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Hi,
Been following/lurking for a couple years before I joined last year. I'm hoping starting this thread will help keep me motivated. Looking at all these builds has given me the "sickness"!

65 shortie step side
I 6 w/ 3 on the tree
No AC, standard heater
Been in the family since Day One. Great Grandpa bought it, sold it to his son-in-law, who sold it to his son-in-law(my dad), who let it sit. And sit. And sit

Pretty much bone stock with the exception of the 8-track and larger radiator my dad Okie'd in about 94.

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Here she is in all her glory.

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Few more pics of her...

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Was gonna cut a coil off each rear on Monday, but then I found this

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Oh Yeah!! I used to go with Dad and Grandpa to cut wood. It's only natural there would be overload springs! Especially the way we'd pile up scrub oak in the bed, sometimes up to the bottom of the window!!

So, the clamps came off pretty easy and now I have some good used old school overloads I gotta do something with.

Then, I looked, really looked at the spare tire...
Aww man, this is a bias ply radial! Probly older'n me!!!

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A little help from my "buddy" (5 yr old son) and the spare and bracket were off!
Man, how old IS this tire? Anyways, here's the overload/helper springs too.

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So, I'm thinkin, how much lower, if any, does the back sit now?
None! it sits the same after pulling the spare, but its alot bouncier back there now!!

It looks a little cleaner with no spare there. "cleaner" being a loosely used term on this truck.

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Some misc pics

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Think I've got an 80's front end lined up!! :metal: :metal:

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Well Hello and :welcoem: to the site!! Thanks for starting a thread will all the pics !
I am one of those that likes to know the history of my classics, and this one is among the coolest. At this point it is an heirloom for the family indeed!

Congrats and good luck on this, hope you keep us posted !!

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Your truck looks like a nice solid truck to start with. It is even greater that it has been in your family. I loved the overload springs...you knew that it was being worked when it was younger... Anyway, thanks for sharing your rebuild of the old girl with us. Looks like the spare has not been used in a long time...

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Thanks for the kind words, guys. My build will be slow, that's all time and money will allow at this point.
Oh, expecting to hear some cr@p for the mismatched wheels. Dad took the fronts off because one valve stem was leaking and he was too cheap to fix it.....So....I've got some 15x10 centerlines for sale if anyone's interested. (and yes, that part should be on the WTS page!)

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Dang! the front end I found is 8-lug, cr@P!! :banghead::cuss:

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Good luck on the build, will follow along

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So, I had to service my dad's pressure washer, but I got to use it. I'm not sure if this is worth 2 hrs of work or not. I know C4metalworks used oven cleaner to take some of his old paint off, can anybody fill me in on that procedure?
Oh, now that some of the paint and couple pcs of bondo are gone...I see holes!!
I knew the front corners of both doors were rotted, and the rear corner of both fenders, but didn't know about the driver's side lower sill panel. Oh well, it's only time and money! ;)

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You may have found some holes, but in the long run it will be better to know what you have under there. It is looking good. Keep working on it. I think the oven cleaner method is coupled with elbow grease and scotch brite pads.

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Thanks C@arnut. I searched on the forum, but didn't find anything laid out in steps. I did notice that leaving the oven cleaner on the black primer(over the brown, over the gray, over the red) for about 30 seconds softened it up enough some.
Any and all advice is really appreciated, after all, seeing you guys and gals with your trucks is what made me start on mine!
Thanks again.

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I hit the engine with engine brite and let it soak for about an hour, and this is what I got for the (minimal) effort.
If you look reeeeally close, you can almost see a difference.

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I think I see the difference: Less dust, more grease visible!

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So...I've moved twice since last post.(Ugghh!) Been kind of depressed that I haven't done much with her, so, I took the old rear Centerlines off, got some good used tread for the front and rear original steelies, mounted and balanced for $40 - a buddy of mine works at a tire shop.
Figured it was time to pull off the old Barden bumper. I think Grandpa had a fender bender back in the late 70's, I know they did a little work on the bumper, but I don't know that it's been off since it came off the dealer lot. Sorry about that poor schmuck in the pic, I couldn't seem to get ridda him!

