49, bagged, 6.0, patina, the works
 

Been a long time lurker and figured I would go ahead and start a build thread. I picked this truck up in the car corral at Goodguys two years ago. It was stuffed in a barn in Washington for 30 years, has killer patina, and was all there. I fell in love.

The original frame was rotted so it's getting an S10 chassis. Other plans are air ride, 3 link rear, 6.0LSX/4L80E, nice interior, vintage air, etc. etc.

These photos are a timeline from 2 years ago with the most recent being today. I work on the truck a lot more now and have been making progress daily, so stay tuned!

Enjoy!

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Started tearing it apart.

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Couldn't help myself :stickoutt

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Bought an S10 longed for dirt cheap, yanked the cab and bed to send to scrap.

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My sick cab removal tool

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Frame with the motor/trans left. Sold the dropout a few weeks later.

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Yanked everything from the 49 frame

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What I ended up with at the end of that night

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Stripped the frame completely (super fun, not) and began to assemble the swap kit from code504 to land all the 49' components on the s10 frame. Picked up a 4x4 rear end from the yard. The s10 frame is the correct width to fit underneath the cab and bed, but with how large the track width is on the 49', the 4x4 rear end helps fill out the fenders.

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Rebuilt the front control arms, energy suspension bushings, proforged super travel balljoints, repainted.

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Fresh front rotors/wheel bearings/ races/seals.

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Assembled with 2" drop spindles, proforged upper and lower balljoints.

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And back on the ground again. Dad had some random old radials laying in the basement which were good to get the chassis back on the ground and size up how it will lay.

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Starting to look like a truck again.

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3 Link came in the mail

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Roller

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Cab back on the chassis for a test fit
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Support from the pup
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Front bags in and finished up. Control arms dehumped, welded, plated, and repainted. Clip on for a test fit
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Lays out pretty hard
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Found a killer deal on the perfect donor vehicle for the drivetrain. 04 1ton express van with a healthy 6.0 LQ4 and 2WD 4l80e (freshly rebuilt). Had no brakes and the guy wanted out of it. Towed it on home. Pretty sketchy on an 18ft trailer.

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Easiest way to pull the motor/trans haha

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Frame out, motor out.
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Motor back in the shop for tear down

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Next up is making the harness stand alone on a 4 fuse 2 relay setup. Then regasket the whole motor, add the TSP 228r cam, valve train upgrades and into the truck it goes for a test fit.

Separated the motor and trans today, removed some things from the motor and got it on the stand for tear down.
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Had some ****ty luck with the trans so I'll have to go get this tigged by a friend. Mistakes happen I guess.

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The motor has definitely fought me with its typical Chevy issues, dipstick rusted to the block and broke off, both front manifold bolts broke inside the heads. Next time i'm at the shop ill be tackling those issues and continue to break the motor down and begin cleaning.

Re: 49, bagged, 6.0, patina, the works
 

Welcome to the group, doing some nice work. I'll follow along for the build...Jim

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Looks good, following

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nice condensed timeline! I would have jumped on that original truck too

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Looks great. I was at Columbus 2 years ago and I remember seeing your truck in the car corral for sale. Nice progress.

Marc

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Nice looking patina. I had the same manifold bolts go one mine as well.

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I like the patina on it gonna be sick with that 6.0 in there. ive kicked the idea of putting one in my build just haven't come across a good deal yet. ill follow along man good luck

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Awesome.....subscribed

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Another nice build going on.....

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Sweet score on the van.

When you get to it can you show some more pics/info on the Thorbros three link. I was thinking about going that way too.

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I would like to see pics of the Thorbros kit installed as well. Are you going to notch the frame? What's your plan for mounting the rear bags?

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Cool build and love your shop. I will be tagging along.

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I'll get some photos of the link later today. Frame will be notched and probably a behind and under setup to help with keeping some bed depth. Bridge between the notches for strength and shock mounting.

Thanks everyone else!

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Wicked dude. Yours reminds me a lot of my 49'

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Harness laid out

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Removing unnecessary wiring (Emissions, Rear O2 sensors, A/C, etc. etc.) Began labeling what I will need from the PCM to get +12v

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Harness went on a diet

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PCM connectors/all wires that will receive switched 12v. All thats left to do now is solder them to their correct fuse/relay locations. I have the relay sockets, just waiting on the fuse block to come in.

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Anyone like spaghetti?

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That's it for now. Next update will be the finished harness, wrapped and fused, ready for install.

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Also, for those wondering more about the 3link. Quality is top notch and heres a few pics of how the lower bars install, the cross member, and the diff bracket. The bolt on solution is nice for simplicity and ease of removal, etc. Ignore the lack of washers on some of the bolts, they're all there now.

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Re: 49, bagged, 6.0, patina, the works
 

Great work.

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Looks good man

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I looked at that truck that weekend. Held out for a 5 window.
Nice project.

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Nice job so far. Like where this is going.... Sub'd

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Really nice! Will be following your progress...

