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I just bought my truck and have a few plans for it. This is my first truck and classic. Just thought I'd share the before pics. My family and friends call me crazy and call the truck a rust bucket and POS.

Heres some pics:

Good luck with it!

more pics....also it runs and drives great. just need new trailing arms which are on the way

Welcome to the board :D
Well looks like a pretty solid truck, aside from the wrinkles, so hows the cab look as far as rust

Both rockers are pretty much gone. the pass cab corner is bad, the driver side cab corner has a hole. the floor is solid except for one spot on the pass side in the back. The cab supoorts are just about non existant. Both doors seem solid. Alot of work but I have plenty of time.

Thanks for the welcome. I hope I can contribute some as I learn things. I know I will be asking many questions.

Mike

I like it... reminds me of what I used to drag home... Welcome aboard from NW Washington!

Looks like a better start than most of us.:D
Welcome to the board from South Mississippi.

I might have a set of fenders you can have. They are 68's with the markers filled but it wouldn't be much trouble to "unfill" them .They also have the inner fenders still attached. I also have a set of cab corners and a passenger side rocker that you can have for what I paid for them.( I got them from GMC Paul with no shipping) Chris :welcome2:

Crazy, I think not. In fact, as you get some things done to it, they will all be sitting down to a nice crow sandwich! lol Wow, what a nice offer Chris, way ta help out a guy and his truck!
good luck haywagon!!
JB

Used to be a 3 on the tree huh? Looks like a solid piece ya got there. If it runs good, then I'm sure you're one step ahead of alot of us!! Also welcome from Southern Minnesota.

Those Inline 6's will run for seemingly forever (I know from experience :hm: )

when i had my 250 i could still light em up and i only had 4 cylinders firing

Welcome to the board! Hey I have a pass side fender for sale cheap, it's even white. PM me if your interested.

Dion

It has "character" , that's for sure. It reminds me of the one I hauled a few thousand bales of hay with 30 something years ago. For working farm trucks, you couldn't beat the old straight 6-3 on the tree Chevy pickups.

I also had a 1965 Chevy that I put a Corvette 350 horse 327 in. It was the fastest hay wagon in the county back then :)

nice lookin truck welcome to the board

Welcome from another white 68 freak! (I guess that sounds bad. I mean white truck!)

I see you have an untra rare and highly desireable smog pump too! Your's is about the only other one I've seen surviving after 30 some years.

She actually looks pretty solid for an eastern rust belt truck. Contrats!

Here's my baby. Looks to be cut from the same cloth.

Well some call em POS and mean one thing, I guess afficianado's like most of us on here see "POTENTIALLY OF SUMTHIN". I like it personally and from my experiences with ole broncos, You coulda done a whole lot worse... Them things are in my past... now I know better!!!

Your family and friends will have to eat their words when their new stuff breaks and you have to give them rides. Welcome from Colorado.

MY OLD 70 THAT I JUST SOLD TO THE 5TH OWNER HAD 468,000 ON
IT WHEN IT FINALLY DIED, THEY WILL JUST ABOUT RUN FOREVER ;)

*MY DAD HAS A CABIN AT LAKE NUANGOLA PRETTY CLOSE TO YOU

:welcome2: 2 THE BOARD FROM W. 10-UH-C :welcome2:

You PA guys crack me up with what you call rusted junk...come on west a few hundred miles...
It looks to me like you have a pretty good starting point there.
What did you pay if I may ask. Does it pass inspection...or at least do you have a friend who will pass it?
What are the plans, what else do you need for it?
Welcome to the best board on the net from central ohio.

HI, and welcome to the board. At least you have a driver while you work on it.

Welcome To The Board From The Great White North! Great Start there for a Resto!

Well thank you guys for the welcome.

Chris (zeeklu)-you grabbed my attention. I'd like to talk to you more about those parts.

toms68cst- The smog pump is there but not hooked up ;). Its also missing a bolt on the bottom. Nice truck! Unfortunately I'm probably gonna changed the color in the future so they won't look like siblings anymore. I have become very unfond of white-I own a white van and it's the biggest pain to keep clean and cover any scratches.

Longhorn Man- I paid around 500 for her. It "passed" inspection with the PO but he had to pay someone, cause I don't think it should have passed :crazy: because one trailing arm has a rotted out half, the cab supports are only rust outlines, and the rockers are made of white duct tape :hmm: . But hey I not complaining its good until 12/05. My plans are to replace the rockers and cab corners in the spring and then take everything off the frame. Get the frame and suspension parts powdercoated and rebuild. Gonna drop it a few inches front and rear and convert to 5 lug disc brakes in front, and 5 lug rear. I'm hoping to replace the 250 inline with a sbc but thatll be way down the line.I'm leaning towards a bright red for color, but I also like dark blue. I have a while to decide that.


I haven't really had the chance to go over the truck yet. I only saw it for a day then I had to go back up to school. The truck is in the Philadelphia suburb of Levittown for now but I hope to drive it to Wilkes-Barre to do the major work. I have a neighbor who has and is restoring a few F**ds (tryin to make him a chevy man :banghead: ). So I will have some assistance with the restoration.

As for parts that I will need? Hmmm where do I start. The big one I picked up on so far is the bed. It's VERY rough, I think far beyond repair. I love the longbed fleetside so I'm just gonna start looking for a donor thats in better condition.

I'll make sure to add update pics when I have them.

Thank you everyone for the welcome and wishes of luck (I'm gonna need it).

Hehe I also like the little smiley guys. I'll be using them alot :metal:

:ho:

AHMEN to that brother, you want to see RUST come on over 70 a few hundred miles we'll show you some rust, heck you can watch vehicles rust before your very eyes here

:welcome2: That's a great project you got there. Good luck with it, and ask many questions there is a lot of good advise here. ;)