1971 GMC lwb to 1968 chev swb project

[mcbassin]

Wow! that looks great! I bet that feels great to have all that rust gone Keep up the hard work and pics.

[chevy88]

Thanks for all the comments, I hope to get tank, carpet, and seat in tomorrow if epoxy is dry enough.

[chevy88]

Need to order seatbelts, rebuild doorhinges, raise seat and paint frame on bottom,
Hopefully get doors painted inside and installed.

[VA72C10]

Nice progress!

[chevy71c10]

Originally Posted by chevy88

I welded in the rocker panel, part of the floor and cab support. Enjoy the pictures hopefully they help someone else tackling this project. I also painted Por 15 on the inside of the cab support where it was welded and inside the existing cab support to stop rust.
Next I hope to cut and weld in the big floor piece, hopefully it gets sized and cut better. If you look close enough on the floor piece where seat goes it was cut too small and I had to weld an extra thin piece in.

Hey chevy88, Great job on the cab repair!!! I'm in the process of the same repairs and seeing the great work you have done has really motivated me to get mine done. Thanks for the great pics of the job while you were getting it done.

Thanks,
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[chevy88]

Originally Posted by chevy71c10

Hey chevy88, Great job on the cab repair!!! I'm in the process of the same repairs and seeing the great work you have done has really motivated me to get mine done. Thanks for the great pics of the job while you were getting it done.

Thanks,
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Hey no problem, I have a problem tackling jobs but it's not a problem of being lazy, some jobs I don't have the experience but need to understand what I'm doing completely before I tackle it. This site has helped both of us, keep up the good work.

[49studebaker]

Looks very good. I have the same project going on. Started a few years back and it's a driver now but far from complete. My brother gave me his worn out 71 GMC lwb and now it's a 68 Chev swb. The rust on yours is in all the places I had to patch. Looks very familar.

[chevy88]

Originally Posted by 49studebaker

Looks very good. I have the same project going on. Started a few years back and it's a driver now but far from complete. My brother gave me his worn out 71 GMC lwb and now it's a 68 Chev swb. The rust on yours is in all the places I had to patch. Looks very familar.

I map quested where you live, nice area, I go motorcycle riding in that area in the summer if I go by I'll stop in for a visit. Having that studebaker must make it hard to work on other things....

[RCbowtie69]

Hey chevy88 you're looking good on the rust repair,you have made some progress on yuor truck,keep up the hard work & keep on truckin'.You're be driving it again soon.

[49studebaker]

Yes, that's one reason I started to visit this site again. I haven't been a regular for a few years but getting ready to install a chevy rear end with trailing arms on the Studey. I knew I'd get some good ideas/inspiration on this site.

[oldtinrods]

Great looking build. Keep up the great progress.

[franky69c10]

looking good

[chevy88]

Originally Posted by RCbowtie69

Hey chevy88 you're looking good on the rust repair,you have made some progress on yuor truck,keep up the hard work & keep on truckin'.You're be driving it again soon.

Thanks for the encouragement, let me know how the 700R4 install goes.

Originally Posted by oldtinrods

Great looking build. Keep up the great progress.

Welcome aboard, I see you have a cool job.

Originally Posted by franky69c10

looking good

How's your build coming? Mine is getting the black paint also.

[chevy88]

Driver's side door rust

All rust cut out

Here I welded inside and outside door repair panels together then cut out piece that I needed and welded it on.

Por 15 painted on inside

[oldtinrods]

Looking good!

[RCbowtie69]

Originally Posted by chevy88

Thanks for the encouragement, let me know how the 700R4 install goes.



Welcome aboard, I see you have a cool job.



How's your build coming? Mine is getting the black touch also.

Will do,hope to put motor that i've rebuilt in at the same time,your build is taking shape.The door repair looks good.Keep on Truckin'

[mcbassin]

Hey, nice work repairing the cab and rust on the door. What's next? You getting hammered by snow yet?

[chevy88]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Hey, nice work repairing the cab and rust on the door. What's next? You getting hammered by snow yet?

Get the door back on then I'm taking the truck to get an estimate to get the front half painted while I fix the box up. One way or another it will be all painted by spring. Still dying to drive it this summer. Been busy again redmodeling the house I think the inside will all be done now and I can get back at truck. As for snow, ya its here about 6 inches but the weather has been warmer than usual. Hope you get all your body work done by spring too. Will yours be painted this spring also?

[chevy88]

Here is the passenger's side door painted and installed

As you can see I still need to paint the seat frame, they sure look like an eyesore.

Here is the frame painted now, I couldn't stand it so I painted it right away. Just for curiosity I took the third picture with a 10 megapixel camera, all the rest were 8 megapixel and you can see the difference. Now I see why some phone cameras at 2 megapixel are not as clear.

This is the drivers door painted, I kept these doors white on the inside to match interior and black on everything else that would get black overspray when I paint the truck.

Installed and aligned drivers door.

[mr.chevy]

Nice progress man. I'm lovin' that Lee Storm Rider jacket as a Drop. I still have mine out in my shop for cold days. No one in the States knows about those. At least not where I am.

Good Job on the Truck!

Do you have any shots of the whole truck?

[chevy88]

Okay here is a photo of the whole truck it still looks the same on the outside minus all the cab rust. I'll try and take some just new ones today. And ya I still like Lee Storm rider jackets. LOL.

[mcbassin]

Hey, that looks great! congrats on killing all that rust. I'm about to get waist deep in some myself.

[chevy88]

Okay here are a few I took today. Also I have been looking at your build Mcbassin and I wish I had the money to do it all right like your build, oh well maybe after a few years but right now all my money is going into paint as I am getting quotes tomorrow.

[PHAT TONY]

Hold on to your socks when you get them quotes; they'll be rollin up and down quicker than you kin grab 'em! It takes alot of manual labour=time to straighten out an old truck and make it nice.

[mr.chevy]

Looks Good!
Hope you can find a good deal on paint.