1970 One Owner Short Step

[boynton]

Originally Posted by rgunlock

Looks like a fun project and should be a great driver with the plans you have for it. I'll be following along. You guys didn't waste any time on the teardown! Maybe I'll get my 1st truck done before you finish this 3rd one... NAH!

Haha well this one is going together quickly, so you better hustle. I am sure you will have plenty of time to get to it next weekend

Update. So a lot has happened since I last posted. The sheet metal has been blasted and primed so body work can begin. The bedsides are good, but I had to replace all of the cross sills and the angle brackets (the brackets that attach to the bedsides for the wood bed). I found a donor cab, but unfortunately I will have to replace the floor, cab corners and rockers. Big money here we come (unfortunately). I have my LY6 and 6L90 in the shop and will be test fitting everything next week. I should have the harness back in two weeks and hopefully by then I will have a rolling chassis to drop everything into. I have a powder-coated frame and front cross member. I converted everything to 5 lug and disc brakes. The spindles are Early Classic 2" drop spindles. I bought a set of abandoned (new) rear disc brakes that I am working out placement on the rear-end. I ordered a set of hidden bolt strips from Mar-K and received them yesterday as well as a radiator and trans cooler from Speedway.

I am still deciding what wood I will be using for the bed...synthetic that I don't have to worry about tearing up vs. oak. I want to be able to use the bed when I need to, but I really like the look of hardwood. Fortunately I will have time to make this decision.

I will be using Jeremy from LSX Unlimited in DFW for my harness and initial tune VAT/Emission delete.