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matthew20061 · 01-24-2011, 03:17 AM

Well this is one of the biggest POS 67-72 Trucks I've ever owned. It started out as a "Free" truck I found on craigslist I drove about 300 miles to Glennallen, Alaska in the winter to go retrieve it.... I thought it might have a door passenger door/fender. This is what I found:

Exterior after I got it home:

Interior after I cleaned out some of the junk:

Once I got it home I proceeded to open the hood and find out just what old nasty engine was under it. What I found was a 307 with a 4 barrel qjet. Oh ya, I figured it couldn't be too messed up, so I dropped a battery in jumped the started and click... click. click, locked solid looked underneath and there was a giant hole though the side of the oil pan. So the 307 was toasted.

.....continued

matthew20061 · 01-24-2011, 03:33 AM

So After discovering the motor was blown, side of the truck was sideswiped which was the side I wanted the fender and door from I decided I would be best of to clean it up, drop a motor in and see what I could do with it. So I placed a craigslist ad for wanted "Small Block Chevy for Cheap" no replys for a week then all of the sudden I get a call and a guy has a perfect running late model TBI 305 complete for free. So I jump in my ss and go grab it. Cleaned it up, painted it found a better intake manifold, rebuilt the qjet, found a new alternator since it was missing, air filter, oil, pressure washed the crap out of the engine bay, and dropped it in.

After pressure washing the intior and removing the rod bearings from the dash, this was the result:

Then I found an old 70 grill in the backyard that had some damage so I bondoed the grill and painted it silver. Then I removed someones hacky primer off of the rear bed sides by using easy off. This was the final result of the truck:

Turns out the cab on the truck really wasn't had the cab supports wheren't rusted out even and it appears from all of the reciets inside that it had been all over the US and then driven up here to Alaska its final resting place.

matthew20061 · 01-24-2011, 03:36 AM

The final result of the truck really wasn't too bad other than it was missing the tail gate and needed body work. The most expensive part of the rebuild was replacing litterly every part of the brake system, drums, shoes, wheel cylinders, hoses, spring kits, ect.

CircusWagonJim · 01-24-2011, 03:40 AM

That was NOT the expected outcome!

*project 67 sub* · 01-24-2011, 03:41 AM

that looks a heck of alot better now than when you got it.

steelscout · 01-24-2011, 03:53 AM

Very nice!! Looks 100% improved!!
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Pop's C-10 · 01-24-2011, 03:58 AM

looks alot better.

mwilliams5891 · 01-24-2011, 04:07 AM

I LOVE your work!!! by the way your stepside is why I have mine today

matthew20061 · 01-24-2011, 04:57 AM

Wait... I forgot one, this might be the worse.... you decide!

matthew20061 · 01-24-2011, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by CircusWagonJim

That was NOT the expected outcome!

Haha I know, that was the funny part! It didn't even drive to bad I drove it a number of times pretty funny to drive around in, but I ended up selling it last summer after I got it back on the road.

matthew20061 · 01-24-2011, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by mwilliams5891

I LOVE your work!!! by the way your stepside is why I have mine today

Glad to hear! Didn't know I inspired anyone with it lol, thanks!

TugOwar · 01-24-2011, 07:42 AM

Well done! I can't get over how nice that dash pad is.

bigguy69 · 01-24-2011, 10:18 AM

Cool

67chevy1series · 01-24-2011, 10:25 AM

wow nice truck the yellow one ,the second one (orange) either it was a completely rusted through metal floor or a wood floor that got rotted out it could be and okay truck though!

steelscout · 01-24-2011, 10:26 AM

@matthew20061
Ouch!!! that is bad

**70cst** · 01-24-2011, 11:00 AM

It just shows what a little love can do...

CircusWagonJim · 01-24-2011, 11:03 AM

Looks like the orange one was a bucket seat truck- and that is a very nice dash pad!

no moa · 01-24-2011, 11:05 AM

Yours came out much better than mine.

Sadly mine didn't survive.

That was a perfect windshield till the wrecker guy hauled the truck out of the woods. Split it riight in 2.

**SOON2BLAZE** · 01-24-2011, 11:17 AM

making lemon aid outta lemons!

matthew20061 · 01-24-2011, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

wow nice truck the yellow one ,the second one (orange) either it was a completely rusted through metal floor or a wood floor that got rotted out it could be and okay truck though!

Ya the wood floor had rotted out but it also had some major rust issues and the cab was gone underneath, someone had held some new rockers on the outside with screws and bondoed the cab corners it was bad.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CircusWagonJim

Looks like the orange one was a bucket seat truck- and that is a very nice dash pad!

Ya the orange one was a bucket seat truck, last owner took those out and all of the other desirable parts, but yes they did have good dash pads. Want to see how that one ended up looking after taking left over parts from my shed and installing them:

Fixed the bed with some metal to reattach it to the frame in the front and someone had already made a plywood floor

matthew20061 · 01-24-2011, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by no moa

Yours came out much better than mine.

Sadly mine didn't survive.

That was a perfect windshield till the wrecker guy hauled the truck out of the woods. Split it riight in 2.

