Lets get started
 

Its finally time to get my butt in gear on this project. After many years of collecting parts and a move its time to start putting things together.

Lets get started 1.2
 

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Lets get started s10
 

My S10 find $250 score:metal:

Lets get started s10
 

Let the tear down being:smoke:

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Looks like you got some work ahead of you! Is that a 60-66 I see in the background?

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please tell me you are using jack stands under that thing before crawling under for any reason.
looks like a fun build.

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Think I would use blocks (wood not cement) on that driveway rather than jack stands unless it is actually flat concrete. I've seen stands dig into asphalt too often and they don't work at all on dirt, gravel or clay.

Work safe, we want to see build threads not memorial threads.

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ya, good call there '48.

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Yes I do and it is a 62. Too many projects not enough time.

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Thanks for the concern and yes I was using stands

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It is flat concrete

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great news. don't wanna hear about any accidents mid build.
are you able to salvage any sellable parts from the wreck? got a list of stuff to keep in case you can use it on your truck?

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the AD looks like a solid body and good start to a project
that s10 is a different story, nasty :D parked under pine trees for years?
welcome to the forum

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Look at all of those glorious, rusty, dirty, beautiful parts.

If I could go back and do it again, I would found a truck with everything, intact or in boxes. Searching junk yards/eBay/CL is so much more fun than building... :banghead:

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Most of the body parts are still good. Most of the interior is gone

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Thanks! No the s10 caught on fire.

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Got some work done.

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Dang that S10 route is a lot of extra work when you consider finding/buying/hauling/storing/disassembling and disposing of that whole extra vehicle. You've gotta unbuild two trucks to build one truck. Then ya gotta make body mounts, bed mounts, running board mounts, tunnel the floor, etc etc. Good argument for a Mustang II build. At least when I did an S10 frame swap I bought an already stripped chassis; that saved me lots of work and junk around the house aggravating neighbors - and wife.

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You seem to have forgot that he now has s10 parts to sell or scrap ,probably netting him a free s10 frame and a little extra jingle in his shorts .

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looking good so far!


yeah starting with an s10 I have never failed to come out free or better on the donor after selling off the leftovers.

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Ha ha, with what you can get from those junk S10 parts he's probably working for less than minimum wage!