49 1 Ton GMC 5 window S10 swap

[49gmcsteve]

So I got an offer I couldn't refuse.....



Its a 49 GMC 5 window and the cab and front end has already been swapped over to an S10 reg cab long box chassis. A friend of mine has 3 other donor S10's with parts to pick from and I have a 327 sbc that has been sitting beside the money pit 67 Camaro project that I've been working on for the last 2 years. The wife wants the engine going into the Camaro, but we'll just store it in the 49 for now, to keep it warm.









A few months ago my buddy (Al) and I decided that we needed to increase our carbon footprints (Carbon Bigfoot prints) and buy fast trucks we figured with all the people buying Prius's it'll equal out. So we sold some stuff and looked for cheap (PG)joy because we were pissed off with all of our projects and bored so he bought a v8 swapped S10 and I found this.

My goals are to spend less than $3000, not farm out any of the work, and have a reliable working, running project that I can enjoy while making improvements.

So far I have:
A motor 327 sbc
Tranny(s) s10 T5s we have a few
I plan on using all the brake components, wiring harness, Running gear and as much of the donor s10 parts possible to pass vehicle inspection so I can insure it, then make it pretty.
A fairly clean cab, need some welding in the floor and a transmission tunnel.

I need:
A box
some v8 swap parts.
I will lower it and widen it, but the other stuff is more important

A lot of this stuff I've done in the past, but I have to relearn how to weld. We'll be starting up pretty soon, just have to make room in the garage as it'll be winter. My goal is to have it insured and going by May

Any advice and encouragement would be awesome and largely accepted.