Re: 1971 Frame Off Long/Fleet to Short/Stepside
Finally got the cab out of the barn and to the body shop. Bought a ton of new steel from LMC. Complete new one piece floor, rockers, rear corners, front and rear pillars. New bottoms skins and inner shells for the doors. New inner and outer fenders, radiator core support. It will need a completely new bed, haven't bought that yet. The bed was in so bad of shape it went to the scrappers along with everything else covered in rust that came off the frame.
Sheetmetal that will be saved: The cab, the hood, the cowl, and the doors. All else will have to be new, unfortunately its getting $$.
Also a picture of the original 307 motor after coming back from the machine shop completely rebuilt. We just added some fresh gloss black engine paint to get it ready to start assembly.
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