05-04-2014, 11:46 PM | #1 |
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Picked up my 'new' truck this weekend
Well, its new to me anyways.
Here she is... what I've been scraping my pennies together for and the truck I've wanted for as long as I can remember. 1967 Chevy C10 short bed. As it sits now sporting a pretty basic, carb'd small block, 700R4, updates with 4 wheel discs, factory a/c, airride on all 4 corners (2 viair comps with dual recovery tanks). The frame is still unmolested so it doesn't completely lay out (yet) Exterior is sunburst orange metallic paint, so factory GM color for the C6 vette. Body and paintwork (minus swirls from the previous owner) are about 95% perfect... whoever did the body and paint did an excellent job, its been wet sanded to perfection, pretty much no trace of orange peel, from my meter still plenty of clear left to work with as well. Full oak bed, factory tank relocated to the rear of the bed with a center bed gas cap. Rear end has been fully shaved, love everything about it personally except the tail lights... more on that later. Rolling on a brand new (literally they still had the stickers on them when I picked it up) 20x9.5 Boss wheels and tires. Considering changing the wheels, but for now these are growing on me. Interior is like new. Full woodgrain grant steering wheel with tilt column, power windows, removed vent windows. Dark gray tweed seating surfaces with cream vinyl everywhere else. The dash pad looks a little tired so I'll try to clean that up, if not it'll need to be replaced, but good enough for now. Restoration is about 3 years old, all of 3000 miles on the rebuilt engine and it starts and runs perfect. Made the 4 hour drive back north to my house after picking it up in 80+ heat and stop/go traffic without so much as a hiccup. Other than the oil leak couldn't be happier with how its running. At this point I have a pretty short to do list:
So enough rambling... here she is pre-detail. The coming weeks it will be getting a full decon, correction, and plenty of protection. Fully aired up -
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05-04-2014, 11:50 PM | #2 |
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Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
However - please get rid of the Advance Auto Parts upper radiator hose cover. That thing is gross looking. |
05-05-2014, 02:40 AM | #3 |
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Beautiful truck! and great score as i'm guessing you paid a lot less then its restoration cost the previous owner(s)
I also feel the same way you do about the tail lights, and a factory style upper radiator hose would look better then what is currently on there.
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05-05-2014, 12:41 PM | #4 |
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That truck is a beauty, only thing I'd change is shaving the door handles since the rear tg was shaved. Well, ok, maybe not the only thing but that would be the first thing....
She's damn purty though. Color me jealous.
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05-05-2014, 12:54 PM | #5 |
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Dang, don't show that to my wife. She'd want one!
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05-05-2014, 01:06 PM | #6 |
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Looks awesome! Congrats!!!
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05-05-2014, 08:30 PM | #7 |
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My god that thing is beautiful.
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05-06-2014, 10:12 AM | #8 |
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very nice!!!
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05-06-2014, 10:18 AM | #9 |
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Gorgeous pickup, man! Congratulations!
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05-06-2014, 11:10 AM | #10 |
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Very nice. It needs billet wheels and definately the tail lights need to go.
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05-06-2014, 11:49 AM | #11 |
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Not a fan of the lack of tail gate and the tail lights but the rest of the truck is sweet.
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05-06-2014, 12:08 PM | #13 |
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Very nice! Love that body style!
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05-06-2014, 12:39 PM | #14 |
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Very Nice. Enjoy your new TOY.
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