1968 GMC "Camillian"

[78bronzechariot]

I guess I should have posted a rear view with the spoiler...

[71' Custom]

That is one smooth truck man!

[78bronzechariot]

Haven't worked on the truck much, I did get it together enough to be road pratap and drive it quite a bit. A few things have come together, most notable is the Camaro hockey stripe, lowering the back another 2" and painting the center of the tailgate semi gloss black. More pics to come when it's dry and out of the booth!

[yj4000]

I like it!! You make it look easy. It is very time consuming but I just read through the thread so it seemed like no time at all. Good luck and keep posting.

Ryan

[78bronzechariot]

Still not quite dry, but unmasked and a better idea of what it will look like!

[78bronzechariot]

Originally Posted by yj4000

I like it!! You make it look easy. It is very time consuming but I just read through the thread so it seemed like no time at all. Good luck and keep posting.

Ryan

Thanks! I've been at it nearly three years. It helps when you do this for a living, and have the shop to use.

[78bronzechariot]

Lined the bed with Duplicolor bed armor. That stuff works well, but it's a little messy.

[78bronzechariot]

I also cut and buffed the new clear over the stripes and reinstalled the door handles and headlight bezels I removed to re clear the doors and fenders.

[Rod Run]

Originally Posted by 78bronzechariot

I also cut and buffed the new clear over the stripes and reinstalled the door handles and headlight bezels I removed to re clear the doors and fenders.

I like the hockey sticks. Love to see how they look once the front bumper is on

[yj4000]

Very nice! I like the white walls and stripe, they go well together. Yea I never got into body work I just do the mechanical part. But when the time comes to do the GMC I will do it. I have an older gentlemen that is an awesome body man. He will guide me in the right direction.

Ryan.

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Awesome...love that color combo, and that bed rake turned out wicked!

[78bronzechariot]

Originally Posted by yj4000

Very nice! I like the white walls and stripe, they go well together. Yea I never got into body work I just do the mechanical part. But when the time comes to do the GMC I will do it. I have an older gentlemen that is an awesome body man. He will guide me in the right direction.

Ryan.

Originally Posted by Justin@EntropyRad

Awesome...love that color combo, and that bed rake turned out wicked!

Thanks! The whitewalls are actually getting replaced with some camaro style rally wheels and white letter tires. That will go with the theme of an what an SS pickup might have been. I do agree that the whitewalls go well with the color combo, one of the guys at work keeps telling me the same thing. Either way, I'm trying to keep the whole thing believable that GM may have made these, so period correct and not too far over the top is the goal here. And maybe when I'm done I'll start on another what if vehicle.....

[keh27]

looks great man

[JWSmith]

Wow...I got nothing other than wow!

[David121582]

Wow just went through this whole build and you have a wicked truck going, love the hood and tailgate rake.

[78bronzechariot]

Originally Posted by keh27

looks great man

Originally Posted by Rod Run

I like the hockey sticks. Love to see how they look once the front bumper is on

Originally Posted by JWSmith

Wow...I got nothing other than wow!

Originally Posted by David121582

Wow just went through this whole build and you have a wicked truck going, love the hood and tailgate rake.

Thanks everyone! I'm excited to see it getting done myself, it's been a long haul. I was actually reluctant to do the hockey stripes, because they are a '69 camaro element and the truck is a '68. However my boss laid a quick masking tape version on the truck and I was sold, he also sold me on the semi gloss black tailgate like the big block cars had. I have to give him the credit there, he has a great sense of style.

[78bronzechariot]

Got the right wheels and tires! Still have to get the beauty rings on it....

[78bronzechariot]

Side profile

[78bronzechariot]

Rear 3/4

[lolife99]

Much better^^^

[68Gold/white]

Oh man! Looking Good!
Can't wait for your next creation!!!

[cooperhw]

Very nice truck. Those rally's really look nice on there. Might have to steal (copy) that little trick of raking the gate forward on my next project a 63 GMC waiting her turn. Really cool.
I am building a 68 1 ton dually, short bed, step side right now.

[78bronzechariot]

Originally Posted by Rusbuilt

Nice!!

Originally Posted by flashed

Great pic ,looks great .

Originally Posted by cooperhw

Very nice truck. Those rally's really look nice on there. Might have to steal (copy) that little trick of raking the gate forward on my next project a 63 GMC waiting her turn. Really cool.
I am building a 68 1 ton dually, short bed, step side right now.

Thanks guys!

I don't have pictures, but since it plan on driving this truck a lot fuel economy and reliability are important. I'm running a 4.8 votec v8 and 4l60 trans. I've been using HP Tuners to get a few more mpg and horses out of it. I'm planning to drive it to Colorado in May for my vacation and don't want to break the bank doing it. I plan on sharing what sort of fuel mileage I get out of it.

[78bronzechariot]

Finally have everything done on the outside! Bumpers, trim and emblems completed!
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[78bronzechariot]

I also installed a Richmond powertrax locker, and a tonneau cover. I hit the road for Colorado on Friday, we will see how she does on the 2500 mile trip. Posted via Mobile Device