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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Ark City, Kansas
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Re: For Gramps (1970 C20 RestoMod)
Job well done, I hope you can make more progress soon!!!
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Anaheim, CA
Posts: 526
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Re: For Gramps (1970 C20 RestoMod)
So last night I was doing the PS LCA and torquing it down, wrench slipped, finger bangs frame, and now broken pinkie lol.
Hope it heals quickly and nail falls off quick too.
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-JASON My grandpa, Gramps, won a 1970 C20 in 1969 for $1. I'm on a mission to restore it before he passes. My 1970 C20 Build Thread |
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 231
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Re: For Gramps (1970 C20 RestoMod)
Good to see you back at it. Good luck
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Location: Vacaville , CA
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Re: For Gramps (1970 C20 RestoMod)
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Anaheim, CA
Posts: 526
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Re: For Gramps (1970 C20 RestoMod)
HUGE UPDATE....kinda haha
Well I now think that I am the only person to have ever shipped their frame and body parts across the Pacific Ocean TWICE!! HAHA. Due to Covid-19 and Hawaii's tourism industry I have relocated back to Anaheim, CA and brought Gramps' truck with me...in a 40' shipping container...again. Gramps is now 92 years old and my goal to finish it for us to go on a drive before he passes now has a tighter window; but I am still hopeful I can figure this out and get it done. I need some help, so please see my next post.
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-JASON My grandpa, Gramps, won a 1970 C20 in 1969 for $1. I'm on a mission to restore it before he passes. My 1970 C20 Build Thread |
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Anaheim, CA
Posts: 526
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Re: For Gramps (1970 C20 RestoMod)
This build has been riddled with unique situations (moving to/from Hawaii), cost of living in Hawii, etc and if I could take it all back I would have never dove head first into this restomod.
But it is what it is and I currently have a frame, rebuilt 14 bolt, H2 wheels and tires, and original body parts separated (cab, doors off cab, fenders, hood, bed). I think the only I am going to get this through the finish line is to buy a "good guts" truck (powertrain, brakes, gas lines, etc completed) and do a body swap with Gramps' body parts. I had always wanted to make his C20 into a 4x4, but know that conversion is insane. SOOOOOO here's the current plan: 1. Buy a K20 and somehow swap out the bodies Before anyone says its cheaper to just buy one completed, I totally agree, but my family and I have decided that Gramps' truck at a minimum is the body itself. So with the plan to buy a K20 and swap Gramps' body onto it. What are your thoughts? What should I look for?
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-JASON My grandpa, Gramps, won a 1970 C20 in 1969 for $1. I'm on a mission to restore it before he passes. My 1970 C20 Build Thread |
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