Wow that looked rough... lol!

teeitup · 01-24-2011, 01:24 PM

WOW you made both of them look good, nice job

67chevylongbed · 01-24-2011, 01:47 PM

You really turned both of those trucks around, they look great.

longhorn396 · 01-24-2011, 02:45 PM

Aweosme job on the truck man. Wish i could find a motor for free lol

CCCC · 01-24-2011, 04:47 PM

Matthew, you can do some good work - and that is fortunate given the kind of beat-up stuff you take home. I am impressed by your patience and effort in saving and using a couple of these old, tough trucks - keep 'em going. Good for you. That first one seems to have some history - from West Virginia to Elmendorf (probably driven up the ALCan by an AF enlisted man - my brother may have ridden in that truck up there) and never taken back down to the lower 48. After a while, maybe left to die. Way to go.

01-24-2011, 03:17 AM	#1
matthew20061 69' Chevy Stepside Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Anchorage, Ak Posts: 526	The Biggest POS 67-72 I've Ever Owned... Well this is one of the biggest POS 67-72 Trucks I've ever owned. It started out as a "Free" truck I found on craigslist I drove about 300 miles to Glennallen, Alaska in the winter to go retrieve it.... I thought it might have a door passenger door/fender. This is what I found: Exterior after I got it home: Interior after I cleaned out some of the junk: Once I got it home I proceeded to open the hood and find out just what old nasty engine was under it. What I found was a 307 with a 4 barrel qjet. Oh ya, I figured it couldn't be too messed up, so I dropped a battery in jumped the started and click... click. click, locked solid looked underneath and there was a giant hole though the side of the oil pan. So the 307 was toasted. .....continued __________________ -Matthew -69' Chevy Custom/10 Shortbed Stepside 2WD "Copperhead" - Restored, 6.0L LQ9 Built. L92 Heads and LS3 Intake with Comp Cam 223/231 .610/.617 112 LSA, 4L60E with Shift Kit and Circle-D 3200 Stall Converter ~Build Thread -1957 Chevy BelAir 2 Door Post Sedan, Full Frame off Restoration done myself - 6.0L with T56 six speed -1957 Chevy BelAir 2 Door Post Sedan - Nearly rust free AK car, Project in the waiting -2003' Chevy Silverado SS AWD 6.0L! - Daily Driver

01-24-2011, 03:33 AM	#2
matthew20061 69' Chevy Stepside Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Anchorage, Ak Posts: 526	Re: The Biggest POS 67-72 I've Ever Owned... So After discovering the motor was blown, side of the truck was sideswiped which was the side I wanted the fender and door from I decided I would be best of to clean it up, drop a motor in and see what I could do with it. So I placed a craigslist ad for wanted "Small Block Chevy for Cheap" no replys for a week then all of the sudden I get a call and a guy has a perfect running late model TBI 305 complete for free. So I jump in my ss and go grab it. Cleaned it up, painted it found a better intake manifold, rebuilt the qjet, found a new alternator since it was missing, air filter, oil, pressure washed the crap out of the engine bay, and dropped it in. After pressure washing the intior and removing the rod bearings from the dash, this was the result: Then I found an old 70 grill in the backyard that had some damage so I bondoed the grill and painted it silver. Then I removed someones hacky primer off of the rear bed sides by using easy off. This was the final result of the truck: Turns out the cab on the truck really wasn't had the cab supports wheren't rusted out even and it appears from all of the reciets inside that it had been all over the US and then driven up here to Alaska its final resting place. __________________ -Matthew -69' Chevy Custom/10 Shortbed Stepside 2WD "Copperhead" - Restored, 6.0L LQ9 Built. L92 Heads and LS3 Intake with Comp Cam 223/231 .610/.617 112 LSA, 4L60E with Shift Kit and Circle-D 3200 Stall Converter ~Build Thread -1957 Chevy BelAir 2 Door Post Sedan, Full Frame off Restoration done myself - 6.0L with T56 six speed -1957 Chevy BelAir 2 Door Post Sedan - Nearly rust free AK car, Project in the waiting -2003' Chevy Silverado SS AWD 6.0L! - Daily Driver

01-24-2011, 03:36 AM	#3
matthew20061 69' Chevy Stepside Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Anchorage, Ak Posts: 526	Re: The Biggest POS 67-72 I've Ever Owned... The final result of the truck really wasn't too bad other than it was missing the tail gate and needed body work. The most expensive part of the rebuild was replacing litterly every part of the brake system, drums, shoes, wheel cylinders, hoses, spring kits, ect. __________________ -Matthew -69' Chevy Custom/10 Shortbed Stepside 2WD "Copperhead" - Restored, 6.0L LQ9 Built. L92 Heads and LS3 Intake with Comp Cam 223/231 .610/.617 112 LSA, 4L60E with Shift Kit and Circle-D 3200 Stall Converter ~Build Thread -1957 Chevy BelAir 2 Door Post Sedan, Full Frame off Restoration done myself - 6.0L with T56 six speed -1957 Chevy BelAir 2 Door Post Sedan - Nearly rust free AK car, Project in the waiting -2003' Chevy Silverado SS AWD 6.0L! - Daily Driver

