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Old 11-01-2013, 04:42 PM   #1
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my first 72 c10

well about two months ago i bought a 72 long bed c10 with a 5.3 in it from oldcrow.so i live in Missouri and my brother lives in cali so he went looked picked it up came with a extra cab and extra hood.we planed on converting it over to a 68 front clip short bed static drop for now and army green with all flat black trim. my brother had the idea of him doing the bed shortening and going threw to check everything and swap over the cabs and front clip so here we go
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Old 11-01-2013, 04:47 PM   #2
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Re: my first 72 c10

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Old 11-01-2013, 04:51 PM   #3
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Re: my first 72 c10

took the extra (no rust cab) out of bed and sarted to look it over....found rust in rockers,kick pannel and a little spot on the floor so out came cut off wheel and welder.
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Old 11-01-2013, 04:55 PM   #4
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Re: my first 72 c10

then today keane had a set of 04 Chevy power bucket seats so we decided why not put some backing plate in the floor for the mounts and tapped them i think they look pretty sweet

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Old 11-04-2013, 03:15 PM   #5
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Re: my first 72 c10

so made it a short bed
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Old 11-04-2013, 03:18 PM   #6
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Re: my first 72 c10

so we had to shorten the frame
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Old 11-04-2013, 03:20 PM   #7
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Re: my first 72 c10

we cut the drive shaft down and its bout to get can back on for primer and shoot it all drab green
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