71 shortbed

[bmfm64]

Pictures or it didn't happen.
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[leddzepp]

Originally Posted by bmfm64

Pictures or it didn't happen.
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There are several pics on the first page...

[CParnell]

That's great. It's also kinda how I got my truck. It was my grandfathers and he gave it to me when I was 10 to fiddle with. It's been over 20 years now. The memories are the best part.

[bmfm64]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

There are several pics on the first page...

I know, I want more! LOL
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[littlecents]

the cab is no longer attatched and my dad got another cab from VA or somewhere in that general area. the new cab is a 1972 cheyenne super big block cab with AC and holes to mount bucket seats and a console. i was going to upload some pictures, but my email wont load. i might try again today, but i should have them up soon.

[littlecents]

here is the cab in the trailer
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heres some parts sitting next to the garage
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as soon as in get some pictures of the frame i will post them.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by littlecents

here is the cab in the trailer
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heres some parts sitting next to the garage
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as soon as in get some pictures of the frame i will post them.

Hey...that cab looks familiar (It was mine) Have fun with it! Looking forward to seeing it completed!!!

[72 Super]

Good luck on your truck. Enjoy and cherish the time and memories with your Grandfather and your Dad.

Ray

[centsless]

Here is the build thread.. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=479820

We are going to start the cab repairs Saturday and I am trying to gather some more parts for the chassis now. It is starting to come together!!

[littlecents]

finally making some progress again. the cab is over at my granddads.we are waiting for the door handles, rubber, felt strips and whatnots to get the doors all together. my granddad gutted the old doors, and brought them back here for our little scrap metal pile we have started. meanwhile, my dad and i got the rear coil springs and shocks on, and got all of the stainless brake lines in. my dad is picking up an engine crane tonight, so hopefully we can have the engine and trans in tomorrow. here's a picture i took shortly after we had the rear suspension off of the frame:
and here it is all back together:

i will try to get more pictures as we make progress. hopefully we can have the cab on the frame on friday!

[bmfm64]

Nice work!
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[ksshane]

Nice... I'll be looking for updates

[swamp rat]

Originally Posted by littlecents

thanks everybody. my dad moved his corvette to my granddad's house.
my new favorite thing to do is work on the truck with my dad and granddad

What you have is something many of us never got, your going to have memory's to last a life time, enjoy!

[C_Ruiz]

Originally Posted by swamp rat

What you have is something many of us never got, your going to have memory's to last a life time, enjoy!

Very true my friend, very true.
I worked at a floral shop from age 14-16 and saved up my money to buy my 1st 71 c10....long story short, i had to sell it for mortgage purposes.
fast forward to 2006 and the '70 GMC came to me for $500...it's been garaged ever since and I'm finally rearranging some things on it to have it ready by next summer.
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[littlecents]

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I'm going to upload a bunch of pictures of the progress since I last updated. The cab was painted and bolted to a trailer, and sat in the garage for a long time.

Here is the engine and trans mounted to the chassis as of late August 2013. It is a 283 small block with power pack heads and a 327 cam. It was last used in my moms 72 and has not been run since it was swapped out; The trans is a th400.

Here is a picture of the truck that was taken after we moved it from my granddad garage to an enclosed trailer. At this point all of the guts including the door glass is in the doors, one door handle is in (the other was on back order) as well as a distributor, fan, and a few other things.

My dad got this tailgate while I was away ;I don't recall where he got it

Here are the seats and console, I don't remember where these came from either.

Earlier this month I started taking the front clip apart, it has been together since it came off of the truck in 2011. I may clean the fenders up and try to sell them as repair panels, if not, I will paint them and sell them as wall hangers. The core support and inner fenders are completely shot and the fenders are rough, but the hardware doesn't seem to be too bad.

[littlecents]

Here is a picture of my toybox, I'm still in the process of sorting everything out.

Earlier today I started hanging the front sheet metal to get the core support in the right spot. The drivers side fender went on relatively well, but I couldn't get the passenger side fender on right after fighting with it for about an hour. My dad was away and my grandparents moved to Florida, so I will have to wait until my dad can take a look at it.

Here it is at the end of the day, I have one bolt on either side holding the grille on and the bowtie and marker lights are just sitting there; I wanted to see how it would look. With the core support and the fenders, I also bought a 2" cowl hood, but I will probably just wait until everything is painted to put that on. I will update as I make more progress

[swamp rat]

Can you please explain to me how you caption each picture? somebody tried to explain it to me once but i didn't get what they were saying, i figure there has to be something to make the words stay put between each picture like an HTML code or something. Thanks!

Your truck is looking nice too!

[yuccales]

Looking good!

[littlecents]

Originally Posted by swamp rat

Can you please explain to me how you caption each picture? somebody tried to explain it to me once but i didn't get what they were saying, i figure there has to be something to make the words stay put between each picture like an HTML code or something. Thanks!

Your truck is looking nice too!

After I attach a picture, I just hit enter and type a few lines in before I put the next picture in. for example my attachment would go
(here)
And then I add the caption, etc.

[special-K]

Looking good,littlecents. I always look forward to August for an update on your truck *

* Just happened to notice looking through the thread. Though I'd poke ya on it...heh heh

[WIDESIDE72]

Nice!

[littlecents]

Originally Posted by special-K

Looking good,littlecents. I always look forward to August for an update on your truck *

* Just happened to notice looking through the thread. Though I'd poke ya on it...heh heh

Hopefully I will be able to keep making progress between now and next August instead of it sitting for another year, but it's hard to tell at this point

[littlecents]

Got the headboard off the wood floor bed; used up 1/2 a can of WD40 and about wore out a left hand drill bit. Also cleaned up the center console and got it mounted, cleaned up the dash cluster a little bit, but I need to take it back out and clean the lens up a little better. (need a new Speedo anyway) and I also discovered that I have the wrong seat tracks. only 1 bolt and the pitman arm holding the steering gear box in, then the power steering box can go on. Here are the pictures

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by FLDBRED

You are very lucky to have a Grand Dad like that!Can't wait to see the pics!

x2

[littlecents]

Got the pitman arm free, but the steering shaft isn't wanting to play nice. Also got the radiator sitting in the core support to test fit hoses, and I should be able to make the lower hose work, but will have to try something else for the upper. Overall She's coming along pretty well though, I'm happy with the progress.
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