Project Janus

[soundqdoug]

Hey there guys and gals...I've been lurking around here for quite some time, figured I should go ahead and start a thread for my new project "Janus". This project is a bit different than most on here, as I am active duty Navy and haven't been able to be around to do alot of work on it. The truck is being built at a local shop in Missouri, while I'm stationed in California. The project was started while I was forward deployed in Africa. I will post pictures as they come from my builder, so be patient.

[soundqdoug]

Here are some shots of the truck the day I picked it up. It looked alright, drove alright, and stopped alright, but didn't do anything exceptional, which is to be expected.

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The truck had a 327 with a Muncie 4spd installed at some point. It, surprisingly, started like an EFI engine.

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I found a set of buddy buckets which were relatively close, and I couldn't pass them up. Luckily I have a really good friend that does incredible upholstery work locally.

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The seats may look really rough to you guys, but they will be refoamed and wrapped in red ultraleather with some really cool french seams and other top secret hues, stay tuned.

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I picked up a couple good doors and lowered the truck with a CPP 2/4 kit. Unfortunately, not happy at all with the stance...air is in the future.

[soundqdoug]

Here are some tentative plans for this build:

Body
-replace full floor, rockers, door pillars, kick panels, toe boards
-reskin doors and shave trim holes
-clean up firewall, shave wire channel, replace outer cowls with donor panel
-replace drip rails, replace roof with donor panel
-shave fuel door, stake pockets, reflectors
-shorten front bumper to fit body, rechrome
-make all gaps to OCD standards
Suspension
-replace CPP suspension with air ride
-build one-off tubular control arms and trailing arms
-Wilwood brakes (rotors, calipers, master cylinder, prop valve)
-CPP modular spindles
-fix rust in frame rails, weld-in notches, powdercoat chassis
-replace all other suspension goodies with Moog components
Drivetrain
-5.3 LS rebuilt with Holley bolt ons
-4L60E rebuilt by Transmissions To Go (Arnold MO)
-150Tunes.com harness and PCM flash
Interior
-custom interior by Ross Johns
-red ultra-leather wrapped dash pad, rewrap seats, leather door panels
-custom textile carpet
-full audio (McIntosh head unit, Audiofrog speakers, JBL amps, Helix DSP)
-Hushmat sound deadening (~200 sq ft)
-Classic Instrument G-Stock gauges
-OEM tilt column (out of a van I think?)
-Billet Specialties steering wheel (matching leather wrapped hoop)
Wheel/Tire
-Bonspeed Clutch 20x8.5 & 20x10
-Toyo Proxes 255/40/20 & 295/40/20
Misc
-Brothers Trucks one-piece glass
-all new stainless trim
-Truck-Lite LED headlights
-Marquez LED taillights

[soundqdoug]

Got the front clip, drivetrain, and bed removed to begin deconstruction. Sold the clip and bed for craigslist like 20mins after posting. Lots of rust in the door pillars and cowls, lots.

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Update: picked up some parts at a local C10 guy, he has like 15 C10 parts trucks...crazy. Also, got more deconstruction done, coincidentally found more rust, surprise surprise. One piece full floor in paint booth in back of picture too, well worth the money IMO.

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Update: Got some front end stuff back from blasting, turned out great...always a good day when parts look better after blasting!

[Hardesty454]

Looks good. Is that a spare bed ??

[soundqdoug]

No, I sold the black bed on craigslist.

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Ready for rust pics? This cab is full of it! Like I mentioned before, the cowls and door posts are really bad, but we'll rebuild all that, no need to through this cab away. The previous owner, one of them, had a bunch of aluminum patch panels in the floor and kick panels riveted in, making the rust issues underneath way worse.

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More rust! I even found a piece named "Butt Hole"!

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Got the cab blown apart, built a cool little cab dolly, and it's ready for blasting!

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Got the cab loaded up on the trailer to go to blasting, picked up my buddy bucket parts from the powdercoater as well.

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By the way, if anyone out there is interested in a cab or bed dolly, we can build one specific for you, raw or powdercoated. The cab or bed bolt directly on it with locking casters...really nice stuff.

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This build log may go a little stale for a bit, I have my Navy Reserve obligations to do, but I will post pics as they come, plus my builder works locally at a body shop.

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Firewall coming together and passenger side door pillar repaired.

[Xeen]

Wow, just wow your builder is no joke you are seriously lucky you found a guy with no fear and serious skills to take on your project.
This cab will be as good as it was when it rolled off the production line at GM.
I'm definitely in for this build.

[No8Easy2]

yeah I'm in for this build, amazing work with the metal
i don't think I've ever seen so many vise grips in in one pic!

[soundqdoug]

Thanks for the kind words guys. 1st Anglico eh? I tried to scoop up orders to 4th, but they weren't in need of any docs at the time...

[No8Easy2]

ohhh Doc, love the docs! yeah the 4th tough duty in West Palm Beach! lol

so you active or reserves and at Navel base in SD? i sure do miss the drive down I5 from Pendleton to Diego! alot of good times!

[soundqdoug]

I am actually neither, I'm FTS, or at your time, it was called TAR...basically a fulltime reservist. I was in SD, now I'm up in Port Hueneme area.

Here's some more pics of the firewall and replacement cowl section.

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Fender fitment with new cowl and passenger side cab corner. It's obvious there was ton of work getting the corner to fit...