soo i seem to have got myself into one hell of a project but im super pumped for if all goes well the outcome!!

just picked up a mint frame from 81 pickup longbox with custom 4.5 inch leafs from carrier
with a custom one of a kind first gen extended cab!
all for 400 bucks








now my plan is to get a set of new axles, rebuild, 4.88 gears and hopefully lockers on 33s

completely restore the cab and frame to mint

theeeen the fun part! swap all the rest from my 83 pickup onto it








then gunna hunt down a decent long box, bob the front and back
and doing onboard air, dual batteries, and all the little neat stuff like that

easy as that

so, what do you guys think!?!?!?!
any input or ideas before i dig in?

and gunna be mostly restoring over the winter so there wont be a ton of progress made but by late winter early spring tons of updates will be made

 

i think your first mod should be to get your pictures working right...

from the sounds of it, its gonna be a cool project...

 

X2 we like pics!

 

cant wait to see this one!

 

fixed your pic links

that is a cool truck..propane. Rear springs looks longer than the typical 63" Chevy swap..
Looking forward to seeing the progress

 

haha yeah sorry guys posted it at like 2 in the morning so just kinda left it but thanks for fixin it

and yeah the guy i bought it from go custom leafs build at a shop up here

lookin foward to the build and ill post as i go

one thing i cant decide on is 33s? or 35s...

 

33's are easier on the truck..go with 4.88's
35's are more fun...if you aren't sure and go with 33's but think you might change your mind and go for 35's down the road,,,go with 5.29 gears...cheaper to do it once..paying for two gear swaps in one year is expense...ask me how I know

 

looks like a great build .. as in our PM's .. hope I can help


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just finishing off building my snow plow then ill get going on the restoration!!!