I usually like a more stock look to these but this one looked pretty bitchin.

Great paint job too.

Yep cool ride. 👊🏻

Tis only money these days, but I do have a soft spot for 68-72 Chevy pickups.

Had 3 of that body style

Nice!

Me too and I've never been a Chevy guy.

Very nice

Very clean. I look forward to seeing it when your dad is done with it!

That’s my favorite era for the Chevy trucks. I like the short bed step side but I’d jump at a short bed fleetside too.

The actual pic isn't this bad, but I shot it with my digital & it got really bad. But, my second truck, & a ton of mods & memories.:

I'll be out there tomorrow afternoon and try to remember to take some pics for you. Pickups aren't there for long and Dad runs a tight ship.

You'll notice his bald head in the background in some of my pics. He'll BS with you, but he'll never stop working to do it.

Very cool!

Ran into a buddy this weekend that had a 71 4x4 he was trying to sell me for $7,500 25 years ago. He has another and has guys trying to buy it for $40k at when they see it at the grocery store.

Crazy money.

I appreciate that. A good upholstery guy is a dying breed.

It's 67-72.

Nice custom C10. What's under the hood? That looks like a granny gear 4 spd shifter.

I think the silver unit next to the power amp under passenger side seat is a controller for an LS motor. Other than that I have no idea. Last thing I'd wanna do is touch a car Dad is working on.

I'd be really surprised if it had a Trans w granny low in it.

You are 100% correct sakkett, but I just never liked 67's & couldn't include them. That was wrong, as its just a back window, & really old parts in the 4x4 versions which were rare anyways.

Higginez;
Good evening my friend, I trust your section of northern California is getting weather you can use and you're all well.

Thanks so much for taking the time to share these photos with us, I very much enjoy seeing both the work in process and the completed stuff too of course.

My goodness that pickup is nice and straight. I don't believe they were even quite that "lined up" from the factory back then, but I'll admit that's reaching into the memory banks for me as far as the new ones goes.

When I moved here to BC a buddy had a '71 4x4 that I thought was about the coolest pickup in town. Wasn't too modified as I recall.

Thanks again and all the best.

Dwayne

I like Fords of the same era too. I’ve got a 69 Ford that I’m working on now.

My first truck was a Chevy long bed 68 fleetside Camper Special with a 4 speed tranny and a peppy straight 6 with 3 gas tanks.

I was a teenager driving a Grandpa truck so I sold it for a Mustang.

Like everything else I shoulda held on to it.

That looks like a '72. Turn signals in the bumper.... I learned to drive in a '72 with a 3 on the tree. Good times!!

Had a 69 model with the 307, man that thing smoked even with non foulers. Put a 305 I rebuilt in it, I miss that old truck. Got it in 2006, and it still had the blank plate where the radio would be

That's cool! Can't wait to see the finished interior.

The 307 is a ginormous pile of crap. Even more gutless than the 305, IMO.

That is sweet!


Your socks are pretty nice too!

Even better, Dad had some pics of the old custom interior on his bench that were impressively dated. I'll snag some pics of those too. LOL

Ouch! LOL

71-72 grill & bumper Bob. Spot on.

The cool thing in the day, or so I thought, was to use a 71-72 bumper with parking lights & a 69-70 grill with parking lights in it for a total of 4. But few noticed.

That’s a sweet truck must suck to be overshadowed by such a badazz Dad?🤣🤣🤣

Wait til I start bragging about my twin brother! LOL

Seriously.

All the 307 camshafts were junk. 305 was what I had on hand

Thanks Hig. Your Dad is a master and I'm eagerly waiting the pics. One of these days I've gotta git back down there and choot your Voodoo and we can fill our pie holes with some Drunkin Dumplin. If you haven't already it's to die for. Or Mamona, food coma ensues.

Say when man!

Never had Drunkin Dumplin. Will put it on my to do list.

We seriously don’t have a single upholstery guy left around here. I had an appointment lined up with the last good guy 6mo’s out last year for my daughters VW Golf Got a call from his SIL that they’d found him dead in the shop and (obviously) the job was canceled.

Dad's 8 months out usually and I'm 100% we will find him on the shop floor one day.

With any luck as that is exactly the way he'd wanna go out.

Yes

67-72, but I like them too. I think they’re the best looking Chevy trucks ever.

That stuff is so bad for me but it's culinary crack. Literally to die for.

We've only Door Dashed Mamona (during Covid) and it was pretty good.

Drunken Dumpling is just up the road.

Had a 68 with a 250 six and a 1970 Dodge charger with a 440 as a kid. Life was good

Had a '68 Chevy long wide, 2wd, 307, 4 speed granny.
'68 GMC short narrow, 250 six, 3 speed, 2 wd.
'69 Chevy, 350, 4spd granny, long wide.

Check out Paul's (CCCC) posts re: that era GM's.
Makes all of us look like beginners!

Only with the patent leather shoes. Otherwise just redneck.

I dont think thats the right hood for a 70.

Could be a 71 or 72 for all I know Jim. I'm pushing my luck calling it a Chevy.

Higgies truck pic has a 71-72 bumper & grill, the hood is correct. 69-70 trucks shared same hood. 67-68's had a lower front.

69 and 70 had the bow tie on the hood.

Correct on the bumper/grill for 71-72, and the doors appear to be 72.

Nice truck! I've always been partial to those years. Learned to drive in a 72 Suburban. Recently sold a 71 Blazer and have had two K10 SWB's with 4 speed manuals (still have one).

My mistake.


