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Old 10-09-2016, 06:32 PM   #1
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Truck I did for a friend a few years

It's been sitting for a while so it is probably now qualified as a barn find.
I and my students rebuilt it for a couple who became good friends in the process in the early 80's.

52 truck with a 56 235, 3 speed and rear axle out of a donor truck.

What is probably the best paint job I ever did by far is covered with several years worth of dust and the camper has been on it since a week after we finished the truck. We finished it and they took off on a 10,000 mile road trip around the country.








One of the nicest tailgates you will ever see
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Old 10-09-2016, 06:50 PM   #2
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Re: Truck I did for a friend a few years

Very cool truck! Anyone have plans for doing anything to it?
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Old 10-09-2016, 07:06 PM   #3
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Re: Truck I did for a friend a few years

We were talking about getting it going again and replacing the hoses and what not.

He has talked about selling it lately but it needs to be running to sell and bring what it is worth. It has under 15 K on an engine that was bored .030 I think and had all new internals put in it.
I didn't look inside today but I painted the whole interior to match the exterior and it has stock seats with kind of a tweed material on the seats and door panels that still should be in near perfect shape.
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Old 10-09-2016, 11:26 PM   #4
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Re: Truck I did for a friend a few years

Very nice.
Can't wait to see more of your builds...
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Old 10-10-2016, 05:53 AM   #5
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Re: Truck I did for a friend a few years

Truck is cool of course.. But them taking off on a 10k road trip.. Well that is what dreams are made of. I would love to do that one day in an old truck like that.. Put an LS motor in it with o/d and leave the paint and grime like it is... Way cooler looking rustic than a wet penny...
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Old 10-10-2016, 10:33 AM   #6
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Re: Truck I did for a friend a few years

today I learned that "a few" = 35. that explains why drunks always say "I only had a few drinks" when they get pulled over. anybody would be hammered after 35 drinks!

looks pretty clean still, bet it cleans up fast.
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Old 10-10-2016, 11:23 AM   #7
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Re: Truck I did for a friend a few years

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today I learned that "a few" = 35.
lol... The perceived rate of the passage of time does change as we age. You tend to lose the "todays" when they all seem the same and highlight the "yesterdays" that stand out.

I agree that the truck looks v. good for "a few" years old.
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Old 10-10-2016, 11:25 AM   #8
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Re: Truck I did for a friend a few years

Doesn't Have to run to sell it
it would bring a pretty penny as is..... The dirt tells the story
....that is a nice tailgate
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Old 10-10-2016, 11:41 AM   #9
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Re: Truck I did for a friend a few years

Outside of rebuilding the carb and a mild tune up and maybe cleaning the gas tank it should fire up and run ok.

I've got so many projects of my own I don't have time to go work on it at this time though. 
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Old 10-10-2016, 01:54 PM   #10
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Re: Truck I did for a friend a few years

Looks like a pretty straight truck and given a little TLC it would clean up and be back on the road in no time! Was it an Orange paint to begin with or maybe Red that has just faded? would it polish back to a shine again?
that truck minus the camper looks just like a friend of mine's 52 that he has in my little town.
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Old 10-13-2016, 05:19 AM   #11
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Re: Truck I did for a friend a few years

Quarter windows are kinda unusable with a camper mounted. I'll give you $500 for it - send a transport to pick it up this weekend? ;-)

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