my very first rebuild 66 gmc/chevrolet truck

[Howell88]

Hey guys! I am new here but have been going to this site via google the last 6 mnths for of course answers to my questions on my first rebuild. Now i wish id kept the first months pictures because ive went through the fire again and again. Anyways here is my 66 gmc/chevrolet truck. Shes legal and my daily driver/project truck. More info soon..
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[Captainfab]

Welcome to the forum

[LostMy65]

Yes, Welcome.

[pdxhall]

Welcome and please post some pics when you can.

[amccomb]

welcome to the party!!

[aerotruk63]

You don't really need to post pictures, you just have to explain in great detail anything you want to know , HOWEVER, you'll have to describe everything that the part looks like, everything that surrounds it, everything that lays on the floor around what your describing, everything that we could see in your garage or driveway, everything that's in front of your neighbors house, describe your Dog, Kids and Wife or Girlfriend, your tools, your daily ride, the field you found the part in, the condition your driveways in,the weather that day, what the crack of your butt looks like leaning over the truck in the engine compartment described from a child's point of view if they were, or had, a camera to take pictures with. It might be easier for all concerned if you just took, and posted pictures, I'm just saying.

[Howell88]

a few pics
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[Clyde65]

Welcome from the Republic of Texas

[Howell88]

any suggestions or wild ideas for customization are welcome. shes parked at work now and im going to post more tonight as long as my fiance lets me work on my other baby. thanks guys i love this place. more to come.
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[padresag]

is that frt bumper different? Welcome to the board by the way.
ron

[Howell88]

Oh i want to give a shout out to anyone wanting to help a fellow first time builder. Id pay the price if anyone can hook me up with a stock gauge cluster for my dash? its the long opening that my 66 chevy cluster wont fill up or bolt to. whoever slapped her together butcherd her up a bit so ill send up pics to be more specific.Ill buy it even if it dont work. Guess i like fixn things! ha ha ha
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[Howell88]

oh yeah one of the many differences she has im planning to restore the original bumper to her though.
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[Howell88]

wait till you see what they did to her tail man! the original taillights i miss. ill post em soon
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[Howell88]

Yeah guys heres a bit of the story. Here goes. She as sittin by our local dirt track wp motor speedway and me and my partner we going to a customers house when i spotted her. Ugly burgundy and mudded up to the max. She had miss match steel wheels and half flat tires. original old surface rotten wood bed floor. homemade wood gauge panel with decent gauges. caddy bucket seats homade console and arm rests. Under the hood a 350 with a 650 cfm holley. behind it a 2 speed powerglide. Ive always wanted one since my dad had a 66 chevy(much nicer) when i was a kid. so i talked to him for awhile and my dad helped me find things to get him down from 3 thousand to 2 thousand.... to be continued.
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[Vernski]

I'm just curious is it a GMC with chevy parts or a chevy with GMC parts? Hard to tell not many pictures...Vernski

[Howell88]

Oh yes shes got chevy doors and hood so far. the original hood weighed more in mud and i didnt like that. also the doors were butchered up a nightmare. didnt even have gears or window tracks. Thankfully my dad sold me a 66 cab and clip for her for parts...
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[Howell88]

i live in a small town hard to find parts and salvage yards sell whole trucks or crush em... no parting out these days. man was i born in the wrong generation!
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[Howell88]

Who says you cant start young! Thats me and my 2 year old daughter who wanted to start sanding on day one!
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[Howell88]

Theres the photo
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[LostMy65]

Nice Shot:

[Howell88]

thanks man ill sure be posting tons more at work right now showing m boss

[Howell88]

my boss is going to join soon too he has a slammed 63 chevy truck in the works.

[Howell88]

And man is she dusty!!!!!

[wc63]

i like it 2g's doesnt sound bad. i wish i had a fleetside, instead i have 2 gmc short steppers. at least your grill looks flippin sweet. and that bumper front bumper doesnt look bad either, it looks like a rear bumper but fits the truck nicely. do you know where its from?

[Howell88]

I had a bunch of pics of her when i first started. She was sporting a set of cheap used goodyears wrapped around some steel chrome plated smoothies. I may be getting them back and putting white walls on her soon though.Been wanting to go with a rat rod look. Always loved rat rods. wish i could photo shop her a little and get an idea or too...drawing it up takes me awhile.