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Re: My Truck
Awesome build! I love that more and more GMC's are showing up and that they are keeping the V-6's!
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Re: My Truck
Thanks corts. To be honest I probably wouldn't have kept the V6 in there if it wasn't such an advanced style for a engine and didn't have the plaid valve covers. But I wanted it to be different and I just love how that engine looks.
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1963 GMC SWB Fleetside in Sunburst Orange Metallic 305E V6 w/ Plaid VC, Powerglide, BOSS 313 20" Chrome Wheels, Kumho Ecsta STX 275/45/R20's, Alpine/Clarion System, Dynomax Exhaust Old custom classic trucks have soul. Their dashboards aren't plastic, and they've survived both the best and worst of what the 20th century had to offer. For the owners of these trucks, it's often the same story. Through both good and bad times they persevered, until one day they could turn the key and roll up in a customized truck everyone with good taste would admire. – Custom Classic Trucks |
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Well guys I made some progress today. I got the doors hung and the front fenders, tailgate, and grill primed up and ready for paint and mounting. I also got all of the engine compartment parts such as the inner fenders, battery box, core support, etc. painted up in satin black and ready to be bolted up.
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1963 GMC SWB Fleetside in Sunburst Orange Metallic 305E V6 w/ Plaid VC, Powerglide, BOSS 313 20" Chrome Wheels, Kumho Ecsta STX 275/45/R20's, Alpine/Clarion System, Dynomax Exhaust Old custom classic trucks have soul. Their dashboards aren't plastic, and they've survived both the best and worst of what the 20th century had to offer. For the owners of these trucks, it's often the same story. Through both good and bad times they persevered, until one day they could turn the key and roll up in a customized truck everyone with good taste would admire. – Custom Classic Trucks |
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Re: My Truck
Love the color. Keep up the great work!!!! I had a 63 GMC a few years ago myself and traded it off. Yours makes me wish I would have hung onto it.
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Re: My Truck
Thanks Chevyrod, I don't ever plan on getting rid of it especially with it's history and how much I love that body style. What part of Florida are you from?
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Re: My Truck
I live just south of Lake City (Providence/Lake Butler Area.) Not far from you in Live Oak.
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Re: My Truck
Oh sweet, well it's nice to meet someone from the area for a change.
Sean
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Re: My Truck
Yea Man!! I will have to keep up with your post. Again very nice truck.
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Re: My Truck
Looks like some great progress.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Orlando, Florida
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Re: My Truck
Beautiful truck, nice to see another FL member as well, whereabouts is Live Oak? I've heard of it, just don't know of where it is.
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#61 |
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Location: Live Oak, FL
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Re: My Truck
Thanks guys and that sounds good Chevyrod. And Dylan, Live Oak is about an hour's drive east from you on Interstate 10. Right near Madison County.
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Location: Bay Minette, Alabama
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Re: My Truck
Lookin' good!
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Hey guys, I got a lot of parts in over the past week so here you guys go. Got some Tailgate latches and trunnions from Bruce Horkey's, Hurst Powerglide shifter and Imperial trans cooler from Summit, Totally Stainless bolt kit, and a Grant Classic Nostalgia Steering wheel from Summit.
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1963 GMC SWB Fleetside in Sunburst Orange Metallic 305E V6 w/ Plaid VC, Powerglide, BOSS 313 20" Chrome Wheels, Kumho Ecsta STX 275/45/R20's, Alpine/Clarion System, Dynomax Exhaust Old custom classic trucks have soul. Their dashboards aren't plastic, and they've survived both the best and worst of what the 20th century had to offer. For the owners of these trucks, it's often the same story. Through both good and bad times they persevered, until one day they could turn the key and roll up in a customized truck everyone with good taste would admire. – Custom Classic Trucks |
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I put the laughter n slaughter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Plant City, Fl
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Re: My Truck
Dude im jealous. Looks awesome!! Thats very close to the color I want to paint mine. (think I told ya that before...) Anyhow, great job on the progress!! Keep it up!
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Thanks Wolf. I will warn you that paint isn't cheap. I bought it from Napa and it was priced around $450 a gallon. But it is quite a beautiful color and I really can't wait to get it done and rolling through town cause I know it's going to turn plenty of heads. I'm ready to get the whole thing painted and roll it out into the sunshine.
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1963 GMC SWB Fleetside in Sunburst Orange Metallic 305E V6 w/ Plaid VC, Powerglide, BOSS 313 20" Chrome Wheels, Kumho Ecsta STX 275/45/R20's, Alpine/Clarion System, Dynomax Exhaust Old custom classic trucks have soul. Their dashboards aren't plastic, and they've survived both the best and worst of what the 20th century had to offer. For the owners of these trucks, it's often the same story. Through both good and bad times they persevered, until one day they could turn the key and roll up in a customized truck everyone with good taste would admire. – Custom Classic Trucks Last edited by TwiggyTheDrummer; 02-09-2009 at 08:54 PM. |
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[QUOTE=TwiggyTheDrummer;3134304]Hey guys, I got a lot of parts in over the past week so here you guys go. Got some Tailgate latches and trunnions from Bruce Horkey's, Hurst Powerglide shifter and Imperial trans cooler from Summit, Totally Stainless bolt kit, and a Grant Classic Nostalgia Steering wheel from Summit.
Nice,, I'm curious about your tailgate latches and how they work. you got a link to them? Your rig is lookin really good. ![]()
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Re: More Updates!
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Re: My Truck
that is one nice build you have going on there, i remember when i was your age doing my truck the firsttime, had to drive 2 hours to work on it, anyways, great color you have there and i respect your decision to keep the old 6, i never knew the valve covers came like that. go figure.
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Re: My Truck
Good work.....the truck is looking very nice. Keep it up and it'll be rollin in no time.
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Re: My Truck
Thanks protrash, I hope to soon have it doing just that.
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1963 GMC SWB Fleetside in Sunburst Orange Metallic 305E V6 w/ Plaid VC, Powerglide, BOSS 313 20" Chrome Wheels, Kumho Ecsta STX 275/45/R20's, Alpine/Clarion System, Dynomax Exhaust Old custom classic trucks have soul. Their dashboards aren't plastic, and they've survived both the best and worst of what the 20th century had to offer. For the owners of these trucks, it's often the same story. Through both good and bad times they persevered, until one day they could turn the key and roll up in a customized truck everyone with good taste would admire. – Custom Classic Trucks |
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Re: More Updates!
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Re: My Truck
Yet another update has popped up today. I found out that my hood's ready for pick-up so I'll have pics up of that tomorrow, and I plan on ordering my wheels within the next week or so. But I'll get some pics up tomorrow evening of the hood to show off my new beauty.
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1963 GMC SWB Fleetside in Sunburst Orange Metallic 305E V6 w/ Plaid VC, Powerglide, BOSS 313 20" Chrome Wheels, Kumho Ecsta STX 275/45/R20's, Alpine/Clarion System, Dynomax Exhaust Old custom classic trucks have soul. Their dashboards aren't plastic, and they've survived both the best and worst of what the 20th century had to offer. For the owners of these trucks, it's often the same story. Through both good and bad times they persevered, until one day they could turn the key and roll up in a customized truck everyone with good taste would admire. – Custom Classic Trucks |
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As promised, here are some pics of my new hood from U.S. Body Source in nearby Hampton, FL. It's a Heavy Duty Fiberglass, 60-66 2" Cowl hood with attached braces. Also, the hood hinges and brackets bolt right on.
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1963 GMC SWB Fleetside in Sunburst Orange Metallic 305E V6 w/ Plaid VC, Powerglide, BOSS 313 20" Chrome Wheels, Kumho Ecsta STX 275/45/R20's, Alpine/Clarion System, Dynomax Exhaust Old custom classic trucks have soul. Their dashboards aren't plastic, and they've survived both the best and worst of what the 20th century had to offer. For the owners of these trucks, it's often the same story. Through both good and bad times they persevered, until one day they could turn the key and roll up in a customized truck everyone with good taste would admire. – Custom Classic Trucks Last edited by TwiggyTheDrummer; 02-19-2009 at 07:57 PM. |
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Re: My Truck
US BODY SOURCE has some great products
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Re: My Truck
The turn signals/hinge opening do not come precut but they are in the mold. The mold is the stock Chevy mold though so it doesn't have the design that was on the GMC version like the teardrop parking lights, etc.
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1963 GMC SWB Fleetside in Sunburst Orange Metallic 305E V6 w/ Plaid VC, Powerglide, BOSS 313 20" Chrome Wheels, Kumho Ecsta STX 275/45/R20's, Alpine/Clarion System, Dynomax Exhaust Old custom classic trucks have soul. Their dashboards aren't plastic, and they've survived both the best and worst of what the 20th century had to offer. For the owners of these trucks, it's often the same story. Through both good and bad times they persevered, until one day they could turn the key and roll up in a customized truck everyone with good taste would admire. – Custom Classic Trucks Last edited by TwiggyTheDrummer; 02-19-2009 at 08:19 PM. |
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