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11-14-2008, 03:34 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: bath PA
Posts: 22
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Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
The purists will hate this truck.
Full build under way, and looking for advice and input. Were calling it "frankenstein" because it is pieced together from 3 decades of trucks to bring it back to life. Rust killed this truck, LOTS of organ donors is bringing it back. -Just like Frankenstein. We trial fitted everything the other night, 8 different colors, 3 different styles combined, parts from 10 different trucks collected over 2 decades......and somehow....even in it's rough, mocked up form, it all looked so RIGHT. Cant wait to to start slinging paint. Medium mettalic green and pearl white as of now.....but that might change. 67 Short step 2WD frame. 95 Step bed 87 15x8 6 hole rallyes. 1970 Cab 67 door/70 door 71 wiring harness 68 Grille/67 fenders & hood 72 front bumper 80 TH350 67 283 (rebuilt, about 300 HP) 69 Tilt ........ ....Mid 70's sway bars, power disc brakes and power steering, .....and a bunch of new stuff.....rear roll pan, brothers one piece glass, HEI, one-wire alt conversion....etc, etc. We have all the parts, and we are ironing out a few cab/body issues right now (Rocker panels, cab corners, lower door skins, ...the usual suspects) but have already swung the new cab on the old frame which has been rebuilt, painted and detailed. Ill be picking you guys brains for a lot of ideas and knowledge, as this is the first CHEVY truck wev'e built. So far, looking better than any ford weve evered swung a MIG welder and wrenches at ever did, so pretty excited about it. Looking forward to getting to know you all. Thanks all. |
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11-14-2008, 04:20 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Buffalo MN
Posts: 606
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Re: Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
welcom to the board
sounds like what im doin to my truck haha now lets see it 
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Trial and Error, its expensive but its a mistake i most likely wont make again 1971 chevy k10 custom deluxe http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=341257 1968 chevy k/10 fleet http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=334731 1948 desoto custom coupe fluid drive(family heirloom) Last edited by drivethechevy; 11-14-2008 at 04:21 AM. |
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11-14-2008, 04:31 AM
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RIP BigDaddyDave ~7-23-09~ You will be missed~
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Concord NC
Posts: 1,361
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Re: Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
Welcome to the board from NC!
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11-14-2008, 04:35 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Sunny Arizona
Posts: 525
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Re: Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
Welcome from Texas!!!, we like pics.
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Nick "Everyone has a plan, 'till they get punched in the mouth".........Mike Tyson 1968, GMC, SWB, Project 1972, GMC, LWB, Daily Driver, 383, headers, 2.5"/3" exhaust, 200r4, 3.5/5 ECE components. 1972, C/10, LWB, 350 vortec, th350 |
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11-14-2008, 04:55 AM
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454 MAKES IT ROAR
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Essex, U.K
Posts: 2,701
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Re: Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
Are we supposed to imagine how it looks?
......PICS!!!!!!!!!And welcome to the club.
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Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger |
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11-14-2008, 09:28 AM
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Tot Roddin'
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mid-MO
Posts: 24,461
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Re: Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
 to the board from Mid-MO!!!Not like you have heard this already.... If you couldn't tell, we LOVE pics!
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-Nate  1969 CST SWB - Project Blank Slate (4.5/6" ECE Static Drop, 6-lug disc brake upgrade (manual), Billet Specialties Vintec 20x8.5 255/40 (F) 20x10 295/40 (R), 250 I-6) 1960 AMF Skylark - Tot Roddin' (Lowered with custom frame; soon to include custom push bar and interior) 2008 Silverado CrewCab 1LT (5.3L, 3:73, 4x4, LT1, Z-71, Towing Package) |
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11-14-2008, 09:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: South Florida
Posts: 11,375
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Re: Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
Welcome from Miami!!!!!!
well, WHERE ARE THE PICTS? j/k
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild |
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11-14-2008, 09:50 AM
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DON'T TREAD ON ME
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Crosby County, TX
Posts: 989
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Re: Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
Pics, we're dying for pics.
Also, welcome to the board.
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11-14-2008, 10:06 AM
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I am a Referee of life.
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Greensboro N.C.
Posts: 13,992
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Re: Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
Welcome to the greatest Chevy truck site on the web.
I don't understand why you would call the truck Frankenstien,other than the bed it sounds like a lot of the trucks members have.After 40 years you have to use the best parts you can gather. BTW Where's the pics?
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The 47-present Chevrolet and GMC Truck Message Board Network,it's owners,moderators,members,and associates of any type should not be held responsible for my opinion. You can't fix stupid,not even with duct tape. "My appearance is due to the fact that "GOD" does punish you for having too much fun!" Barrett-Jackson has perfected alchemy,they make rust into gold! "You can lead a horse to water but you can't saddle a duck" "Cleverly disguised as a 'Responsible Adult' "Sometimes your Knight in shining armor is just a retard in tinfoil" |
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11-14-2008, 10:10 AM
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Car Knocker
Join Date: May 2001
Location: jefferson,arkansas
Posts: 664
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Re: Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
Sounds just like my truck. Welcome to the board from Arkansas.
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68 c-10,91 sportside bed,350 .030 over,4 bolt,10-1 comp,2.05 intake/1.94 exhaust,1.6 Harland Sharp roller rockers,edelbrock rpm cam and intake w/750 carb, 700r4, 3.73 gears,Jacabbs Electronic Igntion w/Accel HEI distributer and super coil. ZR-1 roll pan, filled tailights. Blazer tank. Hidden hitch. 2 1/2" Flowmaster 40's. Parts bought but not installed>> ford 9" posi with disc. CCP front and rear lowering kit 4/5. Cab corners,foor boards,rockers, cab braces, Phatom grill, Painless wiring kit. |
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11-14-2008, 03:55 PM
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Resident of Here
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA
Posts: 7,716
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Re: Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
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11-14-2008, 04:15 PM
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VA72C10
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Midlothian, VA
Posts: 25,267
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Re: Operation "FRANKENSTEIN"
Welcome to the board from VA
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Looking for a 67-72 swb or blazer project in or around VA. 
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