Picked up a 70 Longhorn w/ a 396/ TH400 and a NICE rust free cab!
 

Dad and I picked up ANOTHER truck today...70 Longhorn w/ a decent running 396/ TH400 77k miles. The engine has a leaky rear main seal, but otherwise appears solid. Plans are to pull the cab front sheetmetal and engine and swap it onto a swb stepside chassis I have along with a 700r4 trans. I have a set of vintage M/T cast aluminum valve covers and an Edelbrock Performer intake. This, along with a Comp "Thumper" cam, possibly headers and some Flowmaster 5 series should make it healthy. This Longhorn has one of the most solid rust free cabs I have seen in a long time. The hood grill and bumper are toast, but I have all the pieces off a 72. The doors are solid but have speaker cut outs . Both fenders and radiator support are pretty nice as well.

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More drool material...

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Passenger door panel is PERFECT, DS has one tear. Doors are almost PERFECT! Truck was equipped with a propane set up. We gave the seller his asking prrice of $1250 and he threw the propane "carb" and regulator in, along with a 72 1/2 ton rear axle and leaf springs. It was nice to be able to DRIVE a truck onto the trailer for a change. The story is the p.o. that the seller bought the truck from mounted a 60's gas tank in the truck along with an electric fuel pump IN THE CAB with about 15 ft of rubber hose and drove the truck here from California a year and a half ago... all that is GOING in the parts pile as I have a good 71 fuel tank destined for the truck, or a rear tank from an 82 suburban if it will fit.
By the way, the seller is a member here, I believe he said his handle it "70Chevytruck". His name is James and is a really nice guy. Thanks James for leting me use your air compressor to air up my trailer tires! I was in a hurry and forgot before I left the house.

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Nice find
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Pleasure....hope you guys can make something of it! Good meeting you.

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that is a clean cab and I am from TX too

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Whats wrong with fixing it up as is? Looks like a nice truck with usable factory options.

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I don't have any need in a 3/4 ton 133" wheelbase and I have a buyer who wants the chassis and bed for $600.

I am picking up a swb 69 6 lug drum brake frame w/ unknown rear axle ratio and stepside bed next week. I plan to blast and paint the frame and set the 396 engine and a 700r4 trans I have in it. Then install then later install the cab and front sheet metal from this truck. Somewhere in there I will install the 72 disc brakes and 5 lug 3:73 axle I have.

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Good deal, sounds like you have it all planned out.

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That is a nice cab for sure!

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I had planned on going to the Pate swap meet this weekend, but my little girl and wife have both been sick this past week and I didn't want to leave them after being at the New Braunfels swap meet all last Friday and Saturday, so I gave my dad and brother my "shopping list". Dad picked up the 69 swb frame and stepside bed that I bought from Mighty Mouse. I sniped some photos of the frame from when Lynnfield had it for sale.

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Dad brought the rolling chassis by today as he didn't want to unload and reload it. We have decided to sell the six lug wheels and tires in case anyone is interested. The tires on back are 275 60 r 15. Around half tread, maybe more ,all worn evenly, no dry rot or weather cracking. I would say the rear wheels are 15 x 10 and the fronts are 15 x 8. $200 for the set of four. SOLD

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71/72 leaf spring rear axle with leaves axle ratio unkown with 2 steel wheels and roller tires for sale $150

SOLD to MIKEC

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I finally got around to pulling the old hood, grill and bumper. I stuck the new hood on to keep the rain (!) out. I plan to build this as a 71 since I already have a nice OEM 71 grill surround and inner grill I had from my brother's 72 Cheyenne. I already bought a used 71/72 front bumper and brackets from teeitup, along with a set of rear sport brackets for the stepside and gravel guards. I will wait til the truck is on the SWB chassis before mounting bumpers.

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The previous owner wanted the wheels, tires and rear bumper so after I pulled the front pieces I pulled them and set the truck on stands and locks. He is bringing his old ones tomorrow so that I can still move the truck til I do the body swap. You gotta love having a place in the country! My neighbors in town have no idea about my "hobby".

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I added some blocks under the truck in front under the firewall (not shown in first photo) before getting under it!

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The truck runs REALLY good (77k miles), and the radio works.:lol: You would think I was in high school still!

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Heck of a buy right there! Good luck with the project.

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Awesome truck, 396 with factory air and a Longhorn on top of that! :chevy:

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Neat thread :metal:

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thanks!

Stay tuned!

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I bolted the inner into the used surround I have and just sat the whole thing in the truck to get an idea of how it will look. I still have to drill the rivets off the trashed 71 brackets I have and pop rivet them onto the good 71 surround. I also plan to weld up the holes from the 69/ 70 hood emblem I removed.

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Here are a couple of photos of my 14 m.o. daughter Sophia giving me a hand. She liked getting her hands dirty! Momma was not as happy...

