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bluec10 · 04-26-2004, 04:05 PM

The Good News: I just bought a beautiful '69 GMC. Except for the cab corners, the body is great

The Bad News: I've been working on a '68 C-10 for a number of years. My dad bought this truck a few years after I was born, so I've grown up with it - I even learned how to drive in this truck. I've repainted the frame with POR-15 and installed a front end from an '84. Other than that I've restored a number of smaller parts, all of which will transfer to the '69.

The cab of the '68 is bad. All the typical stuff for our trucks needs to be done: both cab corners, both sets of rockers, driver's side cab floor and cowl panel, front and rear cab mounts, and there is a dent on the roof - right on the seam - where a tree fell on it 20 years ago. The driver side rear piller is also a bondo-mess after an accident many years ago.

I want to garage the '69, so I have to move the '68 out. My wife has "issues" with truck parts in the yard so I can't put it in the back yard. I have another garage that is housing a wood-floor box that I picked-up from the wrecker and all the kid's bikes.

Anyway...do you think the '68 is too far gone to bother, or would you try to store it somewhere? I'm not a welder, so I'm looking at big money to fix the cab. But still...I hate to part with it.

04-26-2004, 04:05 PM	#1
bluec10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 663	Abandon the Project? The Good News: I just bought a beautiful '69 GMC. Except for the cab corners, the body is great The Bad News: I've been working on a '68 C-10 for a number of years. My dad bought this truck a few years after I was born, so I've grown up with it - I even learned how to drive in this truck. I've repainted the frame with POR-15 and installed a front end from an '84. Other than that I've restored a number of smaller parts, all of which will transfer to the '69. The cab of the '68 is bad. All the typical stuff for our trucks needs to be done: both cab corners, both sets of rockers, driver's side cab floor and cowl panel, front and rear cab mounts, and there is a dent on the roof - right on the seam - where a tree fell on it 20 years ago. The driver side rear piller is also a bondo-mess after an accident many years ago. I want to garage the '69, so I have to move the '68 out. My wife has "issues" with truck parts in the yard so I can't put it in the back yard. I have another garage that is housing a wood-floor box that I picked-up from the wrecker and all the kid's bikes. Anyway...do you think the '68 is too far gone to bother, or would you try to store it somewhere? I'm not a welder, so I'm looking at big money to fix the cab. But still...I hate to part with it. __________________ Present: 2015 Tacoma. Yeah, not a GM, but I love it. 1969 GMC 32,000 - fix, drive, relax, fix... 2019 BMW R1250 GSA - Yahoooooooo 1979 Honda GL 1000 - retro touring at its best. Past: '05 Sierra 4x4 - Had 270,000 KM and running well when it was written-off by a stop sign runner. '94 F-150 from the "F word" company. I'll admit it...good truck. Sold what was left of it for $800 to a guy who came to pick it up at 11:00 PM with cash in hand. Hmm. '79 Sierra Grande (Black) organ donor - perfect rebuildable 4-bolt 350 and a good TH350. '76 Sierra Grande (Orange) - hate isn't too strong a word. Kid who bought it turned it into a hot rod. '68 C-10 R.I.P. - Dad's old truck...too far gone to resurrect. '59 C-50 - with hoist. Truck is gone, wife isn't. Nuff said.



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