Just about done! 65 for wife - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

wingnut62 · 08-29-2018, 11:42 AM

Well it's been two years almost to the day and I am just about done with the truck. It has an LQ4 6.0 with a built 4L60E. PS, PB, Electric windows, power door locks, remote start, navigation, keyless entry, A/C, cruise, tilt, basically everything this truck was never intended to have but hey, nothings too good for my better half.

She told me one day she needed a farm truck to run to the feed store and get her chicken food and such. Well i found a 'fair' shall we say, 65 from a guy in Texas who didn't represent the truck truthfully but another story. After tearing into what I thought would be a couple months fixing here and there, it turned into two full years of full resto.

You know the deal, when you get something apart and look at it for a while, you figure....I'm this far, I may as well....and that's how it went every time I took something off. What can I say, I'm a gluten for pain and a thin wallet.

Comments and opinions welcomed.

TopFuel1966 · 08-29-2018, 11:54 AM

Good job! I hope you've already talked her out of using it to haul chicken feed.

wingnut62 · 08-29-2018, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TopFuel1966

Good job! I hope you've already talked her out of using it to haul chicken feed.

Well she is now asking for another work truck. I told her to find something in the mid 90's, that way I wouldn't be compelled to do something to it.

wingnut62 · 08-29-2018, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TopFuel1966

Good job! I hope you've already talked her out of using it to haul chicken feed.

Hopefully it will be a Nissan or something....this way I would be certain not to mess with it.

jchav62 · 08-29-2018, 01:09 PM

Looks nice!!!

**aerotruk63** · 08-29-2018, 01:25 PM

Can't imagine what you would have built if she had asked for a truck to go to church on Sundays! lol

**Clyde65** · 08-29-2018, 01:27 PM

It’s so nice, your dog is knocked out!

Great job!

Macdaddy1 · 08-29-2018, 01:47 PM

Outstanding! Simply outstanding.

sixty4bigwindow · 08-29-2018, 03:55 PM

**62bagger** · 08-29-2018, 04:26 PM

Nice truck!

66C10LB · 08-29-2018, 04:55 PM

Love the glossy bed wood and colour.

Cooper197 · 08-29-2018, 05:02 PM

I would love to see more pictures of that console! Beautiful truck!!

53chevyforever · 08-29-2018, 06:00 PM

Yes...more pics of the console and how you built it....

**nsb29** · 08-29-2018, 06:44 PM

A happy wife A happy life nice truck

notsolo · 08-29-2018, 06:48 PM

Well done...beautiful truck, I would like to know more about the seats?

**mongocanfly** · 08-29-2018, 07:08 PM

very well done.....

andyh1956 · 08-30-2018, 12:03 AM

Great job!
Your dog seems underwhelmed...What's the dog's name?

**Captainfab** · 08-30-2018, 12:47 AM

Very Nice

rsavage · 08-30-2018, 04:06 AM

Super job!

**MikeN** · 08-30-2018, 09:57 AM

Awesome! Engine photos????

Dhartley70 · 08-30-2018, 07:22 PM

Sweet! What are those seats out of?

wingnut62 · 08-30-2018, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 53chevyforever

Yes...more pics of the console and how you built it....

Here are some images of the console. I made it out of .75" mdf and covered it in leather for the top half. The bottom half is separate pieces and covered in red carpet. The wood is black walnut off the property where I live and we planed it, steamed it and bent it ourselves.

wingnut62 · 08-30-2018, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by andyh1956

Great job!
Your dog seems underwhelmed...What's the dog's name?

his name is pretty underwhelming as well.....it's Sam.

wingnut62 · 08-30-2018, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeN

Awesome! Engine photos????

I only have a few of the engine once it was built and once in. none of the actual build process. Its all stock though. Initially she said no cam or 'hopping' it up allowed. We went to the Goodguys show in 2017 and she heard various trucks roll by with their melodic tones and she said 'I guess its okay if you make it sound like that'......Of course I already had it sitting in the truck and had no intention of yanking it out or apart again. You know what they say, Happy wife, frustrated husband or something like that.

wingnut62 · 08-30-2018, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by notsolo

Well done...beautiful truck, I would like to know more about the seats?

the seats are second row seats out of a 2016 Honda Odyssey.

