72 GMC shortbed build

[firethorn]

very nice build sir, you son is very lucky to have you as a his father,
if i may ask what type of mirrors did you use ?

[Timbo1]

Originally Posted by firethorn

very nice build sir, you son is very lucky to have you as a his father,
if i may ask what type of mirrors did you use ?

Thank You. The mirrors are electric power mirrors off of a 2000 Honda Odessey. They work very well, I kinda of wish I would have moved them forward 2 more inches, But when I orginally mounted them on the doors I was not sure of putting the 1 piece windows in it. thanks Tim

[Timbo1]

Added a bed cover, thought a little more secure storage was in order !!!

[KEITH 71 STEP SIDE]

Sweet truck I like everything about it . Do you have any trouble with the one peice windows ? Boy I sure do .

[Timbo1]

Originally Posted by KEITH 71 STEP SIDE

Sweet truck I like everything about it . Do you have any trouble with the one peice windows ? Boy I sure do .

Thanks No surprisingly enough we have not had any trouble with the windows .

[Timbo1]

Originally Posted by KEITH 71 STEP SIDE

Sweet truck I like everything about it . Do you have any trouble with the one peice windows ? Boy I sure do .

Here is a thread that might help you.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=494491

[68 c10 gold/ivory]

awesome truck!!!! jw whats the wheel and tires specs?

[Timbo1]

Thanks, The fronts are 20x8.5 with 14mm offset and the rear are 20x10 with 20mm offset. Tirea are 255x45x20 and 295x40x20 Toyo proxies 2
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[Timbo1]

Ok, I did not document my build thread nearly as much as I should have. So here are a few things to sum it up.

72 GMC, Started as a step side, sold the bed, Stripped down to bare frame, sand blasted, or bead blasted everything, Installed all new bushing and steering, put a 5 -7 seven axle flip with spindles and springs, installed built 700 r4 trans with one piece drive line, originally put a 69 vette 327 in it, all body work cut out all the bad repaired, frenched antenna, cut the roof off and added a roof with markers built in. (at the request of my son). added one piece windows, power windows, power locks,and power mirrors, the mirror came off a 2000 Honda Odessey, The paint is PPG pr4, bc/cc. added front and rear roll pans, polished and painted the grille, added red dot H4 headlights which I smoked, also smoke the turn indicators on the front grille along with all side markers, which are Trans am markers with the cnc cut flush bezels, The rear cargo light was stripped and painted to match the truck, smoked the lens and put led brake lights in it. The rear I added the spagetti enginering led lights and Marqueez Billet lens, Shaved the tailgate. Filled antenna hole on front cowl, and added billet washer nozzles, I used a 21 circuit EZ wiring kit for the electrical, Also added a scorpion relay kit which runs the ac and electric fan. Added a 4 core aluminum radiator and used the electric fan from the Jeep Liberty. All interior pieces are in ostrich skin (except seats) (Leather) out of 2012 Honda oddesey. Billet Door handles All gauges are Autometer, Aftermarket Kenwood stereo with custom kick panel pods and corner brackets behind seat, along with Sub woofer box which holds 2 10's and Amp

Added a Flaming river tilt column with custom Billet steering wheel, B&M Floor shifter. All new brake lines with Braided stainless going into all 4 wheel which have Wilwood disc brakes. Also new master cylinder booster and propotioning valve. Ran all new fuel Lines to the Boyd Welding rear mounted fuel tank. Spray in Bed Liner and fiberglass Bed Cover. Changed all the wheel studs out for longer studs, with the thicker wheels( not needed but felt better about it) Rebuilt the 4.11 limited slip rear end. All new poly urethane mounts and sway bar bushings. Added a washer bottle from a 2006 Impala with electric pump in tank, not off the wiper motor. Also added a coolant overflow off newer Nissan Altima.

Marker lights on rood have been smoked and are led, They are made for semi truck marker lights, but made them work on the roof.

The whole interior was sound deadend (dyno mat) before any carpet or panels were installed. Topped it of with the Boss wheels and Toyo tires.

After driving it for a few weeks we really did not like the power curve of the motor, it was to much top end, not enough torque,

Ended up building a 350 motor with vortech heads for it, drove it one day after haviing new motor in and took out 3-4 th gear in the built tranny, Pulled tranny back out, took back to the builder and they went thru everything again, this time upgrading the pump from a 7 vane to a 10 vane added some heavier servos, and changed some valving, etc. Truck runs awesome now. shifts very nice, could not be happier !!!! I know I forgot quite a bit, but thought I would sum some of it up for those interested.

When reading thru this it looks like it should be a pretty quick simple project, but between work and everything else it took right around 8 months to complete,

[KRUSTY 51]

Pretty damn nice for a 8 month build... I'm curious about the front fender chrome strips, being narower than the hood/grille are they eariler GMC or chevy items?

[Timbo1]

Thanks , I feel it turned out very nice, The front grille was something we played around with, tried to get a little diferent look. we used 67-68 eye browls with a 69-72 top bar, Kind of wanted the chrome on the grille to continue but not take away from the looks.

[ilovnos]

I got the same wheels for my 68--looks awesome. Got me motivated--just need some time now!

[Timbo1]

Originally Posted by ilovnos

I got the same wheels for my 68--looks awesome. Got me motivated--just need some time now!

Time is the real killer on these projects, I know I have gotten in trouble quite a few times from my wife, sometime they just dont understand it takes time.

[Katrina/10]

Way cool!

[Last_Paladin]

A couple of questions if you don't mind?

What head lights are those?

Same for the LED marker lights? Did you do LED back up lights, too?

Trying to not reinvent the wheel here.

[Timbo1]

The headlights are from the street rod group, Tri Bar Red Dot Street Hot Rat Rod Headlights H4 Bulbs lamps, the The side markers are 194, but the number transfers to to h10, so there pretty easy to find. And yes the reverse lights are led, They are just a board cut to fitr the opening, very bright. I tinted all the lens to make them look diferent.

[Last_Paladin]

Originally Posted by Timbo1

The headlights are from the street rod group, Tri Bar Red Dot Street Hot Rat Rod Headlights H4 Bulbs lamps, the The side markers are 194, but the number transfers to to h10, so there pretty easy to find. And yes the reverse lights are led, They are just a board cut to fitr the opening, very bright. I tinted all the lens to make them look diferent.

Thank you. Awesome build. I like what you did with the grill.

[VA72C10]

Awesome truck! Can't believe I somehow missed this build originally...glad you linked it in your new thread.

[Timbo1]

Thanks, I should update it a little more, I have recently added fuel injection to it.

[hopped up]

of this doesnt get your son hooked on these old trucks i dont know what will. nice build!
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[Timbo1]

Thanks, Yeah he loves it !!!!!!

[franky69c10]

Nice truck bro

Pm'd u
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[Tinkermc]

I really like what you 2 have done with the truck and the look os killer, very nice job.

[LakeAnna]

Originally Posted by Timbo1

a few more

Where can I find that steering wheel??? Everything looks good I like the cover too.

The pic from the front is my favorite though!

[RCWillet]

I like it the only thing i would change is i would put a front bumper on it not bashing it but i never liked the front roll pans i wish my dad would have bulit me a truck whrn i was 16 lol even if he would have it wouldnt have been this nice