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ChevyGearHeads · 08-03-2012, 06:14 PM

i'm restoreing a 1980 short bed me and my son and we had to change cabs because of rust a friend had a 86 cab for two hundred. so we scraped the old one. we put it in the bed of my 85 chevy truck

Car'n'Guitars · 08-03-2012, 07:06 PM

Just wondering about how much did you get for it in scrap?

ChevyGearHeads · 08-03-2012, 07:24 PM

we only got 31 dollar's not much at all it payed for lunch for me and my son then i was broke.

Car'n'Guitars · 08-03-2012, 07:38 PM

I was just wondering because I'm getting ready to do the same thing, not trying to be snoopy.

mopar346 · 08-03-2012, 10:33 PM

Cool, how bout pictures of the "new" cab?

ChevyGearHeads · 08-04-2012, 06:45 AM

i do not think it's snoopy it's cool. hey i will get pic of the new cab it needs a lot of work too but it's cleaner then the old one

willett · 08-04-2012, 02:38 PM

Looks better than the one I bought to replace my old one :|
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ChevyGearHeads · 08-04-2012, 07:55 PM

what ?????????????

beamn7 · 08-04-2012, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willett

Looks better than the one I bought to replace my old one :|
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Ya, I was gonna say it looks better than the one I'm fixing up too on my 78....
(welding in new floor pans, supports, etc)

ChevyGearHeads · 08-05-2012, 08:37 AM

i was lucky a good friend of mine scrap's car's and said he keep a eye out for a cab he call's one night as i was in the middle of dinner. i ran down to look at it i told him yes i will take it. he said but i had to take it off that was cool. if not yes i would have to weld floor's in my old one. i did the rocker's and primer the old cab back in the late 90,s

willett · 08-05-2012, 10:26 AM

Up here in the rainforest clean cabs are very rare
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ChevyGearHeads · 08-05-2012, 11:19 AM

my dad had a 74 cheyenne when i was a kid we did the bodywork and painted it.black and buff it out. i was in love with that truck his had a 350 auto. he owned my 80 short bed i'm restoring now. you can check it out on my youtube site chevygearheads. do you have pic's of your truck ?

08-03-2012, 06:14 PM	#1
ChevyGearHeads Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Anne Arundel County, MD Posts: 108	scraping my old cab i'm restoreing a 1980 short bed me and my son and we had to change cabs because of rust a friend had a 86 cab for two hundred. so we scraped the old one. we put it in the bed of my 85 chevy truck Attached Images

08-03-2012, 07:06 PM	#2
Car'n'Guitars Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 1,308	Re: scraping my old cab Just wondering about how much did you get for it in scrap? __________________ 1985 Chevrolet K10 Custom Deluxe---SOLD 1997 Ram 2500 5.9 Cummins 1985 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 1987 Chevrolet K10 Silverado "The Beast" build 1987 Silverado http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post6150257

08-03-2012, 07:24 PM	#3
ChevyGearHeads Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Anne Arundel County, MD Posts: 108	Re: scraping my old cab we only got 31 dollar's not much at all it payed for lunch for me and my son then i was broke.

08-03-2012, 07:38 PM	#4
Car'n'Guitars Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 1,308	Re: scraping my old cab I was just wondering because I'm getting ready to do the same thing, not trying to be snoopy. __________________ 1985 Chevrolet K10 Custom Deluxe---SOLD 1997 Ram 2500 5.9 Cummins 1985 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 1987 Chevrolet K10 Silverado "The Beast" build 1987 Silverado http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post6150257

08-03-2012, 10:33 PM	#5
mopar346 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Quincy, FL Posts: 533	Re: scraping my old cab Cool, how bout pictures of the "new" cab?

08-04-2012, 06:45 AM	#6
ChevyGearHeads Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Anne Arundel County, MD Posts: 108	Re: scraping my old cab i do not think it's snoopy it's cool. hey i will get pic of the new cab it needs a lot of work too but it's cleaner then the old one

08-04-2012, 02:38 PM	#7
willett Another Day, Another Dollar Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: North Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,316	Re: scraping my old cab Looks better than the one I bought to replace my old one :\| Posted via Mobile Device __________________ -78 K20 Cheyenne 454 long box, 4" lift, 35" MT's, '84 cab, '80 box "its hip to be square"

08-04-2012, 07:55 PM	#8
ChevyGearHeads Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Anne Arundel County, MD Posts: 108	Re: scraping my old cab what ?????????????

08-05-2012, 08:37 AM	#10
ChevyGearHeads Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Anne Arundel County, MD Posts: 108	Re: scraping my old cab i was lucky a good friend of mine scrap's car's and said he keep a eye out for a cab he call's one night as i was in the middle of dinner. i ran down to look at it i told him yes i will take it. he said but i had to take it off that was cool. if not yes i would have to weld floor's in my old one. i did the rocker's and primer the old cab back in the late 90,s

08-05-2012, 10:26 AM	#11
willett Another Day, Another Dollar Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: North Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,316	Re: scraping my old cab Up here in the rainforest clean cabs are very rare Posted via Mobile Device __________________ -78 K20 Cheyenne 454 long box, 4" lift, 35" MT's, '84 cab, '80 box "its hip to be square"

08-05-2012, 11:19 AM	#12
ChevyGearHeads Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Anne Arundel County, MD Posts: 108	Re: scraping my old cab my dad had a 74 cheyenne when i was a kid we did the bodywork and painted it.black and buff it out. i was in love with that truck his had a 350 auto. he owned my 80 short bed i'm restoring now. you can check it out on my youtube site chevygearheads. do you have pic's of your truck ?



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