1969 C20 Daily Driver

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[Sicklajoie]

Welcome to the 69 C-20 Custom Camper CST club! Great looking ride! Congrats!
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[69C20396]

quick question for you guys. Are the bowties in the center of the original steering wheel always blue? 69GWC is swapping me tomorrow with a reproduction that i am excited about, and i think it is missing that small piece of plastic on the horn button, just wondering. Thanks

[desertnick69]

Nice ride! Mine is still undergoing a face lift it had been a dd for my uncle and dad for 42 yrs. C-20's they are a great ride. Here is the before and after.

[69C20396]

desertnick,

yikes, hope everybody walked away ok. you have a lot of work ahead of you. thanks for chiming in.

[jocko]

Originally Posted by 69C20396

quick question for you guys. Are the bowties in the center of the original steering wheel always blue? 69GWC is swapping me tomorrow with a reproduction that i am excited about, and i think it is missing that small piece of plastic on the horn button, just wondering. Thanks

generally speaking: 67-68 bow ties are red, 69-72's are blue, 73+ had yellow bow tie stuff (i'm not talking just steering wheels - applies to grille/hood, hub caps, etc as well as steering wheel IF the steering wheel had a bow tie on it at all (i.e. 67-68's are a different wheel altogether (3-spoke))

[yuccales]

That's a good looking truck!

[69C20396]

big thanks to 69GWC, Repop wheel looks great. loving this forum more and more everyday.

[69GWC]

It was nice meeting you, no problem on that wheel it looks good on your truck better then the other did and better then it did on my truck.
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[JOJABOY]

Congrats on the nice looking truck. I'm about two months ahead of you on ownership of my '69 C-20. I too started with the fundamentals and started getting my truck back to proper working condition. Get it running, steering and stopping. I started with my lamp cord wiring and just moved on from there. I am waiting on my 3-point seatbelts and westcoast style mirrors to arrive in the mail. So....while I wait, I thought I'd pick up a fiberglass kit and go to town making a set up cup holders that extend out from front of the seat (over the hump).

[69C20396]

Jojaboy,

Love to see that cup holder when you finish. Thanks!
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[JOJABOY]

Absolutely. I am taking photos as I go. I will probably have it finished up this week.

[69C20396]

Got home early from work and painted the inner trim on the front of the truck, took about an hour, but made a huge difference.

[69GWC]

Looks good
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[JOJABOY]

Originally Posted by 69C20396

Got home early from work and painted the inner trim on the front of the truck, took about an hour, but made a huge difference.

My entire front grill was spray painted black when I got it. So when I stripped the rattle can crap off.....so went the Chevrolet lettering. I want to try and paint them back on but am unsure of my shakey hand. LOL I have been back and forth on the headlight bezels.

[Sicklajoie]

JOJABOY your truck looks like a twin to mine!

[69C20396]

i personally think that the black head light bezels looks great, but i supposed if i had spent hours stripping black spray paint off of the trim i would repaint slowly as well.

[JOJABOY]

Originally Posted by Sicklajoie

JOJABOY your truck looks like a twin to mine!

Ha-Ha-Ha- the Danny Devito of the twins!

[treveiger]

Good year my friend;-) I have a 69 c20
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[Mister-B]

Originally Posted by 69C20396

Got home early from work and painted the inner trim on the front of the truck, took about an hour, but made a huge difference.

Looks better. Now, not to be picky, but I too painted my inner grille all black, and later changed it. I found that from the factory, the plastic edges of the grill should be black, and the inner squares should be metallic silver. So, I was still able to keep the black paint job on the edges, but decided to mask and paint the inner grill squares metallic silver. It made a big difference. Instead of being so dark, it lightened it up and flowed better.

Anyway, it's personal preference, but having had both, I can say I prefer the factory look


Here's the before shot of the inner grille. Ignore the nice outer grille I replaced this one with in the first shot. The inner grille stayed the same

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[JOJABOY]

Personal preference is right. I do like the silver grid but I like the all black too. Kinda puts me in the boat with the headlight buckets black or silver. I like both.

I think I want to keep mine all silver with black grill inserts but want to paint the CHEVROLET black but not the stripes. And I want to find some time to get down there and adjust my front bumper. lol

[69GWC]

I myself like the all silver/chrome look I have never been into whats stock or not, Its all about me and what I want.. . LoL
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[69C20396]

The variation is helpful at this point, i am going to be tweeking everything for a lot of years! I think i prefer the all black. I'd like to do more of the black on white, i like the high contrast look. Eventually i'd like to get black daytonas on the truck as well. I think it looks mean, which i like.

Mister B, is your truck 2wd? if so, how are weighting the back for snow? It snowed here in KC and i lost traction a dozen times or so, and i see you are in Utah, so you are accustomed to the snow. let me know if you have any tips.

[69GWC]

Sand bags right over the rear axle, 6/8 would be a good start. Or anything heavy that wont slide around on you.
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