79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

cory d · 05-12-2012, 09:10 PM

im going to take my time with this truck since i am helping some one get theres together and i already have a truck to drive. hopefully it wil be done by the time summer hits. so like july

. I love long bed crew cabs but i also think it would be awesome to have something that never came out of the factory. i think it would realy turn some heads of the people who know these trucks. later on down the road i might throw haft ton parts under it.

i bought these beds about a week ago. the black one that isnt together is in much better shape but the coppery orange one is the stock color and nearly been worked to death just like the truck its going on

this is the crew cab, i have started taking it appart. 4 out of 8 of the bed bolts will have to be removed with a grinder.

BLK2K2SILVY · 05-12-2012, 10:44 PM

Sweet man, cant wait to see the step on the crew!

cory d · 05-13-2012, 01:00 AM

this is what i threw together on paint, kinda crappy but it gives you an idea

EasySteve · 05-14-2012, 02:42 AM

I see it.

cory d · 05-15-2012, 02:42 PM

progress report

I ground out two frozen carriage bolts that hold the bed on, then i got too hot and had some ice cream. its a blazing 70* out there. something like 21*ish for our canadian brothers

trout · 05-16-2012, 10:22 AM

i would love to make one of theswe i like it

cory d · 05-16-2012, 09:29 PM

the bed is ready to come off after allot more grinding. now i just need a few more people

cory d · 05-19-2012, 11:58 PM

grabed some 73-78 bezels adn a 73-74 grille. i need older grille supports, teh ones in there arent going to work with that grille.....at all

cory d · 05-26-2012, 08:17 PM

i dont even have to go outside to get pictures. got the 20 year old headers off. they cant seal because of all the rust. also grabbed a hood, it almost matches the bed

cory d · 05-26-2012, 09:28 PM

i cant get teh hinges to go dowall the way so it sits up about half in inhc in the back, no biggy. i'll worry about it later. still have to straighten out the core support a little more

cory d · 06-26-2012, 01:28 PM

scored a shortbed tank and a new front seat. all those years of fat construction workers sitting in it really flattened it

Shady Chevy · 06-26-2012, 08:32 PM

cool. I like the idea of what you are planning. Crew cab with a step-side. Any Idea what color you want to paint it?

Car'n'Guitars · 06-26-2012, 08:46 PM

You know I have never really like the idea of a crew-cab with a short bed, but I like the short step-side on it. I guess after seeing this stuff all the time on here it grows on you a little. Next thing someone will have to do is a crew-cab long step-side. Anyways cool build I'll be watching this one good luck. Also is your truck a Chevrolet or a GMC? Isn't the Sierra Grande a GMC truck or am I just really confusing myself?

cory d · 06-27-2012, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shady Chevy

cool. I like the idea of what you are planning. Crew cab with a step-side. Any Idea what color you want to paint it?

just leaving it, the cab is so rusted and the bed is so beat im going to leave it as the old work truck that it is

Quote:

Originally Posted by Car'n'Guitars

You know I have never really like the idea of a crew-cab with a short bed, but I like the short step-side on it. I guess after seeing this stuff all the time on here it grows on you a little. Next thing someone will have to do is a crew-cab long step-side. Anyways cool build I'll be watching this one good luck. Also is your truck a Chevrolet or a GMC? Isn't the Sierra Grande a GMC truck or am I just really confusing myself?

its a gmc, i cant remember how long it was that it had a wood tailgate then my dad found a chevy one thats the same color

Car'n'Guitars · 06-27-2012, 12:26 AM

Yeah it was hard to tell because the rest of the badging on it was Chevrolet, though maybe you just swapped out a front fender or something.

Devillusion · 06-30-2012, 03:26 AM

will be something different.....should look pretty good when done.

trout · 01-17-2013, 09:09 PM

Anything new?
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INSIDIOUS '86 · 01-18-2013, 08:54 PM

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cory d · 01-18-2013, 08:56 PM

its been on hold until i get my truck in decent shape. i may just toss the long bed back on for now

cory d · 05-09-2013, 06:33 PM

one year and almost no progress. weather is nice now so some stuff should happen

BAM

onabudget · 11-10-2015, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cory d

BAM

Cory,

Have a question about the stepside in the BackGround

Do you have some more photos with those wheels, also what type of suspension drop did you use.

I am starting a 74 Stepside project and the stance and wheels in that pic looked to be right about what I'm shooting for.

