'68 GMC 1 ton dually restoration
 

Here's what I started with.
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It was my dads that he bought non running then it just sat for 10+ years. I told him I wanted to restore it and that's how this project began.

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First thing I did was rebuild the original running gear.
327 bored .30 over, kept the SM465 Muncie transmission, also decided to run the Eaton HO72 rear end.
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Finally moved on to the body completely disabling everything.Attachment 1261090

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Finished the bodywork and got it primed, still needs a couple more coats
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Do to neglect and rust I had to change the drip rails, rocker panels and other little areas.

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That's pretty sweet.Are you going to keep the stake bed or do something different?HAve you seen that crew cab dually with the fleetside bed and stepside fenders grafted on?

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I've seen many of truck done that way and love the the fleet side duallys but I didn't want to cut the truck up. Yes, I'm keeping the same bed but it needs a lot of reworking.

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Spent the weekend striping all the old paint jobs off the front clip.

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That is a sweet truck!

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Started working on the doors today found some bad rust forming at the bottom that had to be removed.

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Thats good that you found it and are taking care of it now.

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Love seeing GMC builds!
Ill follow along too...
Mike

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Yesterday was spent fixing the corners and now I just need to buy the outer skins.

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Bought the outer door skins today and got the driver side done.

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Mocked up the front clip and doors this afternoon to check my gaps. The lower door skins still need a little straightening.

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Looks good!

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Nice!
I like that you haven't removed the C30 bits.
To quote a famous member her, flex fans will try to kill you. Get a clutch fan from a late 90s truck.

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Does anyone know where I can find mirror brackets for these holes?

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Got the hood and left fender primed. Ran out of paint so I will finish the rest some time week.

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That looks great! I see you have some bucket seats in one of your pics. Motor looks nice too.

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thelonerife
"That looks great! I see you have some bucket seats in one of your pics. Motor looks nice too."

Thanks, the buckets came with the truck. I would like to find a buddy bucket for the center.

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those are hard to come by. I'll keep an eye out for one.

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Got the rest of the front clip and doors primed yesterday.

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Laid some primer on the last of the front end parts.

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Got the inner fenders looking like new.

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Over the last couple of days I got the column rebuilt and sealed up the floors, rocker panels and rain gutters.

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Put a nice coat of paint on the floor.

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Put a nice coat of paint on the inside of the hood.

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Mocked the truck again today. Still deciding if I want to use the original doors or the extra set I have.

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Looking good!
Keep up the hard work.
Mike

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Got alittle carried away, now only if it was done and this last time I had to put it together.

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My phone only allows me to upload one picture at a time.

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Looks good ,I need to get mine back on the front burner and get to driving it .

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That looks good!

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Finished the body work on the new door and hoping to get it primed some time this week.

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It's been awhile with school starting up again it takes up a lot of truck time.Took a trip to the paint shop and picked out a color, it's close to this.Attachment 1306161

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Got it all taped up, should be seeing some color on the firewall by the end of the day.

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It's the end of someone's day! Lol
I'm ready for updates!
Keep the pics coming...

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Painted the firewall and the inside of the fenders. The picture of the fender shows the color better.