Slick 60's

After 10 years, the death of my parents, moving, fixing tractors, lawnmowers, painting the wife's horsetrailer, I am finally back to MY project. I started this truck when we were on MSN!!!!!!!!
It was completely torn down during Slick Stock 1 in Iowa. I tried to post a picture of it, but I guess I can't.

-Bear

hope this is the right one.

Bear: WOW, that is one nice body:)....a few small pecker marks, but MUCH easier to deal with than RUST!

Glad to hear of long time projects back on the front burner, gives me some hope for some of my long ignored endeavours.

James

Thanks for the comments, and yes, that is the right picture, thanks!

-Bear

glad you are finally getting back to it. looks real straight.

any updates?

Just been filling holes in the bed floor with 16 ga sheet metal. Die grinding out the rust and making patch panels, then mig welding them in. The flat panels fore and aft of the wheel wells. Hope to have the dings filled soon with body filler since they aren't that bad and will hopefully be shooting primer/ paint this next week. Color will be Duplicolor Mineral Grey Metallic/ with clear coat over it. I had the grill chromed several years ago, and will replace door handles, cowl badge, and hood badge. I filled all the holes for the aluminum side moldings. The 223 I-6 and 3 speed was replaced with a 5.0, now carbureted, with a AOD transmission. The drive shaft was custom made by Acme Decatur.
http://www.acmedecatur.com/ I will need a radiator, and a custom steering column. I have the rest of the components to do the Toyota Power Steering swap. I had GSCustoms.com weld in new floor panels from Carolina Classics as well as new steps, risers, cab mounts and rocker panels. Then the whole bottom of the cab was covered with POR-15. I had pictures of all that work over on the MSN site years ago when that was done. Can't find the disc it was on now. That is pretty much where the truck is now.