Newbie with a '66 project truck

[swingcatt]

Greetings guys! First time poster here, so I'll jump right into the reason for me being here - to pick your collective bowtie brains!! I have recently started the task of restoring my fathers old truck. It is something that I have wanted to do for quite some time, but never had the space. I recently finished my new house, in which I included plenty of garage space just for this project.

The time my friends, has come.

The truck in question is a short bed '66 Chevy C10. It has the original 327, 4 speed and drivetrain. IIRC, I think the rear end was geared at 4.11. The majority of the body parts are in good shape, the front fenders are going to have to go, as will the floorboard and cab mounts. Everything else is in rather good shape, considering it has been outside for the past ten years and we used it to cut wood in for the first 18 years of my life!!

My biggest concern will be the cab mounts, for starters, can someone tell me how big of a PITA replacing those are? I'm not talking rubber bushings here, I'm talking floorboard rusted out around the brackets! You could rock the cab completly off the frame and the brackets would stay attached. If some people could give me some idea as to what I am up aginst here, I would really appreciate it!

Great place here, hope to stick around for a while!

-Swingcatt