1968 GMC Shorty - Pearl

[GAc10boy]

Originally Posted by Graham57a

True, I guess I expected the cap to be lighter then the new paint haha. Either way I'll rock it

[Graham57a]

We reached two major milestones yesterday. Got our bench seat with a huge thanks to Rusbuilt. I need to put the cover back on but the color match is perfect. This was the old seat out of my old green 68 chevy, even has November 1967 date stamp on the foam. And picked up a little mig machine and plasma to start the rust repair! Now where to start...

[hewittca]

Looking great so far. I love the preservation approach. Those wheels/caps are going to look awesome with some white line tires! For some reason to me, the 67/68 GMC in this color combination is one of the best looking combos from the 67-72 era. I forget who's truck this is, but it's one of my favorites.





Here's a photo I found of an all original '68 GMC wheel/cap. The colors look the same to me. I agree with above, your cap has probably faded compared to the new Argent on the wheels.

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by hewittca

Looking great so far. I love the preservation approach. Those wheels/caps are going to look awesome with some white line tires! For some reason to me, the 67/68 GMC in this color combination is one of the best looking combos from the 67-72 era. I forget who's truck this is, but it's one of my favorites.





Here's a photo I found of an all original '68 GMC wheel/cap. The colors look the same to me. I agree with above, your cap has probably faded compared to the new Argent on the wheels.

Dude that truck is sweet!! If you can find out who owned it I would have a ton of questions for them. Probably the closest match I've seen to options/color/stance that my truck will have when its done.

[GAc10boy]

Originally Posted by hewittca

Looking great so far. I love the preservation approach. Those wheels/caps are going to look awesome with some white line tires! For some reason to me, the 67/68 GMC in this color combination is one of the best looking combos from the 67-72 era. I forget who's truck this is, but it's one of my favorites.





Here's a photo I found of an all original '68 GMC wheel/cap. The colors look the same to me. I agree with above, your cap has probably faded compared to the new Argent on the wheels.

This looks like one of c10king's (Rene) trucks out in Cali. Look him up on IG, Andrew. @c10king

If it's not his, I bet he'll know whose it was.

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by GAc10boy

This looks like one of c10king's (Rene) trucks out in Cali. Look him up on IG, Andrew. @c10king

If it's not his, I bet he'll know whose it was.

Just sent him a PM, thanks!

[Graham57a]

I started cutting out some of the bad metal tonight. I started with the firewall, once I got the bad metal off I used a wire brush and phosphoric acid to treat the rust. I'll paint the inner structure with por-15 before I put the new piece on. I also tried to leave the top and bottom of the 1 in the grease markings so I can try to put it back once I'm done

[Graham57a]

Got the passenger side rocker removed. It was basically molded with fiberglass, rags, and bondo haha. A couple before pictures showing the factory seem sealer

[cericd]

When you painted the caps was it out of a rattle can or a gun? Did you prime the wheels first? Basically what type of paint/primer was used?

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by cericd

When you painted the caps was it out of a rattle can or a gun? Did you prime the wheels first? Basically what type of paint/primer was used?

Caps are original paint. I primed the wheels with a standard gray primer I had on the shelf and I used 2 coats of VHT Argent Silver wheel paint to finish it off

[GAc10boy]

The seat is gonna be killer! And I'm super envious over the new Miller goodies. That should help a ton.

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by GAc10boy

The seat is gonna be killer! And I'm super envious over the new Miller goodies. That should help a ton.

Thanks man, I'm pretty excited about them. Just trying to figure out where to start haha. I think I am going to do the firewall first and then jump to inner rockers, cab corners, outer rockers, and kick panels to get the cab done. Then I'll move to the front sheet metal and core support. Save the bed and tailgate for last

[hewittca]

I honestly can't remember where I found those pics. I think it was from a random ad I found somewhere.

The pic of the wheel came from here: https://chuckbro.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-GMC He has quite a few detail pics of his original 503 green GMC.

[cericd]

Cool. Thanks. I may run those on mine once I get the wheels refreshed.

[GAc10boy]

Yesssuh! Steelies and caps for the win!

[Graham57a]

One step closer. The color looks a little closer after the paint finished curing.

[Kronald_70GMC]

What a cool truck! Love that you are keeping the patina!
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[Graham57a]

Spent some time today on the pass side inner rocker.

[Graham57a]

After it was tacked into place I was able to test fit the outer rocker to check my door gap. I was pretty happy with everything but I didn't like the way it line up with the cab corner. You can see the factory spot welds held the cab corner about 1/4" lower then the bottom of the inner rocker so the only way to fix it was to move the cab corner

[GAc10boy]

Really excellent work.

[Graham57a]

Painted the inside of the rocker and the inner rocker and bare metal on the floor board tonight. Then double checked my fit and plug welded the outer on

[Graham57a]

Finally paint matched the cab corner. You can see how much better the bottom aligns now

[68bowtie]

Originally Posted by Graham57a

Finally paint matched the cab corner. You can see how much better the bottom aligns now

That looks fantastic. Grandpa gets a makeover.

[hewittca]

The wheels/tires look so good! And nice job on the cab corner, the paint match looks perfect. What paint did you use?

[Kronald_70GMC]

Looking good man! Im itching to get going on my cab.