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While on the quest to locate patch pieces to fix the 67 bed, I lucked into a kid who tore apart a complete 68 lwb step1/2 ton then lost interest. I scored the bed minus gate with nice fenders and front panel, 68 front fenders (nice DS, ps has attempt at patch on cup, decent radiator support not rotted out but not sure if it is 67-68 or 69-72 yet, as well as a 67/68 painted front bumper. Photos to follow soon. The 67 rear fenders will be removed and posted for sale soon.

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Call me crazy, but I just came to the realization that I have more fun looking for parts, scrounging, accumulating, making what I have work and getting trucks going in "driver" condition than I do driving restored trucks! Dad has a 71 GMC SWB step we did a frame off on a few yrs back (for sale as well) that we hardly drive. He now has a 72 Chevy SWB step almost done with paint. I bought it with no drivetrain, pulled the front clip for better parts, scrounged stuff to get it going (see my other threads) and he took it all apart to paint, and I am actually kind of dreading having to put it back together!

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While looking for patch panels to fix the marker holes on the 67 swb stepside bed, I came across a 68 lwb stepside bed, radiator suport, front fenders and bumper REALLY cheap. I already have a 68 hood and grill and know where there is a decent 68 cab... next project???

The 67 rear fenders are for sale. Please respond to the ad in the parts forum.

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More spare parts

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Since I could not sell the fleetside tailgate, I pulled the bent up tailgate band and mounted the gate on the truck. Big improvement. Now I wish I had kept the fleetside sport bumper I just sold...

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Hey if you ever want to sell this cab let me know. You don't happen to have a cab laying around that has a good roof but a junk floor do you? I need the top roof panel a cab without clearance lights

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I don't plan to let this cab go any time soon, as it a numbers matching big block with title, I don't think many would want to give what I think it is worth. :lol: I don't have any junk cabs, I let a rusty cab go with a lwb 4x4 frame a few yrs ago. The floor was gone and possibly inner roof. If I recall, the buyer was from Houston. I don't recall if he was on this forum or not. You are welcome to check my old threads and see if you can find contact info.

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My brother brought the 71 lwb 1/2 ton chassis from Ft Worth a few weeks back. I am going to wait til it cools off, and I get my tractor with front end loader out of the shop to swap the disc brake front sub frame and 5 lug rear axle onto the 69 swb frame. :metal:

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My dad came up yesterday and today we got the front suspension crossmembers pulled out of the 72 lwb chassis and 68 swb chassis. The 71disc brake set up is going to go under the 68 swb frame, but I am going to clean it up some first.

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Today I got the 71 disc front crossmember under the 69 swb frame and stabbed a few bolts in it. I also pulled the cover on the 71 5 lug rear that is still under the lwb frame and it is a 3.73 open axle. There was a lot of sludge when I pulled the pan. I plan to install new seals and bearings but I hope the axles aren't ruined! I also am piecing together a swb stepside for the truck. I have a nice pair of fenders on a 68 lwb stepside bed. I flipped the bed over and sprayed all of the bolts attaching the fenders to the bed with penetrating oil, but I am going to heat all of the bolts with a torch in order to get them off easier. I will also be pulling the rear crossmember and possibly the front bed panel from the 68 LWS stepside bed. The only thing I am using off the 67 swb stepside bed is the steps. I have a set of really nice 55-66 bed sides. I compared them to the 67 bed sides and they are identical except for the location of the fender attachment hole. I plan to take measurements from the 67 bed and drill new holes in the 55-66 bedsides to attach the fenders from the 68 bed. Then weld up the old holes. WHEW!!!

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I have also been accumulating parts, such as the correct 7040206 carb, a pair of nice aqua sun visors and a nice rubber floor mat. I also picked up a pair of 15 x 8 rallys and tires for $40 on the local C-LIST to go with the pair I already have. I am still in need of a stepside chrome sport rear bumper.

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We sold the 72 GMC swb stepside 6 cyl 3 ott as is so I will be continuing with this project. I got the 5 lug 3.73 rear axle pulled out of the donor 71 lwb rear axle and power washed the 69 swb frame. I plan to use rust bullet, no sand blasting.

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67 short stepside be is for sale minus the steps for $400.

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I scored a stepside rear sport bumper off SA C list for $100! It includes brackets, tag pocket and light!
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Nice find!

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man i wish you were changing out the interior of that longhorn, that looks like it has the aqua green armrests that are mia from my 70 gmc... but, i do see those are cracked up too... such is life. some day ill find a good set!

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I actually found a good pair on the parts board! You have to keep your eyes open though as it's a hard color to find.

Would you happen to need visors and or retainer clips? I have nice pair of aqua visors with one that need stitching and 2 pairs of aqua visor clips.
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