87flatbedproject's 1987 Flat Bed build
03-19-2013, 12:45 PM
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The start
Bent studs=
Broken Studs
Out with the old cracked up swampers
Put some 35 inch bfg's. Used got a killer deal. They'll work until i get everything fixed the way i want
Wish i had my uncles 87
That's it for now.
03-19-2013, 01:41 PM
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Good question. looks like they had spray painted the whole truck or something im not really sure. I will worry about that after i get the running gear and engine the way i want it. Lots of work to be done as you can see. But im getting after it. My uncle took the engine out of this truck and got it rebuilt for his other blue truck. This was siting in the bushes for a couple years. It came from an old friend of his.
03-19-2013, 01:51 PM
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i didn't even notice there wasn't a motor in it..... but yeah they probably didn't prep it right before they painted it. That's what happened to my truck and it's peeling like crazy.
03-19-2013, 01:55 PM
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Engine Tear down
Got a motor from craigslist. 120,000k miles from an 83
Time to get rid of some stuff i don't need
Bad Cv Axle. Replacing all the bearings seals races. You can see why. They were in the water. Only the cv axle and bearings are bad on the driver side Puting New brakes on. Going to replace all the bushings and boots up front.
Thats where im at. Working on getting the engine ready to drop in. Just have to get a couple gaskets and im ready to drop it up. Going to finish up the front end all the brakes and bearings. Just waiting on the bearings and then it can go back together.
Time to get rid of some stuff i don't need
Bad Cv Axle. Replacing all the bearings seals races. You can see why. They were in the water. Only the cv axle and bearings are bad on the driver side Puting New brakes on. Going to replace all the bushings and boots up front.
Thats where im at. Working on getting the engine ready to drop in. Just have to get a couple gaskets and im ready to drop it up. Going to finish up the front end all the brakes and bearings. Just waiting on the bearings and then it can go back together.
03-19-2013, 01:56 PM
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yeah they did the same thing with the rims it looked like. But i took the time to sand them down and do it right. I took them back off after the first set of pictures.
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03-20-2013, 06:23 AM
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Thanks, lots of work to be dont still but i work on it when i can. It's over at my uncles. It would be a lot nicer if i could work on it at my place but he has everything i need there so thats why it's there. In the end I want to make it street worthy again, probably going to be my hunting rig when im done with it. Im going to take the time and do it right now so i don't fight all the little crap later.
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