Sam's 1960 GMC build.
 

Hey guys, just was looking at some threads on here and thought I should start a build up thread to show my progress on my 60 GMC Here are just a few pics of what I have on my computer right now. As it sits in the drive way right now its in primer. The truck has a very strong running 305 V6. I'm working on building a small block for the truck. The pic of it on the trailer is the day I brought it home. Let me know what you think guys I'm alway open to ideas/ input.

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Welcome aboard man with that COOL GMC !!!

You ever thought about keeping the OG engine ?? Although, a small block woud be cool too !!

Keep us posted man.....


:metal:

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hey man thanks!! Yeah i have thought about keeping the og engine in it but i kinda wanna do a little pro street truck. but for the time being the v6 will stay in it.

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Nice....

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Looks like a good starting point, Welcome aboard, if your not addicted yet you will be.

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Welcome!

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Welcome! Obviously, from the pics, you're a GMC man!

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Welcome aboard! Glad to see another '60 GMC owner.:metal: How come you got rid of the nostril hood? The '60 and '61 GMC hoods are getting harder and harder to come by.....Sweet truck though.

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nice truck! Those early gauge clusters are too cool.

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C'mon now, keep the V-6!;)
That's a good looking ride, keep us posted with lots of pics.

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Sweet hood latch! :lol:

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Welcome to the board :D

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haha thanks man. ive got a real hood latch on it now. pics up soon! boo rain!!

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i know i really like them. if i do decide to put my small block in there i will build a cluster to fit in the glove box facing the driver so it looks all og in there at first glance.

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i am a gmc man haha! professional grade!

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thanks man. yeah i wasnt really to into the stock hood. and i picked up that chevy hood for a sweet deal so decided to throw it on.

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Ya gotta love it when a LMC truck box comes in the mail :D

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Well if you still have the hood, I might be interested in it....I also am waiting for an LMC box in the mail this week, for my '80 though.;)

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Cort, I guess you might get that hood,
I see a box of Chevy lights:lol::lol:

Nice rig Sam. and welcome from West Tn..

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Nice!

Howdy from Texas!

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Cool truck, and :welcoem: from AZ. Ive seen a couple trucks with the early hood that looked good, but I have to say the later one is an improvement.

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GMC? RAKE? Cool stuff, thanks for sharing! Don't worry.... I have a chevy hood on mine too ;)

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so the mail came today and i got my new 4'' peep mirrors. and i got some screws for the turn signal bezels and for the headlight bezels. pretty exciting. the front of my truck looks complete now!! pics up tomorrow.
starter took a crap so i had to pull that. i figured out i get most of my work done in the middle of the night seeing as i just pulled the starter at 10 20 haha!

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i got rid of the hood a while ago. sorry

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as of today...

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Nice work. Lookin good.

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Diggin the truck! You got to love it when exciting things show up at the door!! I like the peep mirrors, they don't work very well but down right cool lookin!:metal:

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yeah i hear ya. i wasn't really looking for function tho haha! it hasn't had mirrors in a long time so i kinda got used to it.

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quick update, got my jeep coils for the rear for 20 bucks got them lookin all nice. and made a new intermediate wiring harness for my tail lights. pics up soon. hoping to put the springs in tomorrow!!

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sams60gmc:

Welcome to the boards from Kansas City, KS. My brother lives in Medford, OR and I am going out there in the next few months to bring a '62 GMC 4x4 Suburban back with me.

Let me know if you need some parts, because I currently have lots of good stuff at my brother's place in Medford and lots of good stuff at my shop in Kansas City.

Your rig looks great and congrats on all your progress. Please keep us posted with lots of pictures.

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will do, thanks

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Well I put my new jeep coils in today and its looking pretty good. Just need to find some smaller rubber. Here is a before and after picture. Before is right before I got it from the old owner. Now is a picture I took today.

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You got to love that for 20$, looks good. I put new shorter shocks on after I did my jeep coils. Rides great, I would highly recomend it. ( check my thread with part numbers, I used a procomp toxic shock, (cheap) 30$ each... Looking good, love the stance. What kind of drop did you end up getting?

After I did new shocks I don't hit the rubbers anymore... A lot Of guys just cut them down a little...

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to tell you the truth i didn't even check how much drop it gave me. I would say 4+ inches. I'm gonna have to look into those shocks next.

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Hey guys.. Been awhile since I've been on here, kinda put my 60 aside for a while so I could get my Eclipse running so I can race it this summer. But a little update, I bought a blazer tank and made a pretty *****in brass knuckles shift knob at the machine shop I used to work at(got laid off! Damn economy). But I've been thinkin about changing directions with my truck. Instead of doing the pro street look I wanted to I'm thinkin about puttin it on some bags. I still want to build that small block for it, but I'm thinking I would really enjoy building the rear frame and doin something special with the trailing arms and setting up bags. But yeah thats where I'm at now! Hope to go back to work soon so I can get started on it!

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So today I got some work done on my truck. Took out the gauge cluster and taped it off and sanded on the passenger door. Trying to get the interior done, just need to find a good bench seat. Hopefully I can post some pics of a finised interior soon (: Altho I'm not sure what color to paint it yet.. any ideas?

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Gotta love progress:metal: Good to see you working on it.

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Cool! You're on a roll now.....don't stop....

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Worked on the 60 today. Brought my welder home from my Moms house and welded the seam up on the end of the bed and filled in the holes where the old mirrors went. Gonna make some patches for the stake holes soon and get them in.

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hey how do the jeep coils work better than the ones that are there.