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Title: 1973 Chevy C20
Post by: 1973c20 on October 18, 2007, 06:05:13 pm

I suppose I could start a page for my project ;D it's my 1973 C20 Cheyenne Super with a 1975 350 small block and th400. I recently did some engine work on it so now it runs nicely, but I still have some work to go....

Here's when I first got it (I painted all the white  :P):
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/buickgnx88/blah005.jpg)
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/buickgnx88/Truck007.jpg)

Here's what the engine looked like:
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/buickgnx88/engine1.jpg)

Here's the interior with new tachometer and floor shifter(which I recently took out):
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/buickgnx88/Truck004.jpg)
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/buickgnx88/Truck005.jpg)

Here's the freshly painted exterior (rattlecan ;D):
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/buickgnx88/HPIM0599.jpg)
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/buickgnx88/HPIM0600.jpg)

Here's the engine so far, still has some work to be done:
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/buickgnx88/Paint4004.jpg)

Here's the cool radiator/shroud brackets I made  8):
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/buickgnx88/Paint4002.jpg)

And here's my uncle's trailer that I put new tires on and fixed up the wood slats:
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/buickgnx88/finishedtrailer.jpg)

(Sorry for the big pics :D)

Title: Re: 1973 Chevy C20
Post by: mike357 on October 18, 2007, 06:24:49 pm

next time i need an engine compartment cleaned, i'll call you. good job on that.

Title: Re: 1973 Chevy C20
Post by: 1973c20 on October 18, 2007, 06:28:30 pm

Haha believe it or not all I did was pull off the manifold and valve covers and paint those blue while I painted the rest of the engine black, and the engine was just left in the engine bay. Basically I'm just making it please the eyes and it actually turned out better than I had hoped.

Title: Re: 1973 Chevy C20
Post by: 75 C20 on October 18, 2007, 08:51:21 pm

hey wuts the name of the color the inside of your truck is ?

Title: Re: 1973 Chevy C20
Post by: 1973c20 on October 18, 2007, 08:56:08 pm

Umm stock Chevy orange?  ??? lol it was that color when I got it, and I believe that used to be the exterior color.

Title: Re: 1973 Chevy C20
Post by: 75 C20 on October 18, 2007, 08:58:06 pm

yeah i figured it was the orignal color- does it have anything in the glove box?

Title: Re: 1973 Chevy C20
Post by: 1973c20 on October 18, 2007, 08:59:47 pm

Well theres some junk in there....are you talking about like a paint code tag?

Title: Re: 1973 Chevy C20
Post by: Captkaos on October 19, 2007, 11:07:19 am

Quote from: 75 C20 on October 18, 2007, 08:51:21 pm

hey wuts the name of the color the inside of your truck is ?

Its called Burn Orange in 1973.

Title: Re: 1973 Chevy C20
Post by: 77c15 on October 19, 2007, 12:47:07 pm

Any hopes of getting rid of that 2bbl? The best mod I ever did was swapping out the 2bbl in my 77 for a stock 4bbl setup and manifold I had laying around. Instant improvement.

Title: Re: 1973 Chevy C20
Post by: 1973c20 on October 19, 2007, 03:19:01 pm

Well I don't have either lying around  :P but I'm just fixing it up enough so it drives good for now. Any upgrades will be later on.