My new project truck!

[HIGHWAY BY THE SEA]

The truck and its parts donor are still at the body shop, and the donor's cab corners, door bottoms, inner rocker panels, and outer rocker panels have been replaced with good Key Parts prefabs (pictures coming soon).
When I bought this truck I noticed that the center cross member was so rusted that it was more air than metal. I need to replace it, and I found someone with a 72 3/4 ton frame with one on it. Will a 72 3/4 ton center crossmember work on a 67 1 ton? Or is there any difference in the two that I should be aware of?

[cericd]

How did you find those NOS arm rests at a dealership? The dealerships near me won't even try to pull up old part numbers they just say to call LMC.

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Originally Posted by cericd

How did you find those NOS arm rests at a dealership? The dealerships near me won't even try to pull up old part numbers they just say to call LMC.

I have a system that I use. I research the part numbers for what I need to buy myself. Then I call a dealership that I know about and ask for the parts department. I then give them the part numbers and they run that number through their system. It then tells them what dealerships in the United States have that particular part (if any). This parts department employee then gives me the phone number of said dealership. I then call that particular dealerships parts department and tell them look up this number to see if they have it. They always do, and I end up ordering it from them over the phone and they ship it to me.
I do not allow lazy parts department employees to tell me that they are not going to look up or search for a part. This is their job that they signed up to do and that they are paid for. Whenever they have ever tried this I make them look it up anyway.

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Nasty old rusted rockers GONE!


A much-needed improvement! Way to go Key Parts!


Other side...


Rear corner


Rear corner 2


Other side...


Top view


Top view 2


Soon this repaired cab and most of the parts truck front end will be set astride my 67 3500 rolling frame with engine and transmission! I am SO glad that I finally gave up on the old one, and that I have such a good friend (you listening out there Danny?) who found this parts truck for me so close to me in my state.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Nice.

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The old swiss cheese GMC cab has been removed from the rolling frame, and replaced with the parts-donor 67 GMC cab. For some reason the bed has always been too close to the cab, and it seems worse now with the cab replacement. The bed is coming off next to try to figure out how to best correct this annoying issue.

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Someone gave me these comfortable bucket seats today. I am seriously considering using them in my 67 GMC 3500. It now appears that I will also be reconsidering my decision NOT to install an external gas tank in it. I cannot fgure out what these originally came out of, but they have electrical adjustment devices inside them.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Do the armrests go up? If so, and you reversed them, so the armrests were in the middle, they would meet each other. Maybe over a center console?

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Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Do the armrests go up? If so, and you reversed them, so the armrests were in the middle, they would meet each other. Maybe over a center console?

They do in fact go up. I'm not even sure if I'm going to use these or not. I was toying with the idea but I am not sure I like them enough. Anyway the price was right since they were free.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by HIGHWAY BY THE SEA

They do in fact go up. I'm not even sure if I'm going to use these or not. I was toying with the idea but I am not sure I like them enough. Anyway the price was right since they were free.

I bought a pair of '86 [?] buckets out of a junkyard Jimmy several years ago. Still have them, but since they do not recline or fold foward, I haven't used them. The passenger side required an anchor in the cab floor to be unhooked so the seat coild move and let pax in the backseat. They are high back buckets. Also in a similar color. [Which I hate and it matches neither the Saddle seats in my '68 C/10 Orange Stepside or my Blue '71 Jimmy.]
Free is good.

[Two Stall]

This should be a fun project!