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Location: diamond bar, calif.
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my wife surprised the heck out of me and bought me this '66 for christmas, she's too cool. she new i wanted one for a long time but i kept putting off buying one for myself for more important things, like the family and bills. so she bought it for me! the truck has a strong running 292 w/3 speed on the floor, pretty straight body, original CA black plates, and box of new parts, not bad for $900!!
my plans are to turn it into a 5 lug from the dreaded 8 it is now (which captainfab and many others have been giving me great advice on already, thanks guys!) add disc brakes, static drop (read: real low, motorboating!), flipped stock rear bumper, shaved handles, weld up some seems, custom tail lights, custom grill, split the 292 exh. manifold, dress the engine, do something cool with that dash, and eventually lots of flake and candy! I KNOW I KNOW! SHE LOOKS LIKE A GARDNERS TRUCK RIGHT NOW BUT YOU JUST WAIT!! ![]()
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more ideas than money
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: spring grove, pa
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Looks good to me, and the price was right! Keep us posted on the build progress.
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA
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Re: new '66 project for $900
I like it. And, in case you already didn't know... your wife is a "keeper." You better treat her right.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Los Angeles
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Re: new '66 project for $900
daym thats one clean c-dub!!! gardner truck my ass Id take it! great looking start. Your wife is dabomb! Gotta give it up to the ladies that stick by our love for these trucks!
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Great score and nice truck also...keep her around, both the wife and the truck. Sounds like a good plan, but I would suggest doing it in small bites, instead of tearing the truck down to do it all at once, that way you can enjoy it and enhance the looks and driveability of it over time. Keep us posted on your progress and make sure to give you wife a big hug for hooking you up with a nice rig to start with.
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Good deal on the truck... and a wife that understands. It is hard to get a woman that understands..
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Welcome to the board - nice score on the truck.
BTW, I own a landscaper's longbed - anything wrong with that? Mac. ![]()
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Location: diamond bar, calif.
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Re: new '66 project for $900
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thanks for the pos. feedback guys and i'll let the little lady know you guys appreciate women like her! Nothing wrong with a gardners truck, really! i knew some of you might have been offended by that. it's just that how it is now, and how i want it to be, are two way different animals. i LIKE gardners!
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Nice xmas present....I got mine as a wedding present...and they said all the good ones were all gone!!
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Congrats and 2nds to all the above.
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Location: Spokane Valley, WA
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Re: new '66 project for $900
x3. Very straight truck, and a wife with a good eye for vintage tin, and the enthusiasm to buy it for a present. Too cool!!
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Keep It Simple Stupid.. Nope..
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Congrats man! Great looking truck and it sounds like you have a great plan for it and a great wife. My woman is finally falling in love with the truck now that she see's it coming together and that sooner or later she'll finally get to ride in it and drive it. She did help me put the bed on the other day.
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great lookinbg truck .....
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Will you be keeping those C20 emblems?....wink, wink. I have been looking for a set.
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Re: new '66 project for $900
i dig it. please keep us posted on the progress.
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Keep It Simple Stupid.. Nope..
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Whats up with the cowl being covered?
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Congrats on two nice scores....a great woman and a nice solid truck
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Killerb pm me your address and i'll send 'em to ya soon as i yank em!
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Re: new '66 project for $900
my buddy covered the winsheild with plastic cause he was priming his car just in front of it, what you see in the pic is after i pulled it down.
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Re: new '66 project for $900
thanks for all the kind words about the truck and the woman, my wife was really flattered by all you gents. i got plans to keep em both! i'll keep you guys updated on the build as it progresses...
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Re: new '66 project for $900
I Forgot to add what a Sweet wife/truck you got. Notice i put wife BEFORE truck. Gotta keep the ladies happy
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Welcome aboard, man !!!
Great story on the truck.....Looks like a solid truck. Your plans sound great....Tell your wife thanks for me !! ![]() ![]()
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Lucky man to have both.....a good women and a great truck. Good luck.
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Keep It Simple Stupid.. Nope..
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Figured it was that or you were trying to stop water from flowing down. Good luck man and keep us updated!
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Re: new '66 project for $900
Nice score (on the truck and the wife)!
It looks really cool all white, reminds me of when I went to a friends house when I was a kid. I looked in the cupboard and it was full of white boxes with black lettering "GENERIC CEREAL".
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