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Thank you it was a pleasure meeting you today, that flat bed when all done will go great on my truck.
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Great piece of history, thank you again.
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Great truck! Looking forward to future progress.
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@Budman56 it was a pleasure to meet you. Glad it is going to a great home.
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Well it has been a bit since I updated this forum..
When I brought the parts truck home ![]() It is a 1986 GMC Sierra 3500 that the previous owner had sitting on his property for a year. ![]() Spare 350 4 bolt main motor the owner had threw in. ![]()
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I knew what I wanted to keep off the truck after taking inventory from it. I also did not want it to sit in my driveway and be an eye sore to the neighbors longer than it needed to be. So off to Craigslist I went posting parts from the truck. The first piece that went was the front clip. The second piece was the flatbed.
Removing the flatbed and prepping for pickup ![]() Okay maybe the neighbors won't mind for the front lawn ornament for 20 minutes. ![]() Backing the trailer in for pickup ![]()
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I had a buyer all lined up for the cab and the frame. So with a deadline quickly approaching, I began to remove the suspension components to set aside until a later date.
![]() Numerous piles of this I had to clean up after some banging ![]() Removing the rear end ![]() Massive drums ![]() ![]() Removing the front suspension ![]()
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At this point, I finally sold everything off the parts truck I didn't need. It was time to remove the drivetrain out of the '65. I was planning on selling the drivetrain and front suspension to fund some of the motor purchase.
Getting ready to remove ![]() ![]() Removed and ready for someone's project ![]() ![]() ![]()
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This weekend we removed the flatbed for Budman56. My intentions are to put a later model flatbed on this truck with a headache rack. I am glad to see this flatbed will go to a great home.
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Updating the thread. I have been making good headway.
I started to prep the truck to pull the rear end and swap out the leaf springs from the '86. ![]() Removed the rear end. ![]() I put up the 14 bolt to see what it would be like. Even though I could have just swapped it in, I decided install the '86 leaf springs and remove the '65's. ![]() With that in mind, I had already sold the '86 frame and needed to source leaf spring hangers. A quick search on Craigslist and I found someone who was parting out a '87 K30. After a few text messages, it was mine. It was kind of funny, he thought removing the rear leaf spring hangers would be a breeze and would only take an hour. When I arrived, he had removed two rivets in an hour and was amazed how difficult it was. A torch and some muscle and I had the whole rear end. ![]() After more than an hour... ![]() ![]()
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Time to start removing the original leaf spring hangers
![]() Voila.. ![]() It was amazing the amount of crap behind the mount ![]() Finally had one side installed. ![]()
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Re: '65 Chevy C30 Dually
Nice progress
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Re: '65 Chevy C30 Dually
Appreciate it. My Flickr stopped working properly so I started a new thread here
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