1993 c3500 Wrecked Resurrection

[Duvall]

My father bought this truck from the original owner in 1996, I don't remember the mileage at the time. He was in an accident with it sometime in 2002. The front sheet metal was destroyed. The front of the frame was straightened, but the parts were never purchased to put it back together.

To make a long story short, this truck became mine when both of my parents passed away from cancer. My Dad in 2009 and my mother in 2010. The day my mother died I needed to decide what I was going to do with this truck.

This video is from that day June 22 2010.

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It has been a love/hate relationship with this truck ever since that day. The engine that was in it cracked a piston shortly after I had it on the road due to a bad fuel injector. Bought a GEP engine, blew some head gaskets, sat a while, another block and a few years later, some paint and its back on the road again.

Here are some progress pictures.

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I took the body off the frame to remove loose rust and coat with POR 15

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Spring pack rebuild

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Lowering shackles and hangers. 4"

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3" lowering spindles

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GEP block after the original engine cracked a piston

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Noise reducing mat on firewall

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[Duvall]

Before paint, bed was at the body shop.

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First mission was to rescue a square body about 3 hours away.

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A photo from earlier this year after getting the bed on.

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First camping trip

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[618 Syndicate]

Fuccancer, sorry for your losses.

Truck looks great, but I'm a bit biased....good luck with the 6.5, never again for me!

 

[Duvall]

Fuccancer, sorry for your losses.

Truck looks great, but I'm a bit biased....good luck with the 6.5, never again for me!

Thank you.

If I had found a good deal on a used Duramax at the time, it would no longer be a 6.5.