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So, not quite a build thread, as I'm 5 years deep in it, but better late than never, I guess. This was my wifes' grandfathers "Opa" in Dutch, truck that he was tinkering with before he passed. He had bought it from a neighbor for $1 & had planned on restoring it. The body was in decent condition but mechanically had a lot of issues. The family was going to scrap it, but I convinced them it was worth saving & I would love restore it & keep it in the family.
So I towed it home and started the adventure.

Got her running with a new master and wheel cylinders, steering box and a tune up...





Drove her around for six months or so, threw on an intake and carb and "allegedly" over advanced the timing and blew the motor. So this showed up in the mail...



Kept it clean, simple & cheap, 290 hp crate, mild intake/carb, Summit headers, Flowmasters & some finned goodies. Pretty much everything new or rebuilt under the hood. The th350 trans "looked" rebuilt, so I installed a shift kit and ran with it...



Project was put on hold when I moved 1200 miles from So Cal to Washington state. Motor was barely broke in, but she made the long, hot trip w/o issue...



Doing a bit of work in the northwest, right before I got serious & put some hours
in.