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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Members Rides => Topic started by: Colby on January 29, 2013, 12:09:31 am
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Hello all, I've been snooping around for awhile and figured I might as well register because I'm sure I'm going to have plenty of questions over the next couple months.
I just started tearing down my 73 Chevy Cheyenne Shortbox for a frame up rebuild. This truck was purchased new by my Dad in 73', but he sold it to a guy in 77' when he purchased a new one. I found it and bought it back from that guy about a year ago. It has been sitting since 91'. When I get it done, it will be my daily driver and I hope to be able to give it to my 4 year old son when he turns sixteen.
My Dad and I will be doing the restoration together in his garage, so it should be a fun winter project for us. I hope to have it done this spring as the snow goes away, but we'll see how it goes. We have a pile of new parts including new doors, fenders, trim, all new rubber, new carpet, body mounts, bushings and many other things. I will be cannibalizing my wife's 02' Denali and swapping the 6.0L and all the goodies over to the 73'. Also hoping to do the one piece door windows, a rear slider, lift and 35" tires with 18" wheels. We started the tear down last weekend and hope to have the frame ready to go to media blasting by next week. When the frame is done, we will haul the body over to swap out with the blaster so that we can try to get the roller done and start mocking up the 6.0 before the body comes back. Other than the blasting, we plan to do every stitch of work ourselves.
I look forward to getting to know some of you and appreciate the info that you put on this forum for guys like me to learn from.
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Later, Shawn
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Welcome to the site from South Carolina.
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Welcome from Oklahoma
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Welcome from from NY, Thats just a cool project good luck and keep us posted.
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Welcome from Michigan.....Good Luck!!!
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It should be a great project. have fun with your dad. I put a lsx in my last project. there not that bad. dont forget to take those seats from the Denali. you can put them in the truck, Youll Probably have to move the tank to he rear though. anyway good luck. Oh and welcome
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Thanks for the Welcome guys.
Got the interior stripped, all the glass out and am hoping to pull the engine and drive train this week. With any luck I'll haul the frame to the blaster on Friday.
Shawn
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I will be cannibalizing my wife's 02' Denali and swapping the 6.0L and all the goodies over to the 73'.
Your wife does know about this correct. ::) joking, we will love to see your progress and help wherever we can.
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Your wife does know about this correct. ::) joking, we will love to see your progress and help wherever we can.
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Am I supposed to tell her??? She might not let me. A wise man told me once that it is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
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welcome from Ohio. Have fun with your Dad and take lots of pictures!
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updates?
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I have made some progress. Here are some pic's.
Also, I found out that the truck is actually a 74' not a 73'. I found my Dad's original warranty card in the glove box with his name and address on it from the day he bought the truck.
Got the rest of the front clip removed and the front and rear glass.
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Took awhile to get the rear U-Bolts off. Finally ended up just cutting them, which is fine since we have new ones with the lift kit.
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Part way through the cab stripping. I've got everything out except the column, wiring and heater box.
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Finally got the cab free of the frame.
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The cab is in great shape with no rust in the floorboards or the rockers. The only spot that has an issue is a small hole in the right rear cab corner.
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Pulled the engine, tranny and t-case this morning. Got the cab off the frame and on to some saw horses.
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I think I have about 1 more hour of pulling fuel lines, brake lines and a couple other random things and I'm through with stripping the frame. I'm planning on loading it up on Friday and taking it to the blaster in Denver.
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Thats it for now. Still looking for some random pieces that I'm going to need. Also trying to start thinking about colors.
I was just going to do a simple "make it look decent" restoration, but I think we've officially gone beyond that point.
Shawn
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looking good
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Also, I found out that the truck is actually a 74' not a 73'. I found my Dad's original warranty card in the glove box with his name and address on it from the day he bought it.
I was just going to do a simple "make it look decent" restoration, but I think we've officially gone beyond that point.
Shawn
Welcome to the 74 club. 8).
It seems like we all start off on just getting it running right and looking decent, but those of us who love our trucks just can not stop making them better.
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Yea.... Your done for, its a sickness/ in a good way. looks great!
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Thanks for the moral support guys ::)
We made it to the blaster on Friday. He said it should be around a week for the frame. Hopefully when it is ready I'll have the rest of my cab stripped and I can drop off all the body parts when I pick it up.
Here are a couple of pics of us loaded up and ready to hit the road.
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I'm bringing this thread back from the dead. I've had a thread going over on the LS swap page, but now that the swap is done, I'll move it back over here and try to get this thread updated. This project is a couple years old, but didn't make much progress between blasting 2 years ago and this winter, but we've been working hard the last couple months and should finish it up in the next few weeks. Lots of pictures to follow, so buckle up.
After having the frame blasted, we built a rotisserie for it and coated it with KBS coatings.
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Exciting to have a roller! Getting ready to drop the tranny in so we can locate the LS in the frame.
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Donor for the 6.0L
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My little helper polishing his bumper.
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Test fitting the new tires to make sure I don't have to cut the fenders before we paint them.
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That's where we are at, hopefully shooting color in the next couple days, then reassembly.
Shawn
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Looking good!
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Love how big that shop is, truck also looks good. Just kinda impressed with that shop.
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Got the paint all sprayed over the last couple days and finished up this morning. I'm relieved this part is done. Now it's time to start the reassembly.
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like the color choice!
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Nice. What color is that exactly?
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Nice!
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nice color i want to see some pics in the sun!
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Nice truck! Awesome color choice, great build, nice work !
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Thanks for the compliments.
Got the bed on today, the front end put back together and the wiring started. Excited to get all the wiring run so I can start getting the interior in it.
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Looks great.
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Looks Great! Like the correct Front for the year.
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Nice. Welcome from O.C. California
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ohhhhh yes
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What an amazing restoration and story.
Finding and buying your Father's truck and restoring it with him and your son.
Priceless!
Just Curious. Are you in Colorado? I live in Black Forest, CO.
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What an amazing restoration and story.
Finding and buying your Father's truck and restoring it with him and your son.
Priceless!
Just Curious. Are you in Colorado? I live in Black Forest, CO.
Yeah! We live over on the western slope in Eagle.
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We got to see the truck outside of the garage today. Pretty happy with how it looks in the sun. Got it loaded up to go to the glass shop.
Pretty fun to drive it, even if it was just down the driveway.
It's getting really close to being a real truck!!
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love it
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Stunning.
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love it
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Stunning.
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Thanks guys.
Got all the windows in and all my electrical in the engine compartment pretty much buttoned up. Exhaust, trim and license plates this week and it should be pretty much finished up. Hard to believe.