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Old 02-24-2020, 02:30 PM   #1
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Re: College restoration. My 71 c10

Some more pictures of the work done to the hood.
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Old 02-24-2020, 10:38 PM   #2
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Re: College restoration. My 71 c10

Love the sink base, can you lower the gate? Hows the cab coming along?
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Old 02-25-2020, 10:33 AM   #3
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Love the sink base, can you lower the gate? Hows the cab coming along?
Yes, the gate lowers. Dad made that with the old tailgate from his c10. The cab is coming along slowly. I understand now why they call it paint jail now.
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Old 10-02-2020, 04:52 AM   #4
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Re: College restoration. My 71 c10

Some nice progress. Keep it up...
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Old 01-16-2021, 09:46 PM   #5
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Been busy over my winter break. I was able to finish up my body work including some bondo and mostly priming and sanding. I cut in the truck and mounted the cab. Dropped the truck off at the painters, cant wait to get it back! Name:  IMG_4341.jpg
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Old 01-16-2021, 09:51 PM   #6
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Some pics before and after painting the firewall and back of the cab

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Old 01-16-2021, 09:53 PM   #7
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The body panels cut in

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Old 01-16-2021, 09:56 PM   #8
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mounting the cab to the frame. My Pop and I used a 4x4, sheet of plywood, some chains and creativity to accomplish this task.
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Old 01-16-2021, 09:59 PM   #9
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Some pictures my mother took of me while I was painting the backside of the firewall and the floor. Love to see the cab mounted to the frame. Starting to look like a truck again!

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Old 01-16-2021, 11:07 PM   #10
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Looking really good! Nice to see some paint
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Old 10-20-2021, 01:44 PM   #11
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Haven't been very active on this forum much, but there has been a lot done to the truck! The truck has been sent off to paint and is currently in the process of being painted. I used killmat to sound proof the inside of the truck. I installed the BDW gas pedal, clutch, brake, and the emergency brake as well as wrapped up the exhaust!
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Old 10-20-2021, 01:46 PM   #12
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Some photos of the truck in the paint shop.
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Old 10-20-2021, 01:49 PM   #13
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Some more photos of the truck panels in the shop. Going with some Altmen easy latches, should allow the doors to shut with ease!
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Old 10-20-2021, 01:51 PM   #14
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Some photos of the bed sides being worked before getting a little color
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Old 10-20-2021, 01:54 PM   #15
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Some photos of the bedsides, the inner doors, door hinges, AC vents, and the ash tray getting some color! I love seeing that tailgate in color.
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Old 10-20-2021, 01:57 PM   #16
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The Cab getting a little color! I love the deep, vibrant, and intense color of the hugger orange. I wait by my phone all day for the paint shop to send me updated photos.
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Old 10-20-2021, 02:11 PM   #17
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Man that is looking good!
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Old 10-20-2021, 09:52 PM   #18
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Nice! You'll be driving it before you know it
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Old 10-21-2021, 06:25 AM   #19
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Re: College restoration. My 71 c10

NICE! It's looking great.
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Old 10-26-2021, 06:47 AM   #20
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Looks great keep them coming
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Old 11-18-2021, 03:39 PM   #21
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Got a call from my body man the other week. He informed me that unfortunately when I had bought replacement fenders I had bought the wrong year. I had gotten 68 fenders which are not compatible with 69-72 year models. Luckily he was looking for a pair of 68 fenders for a future project of his and bought them off me for the price I paid. Sooo… I had to order a new set of fenders.

Got some pictures recently of the truck with the fenders and hood on, crazy I hadn’t seen those pieces together since 2018!!
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Old 11-29-2021, 01:04 PM   #22
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Stopped by the paint shop this weekend. Was great to see the truck in person. Roy and the guys at BnG paint and body in Temple Tx have been doing an amazing job. Was so nice to be able to open and close the hood, Havnt done that since early 2018! The easy latch doors are such a nice upgrade, no more slamming doors.
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Old 12-30-2021, 12:37 AM   #24
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Started getting some photos of the truck being painted this past week. Truck is really starting to come together, the guys at B&G paint and body have come together and have just been knocking this paint job out of the park. Started talking to a tuner in the area about accepting the truck after its completed with paint and body to wire the engine and get the truck running and tuned. Seems like a completion date is closer that I might think!

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Old 12-30-2021, 07:25 PM   #25
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looking good! How long did they keep her in paint jail? I'm getting close to nailing down a painter...
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