Old project I didn't post... ton of pics '99 shitbox C&C

Dunno why I didn't post this one, I guess since it was a sort of "small" thing I did for a buddy of mine, I sorta made a thread about it on Chevytalk but it started out as me bitching over how much work it was to pull/install a dash on the '95-up interior. Ridiculous.. anyway my buddy got an ex-wrecker '99 C&C that was in sad shape. Engine was knocking, interior was ragged all to hell, passenger fender and door were cracked up, overall it was just a POS. But he got it really cheap and wanted to make it into a toy hauler with a custom flatbed on it. I had a good running Vortec 5.7 that was ready to drop in, so he got that from me, then we started talking interior. He bought a full interior package from me w/installation and I threw in a good door and fender along with some other goodies to round it out. He's the parts man at the wrecker shop down the street so he's always done me right, was time to return the favor.

I don't have a pic of what it looked like when it came in, with the crunched body parts, I started when it came time to gut the old raggedy maroon interior:


Tan dash installed, kind of a crummy bezel but I got a better one for him later:


New (used) fender and door installed:


Reflexxion steel cowl hood installed:


Back to my shop after getting painted (I didn't paint it, wish I knew how, the paint guy at the wrecker shop he works at did it) and a new windshield:


Floor mat, door panels, a better dash bezel, and some interior plastics in. I also threw him some decent upgraded speakers since I was in there:


Tahoe power 60/40 with fold-down console (took a little persuading of the floor for the rear bracket to fit right, reg cabs are the exception to the cab floor shape), seatbelts, door sills, etc. everything installed including the behind-the-seat cargo/jack box


Can't see 'em too well but I threw in a Pioneer MP3 head unit w/remote, and a CD delete storage pocket. Oh, also changed the Jr. West Coasties out for a nice set of Dumbo ear mirrors:


Seats fit like factory, not bad shape either could use a little detailing. Rear cab wall carpet came out of my crew since his guys left the sheetmetal white, forgot to paint it:


Billet grille, clear signals and corners, wetsanded/polished set of OEM headlights, OEM smoothie bumper that was on my '94 before I put on my diesel bumper


I saw it the other day, he's got a nice steel flatbed sliced and diced getting ready to go in the booth to be color-matched to the body, and some stainless underbed toolboxes for it too. The paint guy just shot the whole frame in gloss black and it looks SHARP. Then it'll get tires, simulators, and OEM chrome caps. I'll try to grab some pics of that stuff soon.

Richard

wow nice change looks good

Not a bad looking rig, I am getting to be more and more a fan of the reg. cabs

nice job turning that into a nice truck

Dropped by the wrecker shop today to see how my buddy Dan's truck was coming along since it left here.

Dan picked up a nearly-new flatbed, shortened and narrowed it, spruced it up with some diamondplate and a bunch of LED lights, and had it painted to match the body. The frame has also been painted gloss black but I didn't get a chance to get a picture before they installed the flatbed.

Waiting on stainless doors to come in for the Jerr-Dann (wrecker equipment) side boxes:


He's got some recessed diamondplate aluminum boxes made for the taillight holes, as soon as they're polished up he's installing them with twin round LED combo brake/tail/reverse lights. You can see them sitting on top of the rear of the bed:


Flip-up door for the gooseneck hitch, the bed is really, really nice.


All the work he's put into it is sort of what shamed me into making a key decision about my 3500HD project, which the details of will be revealed in that post very soon.

Richard

Looks good! I bet with all these projects you could write a Haynes manual for Shit Boxes!

Right?? Actually it seems like no matter how much I work on 'em, pull 'em apart, whatever...there's always something new to learn. Christ I got 26 shitboxes at my place, one from pretty much every year, weight capacity, driveline, chassis, and cab style...but something always comes up new. While a whole bunch of stuff interchanges no matter what year, it's amazing how much stuff doesn't.

Anyway I wish I could claim some of the work done on Dan's blue flatbed, man it's coming out really sharp. Kinda shamed me into thinking the flat black rattle can job I was gonna put on my HD was too ghetto. That's why I just posted an update in my HD project thread that it's getting a real paint job tomorrow.

Richard

I left this one hanging for too long, again I'm not taking credit for the finish-up work on this truck, once I got through putting the interior in and doing minor details like that I handed it back over to my bud Dan and they've kept at it over where he works. I was over there BS'ing with him today and the truck was out so I snagged some fresh pics.

He's got all the lights installed, windows tinted, sideboxes finished, new tires, simulators, everything set up.









Richard

That turned out super killer, Broseph.