How about some pics of '73-'87 Short Beds

[irish82chevy]

If i did this right heres mine just got it, needs some TLCnice truck for 500$..

[bondobob]

Here's my plow/dump/back-up vehicle I just bought for $800 with the plow. It has a crate 350 with 10K on it and a 4 speed. Blew a brake line on the home so I'm doing a quick rebuild on all the brakes/lines/hoses. My son calls it "Project Blue Hair" Ha Ha. I'm doing a 57 Hot Rod so that's my real love. As a side note, is there any truck more American than these Chevys? I looked at all the pics and some I liked and some I hated but they're all cool.

[DROPPED15]

Here's mine

[bricky69us]

looking for someone to slam my 84 gmc. I live in Savannah tn would like to find someone close

[watahyahknow]

http://www.tnwheelandtire.com/ he does that sortah stuff as whell

[badblu97]

heres the bucket in progress....since these pics I have Z notched it 3", adjusted the KP Parallel fourlink to lay a little closer to the ground. Next is some front end work. 400 SB, .30 over, roller rockers, edelbrock intake, carb, and cam. Fiberglass custom dash and console coming, completely shaved of everything. TH350, 2100 Stall, B&M Shiftkit, lays pinch weld on 22's.

[jchav62]

Those are some wicked graphics!

[Igotachevyor2]

well i inherited this one this week. my dad passed away saturday so i brought his truck to tennessee. it is a 74 350/350 manual everything except the power steering he had put on back in march.

[bigblock73]

Sorry to hear about your dad. I am sure he'll be riding right along side of you in the 74, nice truck by the way.

[joe231]

yeah man, sorry for your loss
looks like a nice rig.....
what are your plans?

[grinch4om]

cool you got Dad's truck. A part of him you can touch. sorry for your loss

[Igotachevyor2]

thanks .... as for plans it will be my daily driver for now. i may swap in some parts from my k5 and give it power windows and locks, tilt and cruise. i would like to put a/c on it this summer maybe drop it a couple of inches. i would like to freshen up the gauges and a few other things on the interior. the motor is a newer crate motor but im not sure which one my cousins race round track and built a new car they totaled the car in the second race. when dad bought this truck they put the race car motor in it and trans. i believe they ran stock modified so its mostly stock but strong. i guess we will see what i can do to it try to make it the way he would have wanted it.

[Ryan87]

Here's my 87, this is before I put a new bed on it. I have a another cab for it also. I think I'm going to redo alot of the metal work I've done. Since I went to work for a restoration shop here in Cincy, my standards have gone up, & I've learned that mig welding is a major no no for sheetmetal work!

[joe231]

Originally Posted by Ryan87

I've learned that mig welding is a major no no for sheetmetal work!

why, and what is the "correct" way.......

nice truck btw.

[Ryan87]

Tig, & planish! Mig just adds metal, too much to grind when your done.

[watahyahknow]

most bodyshops here use mig welders , there special sort of migwelder though they bring less heat intoo the material and use a different wire think it has some tin in it , the current superthin sheetmetal and special aloys require use those types of welders

tig welding is wonderful but the metal needs to be verry clean to be able to lay a nice weld and repairing a run off the mill pre 80's rustbucket with a tigwelder......... i'm afraid it brings you more pain than gain .

havent seen the state of youre truck when you had done the metalwork and before it went to paint but i might rather first grind out the filler pull out dents and work on my planischingskills before taking good metal out with a grinder and tigweld it

its good practice and when it doesnt work you can allways grab the grinder and take the darn piece out

[Ryan87]

We use a tig & planishing hammer so we don't have to grind hardly anything, & we don't have to use any plastic fillers like most bodyshops do! Almost all the premier shops out there do it this way.

[Smoke_Dog]

Finally got a chance to take a good picture, since the truck got restored!

[joe231]

nice rides!!

[Smoke_Dog]

I know that this is a truck site, but I just had to do it!

[joe231]

yeah man!
nice chevelle!!

[grinch4om]

beautiful truck, 72 and the puppy!!

[kevinmfduane]

hey, check out my new 82 shortbox and my old 70 long bed that i just swapped it for.





It has a 307 with a cam, intake, dual flowmasters , a turbo 350 with a agressive shift kit (worthless) and 4 brl edlebrock. best of all it has ZERO rust.

[jchav62]

Nice truck, Kevin MF Duane. Welcome to the board from Santa Fe, MFNM.

[vern350]

heres my 81 shortbed