We’ve been super busy down at The Shop. Here’s one of the classic restoration projects we completed this past summer but haven’t had a chance to share our photos of it until now. Hope you enjoy this sweet 1969 Chevy C20!
Starting the tear down.
Some of you can identify this as our old shop. We had to move to our new place in the middle of this project.
Everything must come out for the full paint job.
At first glance, this truck seemed pretty straight. But upon further inspection, we found a lot of small imperfections.
As we sanded down to bare metal, we found 3 or 4 different sections with super deep gouges in the steel. It looked like someone had tried to do bodywork with a chainsaw.
After several long nights a lot of body work later, we finally got it smooth and ready for primer.
The cab and bed had to be separated so we could address problems and get good paint coverage on the cab and front of the bed.
The primer came out smooth, but we needed it perfectly smooth. Since the truck was going to be painted a dark color, the primer needed to be flawless.
As I was sanding, this cool pattern happened and I decided to take a picture of it.
Starting to put color on the truck.
You can’t really tell in the other pictures, but the dash was cut to pieces. The owner wanted the dash back to original specs. We got a patch panel and it was professionally installed by Ken McCall of McCall Studios. Ken’s welds were so clean we didn’t have to do body work. All I had to do was a little sanding and it was ready for paint. Good job, Ken!
Now the rest of the truck can be painted!
Oops! Found a few spots that needed to be fixed.
The tailgate needs fixed, too.
One little spot turns into a big spot real fast.
Now doesn’t that look better?
Clear coat added.
We rolled it out to see how it looks in the sun. Sweet!
Hard at work or hardly working? 🙂
Soundproofing and heat protection makes a big difference. These old trucks are LOUD.
Scary time — We had to drill through our new paint job to make new bolt holes for the mirrors.
Coming back together now.
We also painted the whole underneath side of the truck black.
Cut and polish.
Take note of the dry asphalt.
We hung all new trim along the sides of the truck. Looks good!
No more dry asphalt! It started raining on us the day we pulled it out for delivery. Sad day!
The finished interior.
We also installed the toolbox.
Here’s the truck at Les Schwab Motorfest 2014. A nice sunny day and the truck looks great.
All the Chevy fanatics out there will notice that this emblem should be blue on this truck. I painstakingly chipped off the blue paint so we could paint it green for a custom touch.
Beautiful truck: impressive workmanship. I am in the middle of a 1969 C10 project myself: this truck is great inspiration for simple functionality! Thanks.
Beautiful truck: impressive workmanship. I am in the middle of a 1969 C10 project myself: this truck is great inspiration for simple functionality! Thanks.