Newbie with new ride

[flashed]

Wow ,that is one nice looking truck ,and WELCOME .

[edisonfire]

super cool truck

[jocko]

I'd find a replacement seat cover (may have to have it made) and, then, dona toucha nothin... Beautiful truck. Thanks for sharing the pics.

[my04]

The blue in the picture was the seat cover, it's gone now and it revealed a perfectly good original seat with no tears or stains. The blue cover must have been installed early in the trucks life. The original seat is fine. I got lucky...

[oem4me]

Originally Posted by my04

Thanks, the rear bumper, front homemade hitch and the seat cover have been removed. Waiting for warmer weather to really start working on the truck. Thinking about keeping it mainly a survivor with some minor touch ups and some freshening up. Here are some more pics of when i brought it home....

No doubt you've got a survivor there, and a nice one! I know it's tough to resist the urge to "improve", but in the long run, the less you mess with it the better.
There's no harm in fixing broken things, of course, just be sure to source OEM parts when possible. Also, pay attention to the factory finishes when replacing things, and watch the "original" threads on this site for details.
We've come quite a long way on this site over the last few years in this regard, and the trend for preservation in collectors circles is not slowing.
Please don't think that I'm saying you should be afraid to enjoy your truck, not at all, just that irreversible mistakes can be made in seconds when one is not aware.
I assume the truck is mostly, if not all original as far as paint goes, right? I noticed the lock rings on the wheels are body color. I'm pretty sure these are plated (or painted?) silver from the factory. Do you see any evidence of other dark blue touch ups around? Just curious.
The picture below is of member Sodly's truck. A super nice low-mile survivor '66 as well.

[Nanook]

Very nice truck and welcome...lots of great advice and information is available on the forum

[Ghernandez66]

WOW that a beautiful truck... Yup def no mods needed for this one.
Welcome to the forums

[my04]

Don't know the story on the lock rings. I was aware that they were silver from the factory and just figured these had been painted later on at some point but, when I took possession of the truck, the seller didn't have the spare at the moment, it was still squirreled away at the old homestead where the elder uncle had lived. He retrieved it for me about a week later and lo and behold its lock ring is blue also with a very old tire mounted on it with no signs of ever being replaced. So, I'm not sure about the factory color of the rings being accurate or not. Maybe it did come this way?
Not sure about the paint. If it has been painted in the past, it was done a long time ago and it was a very good repaint. There are no signs of overspray anywhere. The only spot I question is on the A pillars where the white on the cab meets the blue on the cowling. The passenger side tape line seems more jagged than the driver side. The entire paint now is weathered and has been touched up alot over the years, its by no means perfect now. My intent is to preserve the paint as it is today, try to clean up the bad spots of touch up paint and just go with the "survivor" paint look.

[jdl71]

Truly awesome find. Sub'd.

[XLCOR_65]

That truck is just gorgeous. Welcome aboard!

[phillip123hastings]

Niiice truck! Congrats

[sodly]

Originally Posted by oem4me

No doubt you've got a survivor there, and a nice one! I know it's tough to resist the urge to "improve", but in the long run, the less you mess with it the better.
There's no harm in fixing broken things, of course, just be sure to source OEM parts when possible. Also, pay attention to the factory finishes when replacing things, and watch the "original" threads on this site for details.
We've come quite a long way on this site over the last few years in this regard, and the trend for preservation in collectors circles is not slowing.
Please don't think that I'm saying you should be afraid to enjoy your truck, not at all, just that irreversible mistakes can be made in seconds when one is not aware.
I assume the truck is mostly, if not all original as far as paint goes, right? I noticed the lock rings on the wheels are body color. I'm pretty sure these are plated (or painted?) silver from the factory. Do you see any evidence of other dark blue touch ups around? Just curious.
The picture below is of member Sodly's truck. A super nice low-mile survivor '66 as well.

Yeah, I PM'd My04 about the lock ring color issue. All the photographic evidence on lock rings I've ever seen have shown silver from the factory, like mine are. However, in the GM promo film "El Camino" that specifically features a new 66 Custom Camper (and is narrated by Paul Harvey!!) the lock rings are painted red like the wheels. Don't think I've ever seen another truck that way but, obviously, at least one did came that way.

[my04]

Engine coming out to get new gaskets, cam, lifters, timing chain and gear set, rebuild carb, fresh paint and clean up engine bay.....

[Ronw435]

Very nice truck.

[74 stepside]

My friend, you hit the jackpot finding an old truck that clean and original. Good luck and welcome to the forum.

[duallyjams]

Definitely a gem.

[64longbedcustom]

Very Nice!!

[my04]

Engine back in and running, chassis gone through and painted, now starting on the exterior of truck. Gonna wet sand entire truck and then wheel it out and keep the "survivor look" with all it's existing blemishes. Sorry to all the purists out there but there are some non O.E.M. components on this truck that already existed and that I've also added for personal taste...

[dracko]

Damn that's a nice truck man. Now I am regretting painting my 327 orange. What color is that? Rattle can or single stage? I wonder if I could just respray my engine without it flaking off.

Also, do you know the paint code for the blue your truck is painted? Also a color I may use for my truck.

Thanks

[my04]

Thanks for the comments.
The engine paint is Dupli-color brand spray paint - ALPINE GREEN, DE1618 and the truck paint is 1966 Chevrolet DARK BLUE, code 508.

[dracko]

Awesome thanks man

[Ken B]

Man, that sure is a beauty! Nice job on the improvements...

[GSIMFAB]

Awesome truck.