You know the saying...

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You know that saying if it aint broke dont fix it (and its other endings) Well My starter went out so I took it off and then noticed one trailing arm was swollen from rust between the two halfs so I started taking that off to beat the rust out of it and fix then my spring pops out (cut) so I removed both rear springs well I got tired of climbing over the tail gate so it came off and I noticed one of the holder wheels was frozen solid and While I was waiting on parts ( going on vacation in TN to buy parts) I decided to set my new intake on to see about hood clearence and fabbing brackets for kickdown cable and making new throttle rod to clear linkage bracket and after knocking my head on the hood twice It came off..... How does this happen. Well I think I might as well keep going pull the M\T and bed and front fenders and get started on the frame. Heres some pics. Oh yea didn't get a pic but I started making a new trans crossmember also.