79 stepside

[msblackbetty79]

this is the frame the way i found it. 77-79 long bed chevy. 1/2 axles. with warn lockouts. 4 speed with a 205 TCASE!! hell ya! 33's and over 10 years 2 tires still had air in them. can you believe it.

im not quit sure what im going to do with all these parts. the 4 speed is junk but everything else is good so.. any ideas anyone??

[msblackbetty79]

Yesterday i yanked out the shortbed frame, i have no use for it. anybody needs it gimmie a call 8128706797. other than that i think imma junk it. its not a very good frame. rear leaf hangers need to be re-welded. other than that nothing is on the frame. but when i was yanking the frame out under tha truck the cab fell over -___- Im doing this all by myself, i have friends but none of them help hahah. i could use some help!



thats when i knocked the cab over.

Then i drug the longbed frame up close to the barn so i can work on it. got the axles out from under it



Today is a nasty day, so im waiting for the weather to clear up but ive got most the rust off and i got a base layer of paint over the outside frame. i need to do some work to the rear hangers so i havent painted the hangers or the inside.

Pictures in a few.. stupid phone wont load em

[msblackbetty79]

by the end of the day yesterday i had her sittin on blocks ready to be cleaned up and axles swaped to 8 lugs, 3/4tons.

QUESTION! does anybody know how to tell apart the different kind of gm axles? i know theres like 14 bolt and a couple others but can you tell by the pumpkin? ill take pictures of them later and put them on here..

i got to sand those down too and paint them black!

TODAY 4/16/13
i started sanding down the outside of the frame to get the surface rust off and the other paint. down to bare metal.


left side is suface rust, on the right cleaned down to bare frame.


Cleaned up a bit.


can you guess what side was facing north? lol this side was the nasty side, it had some kinda rubber goowy stuff that was hard to get off

[msblackbetty79]

passager side

i know there probably just factory stamps. but i wondered if anybody knew anything about these numbers on the side of the frame just about with the back of the cab would be.


Drivers side

[msblackbetty79]

this is the drives side. first coat.



passagers side. first coat.

after i get everything painted up hangers, inside, and outside i plan on going over it all with the bed liner stuff. i like it and it works pretty well so why not.

[msblackbetty79]

Today i got the 3/4 axles under the long bed frame.
put a first coat of black on both front and rear axles.
i think there is 8 leafs in the back and about a 4in block.
i need to get one in the front cause its kinda sittin like a drag car right at the second lol



tommorrow i think im making a set of body mounts
a friend of mine showed me how to make them
i think im going with a 3in body mount.

the only thing i dont know is how many mounts are under the bed??

[msblackbetty79]

Well im getting ready to leave for boot so this is going to be my last post for a while. Ive had a change of heart these past couple days... i really would like a crew cab chevy. 79' front clip. and i think ive got the answer. when i get out i am going to buy a burb and use the 4 doors off that and throw a long bed behind it with some cuttin and grinding and well some welding. and ill also have to strech the frame but thats easy peasy. oh this is the link to the page that turned me onto this.. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=443820
i know where theres two of them at right this second but i doubt either one if for sale.

[msblackbetty79]

ive also got rid of some parts since ive been on here last. i only have my 14 bolt and lonbed frame with the whole body. ill use the front clip, the back of the cab to seal off the burb, and the bed well i dont think im going to use it. me and grandpa talked about makin a bench out of it. kind like this

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That's a pretty cool idea.

[msblackbetty79]

it'd be awesome on the side of the shop

[msblackbetty79]

hey ya'll well i just got outta bootcamp! i made it out alive! so nothing has got done but i plan on buying my old grandpas 6.2 its 2wd but i swear it just rolled off the show room floor. its a 81'. and putting it on a 4x4 frame it would look so awesome. or i have thought about one of those crew cabs but i barely know anything about em. and are they expensive

[msblackbetty79]

Yea to update my thoughts about this project and my next.. i think i am just gonna keep the parts i need off this truck, ive been doing my research about those ol crew cabs and imma get one when i get outta tech school. if i keep the body and all that good stuff from this step side i might end up makin a mud bogger outta it.