New one in the family!!

[VA72C10]

Awesome truck! And cool for you to fix it up for him...

[Mt Man Chad]

Nice ride!
If you need some original dog dish caps for that beauty I have a clean set.

[Slick67]

Originally Posted by Mt Man Chad

Nice ride!
If you need some original dog dish caps for that beauty I have a clean set.

Thanks Bro! How much are you asking?

[Slick67]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Awesome truck! And cool for you to fix it up for him...

Thanks VA. He is a good kid and does well in school so I suppose he deserves it. He is helping with all of this too so he can learn a little along the way, which I think every kid should.

[dalbers]

Looks great! My nephews already want my old trucks. I'm looking forward to helping them when they're old enough.

[70stroker]

that looks awesome man

[67chevy1series]

dude that thing is killer we need some pics with the new rims

[my67chevytruck]

looking good David!

[Slick67]

Originally Posted by dalbers

Looks great! My nephews already want my old trucks. I'm looking forward to helping them when they're old enough.

It's tough...alot of patience!

Originally Posted by 70stroker

that looks awesome man

Thanks Bro!

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

dude that thing is killer we need some pics with the new rims

Keepin the old steelies on it, he wants to keep it original.

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

looking good David!

Thanks Heath, another project that I shouldn't get into but have.

[Slick67]

Quick update, Cody and I got the rear of the frame cleaned and started sprayin it. Here is the before, I'll get the after up tomorrow hopefully. I sprayed some undercoat in the rear fenderwells and it looked really good. Hope to have the bed back on tomorrow by 3pm so he can take it to the car show at about 6. I'll get some pics from his first show too.

[Bus Ted Knuckle]

Is it just me, or do I see an original 8 track player under the dash?!?

That is one cool truck man!

[FRENCHBLUE72]

That is a clean truck with lots of great options...

[Slick67]

Originally Posted by Bus Ted Knuckle

Is it just me, or do I see an original 8 track player under the dash?!?

That is one cool truck man!

Thanks Bus Ted! That is a aftermarket detachable face CD player, would be cool if it was an 8 track. The PO has some paperwork and stuff that he is going to give us. I was hoping for a Protect-o-plate along with the window sticker and the face for the radio.

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

That is a clean truck with lots of great options...

I was really happy to find such an original that was loaded. A tach would have been great, but I'm not complaining! The towing package is cool, look at the size of the rear springs!

[BluTrukker]

Awsome truck, and awsome uncle. Great job man! If you need beauty rings still, I have 4 that came off my 68. They are in pretty good shape. PM if interested.

[capev86]

i will continue the mantra.....that is an awesome truck!

my dad's succession of burbs started out with a '72 he bought back in '83. it was the rare dealer highlander package as well. but back then it was just an old truck and he sold to upgrade to an '84 eight years later.

diff. wheels maybe diff. mirors and DRIVE IT!

i'd say drive it as is after some tlc. so many people go to the trouble of swapping out the big mirrors for those worthless sport mirrors. i have the little mirrors on my 72 burb and they are terrible and i don't think they look correct on a truck. i have a set of tripod mirrors exactly like on your truck (and my dad's 72 had) that i'm gonna put on my truck so i can actually see to back up, parallel park, tow, etc. i will have to have holes drilled and the other holes welded up and painted, but my truck is a mostly period correct project, not a matching numbers vehicle. only modern (bolt on) concessions i've made are poly bushings, braided stainless brake hoses, synthetic fluids, CPP sway bars, etc.

you can add a factory tach and vac gauge to your truck easily enough. did it on my burb for looks, function and trailering duties. i don't think it hurts value to add factory options especially if you are not removing the factory pieces (i kept all my other original gages). factory disc brakes and a front sway bar are the only additions are about the only things it really needs for daily driver status if it doesn't have them already. kinda like with the bomber crowd (oldies sub section of the low rider world) where they track down and install rare dealer items like compasses and extra trim etc to "bling" out their vehicles in factory fashion!

[David67]

[QUOTE=Slick67;4115427]Quick update, Cody and I got the rear of the frame cleaned and started sprayin it. Here is the before, I'll get the after up tomorrow hopefully. I sprayed some undercoat in the rear fenderwells and it looked really good. Hope to have the bed back on tomorrow by 3pm so he can take it to the car show at about 6. I'll get some pics from his first show too.
[QUOTE]

I see you're out of Tomball...going to Niftee Fiftees I'm guessing?? If so, I might see you there!

