Long Bed from California

[hessian18]

Hello..I have been around the forum for awhile and I'm finally getting my butt around to post...

I'm 23 years old from Hesperia California..The good olé desert LOL...Im a sand rail fabricator and welder...

My truck is a 1981 Cheyenne with a 250 L6... Im the 2nd owner of the truck and it has 83,000 (and some old ball ) original miles... The original owner was a good friend and he recently passed away...

I have changed some stuff since I received the truck....
I stripped all the hub cubs and polished them up a little bit...
I then painted the rims flat black...They will be powder coated someday..
I also removed all the old trim..it was hammered on and I also ditched the Cheyenne emblems
I also primer-ed the hood and painted the grill... the hood was pretty rough and needed a good sanding...
The truck is 98 % rust and dent free...there is one little BB gun dent on the driver door and 2 signs of rust...on the driver front fender and rear side panel by the wheel well...this will all get fixed including all the suspension components... Its getting a complete refresh... 3/4 ton springs, ball joints, bushings, steering tie rod end, and I just put some Monroe sensa-tracs on it...( it was like a boat)....Want to make it as fresh as possible before the swap...
Here are some pictures...









Hopefully this summer I'm going to get around to doing my Gen III/ 4L60E swap.... Keep an eye out :Chevy:

here is a gen III 6.0l setup for our rails...(headers and adapter plate)
This is one I cleaned up and setup for a local buggy parts store...( those are Doug Thorley headers too)