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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Dacula, Ga
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'70 Shorty Stepper mostly original
Hey guys, I registered here a while back when I picked up this truck. Couldn't remember if I started a build thread or not, but I couldn't find it. Anyway, I'm from Dacula, Ga just north of Atlanta and I picked this up from my cousin's house in Wilmington, NC. He gave it to me for free since he hardly ever drove it the past 10 years and he knew I'd take care of it. Mostly original '70, 6cylinder, 3OTT, shorty, wood bed stepper
This is a budget build, but I want to eventually do a full PB setup with an LS and 6 speed. But for now, I may have a chance to pick up a complete 305 setup from intake to oil pan, pulleys, carb, belt, small cam, power steering pump/etc for like 800. Thinking I can do that, find a TH350, get a drive shaft done, simple static drop, a few other odds and ends and really enjoy the thing for less than 3-4k. A little history on the truck, my cousin got it for free from a widow after her husband died. My cousin had gone to college with their son years before. The husband was an iron worker, doing handrails, iron detail work on old houses, etc in the Greenville area. He never left Greenville once he returned from WWII. He served in Pearl Harbor and HATED the Japanese from that day forward because he spent the rest of the war repairing ships that they damaged in the Pacific. He retired from ironworking sometime in the mid-late 70s and kept the truck in a barn, only driving down to the mailbox and back. My cousin got it in 94/95 and has kept it in his garage, only doing household chores and occasionally driving it to work. Anyways, on to the pics Loaded up at my cousin's house. So glad I bought the helper bags, put 50psi in them for the best compromise of height vs ride comfort. It towed great! ![]() Rest stop in SC ![]() Home sweet home ![]() Found some cool stuff going through the truck, oil change mileage and dates, tire sizes scribed in the drivers door jamb ![]() A lot of dirt and crap, but no visible rust. Floors appear to be in good shape ![]() ![]() ![]() Found the original (as far as I am aware anyway) owners manual as well as a full book of paperwork in the glovebox ![]() Cab corners and rockers are solid, though the passenger side has been previously repaired ![]() ![]() Grille and hood took a little shunt at some point ![]() ![]() Needs an antenna lol ![]() The radio and single speaker works pretty good ![]() Options sheet ![]() Here you can see the original paint peaking through the brushed on paint ![]() - - - - - - - - - -auto merged double post- - - - - - - - - - Has Sears brand 235/75/15s on it :rofl: Even being 20yrs old, they're not dry rotted or anything surprisingly ![]() Floors really are great, the surface rust is thanks to a leaky windshield seal. Gonna do the old school bus trick for the time being, clear silicone around the edge of the seal. A little wire brush action and rust encapsulator black spray paint fixed that right up ![]() ![]() Seatbelts were added later ![]() Cousin threw in his vintage Sears dwell meter and timing light since he has no use for them anymore ![]() You can see the outlet mounted to the rack, also that toolbox is bolted through the steel plate that was laid over the original wood. Haven't gotten under to see where the bolts go to but couldn't get them out with a wrench and vice grips ![]() Found this stuff under the box ![]() - - - - - - - - - -auto merged double post- - - - - - - - - - Here's the bigass plastic toolbox that was bolted to the bedfloor ![]() No more rack. It was actually fairly ingenious, it was completely modular, all bolted together ![]() Bed cleaned out, gonna put wood back in it ![]() Looks so much better now ![]() ![]() Ole girl runs and drives pretty good. It needs brake work, the rears are dragging bad, the carb needs a rebuild I think, might do a tune-up, and the shifter needs bushings bad. Not bad for a free truck tho :imo: ![]() ![]() |
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