Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Chris, nice job on reusing the original trans crossmember...Jim

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Thanks joedoh and Jim, I always reuse the crossmember. There are many questions and talk throughs, but the boy’s really are doing a fine job! Thank God I did that S10 swap thread before the accident! My boys refer to that daily!

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

great explanation and pics

Thanks

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Thank you Tempest67, my goal has always been to post instructions. So everyone can plainly see what I’ve done

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

here is an FYI ,

When I purchased my transmission from a local junk yard, the guy gave me a cross member to go with it, he said that it came from a full sized GM pick up from the 90's. I took it , thinking I probably wont use it because I was going to use your method that you had posted in your 'How To' thread, of cutting the S10 crossmember,

The cross member he gave me was a perfect fit to the S10 frame, I could not believe it.

I just welded angle iron to the inside of the frame, drilled 4 holes in the angle iron to match the crossmember, and I was done.

Thanks again for your instruction, always helpful

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

That works, unfortunately we can’t all be lucky enough to receive a free full-size crossmember. Good job on using what was available!

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Once we had verified that we were satisfied with cab placement we burned in the stands. The final pic is of our wheel selection.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Those are nice looking wheels.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Thank you 8man, we were thankful to have found them.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

cant go wrong with torque thrusts!

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Thanks joedoh

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Everything looks awesome as usual Sarge. Are you putting a carb on the 5.3 or keeping the efi? I have a 5.3 also so I am curious to see what others are doing.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Keeping EFI.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

And thanks mains52

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

really like how quickly this project is moving along, not that faster is better it's just that you guys know what you are doing and are making quick quality progress

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Thank you Gregski, we try to do that with every build

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Finally got to work on Orson!

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Driveline reinstalled, cab is back on. We’ll spend the rest of the week lining up body panels. And next week French the headlights, repair the roof, and try to get it in color.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Progress!

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Thanks 8man!

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

looking good!

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

man, your builds are always amazing !! When you French the headlights, how about some instructions and pictures? ive been thinking of trying that on my AD. Thanks

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

joedoh, thanks brudda

nvrdone, thanks! I really enjoy building these. You bet, would you like to see it added to the swap thread?

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Looking forward to watching this build.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Man, you guys and ladies make things look so easy.