project parts truck

[heehawracing]

i have been parting out 67 72 trucks for about 10 years now and i have sold tons of parts on this board now its time to build one. i have realized that these trucks are getting hard to find with little to no rust. so i am going to start building a few of the good ones i find so i started looking for a good cab i found a 1 ton 157 wheel base truck with very little rust so i am going to use the cab and build a short bed 1/2 ton nice driver with cold air lower it 5/7 with 20 inch torq thrust

[Tropical Snowstorm]

Cool, sounds like a fun project!

[heehawracing]

last weekend we got the cab off and this weekend i built a cab dolly to roll it around on. i also got out the 4 speed column. this week i am going to take out the clutch pedals and put in an auto. brake pedal.

[flashed]

That is one of the nicest cabs Ive seen ,Im in on your build . If you come across a decent flat bed for a 1 ton keep me in mind .

[heehawracing]

i will thanks

[heehawracing]

im going to keep it with the patina look i just will have to find a bed to match or paint one to match. this week end i am going to get it ready for the tilt and change the pedals.

[lolife99]

Cool truck.
I would have liked to had it as a 1-ton truck.

[heehawracing]

thanks... it was fun to drive but that 157 wheel base was just to long for me

[Mr Chevorlet]

Nice cab for sure. I'm. In for this build

[heehawracing]

i bought a 72 short bed to get the frame and rearend it took about 15 min. to get the cab off. i am going to take the frame apart to paint it and c notch it.

[flashed]

Looks like a good start .

[heehawracing]

well i have talked myself out of the patina look so i am going to get it ready to paint, i bought some goodmark inner and outer rockers they did not fit at all so i got some from gmc pauls. the rockers from them are tri plus they fit great. its easy to line up the doors when you have rust free gm doors.
i think i am going to paint it the same color and leave the original paint on the inside. i have ordered my lowering kit c notch a trailing arm cross member, i hope to get the frame painted soon.

[VA72C10]

Looking good. I've found everything but inner door bottoms to be great from Triplus/keyparts. Have had hit or miss success with goodmark/tabco/others....

[heehawracing]

well i have got one of the top running lights shaved one rocker in. i still need to get the firewall shaved and one cab corner done. i got the frame almost all the way down. i have ordered most of the lowering parts so i am going to try to get the frame painted soon. i was going to buy a complete new bed but i have some real nice 67 bedsides so i guess i will use them and buy a new floor i have almost all the body parts now i just need time to work on it..

[resto newbie]

When drilling out spot welds do you drill through both layers of the sheet metal, or just through the first layer to free the part that needs replaced?

[heehawracing]

just go through the first layer then the metal your welding back to doesnt have a bunch of holes in it.. i use a spot weld cutter that looks like a small hole saw you can buy them at habor feright for about 7.00 and they work just as good as the 25.00 ones from any were else

[resto newbie]

Thank you for that! I have always wondered.