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Well I finally decided to tear the ole girl down and give her a full frame off resto. I started to day by removing the front clip minus the core support for now. I even got the assistance of my wife. I plan to tear it down to the bare frame and rebuild the chassis and paint the chassis with all new brake lines and hardware. then I will start on the cab and body work. I have added some pics of the tear down.

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glad to hear she will be getting the full treatment. good luck

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Good luck with the resto.... May have to check it out in person down the road....

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Looking forward to seeing progress! Looks like you had already started on a resto before too.

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ahhhh...Bud Light always makes the tear down so much easier!!!...I assume you had the wifey bagging and marking parts for you?!?!....Good luck, and look forward to watching the progress!!!

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She was actually runnin the air ratchet. Yes the bud light helped make things go smoothly

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Bud light always helps:barn: Glad to see you are doing a frame off!

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Even better...a family affair!!!.....

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Great looking project, good luck with the build!

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Well today i got the bed off and dissasembled. Now I have to figure out how I'm gonna get everything to fit in the garage so i can still work on the truck

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Finally got back to work on her. I got some of the interier out now. i went to try to start her up since I haven't unhooked any of the engine stuff yet and the batt is dead so I put it on the charger. While I was waiting on the batt charge I was cleanin up around the truck when I noticed a huge puddle under the cab. Great a fuel leak. Looks like its a small iece of rubber hose but will have to check once it dries out now that the fuel line is unhooked.

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Yep, that's my problem. Heck, I got the disassembled bed and front clip in the side yard and still don't have enough room in the garage.

Keep up the good work.

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Well I got the fuel line fixed so I can still move it under its own power. Now i just need to find a home for the motor

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looks like a great project, the wife helps me also thats always a plus keep us updated on your progress :chevy:

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Today got the core support off and pulled the motor and tranny. I have the motor sold, so it had to come out. i also pulled the heater box off while i was working on pullin the motor. I will get some more pics up later.

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whats ur plans for the suspension?

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T allready has a ece 2.5/4 drop kit on it. It will get a complete rebuild of the rest of the suspension parts

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Some progress pics

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Looks like a good starting point. Cant wait for more pics.

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nice! wish i coul sell this dog gone jet ski cause i got ants in my pants cant wait to start on a 49 53 chev. project.

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Well did some work on the inside of the cab. I got the heater controls, radio delete, ash tray, and most of the under dash harness out. also pulled the dome light out and gutted the drivers door but left it hanging for now. i also removed the front and rear glass.

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Well today I finally took out the colum and gauges followed by the booster and master cyl. Now i just have to pull the doors and unbolt the cab. Now if the weather would just coroperate with me.

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Got the cab unbolted, the doors off and all weather strippin off the door frames. i also got the wiper motor/under dash harness out as well a stripped the core support down. I even took the original firewall pad out. Now i just have to get the garge organized enough to set the cab off the frame.:metal: