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01-06-2012, 11:57 AM
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Location: Decatur, Mi
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C 5000 build
Here it is, finally! A 79 Flatbed that was begging for a remodel! This is right after driving it home, nothing done to it yet.
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01-06-2012, 11:59 AM
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Re: C 5000 build
Yep, drove it an hour and 15 minutes with that 2year old plate on it without getting stopped!!
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01-06-2012, 12:02 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
First had to take off the bed and see exactly how bad the frame was. Surprisingly good shape, had to fill a few spots from water damage.
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01-06-2012, 12:05 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Put the plow on it, bed is just sitting there on wood spacers. Frame still original length. Looks great with a plow, but just too tall to avoid little pine trees in driveway!
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01-06-2012, 12:07 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Thats a small block chevy on the end of the frame rails under the tarp. Needed some weight! Shows the height difference pretty well.
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01-06-2012, 12:10 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Time to get serious with it and cut the frame. Made up the tools to hold the frame. They are slotted to allow me to slide the halves back together.
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01-06-2012, 12:12 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Nervous about cutting the frame even though I knew I could do it. So I put the visor on instead!
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01-06-2012, 12:16 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Frame is cut and truck is back together! You can see the 25" piece I took out on the floor. Had a heck of a time welding it because the frame was magnetic. Nobody can explain that yet. Best I can come up with is maybe it was hit by lightning! went through a lot of gas heating up that much frame!
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01-06-2012, 12:18 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Bed is on and bed supports made to bolt to original mounting holes. Still aligning everything.
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01-06-2012, 12:20 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
It's together!!!! Time for cosmetics!
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01-06-2012, 12:22 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Think maybe that was before I finished lining up the bed. It matches the lower skirting on the cab now. And yep, that is a 9' door!
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01-06-2012, 12:30 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Added the roll-bar and stacks, painted the rims, and sort of hung a bumper from an 88.
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01-06-2012, 12:34 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Finished washing off debris from body work. Hood and fenders had been abused and repaired once already. Nothing like cleaning up a little rust spot and finding a 4" hole! Had to make a new lower fender, thanks to a friend that has the forming tools and press it went pretty well.
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01-06-2012, 12:36 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
At the local car show, didn't win, but kids had a great time climbing all over it. Wasn't finished anyway.
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01-06-2012, 12:39 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Bumper is about to get put on right and a plate put behind it to fill the gap.
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01-06-2012, 12:40 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Had changed the stacks over to the flappers too. I like they way they clang around!
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01-06-2012, 12:43 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Just think it looks cool with the steam showing up! Still doing odds and ends to it, will post more when I can.
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01-06-2012, 12:44 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
awesome
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01-06-2012, 01:30 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
A 5000 long nose!
Want to do that to my 87 C6500 GMC? LOL! First you'd have to get the locked up big block out.
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01-06-2012, 05:10 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
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How is it to drive now vs when it was a longer frame? Is it bouncy?
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01-07-2012, 10:11 AM
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Re: C 5000 build
It bounces pretty well!! The flatbed was a lot heavier also. I'm going to do some suspension work to it, but started tearing apart my '70 and got deeper into it than I had planned. After I adjusted the steering slop it is fairly nice to drive, but if you have a bad back you wont make long trips!
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01-07-2012, 10:14 AM
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Re: C 5000 build
Finally got around to putting in the gap cover above and behind the bumper! Vast improvement!
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01-07-2012, 10:17 AM
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Re: C 5000 build
Thanks! it took some thinking but those slots made it so easy to roll the truck back together. all I had to do was lean on the tire and the frame came together exactly where I wanted it.
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01-07-2012, 12:23 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
Reminds me of http://www.bigasstrux.com/
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01-07-2012, 06:49 PM
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Re: C 5000 build
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