[Slick67]

Originally Posted by BluTrukker

Awsome truck, and awsome uncle. Great job man! If you need beauty rings still, I have 4 that came off my 68. They are in pretty good shape. PM if interested.

Thanks BluTrukker! I'll PM ya.

Originally Posted by capev86

i will continue the mantra.....that is an awesome truck!

my dad's succession of burbs started out with a '72 he bought back in '83. it was the rare dealer highlander package as well. but back then it was just an old truck and he sold to upgrade to an '84 eight years later.



i'd say drive it as is after some tlc. so many people go to the trouble of swapping out the big mirrors for those worthless sport mirrors. i have the little mirrors on my 72 burb and they are terrible and i don't think they look correct on a truck. i have a set of tripod mirrors exactly like on your truck (and my dad's 72 had) that i'm gonna put on my truck so i can actually see to back up, parallel park, tow, etc. i will have to have holes drilled and the other holes welded up and painted, but my truck is a mostly period correct project, not a matching numbers vehicle. only modern (bolt on) concessions i've made are poly bushings, braided stainless brake hoses, synthetic fluids, CPP sway bars, etc.

you can add a factory tach and vac gauge to your truck easily enough. did it on my burb for looks, function and trailering duties. i don't think it hurts value to add factory options especially if you are not removing the factory pieces (i kept all my other original gages). factory disc brakes and a front sway bar are the only additions are about the only things it really needs for daily driver status if it doesn't have them already. kinda like with the bomber crowd (oldies sub section of the low rider world) where they track down and install rare dealer items like compasses and extra trim etc to "bling" out their vehicles in factory fashion!

Cody wants to keep it original as possible, of course he wants to upgrade very little. Cleaning and repainting factory items are really what his intentions are for now. We will be insulating under the new carpet, otherwise the interior is staying original. On the outside the only thing changing will be the hubcaps. He wants to keep the originals but run beauty rings and baby moons on the steelies.

[quote=David67;4116180][QUOTE=Slick67;4115427]Quick update, Cody and I got the rear of the frame cleaned and started sprayin it. Here is the before, I'll get the after up tomorrow hopefully. I sprayed some undercoat in the rear fenderwells and it looked really good. Hope to have the bed back on tomorrow by 3pm so he can take it to the car show at about 6. I'll get some pics from his first show too.

I see you're out of Tomball...going to Niftee Fiftees I'm guessing?? If so, I might see you there!

My brother (Cody's father) lives in Magnolia and they frequent Niftee 50ees. The amount of work that we have gotten done in one week is great, but we worked on it till almost 9 tonight so the car show is out for this weekend. It just gives us another week to make it even better! PM me you # and we'll meet up there next weekend with his truck.

[Slick67]

List of stuff we did today. We cut the tailpipes down some so they wouldn't stick out so far. The whole rear of the frame was painted and we buffed the rear of the cab and the front of the bed and re-installed the bed. Did a few small details with silver under the bed too. All of the rims were cleaned twice and then repainted to look identical to factory paint. From the factory the inside was black and the outside was white so a little overspray got on the black on the inside, we got it perfect. I undercoated the inner fenders and we also got the spare tire back under the truck after painting it. Here are some pics.

[Mt Man Chad]

Here's pics of the 71-72 1/2 ton dog dish caps i'm selling.
$85 shipped if interested, seems to be getting harder to find clean ones.

Cheers!
Chad

[Slick67]

Originally Posted by Mt Man Chad

Here's pics of the 71-72 1/2 ton dog dish caps i'm selling.
$85 shipped if interested, seems to be getting harder to find clean ones.

Cheers!
Chad

They are clean! Let's see what my brother wants to do, I will keep it mind and of course let him know. Thanks Chad!

[Slick67]

You can see the black on the trim has faded really bad. So I wanted to try my hand at getting the trim looking descent and well....it worked! The rims came out nice for just cleaning and shooting some paint on em.

[VA72C10]

very nice work. looks good.

[RCbowtie69]

cool

[67chevy1series]

dude definatley keep us updated man paint is aq hard thing to get donr im trying to paint some stuff as wsell best of luck

[Slick67]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

very nice work. looks good.

Just tryin to be like you!!!

Originally Posted by RCbowtie69

cool

Thanks RC!

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

dude definatley keep us updated man paint is aq hard thing to get donr im trying to paint some stuff as wsell best of luck

It's not difficult, you tape off the peice (45 minutes) then you spray it (1 minute)