Worthy of being a project?

[koolky]

Picked this truck up for cheap, origonaly planed on using some parts off of it. my question. Scrape it or build it? Thinking about fixing it, just to say I can, But will it cost too much? and YES its rough!
Im sure you all will have fun picking this truck apart, well what left of it.

[timcos]

Does it run? How does it run?

How much money were you thinking of putting into it?

How much money do you have?

Send it to me.

[wibilly]

not sure i'd scrap it but if i were to build it i would sure find another cab

[Texasdeere]

Originally Posted by wibilly

not sure i'd scrap it but if i were to build it i would sure find another cab

[duallyjams]

Would be good practice if you do all the repairs your self.If you have to pay someone, get another cab.

[Jtrux]

Get it running and drive it like it is, chicks dig trucks that fall apart as you're driving down the road.

[koolky]

Im capabe of doing all the work myself. I dont realy have a budget yet. I want to get an idea of how much it will cost and if i can get the parts, any ideas about if that frame is saveable? The engine dose run, it will need work, eventualy I plan on change the engine and trans out. The floors seem pretty good in the middle, but as seen in the pics near the door and cab corners is realy bad.

[koolky]

here are some more pics of the door and the bottoms of the fenders, i think the fender are toast, I cant find anyone who makes a patch for the lowwer front of it. the doors i think would need a lower door skin and i belive I could buy the bottom 10in or so of the inner door.

[timcos]

Everything is replaceable and available in different qualities. Lots of work. Check with the board vendors.

How about a shot of the whole truck?

[masterbeavis]

Ouch. time to make friends with a trucker that will give you a smoking price on shipping a clean $500 beater from Cailfornia!!

[koolky]

Heres a pic of the truck, its not the best though. sorry. On the shot from the bottom of the cab corner up, is lookign pretty rough to me, is there replacment steel for it?

[68K20 x Drill]

Nice, your body drop is half done.

[Bishops Trucks]

NOT MUCH LEFT TO PICK!

With time and money, anything can be brought back from the dead. Fix it just to say you did it.

[timcos]

Nice looking truck minus the rust.

All sheet metal is available and replaceable. Go for it...you will have a nice looking truck.

[72BlckButy]

I hope you know how to use a welder!

[ksjh1316]

Heck it even has natural a/c

If you can do the work I would fix it just to say you did make a great one for a restoration album no one would ever guess it was ever that bad if you did it right

[jerry moss]

it's an early version of "flow through ventalation".

[67ChevyRedneck]

I'm familiar with rust belt trucks... that's on the far end of shot. Looks like even the frame and A-arms have some pitting/scaling.

Might be a good candidate for a complete goodmark floor, but in all honestly, by the time you replace all the needed metal, figure in your time... you'd be better off hitting ebay and getting a truck from out west for 3 or 4K and driving/shipping it to ontario.

*If you could find a good cab, it might be doable. This would be a good truck for a true "driver." Get it running good and who cares what it looks like? Just make sure the seatbelts don't pull through the floor.

[streetstar]

replace the cab, lower it, paint some letters on the side and ride the wave of "shop truck projects"

Other than that - i dont think its worth your time -- it would take 3 times the effort to make a truck worthy of a show-n-shine than a cleaner one would

Add up the cost of all the replacement panels , patch panels, etc. -- plus all your weldng supplies, flux, rod, gas, argon, etc., plus -- mmmmm---lets say $10.00 an hour in time (just to keep the number from getting out of hand) - and i'll bet you are over the 3 grand mark

Now if you save what you would've spent on the truck for the next 6 months (hard to do- i know) - you'll have that 2 or 3 grand , maybe more. Then travel south -- vintage steel is too high in Canade

[Jim_PA]

Your doors look better than mine on the bottom. Last week, I was driving, and went to get out.... A 4X12" hunk of sheet metal fell out of the bottom of my door

[1sik7t2]

YIKES i agree with 68k20 i think mother nature is tryin to tell you something " body drop it"

[koolky]

Lol, Yea i know how to weld, I have built a few cars now. Here are some pics. 1955 bel-air, had build a 64 mustange. now only a few months away from finishing the 70 camaro

[koolky]

Oh, also, i might be able to get some bran-new 72 gmc fenders but i want to use my 68 grill. Im pretty srue this wont work, soo, I figgure I might beable to just use parts of the new fenders as patches for the old. I would feel bad to cut up the new ones, but I think the origonaly metal is better than new stuff.

[Longhorn Man]

72 GMC fenders are the same as 68 chevy fenders.
Trim holes won't be the same, but the fender its self is.

[Shane]

no offense, but I have seen a lot better sent to the salvage yard around here ...