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Hey guys, Im new to the board but lurked on here for years. I have wanted a crew cab for years and just never found the right truck to restore. I pulled the trigger a few weeks ago and bout this truck. Its a 1988 7.4L, turbo 400 truck with dana 60's. The structure of the truck is very solid and all the cab and bed mounts a re in really good shape. One rocker has some rust and it needs a little mechanical work but runs out ok. I think the truck was restored once before and someone put a later front clip on it. I gave $6200(hope that was a decent deal). I drove it back 4 hrs from middle ohio.
The plan is to short bed, 4l80e, and do a frame off in some fashion. I don't know the in's and out's of the square bodies so feel free to correct me if I post dumb info, its just because I don't know the difference. I have already asked carboncrew a ton of questions and I really appreciate his helpfulness. |
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I did add some 35's and wheels I had on my quigley just to give it a different look for short term. These are not permanent. The bed, front fenders, and front bumper are all for sale also.
I drove a couple hours away on thursday and bought a clean short bed, four power doors with clean panels and a wiring harness from a suburban since mine has aftermarket power windows. I also picked up a late model column and instrument cluster. |
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nice find and a good deal IMO..:metal:
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Ha!...no problem man, glad I can help a little. Nice truck. Good luck on the project!
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Looks like a real nice truck to start out with. Good call on selling off that front bumper. :)
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We pulled the bed, bumpers, front fenders, and all 4 doors today. Someone glued the carpet padding down so thats taking some time.
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The rear springs already had an Off-road Design shackle flip kit. The truck sits a little to high for me, I may contact deavers for springs. I'm trying to have frame at sand blasting by end of week
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Sweet truck and seems like a fair deal to me. Probably has a 14 bolt rear. I'll be watching.
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Question-Whats the fuel injected 454 worth? Motor runs good, has new distributor and only has 120K miles. Im going to swap to LS 6.0L
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Not trying to be a smart ass but whatever someone will give you for it. TBI peanut port head isn't really a motor people seek out for swaps. Your market is probably someone replacing a like-kind motor. Around here I would guess $800-1200.
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Yep, it's getting serious!
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Its an eerie feeling when you make that first cut!!
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I'm interested in that 454, my dad and I are in Richmond quite a bit. I'm not looking for a high dollar motor though.
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Looks like a nice solid truck!
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Just for guys looking to cut the frame, it is exactly 14" in the front. The front two bed holes need to 10 3/8" apart. The holes were originally 24 3/8" apart. |
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Front clip off, drivetrain tomorrow.
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I'm really surprised how clean the floor was after we got the padding removed. I'm gonna start dynamatting Monday.
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Keep us posted on how much dynamat it is going to take. I plan to do my crew cab soon.
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We got the cab off yesterday then pulled drivetrain. Frame is going to sandblasting on Thursday.
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100 sf will get all the floor, most of the roof and a good bit inside each door.
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Nice truck to start with! You're making some killer progress on it too.
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We got it down to the frame now. I'm gonna keep the axles under it till he can sandblast it next week. I'm surprised how at how clean the frame was around the body mounts.
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Im working on suspension parts now trying to find the best springs to install on the truck. I contacted Deavers yesterday and figure out a 10 leaf pack for a 4" lift. Id like to stay with 35" tires on the truck.
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Good progress. What's deaver want for a set of their springs? I liked those bilstein shocks on my old K10 with the extended hoop up front from an F250.
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$700 an axle, seems high. Ive got a couple of buddies sponsored by them that i was gonna talk to today and see.
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I spent some time yesterday ordering the correct fuel system and trying to figure out the correct way to get fittings on the fuel sending unit. I want a nice flaring tool for 37* flares. Guess I'll try the rigid brand one.
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Called Energy suspension and got the right cab bushing kit. I went ahead and got new bolts and washers since they don't come in kit.
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I got the bed and doors back from sand blasting. I'm gonna start rebuilding the doors today. The short bed I found turned out to be a nice find.
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bed looks like a great score
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Looks like a solid bed! I'm jealous.
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Thanks guys, it is very solid. Here's underneath. I'm putting epoxy primer and undercoating it.
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I have become an expert on the glass and seals around these doors LOL, they are turning out nice
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Started welding up frame also. I'll clean it up after Christmas
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Good progress!
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what you using for undercoat?
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I think I'll just use the 3m pro paintable undercoating. I cleaned it with PPG metal cleaner today. Im not very good on chemicals and metal coatings so Im learning daily.
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I got passenger rocker cut out and prepped today. I also fitted cab corner and put in new inner rocker.
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