Did you really BUILD your truck?

[xrcr]

You'll never fix the posers but who cares. I do everything but final paint, but that doesn't mean I don't get help sanding,hanging, fitting wireing etc.. along the way. Who knows, if I had a magic checkbook I'd probably build some things with a pen...
xrcr

[Cherub]

Yep and got a build thread to prove it.

[WigglesTheHoly]

So far all me and the original factory workers. When it comes to paint though. I'll let the professionals handle that..atleast on the rides I'm planning to keep.

[bigblock73]

Seems like a pretty shallow question/discussion, I'll keep my comments to myself.

Bottome line, wheter you build it or pay to have it built, both are still an automobile enthusiast, and not someone who is trying to kill our hobby, but preserve it.

Taking credit for others work, not good...I agree.

[muthstryker]

Even if I pay someone to do the work, I look at is as I still "built" it. Might have not gotten my hands dirty on somethings but you know what? The picture of what I wanted it to look like, stance/wheels/color/motor etc etc.. Is in my head, and my head alone.

The people that get paid to do this are being told by the customer exactly what they want. Im a perfectionist, I can tell you my work skills arnt on par with some of you guys. If I have to pay someone to make it perfect then so be it. I will be 100% satisfied in the end. Even if it takes me 10 yrs to complete!

[77flh]

My favorite quote - "It's not what you buy, it's what you build". But there is nothing wrong with knowing your limitations and are straight up about who helped you out.

[spudz]

who cares

[muthstryker]

Originally Posted by spudz

who cares

x2!

[78 Chevyrado]

I built my truck from the ore in the ground.

But after all that forging and stamping I passed off the body work to a body shop. Tires are hard to make.

[engineco713]

Originally Posted by camshaftgsxr

I don't know about you guys but gm built mine

I'm slowly changing someone elses modifications into my own but since all the stuff I'm keeping was done professionally (interior) I'm cool admitting to it because I've been through it so many times I don't need to act like I did it in the first place. And as far as all future modifications go they will be in house
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I thought mine was the only one built by GM???? I'm kinda in the same boat but I'm changing what GM built into my own expresssion and what I think my Dad would have liked it to be. I'm going to do as much of it as I can in my garage with the help of mechanic friends.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by mongoose

Did you really BUILD your truck?

Twice.



1) Followed it down the assembly line and drove it to the shipping building myself (...how many people can say that?).

2) Did the cosmetic restoration summer before last.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Cherub

Yep and got a build thread to prove it.

LOL! Me too; 29 pages!

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Quiet Earp

Some people at a factory 25 years ago built my truck.

Might have been me....which plant, do you know?

K

[355bullet]

i guess mine 50 or 75 percent farmed out? paint and body was done with friend help. engine had another friend rebuild and install,,,i have no garage right now.
Cosmetic like interior, weather strip window channels, installing easy stuff bumpers etcs and runing around town chasing parts, ordering parts online, making phone calls... all me...lol!

here is my truck
http://www.southwestdrags.com/forum/...ad.php?t=10034

[DirtyLarry]

Yep, of course with help of buddies here and there. Only the Rhino lining, interior upholstery, exhaust and custom A/C lines were farmed out. A buddy and I even painted it. Paint job cost $150 in materials and a case of beer. I painted my ’68 myself. Turned out pretty decent for a 20 year old kid doing the work at the time (1992).

With these old trucks you have to do the work yourself or you will go broke paying someone to do the work for you.

[Hulk Will Smash]

Originally Posted by 1tonchevy

I do all mine with helping hands (when neeed) i have issues with ppl touching my stuff. I'm even planning on painting it my self (don't care is it's ugly) because leaving my truck in some ones possesion is not an option.

I have done so far:
New gas tank and straps
New cab (my mom,y self,my bro,cusin and moms neighbor) to put it on
89 jimmy front clip (Gf and I)
89 Jimmy steering wheel,air dam and rear bumper
took out 20 leafs aside (cusin and I)
new rear rims (tire shop I helped lol)
new box floor
re wire the tail lights
ETC

Way i look at it if i can't do it it's not getting done.

Not to toot my own horn i'm just saying my truck is all me.

Anyone else think it's awsome that 1Ton got his mom to help him put the cab on! Good on ya bud! I love that.

[timjt]

Originally Posted by Quiet Earp

Some people at a factory 25 years ago built my truck. I am just keeping it going strong.
Bought a 1987 v10 shortbed for $500 3 years ago. Did new ball joints, locking hubs, shocks, wheel bearings, front brakes, fuel pump, new motor, and a bunch of sensors and belt driven parts. If it breaks I fix it. I know that I didn't build it, but I drive the heck out of it and will keep working on it. More mine every day.

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X2^^^^^^^
I dont have the time or place or money or experience to do a frame off restoration. But I do all my own repairs and feel like I've just about had sex with that 700r4 under the truck. My wife rebuilt the carb and it looks like crap and runs like crap but its ours and we're damn proud of her...

Bough a 1985 V8 longbed for $500

[Hulk Will Smash]

Originally Posted by 355bullet

i guess mine 50 or 75 percent farmed out? paint and body was done with friend help. engine had another friend rebuild and install,,,i have no garage right now.
Cosmetic like interior, weather strip window channels, installing easy stuff bumpers etcs and runing around town chasing parts, ordering parts online, making phone calls... all me...lol!

here is my truck
http://www.southwestdrags.com/forum/...ad.php?t=10034

Not to take this thread to Cuba or anything, but dude, I love the look of your truck!

[Hulk Will Smash]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Twice.



1) Followed it down the assembly line and drove it to the shipping building myself (...how many people can say that?).

2) Did the cosmetic restoration summer before last.

K

This made me laugh very hard. Thank you!

Quick question, did you guys use robots on the production line back then? I'd really like to be able to say that my truck was built by robots...

[timjt]

If I remember what my great grandpa told me, they used man controlled machines way back then

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Hulk Will Smash

This made me laugh very hard. Thank you!

Quick question, did you guys use robots on the production line back then? I'd really like to be able to say that my truck was built by robots...

Yes. The cab shop (where the body was welded together) was highly automated, and some robot sprayers in the paint shop.

Not so much in trim and final.

K

[Hulk Will Smash]

Thanks Keith. I kind of figured.

I was 17 when my truck came off the line. I remember the farm I worked on got a brand new Siverado K30. Dark grey with silver and the red/orange stripe package. To this day, I think it was one of my all time favorite vehicles. I got to plow with it a bit and was always very happy with it! For me, a "Chevy truck" will aways be a square body.

Oh yah... hey guys! My truck was built by robots!!!

[GmtGmt]

Originally Posted by Hulk Will Smash

Thanks Keith. I kind of figured.

I was 17 when my truck came off the line. I remember the farm I worked on got a brand new Siverado K30. Dark grey with silver and the red/orange stripe package. To this day, I think it was one of my all time favorite vehicles. I got to plow with it a bit and was always very happy with it! For me, a "Chevy truck" will aways be a square body.

Oh yah... hey guys! My truck was built by robots!!!

Im with you the first truck american made truck i saw in person was a poo brown K30 reg cab srw with a huge camper in the bed and i mean huge.
it was allways parked on this parking lot my parrents drove by every year when we going to sweden i the holidays

[Gobbles]

I bought my truck with the drive line it's keeping (454/ turbo 400) but the body/suspension work is me. Im not gonna paint, too risky! Don't know what thats worth, 50%?

[D.FENS]

Who are you trying to please with your build? Yourself, or a bunch of people you only know from the intarnetz?

It's a car show trophy, not a damn nobel peace prize. The VW scene gets real stupid about built VS bought. Like people getting into fist fights over it and stuff.