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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: enterprise kansas
Posts: 230
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what to do???
ok everyone here's the problem. I have a 71 c10 2wd long bed fleetside. it needs work inside and out as well as drivetrain and engine work. I have an idea for the truck and an image in my head of it done. I'm on a very limited budget so it's pretty much a piece at a time when I can find enough change in the couch cushions. the problem is this. Ive restored cars in the past. Never a truck. this is my first of one of these old beauties. I have access to a shop full of tools, cutting torch, welder, anything I could need. as it is the truck is sitting barely started. the main issue is where to start. should I a.) do the engine work and make it run.
b.) do the interior so that its comfortable to sit in during breaks. c.) do the body work so I have a beauty sitting in the yard or d.) start at the front bumper and work my way back. I have another vehicle for a daily driver and Im out in the country so no in town issues with a truck sitting taken apart. the shop can only be used for a day or so at a time and has to stay as freed up as possible. mainly because its my neighbors shop and he has about 90 vehicles it seems and isnt home much which uses the shop for storing his vehicles. I cant complain I can use it all I want just not forever. Im sure theres been others here at the board that have had this same problem on where to begin. so I figured I would ask.thanks to anyone who replies Dan
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Mike
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: west chester pa
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If it was mine,I would take care of the mechanical part first.Get it running so you can use while doing the body.
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newly minted old timer
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Hudson WI
Posts: 3,511
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yep drive train and engine work first.
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 8,855
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I agree completly on powertrain. Get it running first, then go at the body work, then the interior.
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Olalla, WA
Posts: 705
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My dad always told me, "It doesn't look good when it is broke down on the side of the road". Make sure you can drive it first then do all the cosmetics later.
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KEEP ON TRUCKING
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: martinsville va
Posts: 2,563
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i agree
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