I got it home a couple of years ago and started to work on it, I was building a truck so found out it was very time consuming and expensive to have two full on projects going. I pushed the car aside but just started working on it again as the C10 is finished.

You have a great car to start with. Keep us updated on progress

The first thing I did was disassemble the car, I sourced a new frame, I bought it off Ebay and it turns out it was the frame from Rusty Wallaces El Camino that they did for the TV show for West Coast Customs. I shortened it the 3.31" or whatever it was and set the car back on it. It was in this sketchy moment of pulling a rusty body off the frame that I realized I needed to make my life easier so I added a shop upgrade. This made my life so much easier and now I can lift the body off the frame in 5 minutes.

I recently cut the old floor pan out and it was time to work on the lower cowl section, really the cowl was the only good part on Rusty Rag.

Once the lower cowl section was in I tackled the floor, this took all my rigging and lifting knowledge to do as I have a somewhat not good lower back.

So now I am here, working on inner and outer wheelhouses, it sucks that they don't repop them because I had to convince a guy in South Carolina to cut a car up and it took me 7 months to get them shipped out West. They weren't perfect but better then what I had and had the crucial rusted out support to the quarter. I welded in the drivers side yesterday, I have approximately 24 hours in it alone. I started on the passenger side yesterday and it is going to be a challenge, the profile does not match at all. If anyone has done it and wants to offer some advice LMK, I am no bodyman.

so far all my convertible wheel houses have been ok on the tops(the part not the same as a hard top) so we took the tops off the repop hard top ones, put them in place then cut through the old and new together and welded them up

yea i like that truck too 65C10 CUSTOM CAB SHORTY MY FAVE

Boy, that 'vert seemed a lot more solid to start with than it actually is ... I commend your work so far!

Also love your truck ... 60 - 66 GMCs/Chevs are my favourites.

I know, imagine paying 25K for a car and it looks like that underneath, its an easy fix and I need to learn anyways, will need something to do when I retire. My truck was my first attempt at bodywork, this is my second. The truck is pretty rare, first year factory air, V8 auto, PS, PB.

68sd396rag wrote:

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The truck you finished is gorgeous!!

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 Thx. not really driver friendly because underneath is as clean as top, sunny days only.

timbuk wrote:

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yea i like that truck too 65C10 CUSTOM CAB SHORTY MY FAVE

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Awesome truck .    we need a spot for trucks show and tell . 

Put in a couple of hours today but Xmas party shut me down. 

Wheelhouses are welded in, heading for Vancouver in a couple days for Christmas so running out of time to burn wire. 

Quarter panel time, no sense waiting any longer. The quarter had an old repair where they just welded over each other without flanging.