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Oh, and cut that stinkin tailpipe off! It's been drivin me nuts for years!

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So, I've decided I'm gonna fix her up a little and drive it around this summer. I made a new main power wire, eliminating the ammeter in the cab. Put an inline fuel filter in, and cleaned a bunch of moving junk outta the bed. It's amazing how much 20 firebricks weigh!

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Great Start!!! Have fun, that's what it is all about...

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Progress is good anyway it comes, keep it up

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Nice build....looks like work is coming along nicely

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Thanks for the kind words, guys!
I used some Plastikote rust converter on, well, some rusty spots. I'm amazed at how well those spots look after the "treatment" I've been going along the bed where the 147 holes are--yes I counted them. He made and mounted 2 different tonneau covers on it. Getting the rust stopped, going to finish prepping this week and next, then shoot a coat of low gloss equipment enamel on it so I can get some pics taken for insurance.
It's 5 different colors, including the rust, so I'd be lucky to get it insured for $10.

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http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1328926661

Hmm, your air cleaner intake has been cut, like mine. This is the only other one I have seen like this. Anyone have an idea why this was done?

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...5C10engine.jpg

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jayoldschool, I figured it was original...

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Did a little body work today. Trying to get her smoothed out and some paint on her (Satin Black) so she's not quite so ugly.
Yep, loooong way to go!

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Lookin good. Next time I come through Williams I'll keep an eye out for you.

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:metal::metal:WOOHOO:metal::metal:
I got the carb rebuilt and got to drive it for about 10 min this evening!! Man, I was sooo stoked! I have put maybe 10 miles on it in the last 10 years, and that was mostly moving it from one storage spot to another.
Couldn't stay out long, I found out my lights don't work. :(
But I'll be cruisin it around tomorrow for sure!!

Thanks to all you guys and gals for posting your trucks in various stages of repair, and upgrades. It's been great to follow along with you. You've been the inspiration for getting me to get on it.:clap:

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Very cool.

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Well, My buddy Scooter decided he'd had enough of hearing my cry about having a nasty colored truck, so we gave it a quick paint job.
Literally.
From the time we got to my house until the time he left was 2 1/2 hrs, including masking and a quick run for Gatorade!
It's by no means perfect, but it looks A LOT better! Would have been a little smoother if the wind hadn't picked up!

By the way, we painted this in the "side yard"! The fence it my yard. We painted her in the gravel parking lot of the city pool.
In the first pic, the one with all the prep and paint stuff, you can see part of the middle school.
At the right edge of the second picture, you can just see the south edge of the pool building.

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She ran pretty hot to, during, and on the way home from the parade.
I had some questions about temp and stuff, and it was pretty well covered here: http://http://67-72chevytrucks.com/v...d.php?t=584260

Well, I decided to drive her to church today, being father's day and all.
Well, when it's NOT 100 degrees outside, she runs much cooler!
This was about 9 am, I think outside temp was low 70's.
I did notice on the drive home, she was runnin about 190, about 90 outside.
Pic was on the way over.

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Oh yeah, I looked at the Big Block crankshaft today--IT'S STEEL!!:metal:;)

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I can't wait to take mine to church. We have a very laid back congregation. Everyone wears shorts and Tees in the summer. I think they will dig the disruption. Heck.....they might even hear it and think he's coming back. lol

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:lol::lol::haha::haha:
Love it.

When I had my Chevelle, I was running a little late for Easter Sunrise service, so I had the pedal down. My Dad told me later they could hear me 5 or 6 miles off in the cool morning air!
He said it sounded pretty sweet!

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Neato man. Looks like a fun build.

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Thanks Rusty! The frustrating part is having time but no money, or a little bit of money, then no time.

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Hey man any updates ?