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A '59 Buick? Would love to see some pics of that.
Good to see you back online. Wasn't sure if you were still out there (or the Dodge).

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Yes sir a 1959 buick LeSabre, it's not a 2 door or a hardtop 4 door but it's still pretty cool and for some reason I actually wanted a 4 door cruiser car so it works out. Here's a picture

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Here's a rear shot. Please excuse the bag for a front driver door window... Still haven't had any luck getting another window for it and it's starting to rain off an on here

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With all the work you have, I guess we don't have to worry about you getting into trouble....lol

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Darned lucky find there on that Buick. Years ago my Dad had a '60 LeSabre and that was a great car to drive.
Got T boned at an intersection in Phoenix (other driver ran a red light).
His was a white one with a blue interior.

Would love to find one in the same condition as yours.

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Really enjoying your thread. Had an ex USAF d100 crewcab back in the mid 80's but had to sell it as it was classed as a HGV (heavy good vehicle) due to its size and unladen weight. Impossible to get insurance at the time so got scrapped for the Engine.

Have a real soft spot for the D100's since, look forward to your next update.

P. :D

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Haha the only trouble so to speak is bringing home another project! I'm sure guys on here must think I'm crazy or stupid, or maybe both! But as hard as it can be sometimes they'll get done, each of them are in different states of restoration or preservation so when one reaches a stopping/waiting point I simply switch off to the next vehicle I can make progress on until that one reaches a stopping/waiting point, but there certainly isn't any room for whatever it is that "normal" teenagers do these days lol
The 60 is also a very beautiful car, it's a lot easier on the eyes then the crazy pissed off look of the 59's that's for sure!
ah I'm sorry to hear about that, I'm wondering how it's going to be when I register this truck, a lot of people tell me to just register it as the factory 4wd 3/4 ton but if I'm not going to even have 4wd 3/4 ton running gear under it and won't be able to use that running hear them I certainly don't want to pay that extra 100 bucks for something I don't have every year lol so we'll see how it goes registering as a 2wd 1/2 ton.


As for updates on this truck, I've located a original in cut dash and the cool factory dash shifter with a really nice steering column from a 67 camper special that I'm planning to get for this truck, my hopes are to run a lol at shift cable from the dodge dash shifter to the (hopefully) 4L80e Trans and have a stock dodge appearing interior minus seat upholstery and maybe gauges as I might go with SW green line gauges., still need to get a motors/Trans and figure out how small I can make the transmission hump yet still have room with the automatic Trans, and then I can start getting the interior body work done and get the front and rear windows in. Lots of work to do but it's not very hard work. I'll keep you guys updated on it.

As for the buick I got a good running 350 motor and I have a good working th350trans to pair behind it and temporary install in the 59 buick to get it driving. Also sourced a 61 buick third member to ditch the Torque tube, now I just gotta see when the guy is going to pull it out of the car.

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ys like the dodges,dont no much about them,came across one at a ranch the other day,never seen one like it,it has like fins as part of the bedsides,push button shift in the 50s pretty cool ,truck

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Those are actually cold swept sides and are very rare trucks, it was dodges very cheap and quick way to have a fleetside as they used forward look wagon quarter panels. Forgot the year I believe it's 57 wagon quarter panels

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Sweptsides are very cool.

https://p2.liveauctioneers.com/1541/...461407_4_l.jpg

So is the OP's crew cab.

Dodges are tough. there is very little aftermarket support. Most of the time the production numbers were behind International and Studebaker.

I have a '65 Town Wagon

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Saw this truck on our Facebook page this morning and thought I would send you some inspiration for your truck.

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Gawd, that thing's gorgeous.

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Those town wagons are pretty uncommon/rare! I always wondered what it would be like if dodge didn't skin flint out on making a new body for the town wagon and used the 61-71 sweptline body just in a "suburban" or carry all style!
I've seen that one around, very nice truck, I was shocked to see someone actually took on building one let alone a crew cab! I know one thing that cost them quite a bit to restore/build compared to any other truck. Seeing sweptlines like that getting built makes me wonder if companies are going to start actually reproducing parts for these trucks. It's funny because the factory parts are kinda cheap or simply made so it shouldn't be too hard for companies to reproduce parts.

