Over the last couple days I've been doing multiple projects on the ol girl. I have 2 core supports. One is a 68 while the other is a 71. The truck came with the 71 which is in decent condition, good in fact. The 68 came with one of the clips I just bought for the truck. While the rest of the 68 is in great condition the core support is another story. Considering cutting out the 68 head light section and welding it into the 71. I havent seen this done but all the measurements add up to work fine to me. I started to sandblast both to see how much work is necessary on both and confirmed how bad the 68 is vs the 71.
My camera batter is dead so these are all from my cell phone, Sorry!
Ive also stripped the front discs apart so I will have the spindles for the 5 lug swap. To my surprise the spindles are Mcgaughys and appear to be relatively new. Good surprise. I will be sandblasting them before I paint the frame and components and possibly "smoothing" them out.
The 68
The 71
The 71 is in a lot better condition as you can see from the ONE picture.
Here is what I did on the discs up front. I will be using the spindles and getting rid of the discs, calipers and pads. They are all in fair condition except one stud broken. If anyone needs them please let me know.
