My 82 shortbed

[gettmoneyy7]

Used the bench seat bolts to bolt the chain to..

[Gordonr1973]

Watch the cab doesn't roll forward on you....it is very front heavy.

[gettmoneyy7]

Yea at that point we were just messing with it and experimenting. after a little trial and error we figured it out.

[gettmoneyy7]

Couldnt get it to balance on just the one chain from the two front bench seat bolts so went ahead and drilled a third hole up by were the tranny sits under the cab, that i will fill later. bolted another chain to the new whole and to the other chain and experimented again till i found a center of balance. Jacked the cab up then jacked the frame up and took of the one wheel so it would go over the legs of the lift. Lucky had the help of a few friends with this one. It worked pretty good if i do say so myself. tell me what you think?

[gettmoneyy7]

Started doing a little body work for the hell of it.. and look what i found lol.. what looks like a bullet hole on on the back passenger side cab corner, maybe this truck has a history behind it

[grayharville]

That truck might have been on an episode of cops
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[gettmoneyy7]

You never know but were it was it had to go threw the wheel well and hit the cab, so whoever was in my truck was running or just got caught in the crossfire haha

[gettmoneyy7]

valve covers came in ....set everything on just to see what she would look like..

[gettmoneyy7]

Started stripping the messed up frame off the 86.... salvaging as much as i can..

[grayharville]

Valve covers look sweet.
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[gettmoneyy7]

i thought so too... lol

[gettmoneyy7]

You guys might hate me lol but figured id make use of the frame since it was already messed up tell me what you think..?

[gettmoneyy7]

Next morning took apart the front suspension to salvage as much as possible..

[grayharville]

Lol you making a Swb trailer? Nice.
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[texastruckjunky]

Looking good I want to see more. Nice progress!!

[gettmoneyy7]

thanks.. and yes i will continue post more pics as i get them together..

[gettmoneyy7]

Next day sprayed trailor down with satin black and put the 82 bed on the 86 trailer and bolted it down, loaded up the spare parts we dont need and now it was off to be stored at my uncles house.. did have any room for it at my house.

[gettmoneyy7]

Now it was time for the 82 frame to get stripped.. cranked it up and moved it outback. started by removing the steering column and that section

[gettmoneyy7]

now i have parts everywere.. dont think my dads to happy about that lol

[texastruckjunky]

Your makin good progress, the parts won't be there long. Then he will be happy again.

[gettmoneyy7]

Thanks and yeah lol he wont be happy till every part is out of his back yard lol

[gettmoneyy7]

Now for the motor.. hooked it up and after fighting a couple 30 year old bolts it was out last pic is when i was about to pressure clean the remaining areas i couldnt get before because of the motor being in.

[gettmoneyy7]

Now as for the bed took it off and standed it up against the wall. Next day tried using my dads compressor and sandblasting but it just couldnt keep up and didnt have much pressure. Started calling around and found a place that had a peice that attached to the end of a 4000psi pressure cleaner and would spit the sand out with the water. planned a day and went and rented it for 40 for 24 hours. trying to keep the sand moving threw the line was a pain. and couldnt get wet till it got used so had to make sure it was covered up good. once i had got it figured out for the most part i started sandblasting a section. Not going to lie it worked quick and went to bare medal in a second but used up ALOT of sand in the process when it was working right And made a big mess everywere. Before you could even dry it off surface rust would begin to arise. So called that plan a failed attempt. i wish i would have took a pic of the peice to show you guys.

[gettmoneyy7]

well after searching around i found a place not to far that would sandblast it for a decent price. Only thing was we had to bring it to them so borrowed a friends trailor and loaded my baby up along with the core support and fenderwells and it was off to the shop... oh and btw we couldnt get those caps off the rims so we needed to find a way... the tool i had was loose and those rims must have not came off in a very long time but luckly on the way to the sandblaster stopped by a wheel place and bought a new one and they even loosened them up for me.. and you cant tell in the pictures but yes we did strap it down.

[Gordonr1973]

Just fyi since you were asking about LS swap costs, there was a thread on here that kept a list of each of the expenses, I think it was Glock's build called "Fred".