80 Scottsdale build
 

Picked up this 80 Scottsdale a month or so ago for 900 bucks. Drove the truck 300 miles to get it home with no problems but it leaks fluid like crazy. Plan to replace fenders and hood, install the stepside bed I picked up this past weekend, lower it, clean up the rallys (paint, new rings and caps), reseal the engine, probably paint a flat color then cruise it

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Hey, nice find. I was born in Clovis!! Maybe I'll can see next time I'm in the Texas Panhandle.

Driving it 300 miles is a great way to know it's true colors. Are those new doors?

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Yeah, I picked up the new door, new dash, new fiberglass bumper and the bed for 500.00

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That front bumper looks like its molded for the 1981-up Style front end, not the 73-80... If it uses the factory mounting brackets you'll probably need to pick some of those up as well so it sits properly, and it may be kind of tight on the fenders unless you're switching to a 81-up front clip when you do the fenders/hood swap (but you would need to change the inner wheelwells and core support as well...)

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Yeah wasn't sure what I was gonna do with it. I do have an 81 c10 but I'm not on that project at this time, lol. I may just set it to the side and use it at a later date

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Removed the front clip today so we could pull the engine and trans and decide what I want to do with them. Hoping to just clean them up, reseal and reinstall. Maybe mild cam, intake and carb.
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I can't get these pics to load from my phone. This sux
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Pulled the cab today so we can start the body work and suspension

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Some updated pics from the last week. I also have all the body components at a friends house in the paint booth. Installed drop spindles, springs and flip kit. Getting the motor put back together.

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This is my inspiration. Planning on a satin orange and white paint job with staggered 15inch ralleys though. Sorry I couldn't get the picture to rotate

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I meant to post this picture instead

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whats wrong with your hood?

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The usual cracks in the middle

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th400!

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is it the metal cracking?

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Yes in the both side in the middle

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looked pretty sharp. wish our hoods werent so fragile

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Thanks! Putting a steel cowl hood on now

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turbo 350

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and a huge sky scrapping intake to match? ;)

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No as you can tell in the engine picture its nothing special on the intake. I'm only using the cowl hood because i already have it and am trying to build this on a budget

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I am actually robbing the hood from my 78 Jimmy

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oh yea the TH350 had the slight angle at the right side:dohh: lol but there pretty distinctive. liking the build so far. Lol i was just kiddin about the huge intake, i gotta eccentric way of thinkin:smoke:

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Some pics from the past week

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#2

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:smoke: lookin sweet cant wait for more

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Thanks!
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keep up the good work, and pic updates, looks nice!

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Love orange/white - subd.
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so far, i love it!

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Frame cleaned and painted. Engine and trans installed with my shorty headers.

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looks good. im gonna wait till i have a garage and a extra car till i rip my cab and clip off the frame. let us know some more! keep up the good work!

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Ordered these wheels. Not sure if I'm gonna use these or my original plan of rally wheels! What do you think?
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Original rallies, or something else that looks like original rallies.

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Awesome work. Use the new ones. They'll look killer on there with the flat paint
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That's what I thought too! Guess if I don't like them I'll stick my original plan. I could always use them on my other squares
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New wheels for sure!