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...and 15 inches cut out of it. I know that's 3 more inches than standard but it's part of the master plan. I may leave the area rear of the wheels alone after cutting the usual 6 inches, or I may take 1 or 2 extra. Not sure yet.

Set the cab back on to check firewall clearance. You may have noticed that's not the original 6 holer. Purchased a high mileage 5.3 and 4L60E trans for about $500. Will go through it, and the plan is ported heads and a cam with some doug thorley headers. Can't nail down the engine placement until the headers and BH Custom Designs engine / coil covers get here this week.

When I do that I will also bolt in all my suspension parts before it makes the trip from my dads shop to my house. 4.5/6 drop with spindles and springs with an ECE panhard bar. Got a small sway bar at the junkyard for $20. The A arms are 73-87 units I rebuilt because I also plan to try a rack swap using a Dodge Dakota rack. The dakota tie rods use the same size rod ends as the 73-87 drop spindles and the width looks to be perfect.