1980 C20 Crew Cab Build Up

[Crew Laid]

Hey fellas. My name is Jeremy. This my 1980 Chevrolet C20 crew cab. I bought it at the end of September in 2012. I paid a whopping $300.00 for it.
Bringing it home:

[Crew Laid]

So here are a few details on what I have planned:
Since I bought it out of province I have to get it safetied. There isn't a whole lot wrong with it mechanically just cosmetically. So that is this spring/summers project. Once I get it roadworthy and safetied it is going to get a 4/6 drop.
Next winter it is going to get taken apart again to prepare it for a stock floor body drop.
Front suspension:
MMW control arms
Porterbuilt dropmember
Dominator 2600 bags
Rear Suspension:
Dominator 2600 bags
Triangulated 4 link
Air Management:
Air Zenith OB2 X2
Accu-Air E-Level
I am going to turn it into a short box. As I am getting it ready for the safety I will be doing a 5 lug conversion on it. I plan on running 22's on it. The grille is going to be swapped to an earlier grille with the round head lights with separate park lights.What rims I'm going to run is still to be determined. As for the color of the truck it will be Infiniti Liquid copper Metallic.

[DrppdBlazr]

Hell ya can't wait to see more man.

[nekkidhillbilly]

short bed is the only thing im not a fan of. me id keep it long bed 8 lug drop it and repaint it back that color. i would love to find one for 300 and convert into a 4wd.

[Crew Laid]

Originally Posted by DrppdBlazr

Hell ya can't wait to see more man.

I really want to get back working on it. But it is currently in a 2 foot snowbank. I'll post up some more pictures later. In the last 3 months I've bought about $2000.oo worth of parts that are just waiting to be installed.

[COS399]

Sweet build. I have a 78 K35 painted the same two tone scheme.

Shotgun!

[Crew Laid]

Originally Posted by nekkidhillbilly

short bed is the only thing im not a fan of. me id keep it long bed 8 lug drop it and repaint it back that color. i would love to find one for 300 and convert into a 4wd.

I had considered doing the whole stock looking route,But thats just wasn't the look I wanted. I actually have a photoshopped picture that I will post up later.

[Crew Laid]

So here is some pics of when I got it home.

My two youngest children love the truck.

Here is the photoshop.

[Crew Laid]

Here are some pics of the truck.

It has a 350/turbo 400 combo.The are not the stock components. They will both be freshened up when I tare it apart next winter to body drop it.
The dash pad is in really good shape. There is one small crack off of the speaker holes.The gauge bezel is chipped it the one corner but that is easily replaced.


The bench seats are in really good condition. The rear bench will stay but the front is getting a bucket seat and console.Eventually.
The door panels aren't in the worst shape. But my friend that will be doing the stereo install is going to take care of making them look better.

Not a 100% but is this a factory or dealer installed cruise control?

Its got an 8-track player.

Yeah thats going to change in a few months.
Now for the not so good interior pics.
Driver side floor.

Passenger side floor.

Thats a whole lotta daylight coming through.

[Crew Laid]

So now for some not so pretty exterior pics.
The hood is all dented and cracked just in front of the hood hinges.

The slider is going to be replaced with a solid window that I got from a friend that was parting a reg cab C-10 out.

The tailgate has a large crease in. I have plans to create a one off filler panel. But, the details on that will be revealed after it is in progress.

The front doors both have creases right through the bodyline. The passenger side is way worse then the driver side. I'm going to replace them both.

The rear doors have some minor surface rust so that will be easily fixed.

[Crew Laid]

Now for the ugly.
The front fenders a rotten.



The rockers are about as good as the front fenders.

The passenger side isn't as bad but its getting replaced anyways.

This was something I did not expect at all. The cab supports are pretty much swiss cheese.

Since I bought the truck so late in the year this is how the truck spent its time after I bought it.

[Crew Laid]

So after owning the truck for over a year I finally got up the ambition and motivation to work on the truck.
The start of tear down.

