My most recent project ( in progress pics)

[ElGracho]

Well, it may not look like much, but these pics represent over a year of scrounging around and saving up for parts (it would probably go faster if I'd quit buying trucks...)

Anyhow, I went to the powder coat shop today and picked up my cross sills. The black ones are powder coated and the unpainted ones are new from Chevy Duty.



Next are my two bed sides. The left was from a guy on Ebay. It's brand new and I paid $100 plus $100 shipping from a body shop in Tennessee that got stuck with it.



The other is off of a bed I paid $140 for at the Portland swap meet last year. I had it and the rest of the parts from that bed blasted down in Oregon for $120.


Next are the two fenders from the swap meet bed after being blasted.



My garage is messy now, but the Gentleman Jim was inside it yesterday...

Here is my new in the box Chevy stepside tailgate. I paid a pretty penny for this one.



For good measure, this is what a $20 U-pull-it fender looks like in the Pacific Northwest after you pay $20 to get it blasted. The black marks are dirt not dents...



Now to get some primer on this stuff and paint it red. I also have the bed strips and wood. When I get finished this bed and fender go on my 87 Diesel along with a new GM fender, some blasted doors and the hood that was on my 86. If you look at the rear fender picture above you see what hood will go on my 86...

[bagged81]

Making progress, that good! I wish that I had some U-Pull-It junkyards around here.

[sider68]

Keep up the good work and show us some more pics of progress.

[swervin ervin]

Looks like you are having a ton of fun Joe.

[75stepside]

nice lookin' parts... what are you thinkin about usin' for bed strips in your stepside bed? ever hear of Mar-k bed products?