Nik's 62 build

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Originally Posted by 66ChevyMax

Great work on the clutch hook-up

Thanks Craig.


I thought I would show all you guys what my dad just picked up on the weekend. 68 gmc 3/4 ton burb with a 72 front clip and a 72 frame so it already has disk brakes and power steering. Has a 350/350 and runs like a top, made the trip back home no problem. His plan is to get it painted the original colour (olive green) and make it his daily driver/hauler. The previous owner had done some strange things to it.

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And we officially have snow

[Advanced Design]

Congrat's on the Burb, gotta love an olive green one. Looking forward to updates on that one.

[AJCK87]

Beauty burb! Perfect candidate for a Cummins swap hahaha

[62 Barnfind]

Originally Posted by 62stepside longbox

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Nice find! I really love those 60s colors. I'm glad that he is keeping the green color.

[66Submarine]

3/4 ton suburban...very nice

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Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Congrat's on the Burb, gotta love an olive green one. Looking forward to updates on that one.

Thanks Doug, I'll have to see about creating a build thread for it sometime soon.

Originally Posted by AJCK87

Beauty burb! Perfect candidate for a Cummins swap hahaha

Thanks tony, haha I don't know, I think my dad would prefer the good old 350.

Originally Posted by 62 Barnfind

Nice find! I really love those 60s colors. I'm glad that he is keeping the green color.

Thanks John, so do I, and to make it even cooler he is going to go back with the original white roof as well, and probably even the factory side window tint that it was ordered new with (the original sticker in the glove box is still there and one of the many options it had was tinted windows!)

Originally Posted by 66Submarine

3/4 ton suburban...very nice

Thanks, however i think it might be a frame swap since the vin on the body says it's a half ton

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Nice burb. You can Have the snow! lol

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Originally Posted by TJ's Chevy

Nice burb. You can Have the snow! lol

Thanks, even more snow now and the temperature has really dropped, looks like progress will really slow down

[TJ's Chevy]

Yeah, same here. No snow yet, but temps have really dropped. And that makes for bad painting weather. lol I do have a shop so that helps, but it takes a Long time to get it warm enough in there to paint.

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I'm always on the lookout for old parts that I need or want, but today I found a true honey hole. Way in the back of an industrial area in my town is a guy that scraps cars for a living, most of the ones near the front of the property are newer plastic pieces of crap, but way towards the back of the property it starts to get good. This guy has a thing for 60-66 trucks, first thing I saw was this 63 factory k10 shortbox fleetside with next to no rust just sitting up on top of a big steal box.

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The rest of the truck was laying behind

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Then I started seeing stuff like this 66 Canadian gmc 910 With a 327.

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The interior

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And then this truck with a built 408 in it

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And a few cabs

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Green gmc

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And here's the best part, I don't have any pictures but there is a 61 Apache cab with tons of options on it and I'm going to take them all out and put them on my truck. And it gets better, there is an old 50's or 60's Ford bus that is filled straight to the roof with hubcaps and most of them are desirable ones in good shape ranging from the 1930's up until the 70's. This stuff is like gold, early corvette caps, beautiful ford artificial spinner caps, original hubcaps for a 61-63 k20, If someone could buy all the contents in that bus for $1000 it would be a good deal. Since it's so snowy and cold right now I am going to come back in the spring for a big load of parts, but I did however get this horn button for a wall hanger. And the best thing of all is that his prices are really good.

[Advanced Design]

Very cool finds! Will he sell any, or is he hoarding?

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Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Very cool finds! Will he sell any, or is he hoarding?

Actually yes, he is selling for quite a good prices. But nothing is advertised, he only sells if someone comes knocking on his door with an offer. he doesn't mind parting things out, except for the 63 k10, that he doesn't want to separate, but I don't blame him

[Palf70Step]

The looks like a neat place....spring is when up yonder, JUne or JUly ?

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Originally Posted by Palf70Step

The looks like a neat place....spring is when up yonder, JUne or JUly ?

Should be dry enough by March hopefully