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Ok, my son's 69 chevy truck is finally done and on the road. We used a 92 350 out of a wrecked police car; TBI injection, wiring harness, fuel tank, steering column, gauge cluster, and 700r4 from an 88 GMC van I used to drive, and about 90% of the Chevy spare parts I've collected over the years. I'm proud of him, he wasn't afraid to get dirty and worked pretty hard on it the last two years. Total cost was about $3800. Now just finish a few jobs for the wife and I can start on my own project. Here's some pics..

Nice truck. My wife is really starting to push for me to build one like that, you guys have a nice ride there, good job.

nice truck, every father son should have a project together.

I like it!

Pat

Nice truck, you and your boy have done a fantastic job together. Isn't it a blast!!

Nice I like it . Do you have a alarm in it? Those steering columns are easy to get in to and start the truck up. It will take some one less than 2 minutes to get the truck going.

Thanks for all the kudo's, everyone. Making everything work and not spending a fortune was a good challenge. An alarm's not a bad idea, though.

News Update: first full week on the road as a daily driver and no breakdowns! TBI is working great, looks like about 18 MPG with a 16 year old driving. So far so good.

Coming up on 60 days as a daily driver with nothing worse than a leaky header gasket, and he's definately racking up the miles!

Nice job.

Not being a Chevy guy, what is up with such a long radiator hose? Is that standard? Nutting wrong with it, just never seen one so long, and I was curious.

Jack

Hey Jack,
I had a box of misc new hoses in the shop and that was the one that fit! I hate to be cheap but you have to use all that leftover stuff on something or it never goes away.

I know excatly what you mean.

Jack

Trans is back in and almost ready for the road again.

Thought I'd post a few updated pics; my son's still driving this everyday. He did a number on the paint trying to teach himself to use a buffer (didn't want my help so I let him learn his own lesson) Then he decided to two tone it by painting the top black but I actually thought he did a decent job. Also, he just smoked another transmission (3rd) doing burnouts. The good part is that he keeps it really clean and is always working at ways to improve it. Plus he's got a decent job and paying for it all himself. It's great to see him enjoying the hobby so much.

He should be doing those burn outs in second gear? Burnouts should not really be that hard on a tranny. Maybe you should swap in a 727TF !
You have to admire your son for at least trying, that's the only way he will learn.
Jack