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Old 02-21-2015, 03:12 PM   #51
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Re: 1968 Gmc ground up restoration

Yesterday we got the engine set down on the chassis and it sure looks nice. Got the radiator core support sand blasted.
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Old 02-23-2015, 10:15 PM   #52
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Primed and painted more parts over the weekend.
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Old 02-25-2015, 09:17 PM   #53
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Re: 1968 Gmc ground up restoration

Well i started messing with the box today removed both wheel wells gonna replace them. When i was removing some of the old bolts i noticed that the back support had some welds driver side welds were cracked and missing the bolts to hold on the quarter panel nice. Question i have is are the welds from the factory or someone added them.
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Old 02-26-2015, 12:39 AM   #54
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Re: 1968 Gmc ground up restoration

The welds are factory, all the fleet beds have them, usually you grind that off and unbolt a side to remove.
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Old 02-26-2015, 12:39 AM   #55
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Re: 1968 Gmc ground up restoration

my 67 had welds in those locations...you gonna re-use that side trim?
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Old 02-26-2015, 09:53 AM   #56
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The welds are factory, all the fleet beds have them, usually you grind that off and unbolt a side to remove.
Ok thanks.
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Old 02-26-2015, 09:54 AM   #57
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my 67 had welds in those locations...you gonna re-use that side trim?
not sure yet if we are gonna reuse trim or no trim.
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Old 03-02-2015, 11:22 PM   #58
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Re: 1968 Gmc ground up restoration

Today we started messing around with the drivers door and looks like I will be replacing the whole bottom of the door, of course it didn't look that bad when i bought the truck so I thought. gutted the door out and man the screws were rusty but didn't break a single screw. the track material broke into many pieces trying to remove it.
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Old 03-16-2015, 09:49 PM   #59
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Re: 1968 Gmc ground up restoration

did some more sand blasting last week we have started moving on to working the sheet metal pieces. will be replacing the back end of the fender due to some one hammering in the rusty area and then filling with looked like a couple pounds of bondo.
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Re: 1968 Gmc ground up restoration

Scored some great parts today, got what i would call rust free cab withe factory rocker panels. Also got a few nice pieces for the truck. The pictures are of the drivers side of the cab.
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Old 03-16-2015, 09:56 PM   #61
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Passenger side of the cab and even has a slider window.
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Old 03-16-2015, 09:58 PM   #62
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More pictures of the cab the inner cowling looks great
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Re: 1968 Gmc ground up restoration

No rust in the heater box area and no rust in the drip rails
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Old 03-16-2015, 10:04 PM   #64
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Re: 1968 Gmc ground up restoration

Scored the drivers inner wheel well for $20 at the swap meet last saturday. Today I got a fender, wheel covers for the box, a nice front wall for the box and a good fender which just needs a new front nose.
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did you get that stuff at the 4x4 swapmeet? i only picked up a few small things...
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Old 03-17-2015, 12:42 AM   #66
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Looks like a cab i seen in Olympia! I really think you should concider removing the outer rockers if you have not already, its amazing how much rust can be hidden on these trucks..
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Old 03-17-2015, 09:43 AM   #67
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Wow, I'm so impressed with all the work and progress made. Would you please do my truck next? If you want to share, what do you expect this restoration to cost? It's also nice that you have your own shop .
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Old 03-17-2015, 10:59 AM   #68
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did you get that stuff at the 4x4 swapmeet? i only picked up a few small things...
no didn't go this year. Got most of these from franks in oly.
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Looks like a cab i seen in Olympia! I really think you should concider removing the outer rockers if you have not already, its amazing how much rust can be hidden on these trucks..
i did get them from olympia. i will be checking into the rockers before i get to much into the cab.
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Wow, I'm so impressed with all the work and progress made. Would you please do my truck next? If you want to share, what do you expect this restoration to cost? It's also nice that you have your own shop .
thanks and i think i will be looking at around $10,000 to complete the truck i hope.
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Awesome Project hope your having fun and the pics are great!
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Old 03-21-2015, 12:06 PM   #72
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We swapped the old green rusty cab for the nice white cab
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Looking good!
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After putting the cab on the cart we started taking everything out from under the dash which included two white lights that were hooked up to the door buttons. I personally have not seen this before. We also took out the a/c unit that was installed in place of the glove box.
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This is the a/c unit after we removed it.
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