84 stepside rebuild #2

[wileecoyote427]

howdy yall i just stumbeld onto this site as i was lookin for ideas to rebuild my truck and saw everyone elses projects and thought id share mine its a 1984 chevy stepside 250 inline6 3 on the tree heres how it looked after i first built it in 04 to drive to school im a huge mopar fan but this was my first truck cant find any old dodges where im at stacks were just for show since i never built a motor

[wileecoyote427]

and heres a few of how it looks now. as for my plans on the build 5/7 drop painted the color of my dads first car 68 chevelle ss conv. after he got out of the army cordovan maroon met with silver pinstripeing all new oak bed 77 front clip 4" cowl hood long rod 406 or an ls1 with a 6spd possible chop top custom interior once i find seats that i like

[wileecoyote427]

heres how it sits now and a shot of the color i want to use. any tips or ideas yall want to throw out there please do never know if its somethin i never thought of doin

[mooseknuckles]

welcome...sounds like some good plans. lots of idea's on this site!

[wileecoyote427]

been awhile since i had any updates between finishin school and workin and tryin to locate parts i want so i had to wipe the slate clean and change what i wanted no one ever responds to there adds for parts or im to late on every engine i tried to buy but i got a old school 394 olds BB with the hyrdo matic trans and all the floor shift parts to go with it now and was offerd the rear out of it for free new plans are 4 link in the rear box the frame and keep the front end the same

[wileecoyote427]

got a few pics of hows shes sittin now pulled the front clip off took bed sides apart fenders off carpets gone so i could see how bad the the floors got from a leaky cowl

[Pop's C-10]

That car is sweet & that will look good on your square..Nice choice on tha motor, good to see something other than a LS or sb chevy..

[wileecoyote427]

thanks man my dad always talked about how much he liked the color only reason its goin on there the motor wasnt my first choice cus its hard to find parts for and they are pretty expensive but the stories ive heard of these olds rockets im glad i got it

[wileecoyote427]

went and picked up my engine and trans today heres a few shots of her

[o0oabizaio0o]

the color of your truck looks like the color of my truck

[wileecoyote427]

been awhile since ive updated this but life got in the way again but ive made some progress on her engine and trans are out front end is off scored a pair of rust free doors for free stripped down the olds motor for cleanin and some machine work found some hack job cab corners had been done at one time and lots of rust on the cowl and firewall gotta make some motor mounts later this week and come up with a way to mount trans since its not a normal mount style

[wileecoyote427]

been awhile since ive worked on the truck with summer here work and side jobs been gettin in the way had to dump the olds 394 idea motor and trans required to much modifying to the steering to make fit so i ended up with a 455 olds for $50 to put in it got some plates cut to box the front of the frame and make a motor plate to hold it in place picked up some nice 77 stepside fenders from a swap meet back in april and still huntin for a round eye front clip

[wileecoyote427]

heres the pics of the start and the old roll pan with the light holes filled in

[wileecoyote427]

well due to crappy weather lately havent got to play with the truck and finish makin up my motor plate and mounts i painted some of my motorcycle pieces and started workin on building a wire harness for it

[wileecoyote427]

and here it is with some color

[wileecoyote427]

a bartender i talk to alot got me a line on a 454 with trans free of charge i just have to wait till hes back from germany to pull it now my problem is do i wanna make a cookie cutter truck or keep goin ahead with the 455 olds and finish buildin my 513

[wileecoyote427]

got some a lil work done to the truck finally saw that someone used the kirkker epoxy and had good results so i gave it a try got front fenders cowl panel and 1 rear fender done was a good product for the cost decided to keep goin ahead with building a 513 olds so i stripped it all down and sendin it to the machine shop for a hot tank and sonic

[wileecoyote427]

went up to Etown saturday for the car show and swap meet and stumbled upon a 77 core support looked it over couldnt find anything bad with it so i picked it up dirt cheap now im on the hunt for fenders im tryin to stay away from the ting wang charlie crap but ill prolly be stuck gettin a set and tryin to decide if i wanna put my cab moulding and fender emblems from my old cheyenne on it

[wileecoyote427]

slowly been doin work but id rather drink beer then get any actuall work done got the doors front and rear fenders stripped and epoxied. did an axle flip on the rear to try and get my idea for ride height but ps spring is broke now im waitin on E-town swap meet to hopefully find a set of 73-80 fenders for the front. since i started this ive changed engines to use one now my 455 is gone guy who was supposed to help build is a dick bag after all the help i gave him so no motor picked out now just keep on fixin rust and wait for one to fall in my lap

[wileecoyote427]

Been awhile since I've done anything with this project other then collect parts at shows when I find exactly what I want. Painted my daily driver and rebuilt the trans in my ram and drank copious amounts of alcohol between working and all the bad luck. Decided a new cab was the way to go with all the rot in firewall. Got a great deal on a cleaner truck with a motor punched .040 over started pulling it apart and then get some bad wind and the tree it was next to took it out in march. Scrapped it and saved a few parts and left it sit deciding whether to just junk it all and buy a 70s dodge w200 like I'd rather own. I just focused on work and was sent a link to another stepside at the end of the summer picked it for a great price tbi350/700r4 cleanest stepside bed I've seen in a long time only downside is I made the deal with no title and I'm gonna cut the cab up to fix my original. So started cleaning out the shop to get it in for cab repair