Official Chevyguys Build Thread!

[chevyguys]

I have been lurking and casually posting on this board for a few years now. During this time I have been SLOWLY working on my 65 project. This project started in 2008 with the purchase of the green shortbed below. I picked up the truck cheap and found an added bonus... It had a Fatman mustang II front crossmember and suspension which I sold later on in this project to fund other components of my build. Since this project began I have changed jobs, moved to a different state, lost having a garage, and built a new garage.

During this time I managed to obtain two other trucks to donate parts to my "vision" and have been collecting other odds and ends to make it just my way. By no means am I a rich man and spend most of my spare change trying to complete this project without losing focus or the internal drive to keep pushing on, despite the complete disaster I have created on occasion. At times I have had parts all over the house, new parts stored in the bedroom, glass tucked away safely in the closet and a ton of parts in the side yard that I might just need at some point during the project. I am thankful that the woman in my life tolerates my sickness and encourages me to get it done. I am a lucky man.

So today I decided to start my own build thread… and bring everyone who might be interested up to speed through a ton of pictures. Hope you guys enjoy the pictures and the progression the project has made over 3 years.
The plan is to build a shortbed, fleetside, big back window, factory A/C, P/B truck that is lowered 4.5” in the front and “6 in the rear. I want to drive the hell out of this thing so I have been trying to keep it all GM and well engineered. It’s has a fresh 283 with a 700R4 from Gearstar and a 3.73 Posi rear. I have always wanted to own a Hugger Orange something in a flat egg shell “rat rod “(term used lightly) paint. So that’s what I am doing. It’s a driver not a trailer queen.
So here we go… I’ll start with the three trucks that make up this project… and fast forward you to today.

Truck One (green)
Used: Bedsides, grill support, inner fenders, (The rest went to a friend to build a truck for him) The PO cut the back of the shortbed frame in some strange places in preparation for a four link pro street truck

Truck Two (White)
Used shortbed frame, posi rear, front fenders and lots of small parts. Rest of truck given to friend. Motor (250 six) sold to Rusteeze65 on this board.

Truck Three (Yellow)
Used Factory A/C, P/B Cab, cowl panel, filler panels, doors, and A/C parts. Gave rest of truck to another member on this board. Kept the 350 4 bolt for a future project.