1972 Chevy super cheyenne dually

[Comet41]

Hi all, I have a 1972 chevy, it is a dually. I am 18 and I have enlisted in the Navy, but I bought my truck my freshman year for 500 hundred dollars and I put it together so it is a driveable truck. I have future plans to completely restore this truck, but do a few custom mods such as put a 5.9 Cummins into it with a 5 speed tranny. I am going to leave the duallys and the brush guard, side rails, and bumper. I would just appreciate everyones input and suggestions from more veteran restorers. I plan on anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000 dollars, would that be enough or what should I plan on. I just want everyones honest input because I know what i want to do with it, so I was just curious on how much work im going to be putting into it, but I am prepared to do it, and the 5.9 cummins is a must. Give me lots of ideas people!!

[Dieselwrencher]

That is a super nice truck! You can have a super nice and powerful truck for under $30k if you do the work yourself. It looks like you still have a D44 with a SRW hub up front I agree, I'd leave that truck a dually too. If I was going to build a truck and money was not an option, I'd buy a 5.9 common rail and build it and use a NV4500, 271 or 272 tcase, a 78 or 79 ford D60, and a dodge DRW D80 for the rear. If you're going to save up money to restore the truck later, you can do a lot of stuff.

[mrolds88]

Nice truck, Comet. The ONLY thing I don't like is the tail lights. I like the stock ones better. Cummins, 5 speed, all good!!

[legendman]

Wow kick ass truck, I need check in more often.