Project: 1967 C10 Small Window

[David67]

Just got back from getting the bed! I'll try to get a coat of primer on it today to protect it, then begin metal and body work..

[David67]

haven't had any pics in a while...

[David67]

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[Chiva1971]

you are going to rebuild metallic pieces? Or is it simply change?

Originally Posted by David67

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[67chevy1series]

yikes! i thought the bed was clean! it sure is pretty metal though nice clean sandblasted metal.... nothing looks better!

[1985-GMC]

Looks like fun... lol

You may have said before but where did you get everything blasted, and was it pretty reasonable?

[David67]

Originally Posted by 1985-GMC

You may have said before but where did you get everything blasted, and was it pretty reasonable?

I hadn't said before, but I got everything soda blasted at a place called EnviroClean off of Spring Cypress close to Kuykendahl. The guy's name is Billy and yeah he was very reasonable compared to other quotes I got. 300 for the bed.

[1985-GMC]

Wow that's pretty good. A little far for me though, as I figured.

[NewType72]

I had my short fleet side bed blasted along with my tailgate and left front fender and then all of it was powder primed after to give it a durable coating just like gm use to dip the parts it gets everywhere where a spray gun can't best thing ever annoy only cost me 500$ gonna send them a spare can this year as well gotta look into what they do for frames mine needs it desperately lol
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[gdavis]

I am also working on a 67. Got it down to the frame. Hope to see more.

[David67]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

WHAT?? how is that possible... lol

haha idk they're usually in pretty bad shape I'm guessing? It'd make sense.

Originally Posted by 1985-GMC

Wow that's pretty good. A little far for me though, as I figured.

Yeah we thought it was pretty good so we went for it. Love working with that clean metal.

Originally Posted by NewType72

I had my short fleet side bed blasted along with my tailgate and left front fender and then all of it was powder primed after to give it a durable coating just like gm use to dip the parts it gets everywhere where a spray gun can't best thing ever annoy only cost me 500$ gonna send them a spare can this year as well gotta look into what they do for frames mine needs it desperately lol

Wow that sounds pretty good!

Originally Posted by gdavis

I am also working on a 67. Got it down to the frame. Hope to see more.

Nice! I'll try and get up some more pics tomorrow.

Rust repair is done on both bedsides. One of them is primed. Both steps are primed. Going to see how far we can get on the fenders tomorrow!

[David67]

Here's a pic. The most significant section of (once) rust on the bed.

[67chevy1series]

nice repair! keep it up lol just think while your tacing all those thousands of more tacs, that when you grind them all down it will be so much faster

[Bennett68C10]

Any new progress?

[David67]

Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L

Any new progress?

Sorry about no updates. I primed the bedsides and fenders a good while back, got the hardware to bolt the bed together and it's together now with the new front panel and on the truck. I'm back in College Station so that's why things have slowed down. I think the best way to body work this is bolted together, then take everything back apart for paint. I'm also open to advice. I got all of the cross sills including the rear, as well as the angle strips. For a while I wasn't sure how to attach the strips to the bed sides, but what I'm going to do is get them lined up where they need to be, drill corresponding holes in the bedsides (again!) and spot weld them from the backside. This will keep it smooth down the length of the vertical section of the strips. They will be painted red and my other bed strips will be polished stainless.
We thought it'd be a good idea to have the wood to know exactly where to weld in the angle strips, so I've been talking to my dad about what wood to go with! Probably going with Bed Wood and Parts. I'm definitely open to suggestions and pictures with what to go with! Thinking maybe ash, maple, hickory, red or white oak. The overwhelming majority of bright red trucks have a lighter wood which looks great, but I was thinking something darker and different might look killer like a dark walnut...

[NewType72]

I went light with my original oak wood bed and I love the character of the cracks and bows and have had many compliments on it as well I'm almost fearing replacing it when I tear her apart again

[65Pickup]

Originally Posted by NewType72

I went light with my original oak wood bed and I love the character of the cracks and bows and have had many compliments on it as well I'm almost fearing replacing it when I tear her apart again

Try to save this bed wood, great character.

[David67]

I agree that wood is awesome!

[NewType72]

Thank you both I'm going to look into wood restoration more when the time comes and I'll re tone and clear it all top and bottom
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[David67]

Yeah it's amazing that it's in that good of condition! I like the silver strips too.

I think that this wood, which I think is black walnut? might look pretty awesome. I also love the black in this red truck. I think the walnut would have a similar feel with it being so dark. I hope it's alright if I use these guys' trucks for reference. Let me know what yall think!

[NewType72]

I'm not much of a darker wood fan but mine came out a little darker than expected as well and I love it specially at night the silver mettalic strips and cleared wood shines like a wax job ;D

[Bennett68C10]

I love the way that black wood looks with the red
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[1985-GMC]

That black walnut looks awesome, but i'm sure it will be EXPENSIVE!

[tantrumpipeline]

All about the black, should look good with my flat army green too but with the red it'll really pop!!
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[longbed67]

Have you looked at the exotic woods? There is a huge array of colors available there