Project "Financial Burden": 1968 SWB C10

[erichevy]

Awesome progress so far. I need to bookmark this for metal work tips when I start working on my truck

[Old_Truck_Fan]

The original color of the truck has really grown on me while doing all of the rust repairs so I've decided to stick with it on the new paint scheme. I'm going with a really simple stripped down look but all modern mechanicals. The external look will be similar to how the truck left the assembly plant based on its glove box option list. I put together a couple of renderings using House of Kolor's "Digital Paint Booth 3D." I've got a few more tweaks I plan on doing that are not represented in the images but it should be pretty close. I’m working on getting everything ready for media blasting so hopefully the next images I share the truck will be wearing some new primer!

[1stchevy]

That a cool rendering. Nice work on everything.

[cericd]

Renderings look great! Love the direction.

[Hart_Rod]

Nice job.

[Advanced Design]

Old Truck Fan, I just came across your build and really enjoyed the quality work you are doing along with the great explanations you provided. The rendering looks really nice and I love how clean and organized your shop is. Will continue to tag along. Thanks for sharing!

[71C10SWB]

Looks great, man!

[Old_Truck_Fan]

The truck is now in new primer! As always I’ll catch you up with pictures. Media blasting went well with no surprises.

[Old_Truck_Fan]

Following media blasting I was able to test out my own version of a mobile paint booth. I’ll post more about the paint booth later since I still have a few things to work out. My wife was the only one to take a picture of the paint booth in use. I was so focused on getting the truck in primer (since this was the last good day that was in the forecast for quite some time) that I didn’t take a single picture on my own. I also included a picture of my pre-painting workbench to give you an idea of the products I used.

[Old_Truck_Fan]

Now some pictures of everything put back together with a fresh coat of epoxy primer on all of the blasted metal. It sure feels nice to reach this point. My goal was to have things at this stage before the weather was too cold to paint. With a lot of hard work and no time to spare I was able to pull it off. I’m going to take a break from body work until the spring and focus on the mechanicals over the winter.

[flashed]

I just saw your back bumper mod ,man that is nice ,you should market that or at least the parts to do it .Carry on ,Im still watching .

[aboyer]

Very Nice Build so far. Good to see someone else from Indiana building these trucks as well.

Adam

[darkhorse970]

Very nice work, I love what you did with the rear bumper! I had that same bought when I saw the Dodge bumper, I'm glad to see someone has actually done it.

[Old_Truck_Fan]

Originally Posted by flashed

I just saw your back bumper mod ,man that is nice ,you should market that or at least the parts to do it .Carry on ,Im still watching .

Originally Posted by darkhorse970

Very nice work, I love what you did with the rear bumper! I had that same bought when I saw the Dodge bumper, I'm glad to see someone has actually done it.

Thanks. The curve of the RAM bumper matches pretty well with the stock one at the top but the RAM bumper is more squared off towards the bottom. This picture shows what I'm talking about. The RAM bumper is only about 18 gauge so I was able to shape it to the contour of the stock bumper which is about twice the thickness. The only other tricky part is making sure you have it aligned with the exhaust tips.

[Twisted71c10]

i love seeing such precise metalwork !

[slowcpe]

Nice progress

[nds1968]

Your truck is coming along nicely. Your work is top notch... I want my truck to look like your rendering but mine will be 507 blue. I have white wheels now but thinking about going back to black...

Also what wheels and size do you plan on running?

[Old_Truck_Fan]

Originally Posted by nds1968

Your truck is coming along nicely. Your work is top notch... I want my truck to look like your rendering but mine will be 507 blue. I have white wheels now but thinking about going back to black...

Also what wheels and size do you plan on running?

Nice work on your build thread as well. I like the 507 blue.

The rendering is shown with 17 inch wheels. That is the minimum required to clear the front brakes I'm using.

[Advanced Design]

Very nice work on the fuel tank and bed fill. The mounting ring is a nice touch.

[RRR18]

Following along. Very nice work. Love the paint booth.

[Seventy Two]

Very nice work. I'm in.

[Seventy Two]

Also, nice work on the cab/bed cart. I'm a big fan of making tools to help the restoration process move along.

[ckenwright]

subscribing

[jus2qwk]

cool build! really nice work

[knomadd]

Nice work with the bumper!