My Crewcab Shortbed

[Stitch]

Ok time to do this again. I had the crewcab up for sale and during that process my wife and I decided to keep it and put it together as a family hauler. I'll post some pics of how I got it and I'll post some pics of what it looks like now.

I traded a mustang for this truck and I had very little in the mustang so I thought I got a pretty good deal. The truck came to me as a roller with the frame already shortened. It also came with a pretty decent shortbed and power doors off of a suburban.

Plans for the crewcab are to install the motor and trans that came out of my dads truck and install the tbi setup that I bought from bigblock73. I'm also going to be installing the power mirrors that I got from someone here, can't remember exactly who, for an awesome deal. I'm going to be panting the truck dark red/burgandy/maroon with a tan stripe down the center for a two tone paint job. Also y'all have to bear with me. I'm going to try to do this as quickly and inexpensively as possible. I'll be doing all the work including the paint. I'm trading a factory 86 frontends for 72supercheyenne's 91 burb frontend next weekend. I'm also going to be installing A/C on this truck.

I'll post some pics of the truck when I got it. These are at the previous owners house.

[Stitch]

More pics
The doors aren't aligned right when they put them on

[Stitch]

This past week I brought the truck up into the backyard under the trees so I cold start tearing it apart. In the next pictures you'll see I got the bed off thanks to the trackhoe and I unbolted the frontend and man handled it off the front of the truck in one piece by myself. I made sure the tanks plugged in like they're supposed to. I did all of this end of last week.

[STOCKISH]

Cool! Cant wait to see how it turns out for ya! Looking forward to meeting you on the 11th.

[Stitch]

I went to the pull a part today with 87 chevy silverad and got some stuff for the crewcab for the AC. I also got some stuff for my diesel and some stuff to sell on here

when I gt home from the junkyard I decided that I'd pull of the airbox on the firewall. That turned into taking the airbox out of the cab. That turned into taking the dash pad, gauge bezel and cluster, and radio out. That turned into taking all four doors off so I cold drill holes in the jambs for the power door harnesses to go through into the cab. I was talking to my wife and figured that now, while everything is stripped, is the perfect time to clean scuff and paint the firewall, dash, inside of the doors, and the jambs

So tomorrow me and my neighbor are going to go pick out sme paint. In the morning I'll take some pics of how the crewcab sits now and post them up.

[Stitch]

Originally Posted by 1972SuperCheyenne

Cool! Cant wait to see how it turns out for ya! Looking forward to meeting you on the 11th.

Yeah me too. That burb frontend is gonna look good on the crewcab

[squarecrewcab]

man dude u gonna keep it 8 lug?

[Stitch]

Originally Posted by squarecrewcab

man dude u gonna keep it 8 lug?

Yep staying 8 lug and stock height for now. I'm gonna keep it functional as a HD truck. It has a 14 bolt full floater in the rear so it's fine for towing. I may raise it up a little in the future but it's not going any lower than it is now. Also current plans once it's painted and I've redone the interior is to maybe put some H2 wheels with LBZ center caps on them

[squarecrewcab]

sounds nice, i'm gonna bag mine, but i swapped to 5lug, and we also shortened it...never thought of makin a build thread for it though,

[Stitch]

Also I'm on vacation this whole week so there will probably be updates every night this week at least

[Stitch]

Originally Posted by squarecrewcab

sounds nice, i'm gonna bag mine, but i swapped to 5lug, and we also shortened it...never thought of makin a build thread for it though,

I actually have a whole 5 lug 1/2 ton front and rear suspension and had seriously thought about converting it and lowering it. I decided to leave this one more than capable of anything I throw at it because I'm going to be doing a frame off resto on my blue and white shortbed and lowering it on big wheels and all that. I may put it on bags also. Haven't really made up my mind about it yet.

[squarecrewcab]

yeah i plan on finishing mine, and building another but lifted w/air ride

[Walts_restoration]

Originally Posted by Fat Hoe

I actually have a whole 5 lug 1/2 ton front and rear suspension and had seriously thought about converting it and lowering it. I decided to leave this one more than capable of anything I throw at it because I'm going to be doing a frame off resto on my blue and white shortbed and lowering it on big wheels and all that. I may put it on bags also. Haven't really made up my mind about it yet.

88-91 HD rotors (6 lug) and then do the 6x5.5 Full floater conversion on the rear




They are bolt in hubs that change the bolt pattern from 8x6.5 to 6x5.5

[baclay9]

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[Stitch]

Originally Posted by Walts_restoration

88-91 HD rotors (6 lug) and then do the 6x5.5 Full floater conversion on the rear




They are bolt in hubs that change the bolt pattern from 8x6.5 to 6x5.5

Just wondering why I would want to do this. I'm open to suggestions. Just don't understand the reason behind it. It's already 8 lug and I already have wheels and tires to fit the 8 lugs. I'm not trying to be a smart a$$. Just wondering why

[RandyP]

A full week off? You should not have any issues at all then having it on the road by Sunday. Anxious to see how you go on some stuff. Watch out for the snowball effect. Might as well go ahead and yank that cab off now.

[Stitch]

Trying my damndest not to take the cab off I think if I slid the cab off my wife would flip lol. Anyways it's not a frame off anyways. I just need to put it together while I have some extra time. I really hope I can get it running by Sunday. I still need to get a taillight harness. So don't know how long that's gonna take. Gotta have that to drive it down the road

[Stitch]

Here's the pics of what I did yesterday

[RandyP]

What color(s) are you thinking of? I look at that and it screams "paint me yellow and white". Tough but sensitive. Then again, can't go wrong with red.

[Stitch]

I'm gonna two tone it like my blue and white truck in my profile. Where the blue is at will be dark red and where the white is will be a light tan color. The interior will also be tan and dark brown two tone when all is said and done

[Walts_restoration]

Originally Posted by Fat Hoe

Just wondering why I would want to do this. I'm open to suggestions. Just don't understand the reason behind it. It's already 8 lug and I already have wheels and tires to fit the 8 lugs. I'm not trying to be a smart a$$. Just wondering why

Thought i read in an earlier post that you had the halfton suspension and all and were thinking about it, although you planned to use this truck for towrig duties, and i figured this is just a way to keep the 14bff and use a halfton lug pattern.

[Stitch]

Oh I appreciate that man. Thanks for the info. That definitely would have worked but I'm gonna keep it a 8 lug

[Stitch]

So I stripped the inside of the cab. I'm gonna be painting the dash maybe the top of the back wall. I'm also gonna be putting down some sound deafener in the cab floor so I figured I'd get it all cleaned up. To say this crewcab was a work truck is an understatement. It was SOOO dirty inside. It looked kinda dirty but I had no idea until I stripped the cab. These first couple of pics are right after I stripped it and cleaned it out AND I had already vacuumed it out. Nasty

[lvschevytrucks]

Its sounds nice....wish it was mine.
suscribed to.
call me

[Stitch]

The really dark spots are surface rust and caked up dirt. I took some Lysol and a brush and then some clean wet rag to rinse it off and here's the results. I'm gonna have to wire brush the drivers floor board. I didn't clean it all that well because I'm gonna have to do some work there anyways. Enjoy the pics of my CLEAN cab