Well I have an update! I got that 67 parts truck! Pulled the dash, taillight housings, steering column out of it to use for the crew cab. Also yesterday I scored the deal of a lifetime! So I've been on a search for close to two years now for a 61-68 light duty rear bumper for the crew cab but of course just like everything they aren't reproduced and since the later 69-71 d100's which were more common to have the "light duty" bumper have a different styled bumper I didn't want to use those. I did find some of the early rear bumpers but they had crack smoking prices (I personally couldn't justify paying $350 bucks for a bent old chromed bumper) so I passed and waited.. And it finally paid off! Found one on a 68 adventurer! Asked the guy how much and he we agreed on $40 bucks, so I pulled it off and now I finally have a rear bumper. I had to throw it on to check it out

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Looks good .

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How badly are you gonna strip that '67?

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Thank you!
Well as nice body wise as the truck is, the truck is very hammered, for instance the tailgate, bed floor, can floor are shot do to rust, and the tailgate is almost about ready to fold in half because the outer edges were slammed against the farmer bumper causing them to crack and break and now the tailgate isn't very structurley sound. The passenger fender and I believe passenger door are decent though as well as the frame and suspension, motor and Trans I believe are also shot, so there's still some good stuff left but a lot of it is bad. I can't use most things because 67 had changed in latches and mechanisms compared to 61-66.

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Finally some progress on the crew cab! Got front door panels, the crazy hard to find DR/PS door mirrors and a 8-3/4 sweptline rear end out of a 68 swepty so it has the simple slide over axle shaft drums. Also got one more driver door glass for my rear driver door and the small rear window glass.

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Forgot to add the picture..

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I wondered what was up with this truck ,glad you found some parts for it.

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It's great to see you're still working on it. Congrats on the parts find.

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Today I managed to swap the 1/2 ton axle under it and as I'm typing this I'm waiting at the tire shop to have the tires mounted on matching steel rims to the front, when I get home I'll put them on and it will finally be on matching wheels/bolt pattern

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You were lucky to find the passenger side door mirror. When I had my Dodge I couldn't find one so I got a drivers side and reversed it. Glad to see you making some progress with it.

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It's weird because if somebody wanted to sell me 67-70 c10 mirror arms for 100 bucks I would say they are smoking crack... But I paid 100 bucks for the mirror arms for my the crew cab and that was a good deal! lol

Well here's the truck with matching wheels finally... I'm thinking the front needs to go down 2"!

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Are you cutting the springs or choosing air ride?

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why no 4x4 and lift? :lol: :lol: :lol:

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I'm just joining the build here, sorry to ask repetitive questions:

What 1/2 ton rear end did you choose that's 5 on 4.5"?, I am doing a similar build, used the CV front and rear axles, all four disk brakes and the Watts link rear 6 point connections. But really WIDE, rear is 69" WMS to WMS.

Also, do you have finished picks of the front end installation? I had to cut the frame in 6 places and bring it in to be narrower than the CV front aluminum cradle, and more parallel. How did you get it between the frame and bolt it in?

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Sorry for the delay in response.. I don't get on as much as I used too. The rear end I got is stock from a 68 d100 so it has the factory small mopar:ford bolt pattern like the CV uses. Also the rear for now still has the factory drums on it, I have yet to get into buying all the aftermarket parts for my build like the rear disc kit. And as for the from suspension, it's been awhile since I've messed with it since my welder gave up on me, so I'm not sure of the precise measurements I used but I know for sure I took a pie cut out of the top and lower horizontal sides of the C channel frame and sliced down the side of the frame and removed the factory motor mounts that are divided in and I then pinched in the side of the frame to close the pie cut gap, then I closed the open portion of the frame rail. I still have yet to box the frame in, I had some pics of the work only old phone but the battery blew up and destroyed it so I lost quite a bit of notes and pictures from the build of this truck. I'm not sure when I'll be able to go back to where I have the truck right now, but I'll take some pics and post them when I can.

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Been awhile since I’ve been on here, went on here to get some shots of the crew cab when I first got it.. and realized I could actually update the thread.. last year I rented a shop so I could actually have room to work on all my junk. And I brought the crew cab to the shop last summer and bought a welder. And then I pretty much went to town on the truck, fixed up the 440 I got for it, finished welding the frame and fabrication for the crown Vic swap, and then I went and cleaned up all the front end parts with CLR and painted what needed to be nice black and reassembled it with nice hardware, and then I sanded down the interior and repainted it 1965 c10 fawn interior color lol I got everything all back together and wired up a temporary engine run harness so I can fire the truck up and move it around, and as of last week I’ve officially got the truck driveable!

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Looking good. Those chrome bumpers look good. Those are hard to find.

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Cool truck...Love it.

Marc

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Awesome! Nice to hear from ya! Trucks looking good!