67 C20 Long Step: "Slow Silver"

[67chevy1series]

wow nice work shaky! bed wood looks great and the bedside panle looks nice and straight and that primer job loooks good to!

[Shaky]

Thanks! Yeah - I got lucky, the only bugs in the spar varnish are on the underside.

[67chevy1series]

haha lucky.... getting excited to have the body start goin on?

[Shaky]

I can't wait to actually start piecing the bed together. That said, trying to get those pre-painted pieces together without scratching them is going to be nerve racking...

[67chevy1series]

tell me about it when i look at my truck in its shabby state with rattle can joe paint... its sad and i want to paint it but then i see my slf scratching the shizzznits out if it! im gonna call like 5 of my friends just to help me when the day comes LOL

[Shaky]

It's time for all that prep work to result in some progress. I got the bedsides back and my buddy Matt stopped by to help me try to get it all together without scratching anything.
(Don't mind the cigar smoke in the second pic).

[barthmonster]

incredible ! Love that black !

My own bedsides look a little rought, too much farm-duty I guess. There's angle-iron welded onto the tops of both sides. New ones are expesive too...

[Shaky]

Originally Posted by barthmonster

My own bedsides look a little rought, too much farm-duty I guess. There's angle-iron welded onto the tops of both sides. New ones are expesive too...

My rear fenders and bedsides both needed some welding. The bedsides had rust holes and one of the stake pockets had a serious dent. After all was said and done, with sandblasting, welding, and the use of good materials, it cost about the same to rehab my original stuff as it would have to ship new parts to the east coast.

The nice part about using the original stuff is that it bolts right back together.

[67chevy1series]

could have sworn i posted but the bed looks bad ass. very nice and clean

[Shaky]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

could have sworn i posted but the bed looks bad ass. very nice and clean

Thanks. Really makes the rear end look bad, doesn't it? All good things in good time...

[67chevy1series]

haha yes

[Shaky]

These are the days you live for - when all those new and refinished parts go together.

[67chevy1series]

mmmmmm that bed looks good.

[oldblue1968chevy]

Wow that black and wood bed is beautiful....

[Shaky]

OK - back in the saddle. There's nothing like a possible move in your future to get you motivated to get some parts on the truck!

If you live on the east coast, there's a place called Custom Bandag (who chose that name?!?) that powder coats wheels. $27.00 each! I didn't believe it when a friend told me, but it's for real.

They primarily do large truck stuff, but they were willing to do mine too. They truck to a central location in NJ and do it. I tried grey but didn't like it (that's gonna be the spare) and went with black instead. It ain't custom quality, but it's not half bad either.

I stripped the front fenders today. No rust to speak of and there was only one coat of paint so they were pretty easy.

[rusty76]

Awesome build

[Shaky]

OK - here's a piece of hard-won experience: don't move in the middle of restoration project!

Most of my truck is in Maine now, but the cab is still in CT along with the front fenders. I'm renting a place and building a house, along with starting a new job.

I was lucky enough to have my brother and my buddy Frank come over last Fall and do the last of the stripping on the cab. Then we dropped it at Rick's.

[Shaky]

Then there was the mad dash to put the tailgate, fenders, and steps on the bed. I did not want to try to move those gloss black parts separately and not scratch them. Mission accomplished, along with tightening down all the bed bolts.

[Shaky]

Then it was time to drag it north. At least the black truck was easier than the white truck (on new year's day).

[aggie91]

Started off with a good truck. What is the latest on this one?

[Shaky]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Started off with a good truck. What is the latest on this one?

Don't ever, ever, EVER move in the middle of a project.

The chassis/bed is jammed in the garage of the rental I'm in. The fenders and doors are painted and sitting in CT. The cab is in primer in the same place. I have to figure out how to get them up here without scratching the paint. I'm waiting until the sand is off the roads, which may be a while this year.

Here's the garage where the truck will end up. It's looked like this for a while as we wait for the weather to break and building to resume:

[Saclandman]

Now that Ive subscribed, you need to get working on this truck. I need inspiration for mine.

[swamp rat]

Man i subscribed to this thread some years back,, nice to see your back at it!

Good to see the other coke truck too Saclandman!

[Shaky]

Originally Posted by Saclandman

Now that Ive subscribed, you need to get working on this truck. I need inspiration for mine.

That must have been a painter's truck! It looks like he parked too close to the job!

Wait - I see the "swoosh" on the side. That was a Coke truck?

[Shaky]

Originally Posted by swamp rat

Man i subscribed to this thread some years back,, nice to see your back at it!

Well, picture that garage with a concrete floor and a door and then I'll be back at it. March was more like February usually is, so Spring is still coming.

My neighbor was snowblowing snow back ONTO his driveway yesterday in an attempt to make it melt faster. There's some serious pent-up demand for good weather around here.