PT '85 GMC shortwide project

[TotallyHucked]

What's up guys, long time lurker and finally joined up to document my C10 build. I come from a road racing/autoX background, my dad's buddy races/restores air-cooled Porsches so I grew up helping them at the track. I've had a bunch of Mustangs, an IROC Camaro and whatnot over the years and done AutoX several times and a few open track sessions. The Mustang scene really took a downturn once the S550 came out and I started getting involved with the truck scene through work so I sold my pristine, low mile ridetech development mule '03 Mach 1 to find a Squarebody. The truck crowd is so much better than the Mustang crowd and has some really killer events. I work in the restoration sheetmetal business and have gotten some partners on board through work. Here's the rendering of what we're shooting for.



So here's where I started. This was long before it become a company build. I searched for a long time and fell in love with this two tone blue truck I found in NC. I'd never seen this color combo before (I've loved squares since I was a kid but being from Ga, most of them are red) and had to have it. Picked it up in January of '20, it was a running and driving truck with 104k miles loaded up with PW/PL/tilt/non-working cruise. It was originally a longbed and the guy I bought it from had it cut down, paint spotted in, clear coated and dropped. 305/T350C/2.73 peg-leg. This thing even had a 5th wheel in it at one time The plan for this truck from day one has been a true Pro-Touring build, not full race truck. LS power, eventually a stick, good suspension but full interior/AC/sound system/etc for roadtripping.