Well, she's almost finished!
AGCHAWK
1/21/09 7:26pm
Just a follow-up to a thread I started a while back.
For those of you that missed it, I have had a '92 Chevy stepside for years. It was used for nothing more than hauling wood, trash, etc and was pretty beat up. Not to mention, the paint they used on that year of truck was not the greatest and was peeling EVERYWHERE. In fact, it looks more like a Piebald truck than a white step-side.
Anyway, my oldest son is 16 and needed some transportation of his own. He has great grades, plays football and basketball, and has his own job so I decided to reward him by restoring the old Chevy and allowing him to use it until he graduates High School. (The truck is still mine as I am pretty attached to the old girl)
With retirement coming and the prospects of a SEVERE pay cut also approaching we were torn about the restoration. However, I remember when I was in High School and drove around in a beat up '72 Plymouth Duster....and how I WISHED I could make it a little more "aesthetically pleasing." We went ahead, bought the stuff we needed to get the project done, and went to work on it. We did the work at my Father-in-law's place, completely stripping the truck, bondoing the dents and dings, primering it, painting it, clear coating it, and rolled on a new bedliner. Meanwhile, my Brother-in-law rebuilt the engine, dropped a new tranny in it, and 5 months later she's pretty much complete! It's certainly not "professionally done" but I am pretty damned happy with the job we did on it.
I attached a few pics. Sorry, they are not the best. I will try to get some better ones during the next day or two and post them up for you all. (Yes, the birds showed thier appreciation for the work within an hour of getting her back home....AARRGGG)
(FYI: I will start the restoration on the interior after I retire and find additional employment. I can't wait to get started either!)
For those of you that missed it, I have had a '92 Chevy stepside for years. It was used for nothing more than hauling wood, trash, etc and was pretty beat up. Not to mention, the paint they used on that year of truck was not the greatest and was peeling EVERYWHERE. In fact, it looks more like a Piebald truck than a white step-side.
Anyway, my oldest son is 16 and needed some transportation of his own. He has great grades, plays football and basketball, and has his own job so I decided to reward him by restoring the old Chevy and allowing him to use it until he graduates High School. (The truck is still mine as I am pretty attached to the old girl)
With retirement coming and the prospects of a SEVERE pay cut also approaching we were torn about the restoration. However, I remember when I was in High School and drove around in a beat up '72 Plymouth Duster....and how I WISHED I could make it a little more "aesthetically pleasing." We went ahead, bought the stuff we needed to get the project done, and went to work on it. We did the work at my Father-in-law's place, completely stripping the truck, bondoing the dents and dings, primering it, painting it, clear coating it, and rolled on a new bedliner. Meanwhile, my Brother-in-law rebuilt the engine, dropped a new tranny in it, and 5 months later she's pretty much complete! It's certainly not "professionally done" but I am pretty damned happy with the job we did on it.
I attached a few pics. Sorry, they are not the best. I will try to get some better ones during the next day or two and post them up for you all. (Yes, the birds showed thier appreciation for the work within an hour of getting her back home....AARRGGG)
(FYI: I will start the restoration on the interior after I retire and find additional employment. I can't wait to get started either!)
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It does look good!