I started to paint the frame on sunday and got a coat of paint on the frame and rear axle, I then ran out of paint. I am hoping to get another coat of paint on stuff tomorrow and start to get the frame all bolted back together and get everything figured out.
As for the transmission I had a hard time figuring out what I wanted to go with. The TH400 is going to cost me more than I want to to get it behind that 6.2, so I decided that I was going to go manual, but couldnt find a NV4500 that kept me in budget. I will be getting a SM465/NP205 to put into this truck. Hoping to go pick it up this weekend.
I plan on running a hydro clutch in this truck so that later down the road when I cant afford a NV4500 i just have to adapt it to the slave cylinder on the nv4500. The SM465 is not a hydro bell housing, but I got an idea from this and so I think I am going to try to make something like this.
Matt