[wildmanaaron]

I attempted to wait as long as I could to tear into the old truck. I had four LS engines sitting around in various conditions and with winter approaching I decided to start the transformation from cool beater to a modernized cruiser!

All was good until the carpet was removed, along with the firewall pad and everyting behind the dash. Even though the cab was pretty solid, it had some major rust damage on the bottom of the firewall on the inside, that led me to begin searching for a better cab.

A few months later I happened to get lucky and claim this "donor" not far from me in northern TN (from a fellow LEO also) for a solid cab to work with. Honestly though, what sold me with this $450 buy was the MINT front correct 76 grill it had. I was also very happy to see all the "junk" that came with the truck in the cab as well as in the bed, which was completely full of anything from unused road flares to a tote full of new Jersey gloves. Upon cleaning out the cab, I was also able to salvage some new Sharpie markers, carpenter pencils, and enough change to buy lunch for myself and my helper for the day!