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Any updates on this?

Do you have any photos of the Code504 LS engine mounts?

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like what I'm seeing, I'll be in on it.

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I just got them in the mail yesterday so I'll take some detailed shots soon. Engine should be sitting between the frame rails soon.

Just been so busy working, sorry for the lack of updates everyone!

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Bit of an update for you guys.

Code 504 LS series mounts. This is the passenger side mount and its components.

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Mounted to the block

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Getting the drivers side bolted up to the crossmember. (missing third and final bolt in this pic)

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Motor/Trans in.

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Few more shots. This shot shows how the A/C compressor will need relocated. Common with how far the engine must sit with the S10 swap.

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If you look closely in this photo, you'll see one of the issues that needs taken care of. With the trans mount in the only position it could possibly work, the pan of the trans hits the crossmember itself and prevents the mount from making contact with the crossmember. Im going to notch the crossmember/reinforce it and should be good to go.

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Overall: The mounts are nice. Simple but effective, nice quality. The only other issue other than the A/C and trans crossmember is the truck oil pan has way too much depth to it and is preventing the frame from airing out all the way. F-Body or Holley LSX conversion pan should fix this rather easily and gain some nice clearance for driving low.

Unfortunately, I don't have the headers, steering shaft, and the cab isn't currently installed so no pictures of those things. Supposedly these mounts set the back of the heads 1" from the firewall. Should have that all taken care of sooner than later.

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What I ended up with at the end of that night

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And back on the ground again. Dad had some random old radials laying in the basement which were good to get the chassis back on the ground and size up how it will lay.

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Nice build reminds me alot of mine except I'm using thor bros 4 link (gotta love how nice Jason's kit lines up definitely worth the wait) and i fabbed my own cab mounts, the code504 kit looks super nice takes alot of guess work and fab hours out of it. Honestly makes me think about just going that route instead of buying a new welder.
But front control arms I'm not sure how it is with the 6.0l but I heard stock uppers hit exhaust manifolds with a small block. Speedway has tubulars for $50 bucks an arm just get 2 left sides because they are for circle track cars.

But i have to ask any info on the vw in the back ground??

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Thanks for the photos man. I appreciate it.

Its too bad the truck oil pan doesn't fit as is. I did a Holley pan on my Blazer 6.0L swap and didn't want to shell out that kind of money again. Hopefully an H3 pan or something else cheap will work.

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The code504 kit is great and I bought it for that exact reason, just being able to take the guesswork out of things. I'm expecting them to probably hit but that was my exact plan if they did!

The mk1 is actually g60 supercharged swapped, cool little car and fun. Was a friend of mines who I no longer share a shop with.

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How far does it hang below the front k member with those mounts?

I'm considering one of those H3 pans if it's less than 1 1/4 inch.

Chevrolet Performance Musclecar Oil Pan Kits 19212593

Here are some measurements of LS Pans for you to compare.

LS engine oil pans - all of them

Re: 49, bagged, 6.0, patina, the works
 

Ill take a measurement but I believe its around 3". The F-Body pan will solve my issue according to that site.

Been working on other projects lately but took some time today it modify the trans crossmember to clear the pan of the 4L80e

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Re: 49, bagged, 6.0, patina, the works
 

Do the motor mounts that come with the 504 kit work with the LS motor?

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They may give you the option now, but the ones included with my kit when I bought it were for a SBC.

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Started working on repairing the running board mounts. My idea behind this was to keep it simple, functional, structurally sound and not affect the patina on the front side of the board.

What I started with:
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In process

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Test fit

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Now to just coat the underside and should be good. Moving on to the other side, then rear suspension.

Re: 49, bagged, 6.0, patina, the works
 

Cool build. I seem to be having a bit of trouble seeing all of the pics in this thread. Maybe something on my end? Can everyone else see all of them? Thanks.

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Seems like some of them have disappeared. I really hate photobucket for reasons like this. The others seem to be working fine though, ill have to see what I can do about the missing ones.

Re: 49, bagged, 6.0, patina, the works
 

Booney I have the same trouble with seeing pics on some builds..some are no trouble though..

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Thanks Nik. I wouldn't bother you about it but, What you are doing is kinda exactly what I have in mind for my son's 54 5 window.

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I'll tag along. I purchased a 504 kit late last year but....it's still in boxes. Been trying to wrap up my pole barn/shop to begin working on a couple projects.

How well did everything bolt up? Any modifications needed?

-Jonathan-

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Going to host all my photos in a different spot now so shouldn't have any problems now. Awesome build between you and your son!

Everything bolted up great. Upon first test fit the cab everything was pretty much spot on.

Some progress:

Notch in. Calculated for the larger tire I want to run as these are just rollers.

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Motor/trans sealed up/painted and back in. Frame lays perfect with some weight over the 2600's. Once the bed is on all should be well.

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Bridge/bag mounts tacked in

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Still learning a lot about welding, anyone have any criticism here? Always looking for tips on how to get better.

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