66 GMC Long to Short LS Swap

[Notch1988]

Wow man, love to see you still making progress and not getting discouraged with all the rust repair. Keep it up!

[Duncan K]

Thanks Notch! For a while there I kept thinking "what am I doing here, just find a new cab". Was a little overwhelming at first but I have learned a lot as I go. I just keep plugging away, little by little. I feel like have the worst of it behind me. Drivers side should go a lot smoother. Glad I put in the work to save this old truck.

[Duncan K]

Replaced a bit more of the back of the floor pan. Had to cut another section off the back to get access to make the repair, then weld it back in



Sliced the bottom back off the donor cab. Drivers cab corner is pretty good, but not so much for the passenger side.



My original plan was to use a whole replacement cab corner, but after comparing it with the original I could see it was going to be a lot of work to reshape the replacement. I decided to use the one from my donor. I knocked out a bunch of dents and used a small piece from the patch panel



Hung the door and fit up the rocker. Started fitting the cab corner. Have to drill some holes for the spot welds and it will be ready to weld in.



Fit up the drivers side cab corner and the rest of the back. Looks like it will work well. Have to wait until I have all the drivers side floor and braces done before I weld this stuff in

[SCOTI]

Sucks the re-popped stuff is that far off. Lots of extra work sometimes....
Impressive effort on your part for sure!