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Its been a long time wince ive been on here. Sorry for the long break. Truck got tucked in the garage for a few years not much has been going on with it. I had a 6.0/80 sitting in it but my other truck at the time broke so i used the trans. And my current truck got the 6.0. So now im starting over again lol. I have a 5.3 and an 80 that needs built so im gathering parts again. Its g ot another cab now the other was junk ill post pics of the progress. I need to start getting back into this build thread. Stay tuned

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Very cool so far!! Following!!

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Well life happened, and the truck sat for a number if years and i lost motivation. But here we are back at it once again. Many things have changed. Its got a different cab now in process of putting new floor and slosh tubz firewall. All new suspension, ill post some pics

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Subscribing, it’s never too late for more progress! Sounds like there are some good things going on with it.

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This was after i pulled bed and started the process over again

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Got the cab blasted and had some slosh tubz firewall panels installed

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After sitting for years the bed was in primer and the weather got to it, so decided to pull the bed apart sandblast everything and bought new bedsides. Like a noob i tightened everything and the tailgate did not line up at all then it dawned on me lol. Loosend it all back up and made adjustments. It all fit pretty well.

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The more I look at my bedsides I think I might just buy repro sides. Ill blast and use the floor assuming its still good when I get to that point.

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Leland, nice to see you back on the truck and working on it again. It's going to be a cool truck. I've been collecting pieces to build a short bed truck just need to find a better cab to use. The original cab is toast.

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Thanks guys its nice to finally get back on this. Cabs are getting hard to find, i have have that needs a floor but the rest is decent. No title tho

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Kinda where i was i got the 67 sides no marker lights. Ordered from nsane hotrods , got these and a floor. Awesome people and racing family. Definitely having everything blasted was worth every penny

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Little more work on the bed. Removing all the old bolts was a pita lol.

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I had installed a 25 gal k5 tank with the pump inside years ago, i didnt think, and the bed rail hits the sending unit. Had to modify it a little bit now it fits and tank doesn't hang to low

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Been making some progress, got some wheels and tires finally, riddler 650s. 20x10 rear and 20x8.5 front need to get size on tires. Im gonna be working on the truck pretty steady over the next few months. I decided to make a few changes, i was going to put a 5.3 turbo in it, maybe in the future but im going to stick this 6.2 Frankenstein engine i built along with a 4l80, should be around 450 whp so it will be fun. I want to drive it to shows

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Got brake lines from inline tube installed, got my calipers installed , had to modify the the angle and trim some of the caliper so it didn't bind when turning. Used brakes hoses of a buick gs they used the same size thread as my lines for the 69. Also hot my track bar installed from cpp gas tank had to get moved back so that was fun.. more trimming on the bed to allow it to fit but it fits.. very happy how its all coming along. The tank is out of a 87 k5 blazer that has the internal fuel pump.

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You can see the tank fits up under nicely. Gonna start on getting the bed and tailgate in primer and ready for paint.

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looking good keep up the hard work, the new bed side work looks great. Keep pic coming and keep on truckin'