Projects.....Then and now & before and after

[suzq044]

Ours hasn't really changed much.. we've been workin on the engine and undercarriage stuff. All that's really been done is a rattle-can paintjob because the neighbors were whining about how it looked at the time. lol

Before [when we picked him up]


This is pretty much what he looks like now, just in a different parking space.

[62 Barnfind]

A big change from the first day I brought it home to now. When it was on this trailer it just came from a barn in Arkansas. The truck was full of rats nests and dried mud caked everywhere.



Here is what it looks like now. I am still trying to finish it.

[TypeSL2]

The day we got it last August.



And how it sits now. I am still trying to get whitewall tires or make whitewall tires for the new wheels. Had to change them out to fit the disc brakes wer are putting on all 4 corners.



And here is where all the changes have occurred. Swapping out the old worn out I6 for some LQ4 love.



James

[murphy98]

Smaller pic, my '62 the day the seller & I pushed it across the street from his driveway to mine! May 2006 (no brakes at the time) rebuild took me 7 yrs. Larger pic, had this photo opportunity today to take pics of my truck in front of a restored Circa 1955 British American Oil Service station in Newtonville Ontario about 2hrs South East of our place. The current owners of the station are in the auction business and use the station as an auction house. They were most hospitable, giving us a tour of the old station and allowing us to take a ton of pics (think my wife and I have about 200 between us!) Fun day, truck fit in perfectly with the old station in the background, some pics even look like they were taken back in the '60s. Put about 300 Km. on the '62, ran perfectly and used a little under 1/2 a tank of fuel, love that 700R transmission!

[tazattitude]

Some before, during and after pics of my 66 Chevy.
13 months from start to finish

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

The Yellow '62 I today is my High School Truck.
Very first vechicle I ever had!
(1.) Lost the Pictures of it.
It was Red/White Exterior
Stock Chevy Grey Interior
Had the I6 in her that whistled when you went over 55mph.
3 on the tree.
White Wagon Wheels
Big 3 bar mirrors.
The rest Stock Original.
I drove it all through High School in 1994 like that until 1996 when we kinda made a Street Rod out of her.
She looked like this:
(2.) Then - Street Rod:

(3.) Now Nostalgia Pro/Street

[Johnny Too Bad]

My '64 when I brought her home in 2011 and a couple of pics from this past weekend. Still so much to do ...

[1963c-10]

Great pics and stories. Nice to see the finished and work in progress trucks.

[1963c-10]

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

I follow a lot of threads like a lot of us do. I'm interested to see your oldest pics of your vehicles and where your at now. Doesn't matter about condition or in what stage of progress your at. Good, bad or indifferent.....share your project pics of then and now. Even if its done, lets see the before and afters. Saw where Markeb01 did a slideshow of his truck and all the different changes from start to finish, so figured it'd make a good thread. I also hope that it helps keep people motivated as we've lost some members this year when projects sat to long or progress wasn't as fast as owners wanted. So don't give up and keep up the progress and updates with pictures!!!

Then:
I'll start it off with my 63 short step side c-10. I lost the motherboard on the computer that had all of my original pics when I got this truck, but other than the hub caps and new tires being added in this picture, its as I got it in late 2009. 230 / 3 speed column shift / 12 bolt


Now:
Front end just rebuilt last 2 weeks and interior is a work in progress. Hoping to install engine/trans tonight. A lot of factory options have been added since 2009. 427 and HD manual 3 speed going in (hopefully tonight) and still has the stock 12 bolt (converting it to a posi).

So theses are my two pics of then and now. I'm interested to see others progress, although mine looks like I'm going forward in reverse.....but I know mines not the only work in progress.

Heres an update on my stepper....engine/trans in, interior painted and dash reinstalled, new gaskets on front/back glass and front glass trim installed, cab and doors will be painted this weekend. Any other updates on any of the other thread posters?

[JBX66]

After 1 year...
Before



After

[1963c-10]

Nice job....it sure has cleaned up well.

[endlessearth]

[1963c-10]

Some more updates since the last posting here in September 2014. Lets see everyone else pics....where is your project at since last posting on the thread. Any new additions?

[j.kirn]

http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...3167/002-4.jpg

[aerotruk63]

In 1986 before the plate was taken away. Originally from California.




2011 when it last saw sunlight.

[1963c-10]

Interesting looking over the last couple pages where most body colors stay the same for the most part.

Very cool to see the updates.

[ls60apache]

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

Some more updates since the last posting here in September 2014. Lets see everyone else pics....where is your project at since last posting on the thread. Any new additions?

that gmc trim looks nice with the chevy trim.i wanted to buy some of that trim bout 30 years ago from a gmc in a yard in westpoint va. .yard owner wanted to sell it with the complete overpriced rotted door.. no deal.
a few update pics not much tho

[hotrod66]

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Some updates but still not done.

[mattbert56]

First o e is few years ago. 2012 I think. Not sure. The rest is all the stages it went threw. Last 3 are the 4x4 swap onto a 65 k20 frame. 292 straight 6. Now doing final assembly of axles engine and such

[shortbed70]

My before 65

[shortbed70]

And after

[kepi]

My '66 before (2013)
and now

[dodgiesdad]

The picture in black is the day I brought it home. The next is the frame, last spring. Then we have the new motor, and finally a picture as far together as I had it. Now 16 months into my build it looks more like the bare frame again have it tore down for some Mango Tango paint.

[1963c-10]

ls60apache.....

Thanks. My trim is a mixture of several years. The back cab trim and sails are 1960, the window trim is 60-63 GMC as you noted and the front windshield trim is the wider 60-61 version. I know its not 63 correct, but I think it pulls it off good being that its all factory for the cab application. And the trim lines match really good. There is a set of the 60-63 GMC trim on ebay I saw last night if anyone else is wanting any. And not that bad to install.

Your project looks great!!!

[1963c-10]

Originally Posted by aerotruk63

In 1986 before the plate was taken away. Originally from California.




2011 when it last saw sunlight.

You've got to get that fleetside back out for us all to see. I don't think I could leave it locked up for 4 years!!!