[Crew Laid]

Well I found more rot in the engine compartment during tear down.


This picture is of the lower right side of the rad support.The whole lower egde is gone.

I wish I would have gotten my motivation to work on the truck last year because this is what I woke up to 2 weeks later.

So this is where I am at right now a complete stand still until my ally is completely melted.

[Crew Laid]

Now for all the parts I have been starting to hoard since January.
New inner fenders.

I only bought these to pass safety.
New front fenders.


New hood. Sorry it is a horrible picture. It wasn't easy trying to take a pic of it in my shed.

New rad support.
I bought a billet grille through a supplier at work.

I also got a new battery tray and support bracket

Unfortunately the support is on back-order.
I scored the Flowmaster Super 40 mufflers off of Facebook for $50.00.

They have only 2 hours run time on them.

[Crew Laid]

In the last few weeks I ordered more parts. I ordered new rockers,OEM style cab supports and extended front floor pans. They should hopefully be here by the end of the week.
I also ordered that I can't wait to get. On Monday I ordered a set of Sisco's Fabrication scissor hinges.
I think I may have found the rims I am going to be running.

I just need to find out if it comes in the right bolt pattern.
I will post pics of the color I am going with once I get a good sun day to show the color. I will also post pics as more parts start to come in.

[hick]

Certainly looks like every Crew cab I looked at when i was looking for mine. Looks like its seen its share of fence posts

How ever for 300 bucks I think your ahead, I just HATE body work hence why I got mine from Cali

You right in Kitscoty?

[Low Elco]

Shoot, I'd fix the mono speaker in the dash and run the 8-track if it works. Do the kicker Ipod deal for the real stereo. Old school points, baby! Like your Crew.

[Crew Laid]

Originally Posted by hick

Certainly looks like every Crew cab I looked at when i was looking for mine. Looks like its seen its share of fence posts

How ever for 300 bucks I think your ahead, I just HATE body work hence why I got mine from Cali

You right in Kitscoty?

I found this one when I wasn't really looking. Then they all started to come out of the woodwork after I bought it. Yes I live right in Kitscoty.

[Crew Laid]

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Shoot, I'd fix the mono speaker in the dash and run the 8-track if it works. Do the kicker Ipod deal for the real stereo. Old school points, baby! Like your Crew.

I haven't pulled the dash pad off yet so I don't know the the actual condition of that speaker. That might be an interesting idea to keep the 8-track and hide another head unit somewhere else. Thanx I appreciate that.

[Crew Laid]

Originally Posted by Crew Laid

In the last few weeks I ordered more parts. I ordered new rockers,OEM style cab supports and extended front floor pans. They should hopefully be here by the end of the week.
I also ordered that I can't wait to get. On Monday I ordered a set of Sisco's Fabrication scissor hinges.
I think I may have found the rims I am going to be running.

I just need to find out if it comes in the right bolt pattern.
I will post pics of the color I am going with once I get a good sun day to show the color. I will also post pics as more parts start to come in.

Well so much for running these rims on my truck. Just found out today they are discontinued.

[Crew Laid]

Finally got a good sunny day to take a pic of the color that my truck is going to be.

Took a closer look at my dash today. Found a few more cracks in it.


Is there an easy way to fix these cracks without having to buy a cover?
Didn't notice this bezel for the dash vents was broken before.

Oh well, they sell replacements.

[Hankster]

Not bad for $300! I bought my square for $230.. Check out my thread in my signature!

[Guilty By Design]

Cant wait to see what you do with it. I got a bodied 74 crew shortbed that I need to dig out of the back 40 sometime soon.

[Crew Laid]

Originally Posted by Guilty By Design

Cant wait to see what you do with it. I got a bodied 74 crew shortbed that I need to dig out of the back 40 sometime soon.

Cool can't wait to see that.
Tomorrow I'm off to Hooligans to pick up my panels. While I'm there I'm going to meet with Steve from Below Grade design about get a rendering done.

[Guilty By Design]

Steve does awesome work