how long did it take to get your truck on the road?

[vectorit]

Originally Posted by cst350

Last time I drove it was 16 years ago! Exactly the same year my first kid was born. Sat in my garage for 6 years and then I started working on it. Still isn't done but think I will get it done this summer. I look at it as a hobby and not a project. I really enjoy going out to garage after the kids are in bed and just taking my time and doing it the way I want to. ALOT of waiting for money or parts. Sounds corny, but for me its all about the journey. Oh and its pretty bad ass too.

I think if you keep that mindset, you will be fine and have more fun. That's how I have always looked at building up my burb, it's been my hobby for as long as I can remember and I am still not "done".

[Palf70Step]

Started to fix a couple rust spots in January 2003. 9 years later....well, she is progressing, sorta

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by screaminchevypickup

Get busy!!! I done a frame off on a 72 vette in 6 months also!!!
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Yes, but I ran out of that kind of energy along time ago

[ItsRandy]

Originally Posted by 400smallblock

i had a 71 c10 in high school .im 40 years old now. i bought a 70 gmc 2 summers ago. couldnt resist.i love these old trucks. gathered motor/patch panels/aother parts untill 6 months ago. im in the rust repair stage. this is my 1st project like this. ive rebuilt engines,transmissions before and insalled/tuned them but this bodywork stuff seems to take forever.there was more cancer than i thought. am i going crazy ? anyone else feel the same way? i ve been trying to work on it every friday and saturday. well you know how that goes, family functions, etc. this saturday im helping the wifes friend move. another lost truck day. but there are more important things than my truck.it will be there when i flip the light switch on. i see a lot of fellows here taking cabs,beds off and painting the frames etc. i dont have the time or patience for that.not that its a bad thing. they look really good. i want to drive this puppy. im planning on rust repair, a yellow or orange paint job. relpacing the mid 70"s 350 with a 400 sb. and relpacing the 3 speed manual with a 4 speed truck trans. also going from 3.73 to 3.08 rears. no cab/bed removal. just looking for a solid driver, no show machine. something to take to local cruise ins. how many of you have trucks like this? how long did it take for your project from start to finish?

That sounds just like what I said when I started my project: "I'm just gonna' freshen it up, make it a nice driver. Not gonna take the cab off, just do a little body work, squirt some paint on it and done". Next thing I knew my truck was in a thousand pieces in my garage and I spent most of my time (when I wasn't working on the truck) searching parts on the internet. It's ok...it's a sickness. I've been working on mine 1.5 years.

[67chevy1series]

its been 4 years for me starting this june.. i went from this, to this.. and i barely got it driving but not legal today!

[AusTx68]

I got mine street worthy at 2 yrs. Been doing mods ever since.

[1972RedNeck]

This is when I bought mine in January. It hasn't run since December 1996.



Two days later it was running. 3 days later everything worked and was legal.

Here it is now



That's probably not what you were looking for.

[Gene]

I went from 2wd to 4wd in about two years.

[67cheby]

9 years....but i aint on the road yet !! LOL

[hgs_notes]

I've had my truck since the early 80s, and it was a daily driver for many years, parked for many years, but pretty much a running driveable truck during that time. These are from about 5/2/2009, when I finally got to the point that I was going to get it painted no matter what. My son and I tore it down to the frame that weekend.




I converted to EFI and added a posi, other than that the drivetrain and suspension were left to the mods I had done in the past. I did all of the bodywork but had a local shop do the final sanding and spray it. I worked evenings and weekends and vacation days, holidays, and as much as my wife would tolerate. The paint was done about 8/1/2011.


I drove it again around labor day weekend 2011. I spent the fall and winter working on details to finish it up. Just replaced the grill and front bumper yesterday. Still have to finish the exhaust and a few more upgrades but I have been driving it since last fall. I was also working on a 72 Jimmy off and on through this time, which is the current major rebuild.





Here what it looked like around 1984...


This is 1987...

[67cheby]

great job !!