New guy Intro 67 GMC 3/4 ton

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Hello all. I have been lurking here for a couple of weeks and now that I dropped the hammer on a 67 GMC I decided to join. Looks like a great site with good people, sweet trucks and lots of valuable information.

I am a married father of two in college so money is tight. I sold all of my drag racing stuff, car, trailer, and GMC 2500 duramax. Paid off as much debt as I could (If you have ever drag raced you would understand)and have been driving a Mazda Miata for about five months while searching for a nice driver. Well I setteled on a 67 GMC 3/4 ton that is not much of a driver. I was hooked on the fact that it was 67, 3/4 ton, leaf spring rear with a Dana 60. You just dont see trucks like that around these parts. It has been rode hard but has a year old paint job that looks as though they did a pretty good job on. It runs like a swiss watch but drives like a tank due to no power steering. Problem is it was built in Flint Michigan and looks as though it hung around the area because of some pretty significant rust on the frame especially the rear half behind the rear tires.

I will post pics soon and keep updates but I have a few questions and would appreciate any and all help.

1. When I turn my parking lights on everything works fine. When I go to headlights on the front parking lights cut off but all other lights work normally. No power to the socket I checked with a test light clipped to negative on the battery. I replaced the headlight switch on the advice of a mechanic. Any ideas?

2. On the Dana 60 it looks like to get the rear brake drums off I have to pull the axle shaft, remove the two 2 and 3/8ths nuts and pull the hubs and drums as a unit. Do these not seperate? If I need new drums I have to replace the hub to?

Thanks in advance for any and all help with this project. Look forward to hearing from you.

Scott