I thought the thread was about a 70 Chevy....not a 70's Chevy.


My bad. Carry on.

Rookie....

My first Truck was a K10 1970 4 bolt 400 with a turbo 400.Had a 410 or 411 rear end.You could pull a house with it.

Who put that together?

My brother has done several old Chebby pickup ground up restorations.

Here's one in progress that he built for his son.

Local,
Does your brother ever adopt?
I'm available.

Nice looking truck...except for the color! But that's just me, we all have our own likes and dislikes.

Looks like your Dad has done that a time or two!

That's a great build.

Nice, but where did the gas tank go? Boom box residing behind the seat in it's place. It's always a good idea to get those out of the cab.

Raeford, Don't know, but I should get him to build one for me.

Nice truck, I’ve got a 1963 C10 short bed stepside I’m getting ready to work on.

My '68 SWB work in progress. It needs the brakes converted to disc. It has power drums brakes. I'd love to score a original buddy bucket seat for it.

He's up in TN now. Sold his place in Clearwater, FL with a big detached garage. He's renting right now until he can find a place with a satisfactory set up for his hobby. Chomping at the bit to start building something again.

He likes to restore other stuff, too.

I'm typically not much of a truck guy, but Damn! thats pretty cool!
Love the wheels!

1911, that's a great truck. My brother had the same truck for years. Painted it the same color!

Very nice! Yours reminds me of what mine used to look like - that's the original color of mine but a previous owner changed it (unfortuantely). I've considered changing mine back to green...

That's a sharp Trail 70 LD!
Several other kids had one in the neighborhood back in the day[I used to scorch their azzes on my XR75 ]
But still liked the whole Trail series.

Higg, that's a very clean looking build. I hadn't looked at the pictures that closely when I started on this thread. Your Dad likes things tight.

The pic in the OPs first post is a 72 if I'm not mistaken. I had a 72 3/4 ton 4x4 for a while. Did all the body work on it to get it straightened out and cleaned it up. It was a rust free truck when I got it, even though it had been a farm truck for part of its life. Painted it the original medium blue when single stage paint was still available. Interior was like new when I got it . Even replaced the rubber floor mats when you could go down to the dealer and pick them up for t $75 and just plop them in along with new pads. Went through all the mechanicals and rebuilt the 350 that was in it. The 400 Turbo was in great shape so just cleaned it up and put it back in with the engine. It was a great truck but it rode like a dump truck and about rattled my fillings out when I drove it. And then we started having kids and there was no way we could afford a second vehicle at the time and it wasn't a family rig so it went down the road. The young man who bought it was a happy camper to get it and I used to see it driving around once in a while- he kept it pretty well shined up like I did.

My brother had one in the same year that he bought new and he kept it looking new the entire time he owned it, which was about 40 years.

I love those body styles, but I have to admit I like the new trucks much better for the amenities and the great ride they afford. I also like the 47-54 Chev trucks for their style and one day soon I plan to buy one just to restomod it...

Boy, 4x4 SWB are rare. Yours appears in fantastic shape
My brother has our old '69 3/4 ton 4x4 that would be great if redone.

Raef, you'd love this one. He's bought a bunch of high performance parts and done all kinds of things to the motor. Hilarious.

The old interior. LOL

Had a 69 GMC 1/2 ton 2 bolt 350 with the 350 turbohydro tranny. Box had a metal floor and the rear had leaf springs .was gold and white with the lower body line trim, roof was white like below the trim line
Had the gas tank in the cab behind the seat, hated that. The Quadrajet took a crap. Replaced it with a new Holly spread bore. The left exhaust manifold cracked and broke, replaced it with Doug Thorley street tube headers with dual exhaust into Thrush glass packs it sounded nice. Had to refabricate a tie down on the engine so the torque wouldn't bust the motor mount again . It would also burn the plug wires so had to make some heat shields for them. They had an (85 or 100mph speedo) don't remember now, 0 at 7:00 and 85 at 5: 00 at 6:00 there was a peg you couldn't see thru the dash but the needle bounced off it when on a top end run . I was 19 and there were somethings a young guy had to do.
..mb

Yikes!

In 1969 I bought my first brand new truck--a GMC Longhorn. These had an 8-1/2' bed and were built to carry a 9' camper. It had the 396 cu in V-8 engine.

just for small reasons.. I like the 67s, 68s and 69s the best...4 WD, 3/4 ton ( C 20), 4 speed manual, 396 motor...

Back to working on the seat for this one.

That is a very good looking truck. On the buddy buckets - my experience with those has not been very comfortable.

The truck in the OP is going to be very special given the craftsmanship on the interior and the aftermarket revisions. The customized shifter console is a nice modernization for a two passenger cab and, although old Chev purists would cringe about the cut dash panel, the screen insertion should be a nice modern touch.

Looks like it has an original AC dash panel, but related controls/center outlet are gone. Probably a modern aftermarket AC/heater setup - which would be much more efficient/effective.

It will be interesting to see what the redone interior door panels are like.

Without seeing its original configuration and trim (and front brake setup), it is almost impossible to say which year it was titled because various year-specific components are easily switched among the 69 to 72 pickups.

But, it looks like a 1/2 ton and if it has coil springs in the rear I would pass.

Thanks for this OP.

I didn't get down and look to see if it had leafs or springs.

Gas tank is in the rear and there is a filler in the bed if I remember right.

Dad made the guy come pick up the truck to get a few things out of his way (wiring).

Local hot rod shop doing this one and they do pretty impressive work.