Alright that gets me up to current on the photos. So here is what is going on:
This poor old girl has leaked every type of fluid since I bought her. This all started out as "lets pull the motor and replace all of the gaskets". So I bought a gasket re-seal kit about a year ago with plans to pull the motor eventually.
So fast forward to the last summer, I drove her to Charlotte for my dad's truck show and cruise. After putting about 400 miles on her I realized how big of a turd she really was. No power, steering was super sloppy, exhaust was loud af, and I had never really opened her up to see what the deal was.
So first on the list, I needed new exhaust. I left her with my dad in Charlotte to take to a local shop that we have used and got new 2.5" exhaust from manifolds back. So then I could actually hear how she ran... and that triggered a few other things.
Next on the list was a new steering box, I was getting tired of the sketchy sprint car like driving just going to work and back. So I ordered a new box on rock auto and installed it, finally check that one off the list.
So next was getting her to run and sound a little better. I started with electronics. New distributor cap, rotor, points, plugs, wires, and vacuum advance. She ran "better" but still didn't have any power. I decided it was time to dive in and do a mechanical restoration on the front half of the truck. And check a few other boxes while I'm there. So here is the game plan as of right now:
New cam, lifters, timing chain, water pump, valve springs, flex plate, re-gasket everything to hopefully stop the oil leaks, rebuild carburetor, new fuel pump, replace everything rubber under the hood, new heater core so I can reconnect my heater, flush power steering box / new fluid, flush radiator / new coolant, flush trans / new atf, new trans gasket / filter to hopefully stop the atf leak, repaint everything, powdercoat all of my brackets, powdercoat core support, install inner fenders that I had powdercoated years ago, and replace the front bumper with a correct 72 GMC bumper. Now lets see how long it takes me to get all of that done
