No Regrets - The Rebuild post

[smashingchuck]

Well, a few weeks ago I got the truck back in the shop. What started as a simple plan to make some inner fenders and pull the motor before it went to paint... has snowballed into a little more, and a little more. I had planned a "basic" tear down, but I'm going all the way with it now. Here's the first few pics. The plans call for cleaning the frame again, and painting it again. All the POR is pealing off the frame where I painted it the first time, so I have to strip it all over again. Plus all the under carriage is filthy from dragging. Also going to revamp the cosmetics of the motor before it is reinstalled, and I've got the new inner fenders about 1/4 of the way done. I've got most of the metal work done on the firewall, I've started shaving all the holes in the radiator support, and after all that I'll be filling all the holes on the insides of the fenders. The stock master cylinder and power booster is going to be mounted under the dash, I've got a slow start on that as well, but still waiting on some of the rod ends from Grainger. The new firewall is 1/8" thick on the drivers side so I can weld the pedals/master cylinder bracket to the inside of the firewall.

enjoy the first pics!