Orange patinia shop truck

[jus2qwk]

Well I went to a buddy’s house over the weekend to visit and well I left with another truck haha. I now currently own 3 of these truck and this one is gonna be pretty cool. It’s one of the best truck to start with I’ve ever had, it almost reminds me of some of the stuff you guys on the west coast find. Currently it’s basically all stock 307, 3 on the tree and everything actually works and drives like a dream even with no power steering and drum brakes. The plan is to do a 5/7 drop, torq thrust II’s, nice sounding 350 with a turbo 350 trans, disk brakes and power steering. Other than that I’m just gonna clean everything up and fix the few little problems it does have and ride it around for a bit till I get my silver truck done. I almost hate to take such a good truck apart but I got to do what I got to do I guess.

So here it is. It’s a good 20 footer but it’s got its fair share of chips and dings

[jus2qwk]

oh if anyone has a good piece of used hood chrome I need it!

[darkhorse970]

Nice truck! That will make the best looking "shop truck" I've ever seen!

[jus2qwk]

Originally Posted by darkhorse970

Nice truck! That will make the best looking "shop truck" I've ever seen!

haha thanks the pictures are a little deceiving. like I said before its got its share of bumps and bruises but Im pretty excited to have something that im not scared to drive because of getting a little scratch.

[jus2qwk]

shop truck may have not been the best word but I dont really know what to call it.. its not a show truck thats for sure

[CC69Rat]

Good looking truck man. I have a friend looking for one, if you decide to do a quick flip on it let me know. I'm sure he'd be on this one pretty quick.

[slowcpe]

Very nice truck. I would love to have that one myself.

[jus2qwk]

whoops didnt realize I forgot this picture

[jus2qwk]

Well I finally got off my lazy butt and did something. so far I have got the silver trucks chassis stripped and cleaned up, its ready to swap the orange one to it, got the front clip off the orange one and I'm gonna start getting the cab ready to swap. here are a few pic's of the progress

[Bennett68C10]

Wow that is a nice truck, love the color. Nicest patina truck I've seen lol

[jus2qwk]

Originally Posted by Bennett68C10

Wow that is a nice truck, love the color. Nicest patina truck I've seen lol

Thanks. its got plenty of bumps and bruises but I think its gonna a pretty cool truck when it done.

[jus2qwk]

Made some good progress this weekend, I got the cab switched over to the good chassis. I think it looks pretty goo, its got me excited to work on it again.

[Bennett68C10]

Looks great

[jus2qwk]

Thanks. I think its gonna look killer when its all done.

[jus2qwk]

since i posted last I've bought a th350 trans figured out what engine i'm gonna use, started to get the interior back together... overall I'm making decent progress. I hope to have it up and running in the next couple of weeks.

[jus2qwk]

Does anyone have a power steering brackets for a 350 they would be willing to sell. these are the ones I'm talking about

[GAc10boy]

Wow! Just tuning in on this thread. No wonder you sold the blue patina truck! This is one of my absolute favorite combos (color, trim, etc.) of our series trucks. Reminds me of n2billet's Lucy - w/o the 6 banger of course and more orange.

Killer progress! And just slap love the TTIIs!

[1stchevy]

Nice start!

[c10Dream'n]

the 20 footer is coming along quickly. great progress.

[jus2qwk]

thanks guys. my goal is to have it finished for the Rod Run in Pigeon Forge Tn so that gives me 37 days to get it on the road...I hope I can do it.

[jus2qwk]

Originally Posted by GAc10boy

Wow! Just tuning in on this thread. No wonder you sold the blue patina truck! This is one of my absolute favorite combos (color, trim, etc.) of our series trucks. Reminds me of n2billet's Lucy - w/o the 6 banger of course and more orange.

Killer progress! And just slap love the TTIIs!

lol if it turns out half as nice as some of n2billet's trucks I be ecstatic. I dont know if anyone does it better thank that guy.

[GAc10boy]

Originally Posted by jus2qwk

lol if it turns out half as nice as some of n2billet's trucks I be ecstatic. I dont know if anyone does it better thank that guy.

They definitely don't.. but yours reminds me of Lucy for sure. Looking forward to seeing it back together!

[jus2qwk]

I tried to clr the firewall but the paint is pretty bad so I guess Ill be painting it and the inside of the fenders. a little extra work but it will be worth it.

[hot trux]

lookin good!

[jus2qwk]

its starting to come along, I made some good progress this weekend. I got the firewall cleaned up and painted, a little buffing, also got the engine stripped and cam swapped.