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Old 06-20-2014, 08:03 AM   #5
63burban4x4
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Re: a long time coming

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Originally Posted by lha1992 View Post
That is really cool! Did you primer the body an fix some of the panels in the process of getting her going? I know that feeling of accomplishment an being proud after 6yrs of working on it must be awesome!!! Congrats!!!!!:-)
body was changed, found a nearly rust free one. the old one was MAINELY rusted! also gave a chance to clean up the frame. the original truck has only 110K original miles. added later front axle for PD brakes, found a nice 350 4-bolt motor with very low miles , dressed it up to look like the original 283. swapped out the 4-speed for 3 on the tree. pretty much new from the ground up, except paint.

I think this one might have ended up in the crusher......if I hadn't gone fishing! I'd consider it one of my luckier fishing trips. Paid $500 for the truck. Tightly held secret how much more I put in it.....I'll take that to my grave. Sooner rather than later if my wife finds out!

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