Clavius

Put a LS in it!!!!!

Truck looks pretty good shouldnt be to much work (hopefully).
Is he gonna paint it flat black? Oh and he gonna french the headlights or anything trick like that? I watch to many "custom" shows haha

Steakboy42

OK, last set for the night. I have plenty more. This is #'s 26-30. There are 94 pics in total at this point. More tomorrow night!

-Steakboy

Steakboy42

The work hasn't been too bad. He's gunna be doing it in yellow and grey. I know, sounds wierd, but it'll look good. The headlights will stay the same. Not too much hotrodding will be attacking this truck cause it's gunna be more of a restoration. Hopefully he'll take pics of the bed soon. He's doing something pretty cool to it.

-Steakboy

Clavius

aww no hotrodding boooooo haha j/k man. Is the truck bed wood or metal? If wood hot damn I can't wait to see what your dad has planned.

Steakboy42

wood bed, but metal sides. He's putting a box in the bed where he's relocating the fuel tank (well, now it's a fuel cell) with compartments in the side. it's gunna look cool. right now, he just has the box framed out. lemme go snap one with my cell and put it up...

-Steakboy

here ya go, it's attached...

Steakboy42

I have more pics to put up, just not the time yet. Maybe later tonight. You guys wanna see more, right? There will be more on the process soon too. maybe I'll even have him type out what he did, cause I haven't had my hands on the project too much.

-Steakboy

Clavius

More pictures...!!! haha

I'll ignore the dumbass its to easy.

chrism

ignoring redcivic is not necessary because hewill make an *** out of his oompah self no matter where he goes.....dont you have a crx or something to restore?.....steak that is gonna be one pimp old school ride.....if i were closer i would be lending a hand for sure.....

shinka213

wow Steakboy!!!
im loving the truck...i wish i had time to do something like that....my dream some day is to restore an fd.....when i get old, semi retire and have a garage...w00t!


PS...i can ignore the ******* too!!

Clavius

Slight hi-jack since Shinka mentioned it.. my own dream is to restore and mod a old mustang unsure on the year but been a childhood dream. Also a 57' Chevy, just chop and cut it and slap a big ol' V-8 in it.

Like Chrism, Steakboy I wish I lived closer or I'd be down to helping your dad out.. doing sumthing like this is a once in a life time deal for most.

tiggerlee

Looking forward to seeing the progress. Keep us updated.

redcivic

chrism

can we get this person's posts erased now so steaks thread can go back to cool old business?....thanks!

Clavius

Hey Steakboy.. just came to me.. paint job? Please oh please tell me your dad is gonna have some form of Pin stripping on that truck...!!!

Steakboy42

wow, thanks for all the support guys. More pics to come, actually, Ill do 10 more tonight. My pops agreed to give more in depth detail on the work of the truck. I'm not sure what he's doing as of pinstriping, but the paint job will be a 2 tone yellow and grey. it'll look cool. I think Im gunna skip the rest of the arrrival pics and go right to the progress pics. see ya in a few!!

-Steakboy

Steakboy42

Alright, a couple of engine bay shots before I get into progress shots. We are sticking with this motor because of money constraints.

-Steakboy

Steakboy42

I know this is a bit of a jump, but these are with the motor reworked, painted and chromed up. Also, the frame has been painted, the bed removed, the front fenders removed, the cab corners repaired, the cab smoothed and Primed.

-Steakboy

Steakboy42

Now we have some more shots fo the primed cab on the frame. That's my pops in one of them. There's one showing what 50+ years of E-brake neglect causes. The last one is the start of the bed work. as you can see, there's new tube steel framing out the tailgate. (the tailgate will be non-working when it's done.)

-Steakboy

Clavius

Shyt Steakboy.. better watch it your father might be called a Ricer for all that Chrome in the Engine Bay
But seriously that chrome and black job looks friggin' pissa!!
Also he keeping drum brakes or upgrading at all? I know you've said he is restoring but a few minor modern convience's isnt such a bad thing lol

Steakboy42

He said he would like to upgrade, but it can be expensive. So, I think for now, he's gunna leave it drum, and switch it later.

-Steakboy

chrism

wow that is awesome progress.....are there any creature comforts being put in?....i know there are reasonable conversion kits out there that i saw on "Trucks" to add power steering and AC

Steakboy42

he'll be putting heat in. seats are gunna be (he hopes) from a newer chevy truck. He will be installing a CD player, 2 12's, a pair of components, amp, and cap. he's redoing the dash with new guages as well.

-Steakboy

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Why is he staying with the straight six? Low end long block 350's are so cheap.

Steakboy42

so cheap is still a little much. one day he may do it, but for now he gunna stick with what works.

-Steakboy

Clavius

'sides look at all that chrome on da motor!