I'm a Chevelle guy, new to the truck hobby so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Rob

05-12-2012, 09:10 PM	#1
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build im going to take my time with this truck since i am helping some one get theres together and i already have a truck to drive. hopefully it wil be done by the time summer hits. so like july . I love long bed crew cabs but i also think it would be awesome to have something that never came out of the factory. i think it would realy turn some heads of the people who know these trucks. later on down the road i might throw haft ton parts under it. i bought these beds about a week ago. the black one that isnt together is in much better shape but the coppery orange one is the stock color and nearly been worked to death just like the truck its going on this is the crew cab, i have started taking it appart. 4 out of 8 of the bed bolts will have to be removed with a grinder. __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

05-12-2012, 10:44 PM	#2
BLK2K2SILVY Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bartlett, TN Posts: 88	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build Sweet man, cant wait to see the step on the crew!

05-13-2012, 01:00 AM	#3
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build this is what i threw together on paint, kinda crappy but it gives you an idea __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

05-14-2012, 02:42 AM	#4
EasySteve Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Camano Island, WA Posts: 90	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build I see it. __________________ 1980 c10 Custom Deluxe 296 inline ;] SM-465 and 3.73s Lowered and shaved My Build!

05-15-2012, 02:42 PM	#5
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build progress report I ground out two frozen carriage bolts that hold the bed on, then i got too hot and had some ice cream. its a blazing 70* out there. something like 21*ish for our canadian brothers __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

05-16-2012, 10:22 AM	#6
trout Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: lexington, SC Posts: 1,276	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build i would love to make one of theswe i like it __________________ Edited by staff

05-16-2012, 09:29 PM	#7
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build the bed is ready to come off after allot more grinding. now i just need a few more people __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

05-19-2012, 11:58 PM	#8
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build grabed some 73-78 bezels adn a 73-74 grille. i need older grille supports, teh ones in there arent going to work with that grille.....at all __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

05-26-2012, 08:17 PM	#9
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build i dont even have to go outside to get pictures. got the 20 year old headers off. they cant seal because of all the rust. also grabbed a hood, it almost matches the bed __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

05-26-2012, 09:28 PM	#10
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build i cant get teh hinges to go dowall the way so it sits up about half in inhc in the back, no biggy. i'll worry about it later. still have to straighten out the core support a little more __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

06-26-2012, 01:28 PM	#11
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build scored a shortbed tank and a new front seat. all those years of fat construction workers sitting in it really flattened it __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

06-26-2012, 08:32 PM	#12
Shady Chevy Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Port Matilda PA Posts: 192	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build cool. I like the idea of what you are planning. Crew cab with a step-side. Any Idea what color you want to paint it?

06-26-2012, 08:46 PM	#13
Car'n'Guitars Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 1,308	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build You know I have never really like the idea of a crew-cab with a short bed, but I like the short step-side on it. I guess after seeing this stuff all the time on here it grows on you a little. Next thing someone will have to do is a crew-cab long step-side. Anyways cool build I'll be watching this one good luck. Also is your truck a Chevrolet or a GMC? Isn't the Sierra Grande a GMC truck or am I just really confusing myself? __________________ 1985 Chevrolet K10 Custom Deluxe---SOLD 1997 Ram 2500 5.9 Cummins 1985 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 1987 Chevrolet K10 Silverado "The Beast" build 1987 Silverado http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post6150257

06-27-2012, 12:26 AM	#15
Car'n'Guitars Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 1,308	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build Yeah it was hard to tell because the rest of the badging on it was Chevrolet, though maybe you just swapped out a front fender or something. __________________ 1985 Chevrolet K10 Custom Deluxe---SOLD 1997 Ram 2500 5.9 Cummins 1985 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 1987 Chevrolet K10 Silverado "The Beast" build 1987 Silverado http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post6150257

06-30-2012, 03:26 AM	#16
Devillusion Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 782	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build will be something different.....should look pretty good when done. __________________ 1967 K30 4x4/12v Cummins/getrag/D60/D70/355s 1967 GMC suburban 4x4/LS swap 5.3/4500/205/10 bolt/14 bolt full floater 1963 C10 reg cab long box 1970 Chevelle 1968 Biscayne 2dr post "...there is no excuse for what I am about to do, but dangit....it's gonna be fun!"



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01-17-2013, 09:09 PM	#17
trout Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: lexington, SC Posts: 1,276	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build Anything new? Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Edited by staff

01-18-2013, 08:54 PM	#18
INSIDIOUS '86 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: washington Posts: 4,178	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build Update! Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 377 sbc thumpr cam autogear m23 muncie 3:73 Detroit trutrac 3''spintech prostreet mufflers xpipe 1 3/4 headers build thread !http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=577217 Iroc gauge threadhttp://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=554511

01-18-2013, 08:56 PM	#19
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build its been on hold until i get my truck in decent shape. i may just toss the long bed back on for now __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

05-09-2013, 06:33 PM	#20
cory d Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Arlington WA Posts: 1,728	Re: 79 CC to short stepside. slow, leisurely build one year and almost no progress. weather is nice now so some stuff should happen BAM __________________ GMC C15 355 SM465 3.73 80 C10 cruiser build thread 79 short stepside crew cab. big and ugly. build thread

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