1986 Chevy C10 SWB Step Side

[aotte1]

Engine bay with more stuff removed, however, more stuff off soon.

[aotte1]

Front with core support and bumper removed. Removing core support with fender on, I removed three of the inner fender/fender bolts closest to core support, along with the top fender bolt on the fire wall being loosened. This allows the fender to be spread a little for removing the core support.

[jpnh]

progress looks good. im gonna have to do the same coming up when i have
all the peices/parts collected for my 84 my inner fenders are not as clean as i want so the whole nose will come off.i already got the passenger fender inner gotta get the drivers side. im replacing the passenger fender with one without the antenna hole i already had the bumper off 2. another chore to power through coming up.

[aotte1]

Jeff,
Thanks for the support, my approach for front end is how paint shop wants it. The plan is to take it to them this week. However, lots of work I want done before it goes. Today worked on bed items work needing done before painting. Removed the outside row of nuts on each side of the bed ( purpose to get remaining wood strips removed). Two broke off on each side. All the rest came loose with some on / off movement of nut and penetrating oil. The four that broke were frozen on and in the wheel well area, maybe saw more road debris over time. Did you get these nuts loose on yours and/or did some of the bolts break too. If so are the bolts welded to the bed sides angle metal piece on the bottom? Any suggestions on how to replace them/ or use sleeve on remaining threads. Picture of removed parts below, one washer is temporarily lost, rolled somewhere yet to be found.

[aotte1]

This pictures shows the outer edge of the bed wood on the sides from below. From the top side the angle metal on the bottom of the bed sides extends out some over this wood. Will post picture of wood removed to show factory holes.
These are the nuts I removed today, described above.

[aotte1]

Picture of wood floor edge, showing hole size. The picture is showing the bottom of the floor board.

[aotte1]

Another board picture.