Prongs 1979 K10

[Prong]

After having this truck for over a year, I decided to get the rust fixed behind the rear wheel wells. As these things go, it snowballed into a complete repaint. The body is exceptionally straight and the only rust was the behind the wheel wells and the cab corners were *just* beginning to bubble a tiny bit. I went by today to see where it's at, and he intends to finish the bodywork on Sunday and hopefully begin paint on Monday. Bed will be coming back off to be sprayed with either bedliner or undercoat underneath. The paint will most likely be Dupont ChromaPremiere in the original Cardinal Red color topped with 4 or so coats of clear.  I'll try to get by during the week for update pics.

[bowtieguy]

Looking good!  Wish mine was that ready for paint!

[Bowtie4004x4]

 A '79 with what appears to be factory rockers? I envy folks that live out of the snow belt, or find trucks to buy out of the belt. That truck is sweet, reminds me of my old '78 before it saw the salty roads many moons ago.

[Prong]

The rocker have been replaced at one point. Before we took the doors out, you can see where the rocker lines don't match up exactly like they ought to. They're not at all bad, but just off enough that a sharp eye can pick it up. When I get done with this truck, around the first of the year my 79 Short Bed will go under the knife for a restore. I have accumulated about 90% of the parts (the vast majority which is GM NOS stuff) for that. I still need to buy about another $1000 worth of parts to have that project ready to go (front and rear bumpers, GM door panels, and a few other odds and ends). I went by the shop today to see where it's at, and it looks as though it'll be this weekend before he starts squirting paint on it.

[SUX2BU99]

I see you replaced the bottom rear 1/4's behind the tires eh? I want to do that with mine as well. So did you just cut straight through them to get the old ones off? Isn't there some double-wall metal there or something like that? I recall there being some kind of double wall there since that's what traps the dirt and water between them, causing the rust to start behind the tires. Got any pics of the pieces that were cut off from behind or what the truck looked like after the stockers were cut off?

[Prong]

Sorry, no pics of the cutoff work.  I hired this job out to a guy I've known 20+ years. The rust took out the inner pieces too, so he made new ones using a stepper. Looking at it now looks like it was factory new. His helper's back went out, so he's been working solo for about the last 2 weeks, trying to finish up the other existing stuff first to clear out space for mine again. It's not my DD, so I don't have to have the truck back ASAP, which is why it went on the back burner. I'll be dropping by on Saturday for a progress report and will snap pics as needed.

[Prong]

Small update: The doors, fenders, and hood are painted. Found a rust spot on the cowl that had to be fixed and tomorrow the cab will be shot. Will get the cab/front clip reassembled during the week. The bed/tailgate should be done by the weekend and I hope to have it back next week. I'll be helping with the reassemble phase towards the weekend and will get some pics. Progress has been slow because he's still flying solo trying to handle my truck amongst other work that's been scheduled.

[chevymotocross]

Looking good! That's what I'm nervous about, I got some bad rot on the rear wheel arch. It looks easy enough, cut out the rot, weld in the new patch panel, blend in. I'm betting it's much more involved than that, since the rust may actually be more than I think, hiding behind the surrounding painted area. I don't want to cut out what I think is bad, and then end up having to replace an entire bedside. Your 79 looks to be in way better shape than my 87!

[Prong]

Went by the shop today to move a replacement bed for my other truck and check on progress. Not much got done during the week, thanks to the annual fire inspection and the 3 days of making sure everything's kosher. However, he got the bed back off and fixed the cowl rust. He was blocking/priming/skim coating a few baby dings in the cab roof once we got the bed moved. He was going to prime late tonight/early tomorrow, and hopefully shoot the cab either Sunday evening or first thing Monday. So, I went home and dyed my new door panels and have them ready to go. I plan to go down next Saturday and put the interior back together. By the way, the cab corners and bed panel patches are courtesy of Chris's operation here. I'm getting antsy to get it back...

[CruzinHigh]

Looking good!  Love seeing progress photos of projects like this!

[Prong]

9/27 Update:
Went by today to dye kick panels and console. Also Helped hang driver's fender and piddled around with a few other things. Will be going back tomorrow to drop off a couple of needed pieces and assemble a few other things. Cab is shot, now it only needs wet sanded/buffed. He didn't like the slight color difference between new paint and interior paint color, so he'll pull the doors back off tomorrow and shoot the inside of those too. After that, bed will be bedlined underneath and painted this week. Hopefully a week from today, I'll have it roadworthy.

[Captkaos]

Awesome.

[Bowtie4004x4]

 Very nice..wish I was to that point with mine
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[Dirtydog]

looks awesome! Great inspiration for me

-Josh

[VileZambonie]

Lookin sweet!