I'll matchI'd contribute $5 to the kickstarter fund for jrod to drive around town like that
1971 C-10 "ResuWrecktion"
- Thread starter Bigredmariner
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Alright, so my plan for the truck has been shifting due to time and parts being on back order. So I dedided to just tear the MF'er apart and start from the ground up. I just can't do the welding in the backyard with the wind blowing my shielding gas away so I need to get the cab into the garage.
Spent a solid day taking most of the stuff from the garage to the storage unit that I have and will finish taking the rest when I get back after Christmas. Then haul the cab into the garage. I built a dolly so I can move it around and keep it out of the way when I'm gone and not have to get chewed out by the wife for kicking her out of the garage during winter.
Been stacking parts:
Cab corners, inner rockers with floor panel, kick panels, lower A pillar patch.
Stripped the interior and everything from the firewall to lighten the load up.
Used my porta power kit and jacked the cab up a little at a time until I got it clear of the frame rails. Must have made a thousand trips around the cab jacking and blocking.
After it was up enough I slid a 2x4 and a 2x6 under it and slid some pushrods between the boards to act as rollers. If I was doing it again like this I would have gotten 12' foot boards instead of 10' and an extra set of jackstands. Just made more work for myself with shorter boards. But it got done.
At this point I had to shift my stands and boards around, but the thing slid like it weighted nothing so it was really easy to move.
Build the cab dolly out of some 8" swivel casters and the lumber that I bought for moving the cab off the frame. Why didn't I just use metal? It's easier for me to run to Lowe's and grab some boards and when I'm finished I can toss them in a burn pile and not have something else to trip over.
And my favorite shot, hooked up to the lawnmower giving the contraption a test pull.
Spent a solid day taking most of the stuff from the garage to the storage unit that I have and will finish taking the rest when I get back after Christmas. Then haul the cab into the garage. I built a dolly so I can move it around and keep it out of the way when I'm gone and not have to get chewed out by the wife for kicking her out of the garage during winter.
Been stacking parts:
Cab corners, inner rockers with floor panel, kick panels, lower A pillar patch.
Stripped the interior and everything from the firewall to lighten the load up.
Used my porta power kit and jacked the cab up a little at a time until I got it clear of the frame rails. Must have made a thousand trips around the cab jacking and blocking.
After it was up enough I slid a 2x4 and a 2x6 under it and slid some pushrods between the boards to act as rollers. If I was doing it again like this I would have gotten 12' foot boards instead of 10' and an extra set of jackstands. Just made more work for myself with shorter boards. But it got done.
At this point I had to shift my stands and boards around, but the thing slid like it weighted nothing so it was really easy to move.
Build the cab dolly out of some 8" swivel casters and the lumber that I bought for moving the cab off the frame. Why didn't I just use metal? It's easier for me to run to Lowe's and grab some boards and when I'm finished I can toss them in a burn pile and not have something else to trip over.
And my favorite shot, hooked up to the lawnmower giving the contraption a test pull.
Lonesome7.3
By whatever means necessary …
Gets better gas mileage now.
Oh yeah! 
Diggerdan11
I'm NEW... What now?
Nice progress you are making. Cant wait to see how it comes out.
Well I'm still stuck in South Carolina but I haven't stopped thinking about the truck. A friend of mine was in an accident a few months ago and totaled his '67. He finally got things squared away with the insurance company and bought the truck back.
I asked about his interior and we talked for a while and he gave me a pretty killer deal on his whole interior. I have loved the seats in his truck since they got finished, not exactly the color I was after but for the price I just couldn't pass this one up.
I'll get seats, console, carpet, door panels, visors, dash pad, steering wheel and kick panels with speakers.
Picture from when they were getting covered. What I liked most was how the "v" was incorporated into the seat back. Got that '57 Chevy vibe to it.
I asked about his interior and we talked for a while and he gave me a pretty killer deal on his whole interior. I have loved the seats in his truck since they got finished, not exactly the color I was after but for the price I just couldn't pass this one up.
I'll get seats, console, carpet, door panels, visors, dash pad, steering wheel and kick panels with speakers.
Picture from when they were getting covered. What I liked most was how the "v" was incorporated into the seat back. Got that '57 Chevy vibe to it.
Draenor
KILL ALL HUMANS!!!!
Nice score.
Do you get the headliner too?
Do you get the headliner too?
No, he didn't have a headliner in his '67. I may or may not install one on mine. Kind of on the fence about it. I've had several and installed several but all the pieces I had years ago for this one never got installed. When I sold the shop I dumped all of it, so that's where I stand. 
That's an impressive score right there. Things are coming together nicely!
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