01-24-2011, 03:40 AM	#4
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steelscout Words under my name Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Lakewood, Washington Posts: 181	Re: The Biggest POS 67-72 I've Ever Owned... Very nice!! Looks 100% improved!! Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 69 Chevy CST/10 "Project: Bloody Knuckles" my slow going project. 2010 VW Golf, daily driver Wrench Rookie

01-24-2011, 03:58 AM	#7
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mwilliams5891 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Springfield, Oregon Posts: 164	Re: The Biggest POS 67-72 I've Ever Owned... I LOVE your work!!! by the way your stepside is why I have mine today __________________ -1969 C/10 Short Step soon to be Brand NEW Ls6/T56 -03 Mazda Protege 5 -WTB 1970 Chevelle project

01-24-2011, 04:57 AM	#9
matthew20061 69' Chevy Stepside Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Anchorage, Ak Posts: 526	Re: The Biggest POS 67-72 I've Ever Owned... Wait... I forgot one, this might be the worse.... you decide! __________________ -Matthew -69' Chevy Custom/10 Shortbed Stepside 2WD "Copperhead" - Restored, 6.0L LQ9 Built. L92 Heads and LS3 Intake with Comp Cam 223/231 .610/.617 112 LSA, 4L60E with Shift Kit and Circle-D 3200 Stall Converter ~Build Thread -1957 Chevy BelAir 2 Door Post Sedan, Full Frame off Restoration done myself - 6.0L with T56 six speed -1957 Chevy BelAir 2 Door Post Sedan - Nearly rust free AK car, Project in the waiting -2003' Chevy Silverado SS AWD 6.0L! - Daily Driver Last edited by matthew20061; 01-24-2011 at 04:57 AM.

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TugOwar Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pleasanton, TX Posts: 1,723	Re: The Biggest POS 67-72 I've Ever Owned... Well done! I can't get over how nice that dash pad is.

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67chevy1series Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: a t w a t e r cali 95301 Posts: 10,713	Re: The Biggest POS 67-72 I've Ever Owned... wow nice truck the yellow one ,the second one (orange) either it was a completely rusted through metal floor or a wood floor that got rotted out it could be and okay truck though!

01-24-2011, 10:26 AM	#15
steelscout Words under my name Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Lakewood, Washington Posts: 181	Re: The Biggest POS 67-72 I've Ever Owned... @matthew20061 Ouch!!! that is bad __________________ 69 Chevy CST/10 "Project: Bloody Knuckles" my slow going project. 2010 VW Golf, daily driver Wrench Rookie

01-24-2011, 11:00 AM	#16
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01-24-2011, 11:05 AM	#18
no moa Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: maine Posts: 2,315	Re: The Biggest POS 67-72 I've Ever Owned... Yours came out much better than mine. Sadly mine didn't survive. That was a perfect windshield till the wrecker guy hauled the truck out of the woods. Split it riight in 2. Attached Images __________________ 1972 C10 Deluxe.Shortbed. 402/400. A/C, white interior, needs complete restore. Project Red, white and blue. Used to be a Longbed apperently. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=451950 1971 c10 step 250 3 OTT 1969 c30 TOW-MATER. 307 4 speed, holmes 440 body. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=451082 2006 CTS-V LS2 6spd. Last edited by no moa; 01-24-2011 at 11:06 AM.

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01-24-2011, 04:47 PM	#25
CCCC Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Pedro River, SE Arizona Posts: 734	Re: The Biggest POS 67-72 I've Ever Owned... Matthew, you can do some good work - and that is fortunate given the kind of beat-up stuff you take home. I am impressed by your patience and effort in saving and using a couple of these old, tough trucks - keep 'em going. Good for you. That first one seems to have some history - from West Virginia to Elmendorf (probably driven up the ALCan by an AF enlisted man - my brother may have ridden in that truck up there) and never taken back down to the lower 48. After a while, maybe left to die. Way to go. __________________ CCCC 67 Sting Ray Coupe 327 4sp; 68 K10 Suburban 327 4sp; 69 K20 Lifted 383 4sp; 69 C80 Fire Truck 478 V6 5sp/2sp; 69 C20 Longhorn 327 4sp; 70 C30 Wrecker 350 4sp; 70 C30 Flat Bed 350 4sp; 71 C20 LWB 350 4sp; 72 K5 Blazer 350 4sp; 72 C30 Flat Bed Gooseneck Hauler with sleeper 350/TH400; 72 C20 Longhorn 402 4sp; 52 Mack LTL Supercharged Cummins 5sp x 3sp; 01 Dodge 5.9 HO Cummins 6spd; 02 Safari Trek 2430 8.1 Vortec on Workhorse Chassis; 03 Silverado 2500 HD 4wd Duramax/Allison Moved but still in the family 70 C20 Custom Camper 350/TH350; 72 K5 Blazer CST Highlander 350/TH350 Recently sent to new homes 72 C30 MoHome 402 4sp; 72 K5 Blazer Conv 350 4sp; 75 GMC 6000 Aerial 350 w Allison; 72 GMC 3500 Utility 350 4sp; 70 GMC 3500, 350 4sp

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