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03-12-2014, 12:40 AM
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Location: Northern Nevada
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Frame on restoration
Is anyone else making their truck just nice. My truck runs great and I am going to fill in the few small dents and get it painted. Who else is sort of restoring their truck. I can't do a full one because I don't have time or money to do a frame off. I am hoping that I can still make it a real nice truck anyway.
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03-12-2014, 01:31 AM
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Location: Tacoma Washington
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Re: Frame on restoration
Absolutely a good option! Mine is a daily driver so I do projects to make it better that I can pull off between shifts at work. Very rewarding to drive between projects plus you get to test each mod independently. Good luck!
Jeff
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03-12-2014, 02:03 AM
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03-12-2014, 05:53 AM
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Re: Frame on restoration
I did my 67 7 years ago took it all apart but did not pull the cab just jacked it up cleaned and painted it and put new urethane bushings , makes a good job , frame off is more for show , car shows dont do anything but make people mad 85% of the people that enter a car show leave upset I only do cruise inns fun nobody gets mad no need for a frame off ,,,,
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03-12-2014, 08:41 AM
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Re: Frame on restoration
That's what I did on my squarebody.
The nice thing about a pickup truck is...6 or 8 bolts to pull the box and you're halfway to a "frame off" anyway! I did it between May and September in the driveway - it never made it inside the garage. You can read about it here if you like: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 K
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03-12-2014, 10:25 AM
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Location: Southeast Missouri
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Re: Frame on restoration
The only reason we did a frame off on my 67 was it went from a C-20 to a C-10 short bed. When I do the 75 C-30 dually it won't be since I want to be able to drive it..
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03-12-2014, 10:30 AM
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Re: Frame on restoration
That's me. Little by little as time and money allow.
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03-12-2014, 10:43 AM
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Location: San Antonio, TX
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Re: Frame on restoration
This is what I am doing as well. I just make a list of stuff to do and do it little by little. I don't have the time, money or the space to do a frame off.
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03-12-2014, 10:50 AM
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Location: Liberty Lake, WA.
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Re: Frame on restoration
Same here, slowly , methodically, painfully, working on it.
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03-12-2014, 11:07 AM
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Re: Frame on restoration
I did find a shop that will loan me one of their lifts to do some cleaning, frame member painting, under coating etc this summer. Looking forward to that.
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03-12-2014, 11:48 AM
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Re: Frame on restoration
Since we're selling our "new" truck this one will have to be kept to one day or one weekend at the most projects. Disc brakes/tires are 1st.
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03-12-2014, 01:57 PM
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Location: Wisconsin
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Re: Frame on restoration
The plan for my c-10, in a nutshell:
1st Step: Make sure it goes, reliably. 2nd Step: Make sure it stops, safely. 3rd Step: Whatever, whenever, as time and budget allows. -Ed |
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03-12-2014, 02:11 PM
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03-12-2014, 05:03 PM
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03-12-2014, 06:15 PM
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03-12-2014, 07:00 PM
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Re: Frame on restoration
Im with Jeff and Lou, were all from San Antonio... Ive been doing the same with mine little by little just to have a decent looking cruiser!
Evaded
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03-12-2014, 07:09 PM
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Location: Mission Viejo, CA
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Re: Frame on restoration
i started just fixing things. then I was going to just pull a few panels to paint. then I found some rust. Now the cab is about to come off...
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03-12-2014, 07:28 PM
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Location: Mickleton, NJ
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Re: Frame on restoration
im doing mine this way. its nice enough to not need a full resto, and im not trying to win car shows. I have been at it for 14 months now, but I have been able to drive it most of that time. Still needs body and paint, but otherwise its pretty nice now.
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03-12-2014, 07:32 PM
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03-12-2014, 07:35 PM
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03-12-2014, 07:44 PM
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Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Re: Frame on restoration
Jealous of you guys.. mine is currently frame off.. has been for 4 yrs now. But it wasnt a drivable truck when I got it anyway. Should be up and running this yr. :-)
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