New to forum, 68 C20

[350rs]

Like i said im new to the forum. Currently own a 1968 C20 LWB. Its been in the family since new on the farm. Been a GREAT truck. Talk about a over worked life. The bed is roller coastered out from being over loaded so many times. The rear end has been rebuilt as well due to over loading. And as yall know thats a hell of a rear end in these trucks. Back when they use to build them. We put a brand new ( not a rebuild ) 350 4 bolt in it in 2000. Its nothing special. 4bbl edelbrock carb with a good towing cam in it. We used it to tow our campers and haul a load of firewood or dirt or whatever needed to be pulled or hauled. Still do! Use the truck as a truck and nothing but!! That 4 speed granny low tranny gets a good workout from time to time too. But i tell ya, cant break that bastard. Would you believe its all original body panels too? Aside from the tailgate which got smashed some years back by a tractor. Shes startin to show some rust here and there though. Going to get to that before it become too cancerous.

Last summer bought a 1980 K20 LWB that we are gonna swap the body onto. Got tired of getting stuck on flat ground with a little bit of mud. The "doner" truck has a tired 350 in it that will be replaced with the newer one. Also believed to have a th-400 in it with the 203( I think?) tcase. The biggest seller to us was the corporate 14 bolt rear. Bad thing is it only has like a 3:42 ratio or something like that? Kinda high for what we use it for, but we will see how it does.

Im on here for tips and tricks about the swap mostly. Ive asked one person who has done the exact same thing with the same two trucks. Said all he had to do was move the body mounts and move the rear in 4". Other than that it was pretty straight forward. Is that the basic idea behind it or is there more to it?

Pic is old, but nothing has changed except the tires. Lemme know what yall think!