1990 daily driver build
 

I just purchased this truck about 3 weeks ago. My plan is to turn it into a daily driver. For the most part everything looks stock other than the wheels. My plans right now are to drop a crate motor in it since I bought it with a rod knocking. I plan on keeping the motor the stock TBI 350. Other plans include switching the wheels to 15” rally’s and doing either a 4/6 or a 3/5 drop. Coil overs not bags. Roll pan on rear and cab corners and rockers.

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Well I can’t add any pictures for some reason.

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post reply, manage attachments...once selected from pop up window, you need to hit upload...then they will appear in the manage attachments locations...hit submit reply

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Yeah I’ve posted tons of pics on here before but today when I go to select from my phone it says I have no photos. First it was saying could not be completed because I didn’t have a security token and now it says I don’t have any pics.

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Adding pics. It finally worked.

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The first picture is the stock motor after dismantling the front. The second pic is the crate motor. Got it stabbed and starting putting it back together.

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Hopefully Saturday I will be able to start it up. I also got my cab corners and rockers delivered this week so I have plenty to do now.

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which crate motor are you running ? i just pulled (and sold a 15K mile goodwrench 290 hp) only reason i switched were the heads were a choke point for doing a cam/intake upgrade.

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Lookin good Doc!

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I went with this one from summit.

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Well this weekend was a productive one. Got the motor all done and running Saturday night. I was having an issue with it overheating and the system would not pressure up. Found out it was the radiator cap. It purrs now.

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Pulled the bed off to work on the cab corners and rockers. One of the previous owners attempts to fix it was rather bad.

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Here is the cab corners and the rockers.

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So the plan this week is to start drilling out spot welds on the rockers and get them removed.

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Starting tackling the cab corners and rockers.

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One more pic. It’s always amazing to me how much rust gets in there.

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That's some awful looking rust. Your truck will appreciate the new metal! :metal:

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Got the old rocker off and cleaned up. Fitting the new one on.

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You are very right. I’m still trying to figure out what the PO was doing with the temp fix.

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I was going over the truck marking the dents and areas that needed fixed and noticed on both doors above and below the door handle was pushed in. It was very flimsy which bothered me so I took the door apart and found it was cracked.

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Well I found a guy on Facebook that sells parts for these trucks and was able to get a pair of doors for 140 bucks. Overall condition was very good. Couple of little spots.

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Let the fun begin!!!! Doors worked great.

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Nice work!:metal:

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Beautiful

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Awesome pics! Just joined and I just bought an 88 real similar to yours. Is it easier to remove the motor by taking the front end apart or is that just your preference? I will be doing my motor within the next 6 months to a year, so I was curios. Back in the old days with my old 68, I just lifted it right out the top!