Chevy Restoration.

[andar 10+ year member]

i was driving today, and i saw a truck EXACTLY like yours, the bumper was tilted just like yours was..

check your rocker panels while your doing all this, i know on the older chevys like the one i have, they were quick to rust out, not too hard of a fix either

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

haha. they are rusted already, and gone... ill post pics in a bit

 

[andar 10+ year member]

haha yeah i figured, when i got my truck, the guy that sold it to us put masking tape over the rusted out panel and sprayed them white to match the truck so we couldnt tell, and the passenger side floor was rusted out..

the shift "boot" was a piece of cloth that we never questioned, but when we took everything out, it was an actual yellow rain boot turned inside out.

needless to say we got ripped off

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

haha yeah i figured, when i got my truck, the guy that sold it to us put masking tape over the rusted out panel and sprayed them white to match the truck so we couldnt tell, and the passenger side floor was rusted out..
the shift "boot" was a piece of cloth that we never questioned, but when we took everything out, it was an actual yellow rain boot turned inside out.

needless to say we got ripped off

yiiikes. id kill him. But yea this truck has lots of work ahead of it. kinda sucks to be me.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

i took pics with my camera of what i had done yesterday and ill post the pics in a min

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Coming along really nice be sure to keep us all updated with pics and info looks great though nice work.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

thanks.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

some better pics of the truck. u can see grease marks on the fender from where i was tryin to pull it off (gloves were dirty from engine break down)

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

ik the truck is lookin really sexy right now so no one wants to tell me.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Nice looking good nice pic's. jw what are you going for with this truck. custom , lowrider , hot rod what ?

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

definantly a street rider. not a low rider. a 3/5 drop, around 400 hp. basically will eventually be a show car.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

just ordered rocker and cab corner kits so that i can get all my body work done !

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

well started removin the fender today. weirdest thing ever. I drilled out all the spot welds, or so i thought. there have to be more than 50 spot welds on each fender. They are up the top, down the front, all the way around on the underside. so i have the top and front done. didnt do the underside yet because we are having an ice storm and my shops set up for painting right now so im kinda screwed

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

i might get some pics of how far i got it off. its pisses me off tho. because there are fender flares on the truck and they screwd them stright through the body panels. what morons do that kinda thing.