Finely my own build thread
 

hello im not new but i have never formerly introduced myself i guess. i live in south west Iowa, so hello to all the Iowa brothers. this is my story. I started this project when i was 13 then kinda got side tracked but now it has all changed. Im a senior in high school and i have a class that lets you work for half the day and go to school the other. so my boss was nice enough to let me work on my truck during this time. it started out as a 72 long box nothing special farm truck, I bought off the original owner that could not drive any more and was heading for the nursing home. it is now going to be a short box fleet side 2 wheel drive. the engine is the original but was built into a 383 and is waiting for the day it goes in. in order to make it into a short box i bought a frame instead of cutting up the old one. the frame and cab were just sand blasted about a week ago and yesterday i sprayed the frame with epoxy primer. i know this is not all the story but there is more to come.. pictures are coming so stay tuned and i hope u like it :metal:

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

Sounds like you are off to a great start, wish i had a school like that when i was a kid, and welcome from saskatchewan Canada.

James

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

here are pics of the frame and my motor

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

Good luck with the build!

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

Good luck, keep us posted.
any plans for your tranny?
BTW might want to add another jack stand under that frame it would be a bummer if it tipped onto your foot.

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

here are some pics of the under side of the cab. Got all of the floor done this week. grown down all the welds then used Kitty hair over the welds, then some putty called rage extreme over the kitty hair should look good...... I hope

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

here are more pics. the blue cab are the before pics but kinda got mixed in with the others :metal:

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

got around to posting some more pics the under side of the cab is done and all under coated

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

does any one know what the difference is in the 1972 2 wheel drive front suspension and the 1973-1987 2 wheel drive front suspensions

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

looks good Grant, good luck. I have one question whats kitty hair?

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

BALLJOINTS and a few other Go with the 73-87 you will be happier

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

kitty hairs is fiberglass, short strand or long strand in a can, depends on who you ask

Re: Finely my own build thread
 

kitty hair is good stuff but im sure people abuse it in the wrong way to fill rust holes in and NO i didn't do that