High School Build 72 Chevy LWB

[72chevyfleet]

well i need a new radiator you fill it about half way and it oozes out next to the fan so yeah im waiting till it makes a maiden voyage out of the carport haha and it looks hillbilly now that i have my antenna on the bed and my tool box with three spare tires and a drag slick

[oldblue1968chevy]

Can it be fixed (rad. shop?)

[72chevyfleet]

i dont know yet but heres the good/bad news my dad let me drive it up the street (our cops are dicks) 1st gear was good shifted to 2nd and it wouldnt go so basically attempted to drive it up the street and made it half way sounds ****in great though i am just stoked that it runs and drives though

[lilMis71]

the color does look like mine. LOL haha i am also a high schooler. haha

[67chevy1series]

Originally Posted by 67chevylongbed

I like your truck a lot! Im a freshmen nice to see other people on here. None of my friends know anything about cars but its nice seeing other people my age who do haha good luck

i didnt know you where a freshmen i am too

[oldblue1968chevy]

kids....im a junior Too bad were all on opposite sides of the US

[72chevyfleet]

im a sophmore i see that one of you is from merced? goin to the june goodguys?

[lowsled71]

im a Freshmen and a girl on top of that lol

[72chevyfleet]

is there anyone that makes a plate to weld or screw over the a/c hole on the firewall? cause i dont need my a/c or do i have to make a plate?

[oldblue1968chevy]

Shouldnt be hard to make a plate...heck I even think I could do it, just trace it out on carboard and cross over to metal weld and grind down, then im lost (me no no bodywork lol)

[72chevyfleet]

i might just do that well we fixed the radiator yesterday and got it to run without the choke at its own idle it sounds awesommeeee sounds like its got a heavy cam in it but its just a rv cam haha

[smallblock kid]

glad to see theres actually kids our age working on these old things im a junior and the only one in the school that even will work on old trucks and cars o btw what did u do for ur paint job? did you just spray paint it on?

[72chevyfleet]

yo sonnn haha you diggin the paint job?

[smallblock kid]

lol its not bad atleast its a solid color unlike my truck

[72chevyfleet]

i used a brand called Krylon from my local Ace store my truck looked crappy when i got it but this color is way better then a flat black its got more of a shine to it my advice is sand it down get it smooth run your hand along it hammer the dents out and then when the body is all nice and smooth paint it its called Krylon Satin Black might need like 8-12 cans or any other brand of Satin Black looks nice and shiny then after like 4-7 months it will fade to flat black to bring it back squirt wd-40 over the paint job and rub it in with a rag and it will look good again OH by the way i need a name for da truck haha

[72chevyfleet]

this isnt much of an update but we had some fun and since the tailgates trash it didnt matter

[oldblue1968chevy]

well..umm...lol sweet why not take your time and do the whole thing right it would look sweeet

[72chevyfleet]

that was just a random can i had it was from the cab but now thinkin of it we could of done the front clip and had some sick white flames damnit

[72chevyfleet]

alright so now it will barely run i don't know whats wrong with it and the gas gauge doesn't work anymore any ideas i checked the fuel filter in the carb its good and yeah but it sounds as if its getting barely any gas i need help i need to be able to move it this weekend its all from an 86 carb and all so any ideas i will tr y and post a video of how ****ty it runs right now

[72chevyfleet]

update for whoever cares i got it to run i put the old carb back on and put my orange valve covers on it and now we are figuring out the vaccum lines for the carb and maybe getting rid of some more non-needed items

[oldblue1968chevy]

i care, wheres the pics lol whatcha gettin' rid of?

[72chevyfleet]

well the motor had the lines coming from the water neck on the intake so we are trying to see if we need those so i could put my new water neck on all get ya some pics of the orange valve covers
chevrolet orange haha

[72chevyfleet]

here you go i also got a stereo hooked up near the gear shifter because i dont have the proper tools to cut the dash

[oldblue1968chevy]

nice headers you need some zipties on those plug wires!

[GMC91]

Ill be a senior this coming year. All my friends think they know how to work on there cars but they always come to get me when they mess up, makes me laugh. I use to work at a body shop too, now I just hang out at one for the hell of it. Nice truck btw, wish I had one of this body style. Glad to know there are a lot more high school kids working on these trucks, thought there were only a few on here.