1968 GMC - Ol' Blue

[MDPotter]

Hello everyone - I've been on the 60-66 forum for a short while as my dad and I near completion on his 64 C10 restomod. I've always liked the 67-72 body style and I picked one up a couple weeks ago. Driving it is nostalgic for me because I grew up on a farm and I worked the summers helping with grain harvest and the trucks we used to haul grain are 68 Chevys (still in use today). I'm still young, but those days are 10 years behind me now.

My coworker bought this truck from what appears to be the second owner. The first owner put 11,000 miles on it from when it was purchased until 1988, then the second owner put 23,000 miles on it between 1988 and 2017. My coworker (third owner) put less than 30 miles on it in the past year (now over 34,000). It's a 1968 C15 longbed with a 327 and 4-speed manual. From what I can tell, everything but the seat, dash cover, and wheels/tires are original.

My coworker put block-hugger headers on it, but the headers weren't made for the truck as evidenced by the hammering of a couple tubes and the fact that the collector pointed at the starter. I believe the second owner put the wheels on it and my coworker put new tires on it.

Here's what I've done to it so far:
-Put the stock exhaust manifolds back on and put a couple Thrush turbo mufflers on
-Replaced the tail light, reverse light, and side marker lenses
-Registration and plates
-Polished what paint is left

Short term plans:
-Replace the heater core and get the heating system working
-Get the headlights working

Long term plans:
-Full on restomod - shortbed conversion, lowering, new wheels and tires, LS swap, etc.

The truck runs great and I don't have the time to get into the restoration yet, so I'm planning to drive it for awhile and tear it apart this winter or next spring. I don't know why the engine bay pic is upside down, I've tried flipping the picture on my phone and on the computer before uploading and it still comes out upside down.