1982 Shortbed 4x4

[jjzepplin]

This is going to be a nice truck! What color is that Blue?

[andyh1956]

I just traded a .30 carbine for a set of Darts w/ 72 cc chambers for my SB 400. I wish I could smile like you son is when I pick them heavy ^%$! things up!

[BigJackDaddy]

Thanks for all the positive support and comments.

Originally Posted by jjzepplin

This is going to be a nice truck! What color is that Blue?

I have no idea what color that blue was. The truck was originally white, painted over by the previous owner with a red-oxide primer and then that
blue. We sanded it, covered the whole thing with a high-build, light gray, metal-etching primer, and then he hit it with the Light Jadestone
basecoat/clearcoat. It's a factory Metallic Green color, just not how this particular one was delivered.







After rebuilding the SM465, we went to install the top cover and realized the 3-4 shift fork was bent so we got that one and the 1-2 fork as well.






There was really nothing on this truck that hasn't been mangled and cobbled back together. The bellhousing had a chunk broken out from where the clutch
fork came through, visible in this older photo from when we pulled it all:



Here is the repair:


Welded inside and out:



And here is the engine a little closer to going in: