Lowrie's 69 Shop Truck

[northern 85]

Nice nice work!

[M.Lowrie]

Once everything was painted, I through the cab on and a fender to see where it sat with the air ride deflated.

[Bhelton]

awesome build and great progress, if you dont mind...what is the paint code of the green?

[M.Lowrie]

Originally Posted by Bhelton

awesome build and great progress, if you dont mind...what is the paint code of the green?

Thanks! The GM paint code is 503, light green.

[ChuckDriver]

Great build!!

[Bhelton]

Originally Posted by M.Lowrie

Thanks! The GM paint code is 503, light green.

Thank you sir!

[mightymouse]

look,s good , great color choice on paint..job.

[M.Lowrie]

Next was to lay down the sound deadener. Also installed most of the interior wiring, brake pedal assembly, and the dash pad. Sound deadener was Fat Mat, it was a shame putting it down on fresh paint..


This is a bad pic, but all of the sound deadener is down. Installed the Ididit column and the new reproduction '69 steering wheel.

[orange 69]

Man that is going to be one beautiful truck!!!!!!I am along for the ride on this one for sure. I have a 69 I bought that has already been painted, but after more inspection once I got it home It still needs more body work/rust repair that was covered up.

[67cheby]

WOW, sorry it took me so long to find this ! IT IS A BEAUTY !

[MAK191]

Sweet build
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[M.Lowrie]

Next up was to begin installing the vintage air system. My cab was originally non-ac, so before it was painted I had cut the holes in the dash for the factory air vents. On the interior side of the firewall, I had welded studs to mount the evaporator so I wouldn't have bolts sticking through the firewall.

[builtbyKane]

Only 2 pictures!?!
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[M.Lowrie]

Originally Posted by builtbyKane

Only 2 pictures!?!
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Yeah, I know.. I'm back at work now from being out for paternity leave, so posting will probably be a little slower than before. Stay tuned though, truck is near completion.

[M.Lowrie]

While I was at home with our newborn son, I was able to rebuild and recover the bench seat. I had blasted and painted the seat frame/brackets earlier.


So, I just needed to build up some of the worn foam, put new burlap backing on the foam, and put the new cover on.

[M.Lowrie]

Got back into the shop this morning, so I took some pics of where the truck is currently at. Once I got the cab back on the chassis, parts were going on pretty quick so I don't have many pictures..

At some point, I had replaced the intake and valve covers with freshly painted chevy orange pieces. Accessory brackets are Alan Grove.

[M.Lowrie]

Not much explanation needed for these.

[M.Lowrie]

I posted earlier about the clips that I used to secure the fuel and air lines, but here is a pic. Quick clips. Sorry about the chassis being so dirty, hasn't been washed since being painted.

[M.Lowrie]

Here is the current state of the interior.




RideTech supplied all of the air ride components. Compressor is mounted on the outer driver side frame rail, near the rear of the cab.

[M.Lowrie]

A/C lines cut, crimped, and installed. Try to ignore the masking tape..

[northern 85]

Great job! Looks better than new!!

[chicksdigit]

Looks amazing so far, I love to see these quality builds.
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[ChuckDriver]

Man you do great work!

[Seventy Two]

Nice work.

[builtbyKane]

Love the interior color choice. Awesome build. I've got some friends that live by you. Next time in your neck of the woods I'll have to check it out.
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