My most recent project ( in progress pics) - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

ElGracho · 07-17-2003, 12:30 AM

Well, it may not look like much, but these pics represent over a year of scrounging around and saving up for parts (it would probably go faster if I'd quit buying trucks...)

Anyhow, I went to the powder coat shop today and picked up my cross sills. The black ones are powder coated and the unpainted ones are new from Chevy Duty.

Next are my two bed sides. The left was from a guy on Ebay. It's brand new and I paid $100 plus $100 shipping from a body shop in Tennessee that got stuck with it.

The other is off of a bed I paid $140 for at the Portland swap meet last year. I had it and the rest of the parts from that bed blasted down in Oregon for $120.

Next are the two fenders from the swap meet bed after being blasted.

My garage is messy now, but the Gentleman Jim was inside it yesterday...

Here is my new in the box Chevy stepside tailgate. I paid a pretty penny for this one.

For good measure, this is what a $20 U-pull-it fender looks like in the Pacific Northwest after you pay $20 to get it blasted. The black marks are dirt not dents...

Now to get some primer on this stuff and paint it red. I also have the bed strips and wood. When I get finished this bed and fender go on my 87 Diesel along with a new GM fender, some blasted doors and the hood that was on my 86. If you look at the rear fender picture above you see what hood will go on my 86...

bagged81 · 07-17-2003, 07:39 AM

Making progress, that good! I wish that I had some U-Pull-It junkyards around here.

sider68 · 07-17-2003, 09:13 AM

Keep up the good work and show us some more pics of progress.

**swervin ervin** · 07-17-2003, 02:08 PM

Looks like you are having a ton of fun Joe.

75stepside · 07-18-2003, 01:18 AM

nice lookin' parts... what are you thinkin about usin' for bed strips in your stepside bed? ever hear of Mar-k bed products?

07-17-2003, 12:30 AM	#1
ElGracho Gentleman Jim Driver Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 1,550	My most recent project ( in progress pics) Well, it may not look like much, but these pics represent over a year of scrounging around and saving up for parts (it would probably go faster if I'd quit buying trucks...) Anyhow, I went to the powder coat shop today and picked up my cross sills. The black ones are powder coated and the unpainted ones are new from Chevy Duty. Next are my two bed sides. The left was from a guy on Ebay. It's brand new and I paid $100 plus $100 shipping from a body shop in Tennessee that got stuck with it. The other is off of a bed I paid $140 for at the Portland swap meet last year. I had it and the rest of the parts from that bed blasted down in Oregon for $120. Next are the two fenders from the swap meet bed after being blasted. My garage is messy now, but the Gentleman Jim was inside it yesterday... Here is my new in the box Chevy stepside tailgate. I paid a pretty penny for this one. For good measure, this is what a $20 U-pull-it fender looks like in the Pacific Northwest after you pay $20 to get it blasted. The black marks are dirt not dents... Now to get some primer on this stuff and paint it red. I also have the bed strips and wood. When I get finished this bed and fender go on my 87 Diesel along with a new GM fender, some blasted doors and the hood that was on my 86. If you look at the rear fender picture above you see what hood will go on my 86... __________________ Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed

07-17-2003, 07:39 AM	#2
bagged81 Signals in the bumper. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East TN Posts: 856	Making progress, that good! I wish that I had some U-Pull-It junkyards around here. __________________ Jeff C. 1981 Chevrolet Silverado - Under major construction...again. link 1962 Chevrolet Impala 4D Sedan moredoorclassics.com 1936 Ford Pickup - Frame-off in progress link 1979 Chevrolet Camper Special Flatbed link

07-17-2003, 02:08 PM	#4
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Looks like you are having a ton of fun Joe. __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10

07-17-2003, 09:13 AM	#3
sider68 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: newmarket,ontario,canada Posts: 936	Keep up the good work and show us some more pics of progress.

07-18-2003, 01:18 AM	#5
75stepside Proud Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 741	nice lookin' parts... what are you thinkin about usin' for bed strips in your stepside bed? ever hear of Mar-k bed products?



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