04-30-2013, 10:55 AM | #1 |
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68 GMC "The Chillest"
Hey everyone. This is my new build thread. I had one started a while back so some of you might recognize this. Its been a long cold winter and im ready to get down and dirty and get this truck FINISHED!
Last summer I started working on my truck, heres what i did. (to make a long story short) -Pulled the bed off -Took off hood, front fenders (inner and outer), grill, cowl, and doors. -Took off cab. -Blasted and painted frame. -Cut out cab floor and blasted cab. -Put in whole new floor pan. -Put in new cab corners. -Primed cab and put it back on frame. -Sanded and primed body panels and doors (after a lot of Bondo and dent pulling.) -Put panels and doors back on truck. -Installed new glass and weatherstrips. -Put a bunch of cool new stuff in it like a glovebox, dome light, radio and speakers, insulation and floor mat, and a rear view mirror (which i do have a pic of!) oh and don't forget the fuzzy dice! So here is the truck basically as is.
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04-30-2013, 05:46 PM | #2 |
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Re: 68 GMC "The Chillest"
Looks like a great start
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04-30-2013, 10:53 PM | #3 |
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Re: 68 GMC "The Chillest"
Nice. Do you have a bed for it?
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05-01-2013, 07:07 PM | #4 |
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Re: 68 GMC "The Chillest"
Yep here r some pics of the bed. It needs to be blasted and patched. I also need a new tailgate.
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05-01-2013, 07:11 PM | #5 |
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Here r some pics of when i was working on priming the cab. I had the doors and all the front panels off and i primed them too.
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05-01-2013, 07:20 PM | #6 |
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Under the hood i got a 69 327 with an Edelbrock Performer Series carb, brand new alternator, new distributor. Everything else was in it when i got it.
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05-01-2013, 07:24 PM | #7 |
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I just put the bed on today to take into my dad's shop so we can fix it up. It needs new supports, some patches and a new paint job.
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05-01-2013, 08:44 PM | #8 |
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Re: 68 GMC "The Chillest"
i love the Truck bro its pretty clean looking cab wise from what i can see , do you plan on keepin the 327 or are you gonna swap ?
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05-02-2013, 09:20 AM | #9 |
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Hey thnx a lot! Eventually there will be a rebuilt engine in it. I might just rebuild the 327 bc i really like that engine. I do have a plan for a 400 hp 350 rebuild that i might end up using on the 350 from my dads 71. (below) Im not decided yet but that would be one of the last things i do in my restoration.
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09-27-2013, 12:27 AM | #10 |
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Re: 68 GMC "The Chillest"
Hey, Nice truck! I have a 68 k10 that i am just working on a little, I also am in high school and I dont care who you are, but there is nothing better than working on my truck in my free time! hope you get this message since this is an old thread, but I would like to see some more updates on your truck!
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