'65 GMC 1500 project. From the Netherlands

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Originally Posted by Jim A

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That hood hinge area corrosion is awful. Snow and salt impaction?
My 1960 is really clean there, even though its first ten years were in Alaska.
Only bad areas are rockers and lower door posts. And a little floorboard.
I hope to see your finished product pics some day.

I'm also surprised by the amount of rust about the hood hinges. Other trucks don't have this much rust in these spots.

I'd love to see your truck Jim, if you're willing to show it on the forum, especially since you owned it for so long.


As for my truck, this is how Goliath looks now. The front end is completely tore down.

Decided to leave the engine in place for now. Sorry for the rag on the engine, its purpose it to keep peoples dirty hands from "inspecting the engine"

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I am hoping to remove the large crossmember tomorrow. I'll support the engine using a jack stand under the timing cover, just like the motor mount in the big trucks.
The crossmember can then be sandblasted.



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Got the inner fenders, radiator support, battery box, bumper, grille all straightened out, dents removed, rust repaired, ready for sandblasting.
Big parts in the photo will be farmed out, the small items I can do myself.



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Disassembled the front suspension, am taking everything apart for sandblasting. New balljoints will be installed.



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Here is a shot of the straightened out bumper. It was pretty crooked on the driverside. Along with the big dents in the front fender I am assuming they drove into something substantial. They crudely welded the bumper back together. Took me quite some time to reweld it and straighten it under the press. I made some support blocks from wood to aid in straightening.

New hardware will be used throughout the rebuild. Getting the proper Grade 8 bolts here is very difficult (I can get Grade 5 easily) so I am compiling a big list of items to purchase while I'm in the US.

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Hope to start on the epoxy primer and paintwork next week.

This time we're doing it proper. Having a good time here

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