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Originally Posted by Diablo de la Noche
I asked the same question back in august. They said just get it on the road so you can enjoy it and do it little by little. I didn't take the advice. Now I do it little by little, and buy the parts I need right now. I started by taking the whole front apart. I wish I hadn't, it looks like a junk pile in my garage. I am concentrating on the interior and plan on finishing that first, or at least getting it close so it's nice. Between small projects, I clean, and clean, and clean up after cleaning. Still chipping 43 years of gunk off the underside. In the next few weeks (realistically) I plan on putting the new body mounts in, that is how slow it is going. It seems that once you pull something off, there is more that needs to be done around it, so you take it off, and there are more issues to deal with. I'm a little OCD when it comes to cleanliness of the parts. Choose an area and concentrate on it, then move to the next area. Just about every part will need attention sooner or later. The trick is not to get all A.D.D. on it like I did. (And not too OCD!)
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I could say I told you so but I won't...lmao....
run it use it to chase its own parts...when the time come flip him the keys..
but like was said do one piece at a time like pull the bed paint the frame and bottom of the bed then and do your rear suspention work...and flip it back on..figure a week for that and drive it..the more you drive it the more your going to love it....so what if it smokes alittle just give it a tune up and drive it...and unless your keeping it all stock your going to be looking for a bit more power so it gie you time to look for a vortec and trans...with it in the gagage you can clean and paint it when its ready for an install pull your front clip new mounts pull the motor and trans clean things up and paint and put the new motor in...
If your going for a show truck do the same thing just take your time in the details