Son truck buildup.

[Eyegore]

As some of you may recall my sons first truck, 82 shorty was stolen last year. Well after haggling w/ the insurance we purchased a 80 shorty for a builder, and it needed alot of help. So heres what he started with:

[Eyegore]

And here some recent updates to his project:

[Eyegore]

And some more

[cochino12]

Nice!!!!

[dark-star]

oh yeah! what color is that there red? claret or is it a ferrari?

[cliffsta]

That is awesome. Can i have 2 grand to finish my truck? Great job, and that is an awesome color.

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by Eyegore

As some of you may recall my sons first truck, 82 shorty was stolen last year......

WOW! That 80 has come a long way. Go ahead and give us all the details....

[bigblock73]

Looks great so far, can you tell us more or get us some better (larger) pics?

Maaan, I must be moving real slow on mine.

[1974ChevyC10]

hey i recognize that valence panel and headlight buckets truck looks good glad to see its coming together.post some more pics.

[1985K10]

Nice choice with the 73-78 headlight bezels!

[leastbay]

hey can you take a closeup of your gauge for me to see thanks

[Eyegore]

Well first I have to tell you he did everything himself except the final paint - "torch red", I guess its a camro color out there. He added 2-1/2 drop spindles in the front, flip kit w/ 1-1/2 block w/ c/notch on the rear 2-1/2 drop springs, 78 front clip, humer gas door, auto gauges inside, corvette cowl hood, m&b kustom 20's all around smooth, b&m truck shifter, rinho bed liner, billet grill, rear roll pan, 82 dash, welded and shaved bed rails & cab seams & mirrors, skined tail gate and grafted license plate inside, new right side bed, two front fenders w/ side markers welded up. Thats about everything, he should have the glass installed this week and be on the road. When we bought the truck we never knew about the dent in the bed, bullet hole out the back of the cab, jb welded window cranks to regulator, he striped it all down gutting it. He then bought a welder and went to town buying fenders, bedside, tailgate cover, new ball joints springs and shocks. He added edlebrock valve covers and air cleaner & intake/carb, and a rebuilt trans. A few $$$$ later and a new interior it will be ready to show

[Eyegore]

Thats right 74chevyc10, thanks again for your help and parts, it took awhile but its almost ready for the road, sadly we get to look forward to emission testing, I know were going to run into trouble.

By the way hows your project coming along?

[Eyegore]

Here ya go leastbay, thanks Ken, he has brought it a long way and he's been using my 86 while his project has been in the works, but i dobt i'll ever get it back, Oh well,I have my eye on a 73 shorty anyway.

[1974ChevyC10]

Originally Posted by Eyegore

Thats right 74chevyc10, thanks again for your help and parts, it took awhile but its almost ready for the road, sadly we get to look forward to emission testing, I know were going to run into trouble.

By the way hows your project coming along?

hey no problem i was glad to help out.mine is coming along slow but sure.it runs good and all for the most part im just getting it to the point of running good,fixing some tuning errors others have made,correcting some things that are messed up,cleaning up the engine bay wiring as its currently all over the place,putting in my new headers and getting my exhaust finished-finally,getting the doors i have put on finally,trying to get rid of that parts truck once and for all-its starting to be more of a headache than anything,and a few other things im sure im forgetting.

[Eyegore]

Been there done that, hang in there, thanks again.

[offroad84chevy]

My truck is the same color. only its 2004 corvette torch red. Do you have troble filling up your tank. Cause mines low like that and take all day to fill. Ian

[Eyegore]

offroad, I guess it could be the corvette torch red. As to filling the tank, well we haven't got that far yet, been filling it w/ bottle for now since its not registered for the street and still running open headers and missing the front and rear glass, hopefully we'll get it back road worthy be for the end of the year. When he grafted in the hummer gas door he used the original opening on a 80 fleetside and jsut enlarged it, so were hoping it won't be so bad.

Thanks everyone for the kind words, maybe we'll get another shot in front of Marlynn mural like we had the 82.

[leastbay]

thanks for the pics is the top of that metal pice that your gauges are in sit flush with the top front of the dash pad because one thing i dont like about my truck is that it kind of sits far in there also what gauges did you use and where did you get the metal piece they are in thanks
btw i painted my truck the same color a couple weeks back yours looks better though

[leastbay]

check it out

[leastbay]

still gotta get the grille molding

[Ric83]

Wow. Very nice!!~

[8t5Silverado]

Looks great.

I wish I'd had a family member to build a vehicle with when I was a teenager...

[leastbay]

yeah me too now i gotta teach myself

can anyone answer my question above on the thing with the gauges also what do you have to do in reference to the speedo cable

[Eyegore]

Leastbay, sorry was busy w/ some other things. Those are Pro-Comp gauges, the chrome is the beauty chrome on stock dash bezel that my son pulled away and painted the plastic light grey. He then placed the chrome piece back on and then bored the openings out to fit the new gauges in so that they sit out further than the dash bezel itself.

Hope that answers your ???