08-29-2018, 11:42 AM	#1
wingnut62 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: PINEVILLE, MO Posts: 39	Just about done! 65 for wife Well it's been two years almost to the day and I am just about done with the truck. It has an LQ4 6.0 with a built 4L60E. PS, PB, Electric windows, power door locks, remote start, navigation, keyless entry, A/C, cruise, tilt, basically everything this truck was never intended to have but hey, nothings too good for my better half. She told me one day she needed a farm truck to run to the feed store and get her chicken food and such. Well i found a 'fair' shall we say, 65 from a guy in Texas who didn't represent the truck truthfully but another story. After tearing into what I thought would be a couple months fixing here and there, it turned into two full years of full resto. You know the deal, when you get something apart and look at it for a while, you figure....I'm this far, I may as well....and that's how it went every time I took something off. What can I say, I'm a gluten for pain and a thin wallet. Comments and opinions welcomed. Attached Images

08-29-2018, 11:54 AM	#2
TopFuel1966 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 471	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife Good job! I hope you've already talked her out of using it to haul chicken feed.

08-29-2018, 01:09 PM	#5
jchav62 1962 C-10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico Posts: 4,978	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife Looks nice!!! __________________ Joseph Chavez "See the USA in a Chevrolet!!" ......................_____ .........________//__{\_____ ,,,,,,,/__(O)___//___/__(O)_/ 1962 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 327/th350 GV overdrive 1974 C10 Longbed Fleetside 350/th350 "The Trash Truck" 1999 Chevy 2500 OBS, Longbed 5.7/4L80E 4x4 2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4x4

08-29-2018, 01:25 PM	#6
aerotruk63 Check The Champ, Demonstrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Montreal,Quebec Posts: 6,627	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife Can't imagine what you would have built if she had asked for a truck to go to church on Sundays! lol __________________ 1963 *Chevrolet Truck* Literature LINK: https://picasaweb.google.com/113840717762774560215 YouTube Channel with 20+ Original *Chevrolet Truck* Salesmen, Mechanics & Service Department Training Slideshows. https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...otruk63&page=1

08-29-2018, 01:27 PM	#7
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08-29-2018, 01:47 PM	#8
Macdaddy1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Niceville Florida Posts: 347	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife Outstanding! Simply outstanding.

08-29-2018, 03:55 PM	#9
sixty4bigwindow Registered User Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: BACK in Southern Oregon... Don't ask Posts: 151	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife __________________ Been a crazy 2018. Moved twice, back HOME in Oregon. Now to put everything back together, including the truck... My build thread for "Rocket" - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=753023

08-29-2018, 04:26 PM	#10
62bagger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Sonora California Posts: 283	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife Nice truck!

08-29-2018, 04:55 PM	#11
66C10LB Registered User Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: West Kelowna, BC, Canada Posts: 204	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife Love the glossy bed wood and colour.

08-29-2018, 05:02 PM	#12
Cooper197 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 199	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife I would love to see more pictures of that console! Beautiful truck!!

08-29-2018, 06:00 PM	#13
53chevyforever Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: texas Posts: 180	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife Yes...more pics of the console and how you built it....

08-29-2018, 06:44 PM	#14
nsb29 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: new smyrna beach fl / 29 palms cal Posts: 1,727	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife A happy wife A happy life nice truck

08-29-2018, 06:48 PM	#15
notsolo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Md Posts: 2,480	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife Well done...beautiful truck, I would like to know more about the seats? __________________ http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=635605

08-29-2018, 07:08 PM	#16
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08-30-2018, 12:03 AM	#17
andyh1956 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: thomastown mississippi Posts: 1,261	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife Great job! Your dog seems underwhelmed...What's the dog's name?



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08-30-2018, 12:47 AM	#18
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08-30-2018, 04:06 AM	#19
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08-30-2018, 09:57 AM	#20
MikeN Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 800	Re: Just about done! 65 for wife Awesome! Engine photos????

08-30-2018, 07:22 PM	#21
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