1960 chevy truck restoration

[sdrodder]

Ok so couple months(well one year) ago i got this 1960 smp 60 chevy truck(yeah its made in 1960) as a present from my mom. She thought it could use a second chance at life and hell so did i. First thing i did was crop the body in the break fluid pond. When i got it back out i discovered some glue damage on the bed and the bed floor(it was so bad that the bed floor was wasted). So then the bed itselve was carcked too. So for then i stuck it back onto its chassie and had it sit. Well fast foward a couple weeks ago. I was on another forum and saw a 61 ford smp truck get a second chance at life. I thought back to this build and decided now was the time. First thing first i had to do something about the glue wasted bed floor. I got out some v-grove evergreen sheet and some half round. I made a tuck and roll bed floor and sorrounded the wheelwells with the half round. The tailgate and the bed sides got the same treatment. For the rear wall of the bed i had decided i was gonna make a peice of plastic look like wood. To that i will then glue some tools to give it that perfect early 60s style hauler look. After finishing the bed insides i glazed it in putty and poped a nice coat of primer on it. Next step. When i took out the glass part of the window trim/lip came out with it. Sepparating that from the glass was impossible as it just shatter even more. A strip of half round and some putty fixed that problem. Besides that i shaved the door handels and the apache script. For now that is it

AND YES i did all this to an smp chevy truck.

NOTE: I know my a friend of mine on this board offered to buy this off me but i told him it ISNT for sale.

Pictures

How i got it

After the stripper

The bed

Currently

[84vanagon]

What a cool gift!

I know resin kits are out there, but that is almost 50 year old vintage plastic in your hands.

Treat this one to a "period" build. IMHO save what you can, Modelhaus has anything you might need for a resto-mod. This one needs a vintage restoration.

[CB]

NICE! Sweet lookin' job on the bed Flow! Love how it's looking in the primer,

specially with them reds & whites .

BTW--what 'actly is an "smp" ? Zat a model maker I aint heard of?

[Foxer]

oh WoW! I built that truck in 1960!! and SMP is really AMT though I don't know the reasons or wherefor for it.