Turd Chaser.......

[ortegamotor]

Here we go guys... one day about three years ago , i received a phone call from one of my buddies , he told me that he had this old truck that he had parked out on a piece of property ,and he needed it moved or gone so he said I could have it. I went out to this ranch and I come to find out that it belonged to e septic tank company and was one of their service vehicles that where the name Turd Chaser came from.... I dragged this turd home with no plans at that point..... after I got the truck home and let it sit for several months , my nephew called and asked what I was going to do with the Turd Chaser. I said Why? He explained to me that he wanted a cool truck for his first ride so I decided at that point that I would build this truck for him. Needless to say the truck needed to be completely gone through. It was a real turd !!! 1967 GMC long bed 3 on the tree, straight 6 . this truck was so bare bones that it didn't even have a passenger side arm rest or sun visor.... It was a base truck by all standards..... By the way about a year into the build my nephew ended up buying a Subaru...... Again I was left with the Turd Chaser. Here are the photos of how I was able to polish a turd. I hope you enjoy the story......

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The day I got it home , now it was time to see how bad this turd was..... Let the power washing begin..

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Did you notice the lift gate , this truck had seen some action in its life.... what the heck was I thinking ???? HAHAHAHAHAAA.

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Cleaned up pretty nice

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A few more of the rust repair on the floor. It was pretty bad on the rockers when the windows were blown out.

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I like Turd Chaser ,Im in.

[FRANKENSTEINC10]

Cool truck! Cooler name. Hahahaha

[cooperhw]

Looks like a nice truck to build. Not so sure you will be loving it's name once it gets nice looking. I named mine "Meet Homer (The Motor Home), problem is now he's not a motor home at all. Not even close. Tried to get the moderator's to let me change the name to (formerly a motor home) or just Homer. No dice.
Anyhow, gonna follow along for the ride.

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Here we go , by the way guys this truck is done, I just want to Share all the pictures I took while building this Turd. hahahaaaa.....

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here are some pictures of the cab , it had a few dents to say the least.

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The old rear end had to go in favor of a newer 5 lug unit out of a 91 chevy... also updated the front to 5 lug disc.... much nicer....

[toolboxchev]

Nice, Old Chevys do not ever die!

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So the original bed was way too far gone so I just happened to have a 67 bed is great condition to swap over to the Turd Chaser.... Lift gates tend to destroy truck beds over time.... HAHAHAHAHAH..

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As you can see the front sheet metal was in pretty good condition, with just minor body work so I was able to run that. here are some shots of it going into primer... by the way i had also lowered the truck with 2.5 drop spindles, lowered coils and new rear lowered leaf springs...

[notsolo]

Looking Good, You Saved Another 1 ... Carry On.

[Advanced Design]

Cool deal...tagging along.

[68Gold/white]

Look'n good in the neighborhood!!!
Glad to see disc brakes!!!
Rear leaf springs give one a few more options when going disc brakes.

Ironic that the turd chaser would be wee wee yellow...

Curious to see what the nephew thinks, when you are done...
Gotta a color in mind???
I have a similar 67 Chevy, need to get to working on, no pass side arm rest or sun visor, 283 and glide were long gone, I have better stuff

What brand of wheels???

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here are some more pictures of the paint prep... we went with a hot rod flats rally yellow and gloss white top...

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so we pulled out the straight 6 in favor of this sweet 350/th400 combo i put together.... this truck is getting better by the minute... by the way my nephew backed out of the build and bought a Subaru.... now i have a truck that will be for sale......

[Newtz67]

Very nice!

[Advanced Design]

Way better after...looks good! A Suburu instead of this truck?

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Here are a few of the interior.... it was a rough start but it all came together once i cleared out all of the funk!!!

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some more paint pictures to show some progress....

[Lippyp]

Shoulda painted it brown!

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here are a few more pictures of the of the interior as it was getting completed.Clean and simple... This was originally a rubber mat truck ,zero frills... it also served as a storage unit for my bike while i was building it...