High School Build 72 Chevy LWB

[RCbowtie69]

cool!!! keep it up,nice job

[oldblue1968chevy]

So its roadworthy? Need to get some nice cheap lumber for the bed!

[67chevylongbed]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

everyone converts them to 1/2 tons it is good to see some left as 3/4tons

She's looking good.

[72chevyfleet]

almost need to deal with the dmv and the exhaust popping for some reason

[72chevyfleet]

oh my it has sure been a long time since i got on here since i got my lil toyota pickup the truck just sat and im now apart of toyotaminis.com and its easier to work on my toyota and stuff actually happens to it i am converting my toyota to 4x4 soon so i could lay frame with this if really want to

[oldblue1968chevy]

nooooo

toyotas are good lil trucks though, what is it?

[72chevyfleet]

78 toyota pickup my buddy bought for me

[oldblue1968chevy]

least it has aweesome slots lol

[72chevyfleet]

yeah it sure does whip donuts though

[72chevyfleet]

well long time of no action in this thread but the toyota got blown up replaced the motor and 4x4'ed it and drove it and the block was cracked so it was on its way to get a new motor and it gave up and it just sat and sat and chopped it up and sold the parts but now i finally got the chevy registered and got to drive it on the last day of school no tail lights or brakelights runs great drives great had a major oil leak but fixed it now i'm attempting to find out why i have no tailights,backup lights, brakelights, running lights or dash lights no power to the fuse box my friends dad told me its a fusible link thats made to melt and hes almost 100% sure thats what it is but heres a more recent picture

[oldblue1968chevy]

Im not one to judge on safety, but you REALLY shouldnt be driving very far without brakelights...


Ive done stupid stuff too..

Nice to see ya workin on it again, mines parked for awhile now as well

[Tinkermc]

starting to be a good lookin truck

[72chevyfleet]

thanks its getting there and yeah i don't drive it much without brake lights.

[72chevyfleet]

all the lights work now just no reverse lights drives great did a 2-1 exhaust to a 40series flow and it sounds great

[hopped up]

much better than the yota! keep chippin away little by little
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[72chevyfleet]

well for now its going to be used as a work truck i have already got a new toolbox and loaded a 2x6 20ft by 20ft deck in the back of it then later on down the road its gonna get bagged and left 8 lug and lay it on the ground as much as i can with some goodies me and a friend were thinking of doing..

[72chevyfleet]

So heres a 4th of july picture and I plan on getting some body filler and alot of sand paper and borrowing my friends welder to start doing body work i plan to do all the body work i can while working around the rust spots i need to replace and painting it OD green that will look like my friends blazer i can at least get it in primer for now so i will be updating more often hopefully...

[oldblue1968chevy]

I like the Green idea

are you going to do something about the grille i think something other than black would look cool

[72chevyfleet]

do give ideas now looking at the pictures it does look like too much black but i do think a green/white truck with little parts black might look good but what do you think i should do? I just put my new fuel sending unit in and hopefully it works it reads a half a tank and the guage doesnt tank anymore when you turn the key off. I also painted the cab gloss white it looks so good that it makes the black look like crapola pictures in a bit. Just for ****s and giggles heres what my little toyota above looked like when i took it apart

[72chevyfleet]

took the tool box out and finished the bed floor situation tell i get a new bed cause this one is broken in many spots in the front causing bed flex so tomorrow is paint the floor, wheel wells, inside of bed and the back of the cab and throw the box back in

[72chevyfleet]

well got a new hitch with the little light adapter that plugs into the back harness painted the inside of the bed and the bed floor with a texture coating we did on our 8ft trailer to and i have been driving it every day working on taking trash from my grandparents house haulin the trailer back and forth and hauled my dads boat yesterday and one problem though its leaking oil from the around the valve covers but i just changed the gaskets hoping that would fix it. Cause it hits the headers and smokes.. any ideas?

[72chevyfleet]

Well for those who are still following the slow build of the truck. i figured out where the oil was coming from i believe the rockers or valve springs were rubbing against the covers and they wore holes through them so i got new valve covers and put them on. Question #1 is that because my valves need to be adjusted or whatever. Ive got some pictures of what happened and the roof is now dent free and primered. For some reason i have really been looking into a 5.3 vortec swap for reliability and mileage and plus it would be nice to push the pedal to the floor and fog the tires then hooks and takes off. Ideas? From the research i can get a ready to run 5.3 for $1995.00 just drop it in with the 4 wire hookup and run the fuel line to a pump and boom you got a 20mpg beast.. just need Motor mounts and tranny mounts driveshaft,exhaust etc... it would be a little while till that but I'm just throwing out ideas here. oh and i put in a new master cylinder because my cap and gasket were wasted plus there was a bunch of sludge in the old one so i just put a new one on. heres the most recent pictures i've taken

[72chevyfleet]

Well this coming friday theres a local guy thats going to tune the carb/adjust timing/get the choke right just so i know its right and don't have to worry about it its becoming more primered then black but im going to work out all the dents and imperfections of the drivers door/cab/drivers fender and probably drivers door. The passenger fender has good rot at the bottom front corner and the bed is wasted. The hood just has this dime dent at the front i can't really fix (can't get to the back of the dent) So far the roof looks dent free and drivers door too. Fender is almost minus the trim holes i do not want to reuse heres a couple more pictures

[oldblue1968chevy]

sweet glad to see your doing something with it!!!!!!!!!!

[gdavis]

Originally Posted by 72chevyfleet

Well im new here so my truck unfortunatley is an 8lug truck that is gonna be sorta funny its gonna be a custom 3/4 ton truck i dont really know what im gonna do to it so it looks good.I need ideas i'll say some bad things first

1. It doesnt run it was my dads dump run truck and he was comin back down from the dump and heard a knock and told himself oh it will go away and of course it did he downshifted when he really shouldnt of too high of rpms and blew the #2 connecting rod thru the pan.

2.the bed is 1 sheet of very rotten plywood you could touch and the wood would just fall out

3. its got some rust

Good Things
1. Its all original exept the engine has been rebuilt once its a chevy 350 4 bolt main with a 4 spd granny low no powersteering original big steering wheel seat is ok condition

looks like you might need a new oil pan