67 GMC 3Grand or less rebuild

[Cherioz28]

i recieved this truck from my father for free and its a little rough but i can make it a good daily driver for under 3 grand if i try.


First off i cleaned the interior
painted it all black and my buddy is re skinning the dash pad with some vinal that he had lying around.

then i sanded the Bed and top of the cab to remove the loose paint and primed it. i know i have some dents to pop out but ill get to them.

the tailgate was Riddled with rust so i swapped tailgates with the extra one it came with.

I Will Be posting Pictures Later today when i figure out how to shrink them

[fastcam1]

Can't wait to see some pics good to see more builds from Washington

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[Cameron 1137]

sweet... i'm doing kind of the same thing. a low budget build, if they can be low budget, haha. looking forward to pics

[Cherioz28]

here are the before pictures when i got the truck

the white looking truck

and after a few hours sanding and priming is the Brown and white two tone one

its about 3 hours of labor last saturday
http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/...herioz28/1.jpg
http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/...herioz28/2.jpg
http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/...herioz28/3.jpg
http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/...herioz28/4.jpg

i will insert the pictures when i can get them small enough

[67c10rustbuket]

Cool beans, i love 67 small windows !

[VA72C10]

Here's the pics man. Cool build! I'll follow along!!!

[Chitown_hillbilly]

Good looking start, but I think your new tailgate might cause and Identity problem

[R&K's71]

Nice build. Im right there with ya on the budget build. I'm about to start on mine as well. Just joined the forum and cant wait to get mine on here. Ill probaly have alot of questions, but this looks like the place to find the answers.

[Cherioz28]

i will be smoothing the tailgate out so there will be no letters then i will buy the stickers for the GMC tailgate to make it more correct

its just the old tailgate was swiss cheese and the chevy one was free.

[Hottrucks]

I LOVE THE COLOR!!!! mine is the same thing!! what are you going to do with the extra $2000

[Cherioz28]

i spent $100 on media blast and powder coating the white spoke rims on the truck
they should be back from the shop soon

i need to spend a few hundered dollars on painting the truck my self
it will be fire engine red with white top

i will probably spend $100.oo on wood for the bed.
the tail light lens were free from a friend

its $79.00 for a new rubber floor mat.
im looking to buy a new carb. or have mine rebuilt.

i need to remove the fuel tank and clean it if its bad enough ill seal the inside of tank

I have some more pictures of the truck ill post when i get home

[Cherioz28]

Here are a few pictures of the truck when i got it a month ago

it was pretty rough but its coming along nice.

[Cherioz28]

today i decided to start by cleaning the rear-end and put two of the reciently powder coated wheels on

these pictures show the project progress. i decided to paint the drums red to match the soon to be red truck paint color.

[Cherioz28]

i also cleaned the interior and painted it black so it would look better.

i decided on black because its easy to touch up and it will go with any exterior color.

I started to make red accents in the interior to match the soon to be exterior color.

you can see red on the guage cluster and the glove box emblem

i also will be putting red stripes on the grooves in the door panels.

[Cherioz28]

i still need another steering wheel but i havent decided on what style

This truck doesn't have to be a show truck

this build is to create a nice daily driver / or Work truck
with low maintence.

if you have any suggestions on any part of this truck let me know

[VA72C10]

nice job so far!

[67c10rustbuket]

Doing great, looks a lot better!
my only suggestion would be to put a lot of time and work into the body before you get it painted. Prep work makes all the difference. Red and white will look great.

[67c10rustbuket]

If you are a welder you could cut the GMC script off the original gate and weld it into the chevrolet gate but thats a lot of work. but I prefer a flat smooth gate skin.
Or just cut it out ("GMC") and hang it on the wall in the garage, it makes a nice piece of garage art (i did that with my original warped rusty one).

[Cherioz28]

sorry i havent posted anything lately but i will have more pictures soon

I Reciently pulled the 283 and put in a rebuilt 350 that i painted the same color. while i had it apart i put in a new clutch and flywheel. new hoses, belts and fuel lines.

it was a long 24 hour swap. but its running and moving again.


more to come.

[VA72C10]

looking forward to some pictures of the progress!

[Katrina/10]

Great so far

[68 c10 gold/ivory]

cool build you should be sneaky and run the 283 valve covers
a few more ci never hurt

[Cherioz28]

pHere are some more pics

[67chevy1series]

looking good! are you convertign it to chevy or keeping it gmc? just asking since you put a chevy tailgate on..