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**Captainfab** · 05-13-2010, 01:15 AM

That sounds like the imense amount of work I was alluding to. To someone with lots of metalwork and fabrication experience, this would be doable, but a lot of work nonetheless.

Someone stop him before he has 2 trucks that are junk.

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Originally Posted by andyh1956

i hear ya bro- but wait it gets better! now he wants to cut the cab off the 88 but leave the firewall & floor attached to the frame & cut the firewall & floor out of the 64 & set it down on the 88 firewall & floor! like my daughter says- OMG! i'm doing my best to talk him out of this, but someone may have to go hide his truck from him to save it.
andy

Mr Pops · 05-13-2010, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Captainfab

Someone stop him before he has 2 trucks that are junk.

Its way easier to upgrade an old junky truck than it is to make it into a different old junky truck from a different era..

63 & 64 Bowties · 05-13-2010, 08:04 AM

There was a guy here a couple years ago that started that same kind of project. He started his build thread, posted a lot of photobucket photos along the way too. It looked like his fab skills were above average, and it looked like he had a nice shop. But, he ran into all kinds of issues (can't remember exactly what they were.) Then all of a sudden, all the photobucket pics were gone, and he was never heard from again. I assume he was embarrassed to tell everyone he had made a big mistake and he probably parted out the truck. Stop your buddy before he's embarrassed.

**Captainfab** · 05-14-2010, 01:02 AM

I remember that one also, but I couldn't find it for a reference to this thread. I agree that he likely abandoned the project, parted it out and went on with life.

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Originally Posted by 63 & 64 Bowties

There was a guy here a couple years ago that started that same kind of project. He started his build thread, posted a lot of photobucket photos along the way too. It looked like his fab skills were above average, and it looked like he had a nice shop. But, he ran into all kinds of issues (can't remember exactly what they were.) Then all of a sudden, all the photobucket pics were gone, and he was never heard from again. I assume he was embarrassed to tell everyone he had made a big mistake and he probably parted out the truck. Stop your buddy before he's embarrassed.

05-13-2010, 08:04 AM	#3
63 & 64 Bowties and a few others Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains of VA Posts: 5,638	Re: 64 on a 88 frame? There was a guy here a couple years ago that started that same kind of project. He started his build thread, posted a lot of photobucket photos along the way too. It looked like his fab skills were above average, and it looked like he had a nice shop. But, he ran into all kinds of issues (can't remember exactly what they were.) Then all of a sudden, all the photobucket pics were gone, and he was never heard from again. I assume he was embarrassed to tell everyone he had made a big mistake and he probably parted out the truck. Stop your buddy before he's embarrassed. __________________ Bill US Army Vet -193rd Infantry BlueRidgeMuscleCars.com “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Gandhi



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