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Hello, I've been looking for a C10 cab for awhile to drop onto a newer chassis like a Tahoe or 1500 pickup. This crusty cab came up for sale a few weeks ago so I jumped on it. It has rust in the usual places but I can fix that.

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Last week this guy followed me home, that's two large pieces of the puzzle.

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Lastly here is a mock-up of the two together. I really like the original color of this cab so it all may end up that color at some point years out. I thought I had a picture of the red inside but I guess I'll have to try again. What I'm unsure of is if I want to stretch the cab as a regular cab is kinda small and I'm used to driving SUV's with 5 seatbelts. One step at a time though.

Oh, in the background of this picture you can see my son's 67 IH 4x4 pickup peaking out. What you don't see is his 53 IH panel van or early 70's Datsun 4x4 pickup. I think we might have an old truck problem. :D

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You should start this in the build thread area

I have thought lots on 67 72 crew cabs with a Cummins 6.7 liter be a sweet ride

These old trucks lowered with rear truck arm suspension ride very nice

Several good threads how to properly shorten a long box frame

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2003 Yukon is almost the right length.

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Maybe it should be elsewhere, I'm new so still getting comfortable with the setup here. Maybe a mod can move it.

Exactly, Yukon/Tahoe. I've found a few threads on here doing this. One or two keep the newer floor and firewall which is appealing as I like AC and good heat. :)

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Here's a picture of the inside, anyone know what color this is?

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Looks like faded Hugger Orange to me.

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keep the pictures coming

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Do a search in this area for a 71 color chart.

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Yep: Good

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Cool, thanks.

It will be a slow process but will post when there is something worthy of posting, thanks.

Will do, thanks.

:lol: :agree:

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So obviously this is a 71 Chevy front end and I have a GMC tailgate. I actually prefer the GMC front end. Which year GMC grill will fit without adding trim pieces? I also prefer painted and not chromed. Man these things are pricey.

Thanks in advance!

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Perusing Facebook marketplace for parts I found someone selling GMC fenders and hood for a good price. They need way less work than mine and will fit a GMC grill. Even have the fender badges but not the hood badge. This is a low angle hood front so I assume 67 or 68. Guess now I can watch for a grill. :)

You can see the paint underneath the dark gray looks to be the same orange or close to it. I kinda like the gray though....hmm.

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I drove 4 days to buy a truck and the only parts from the original truck will be the cab/cowl/hood. Welcome!

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Still gathering some parts as I find them and waiting for warmer weather. I did pull the front clip and most of the interior.

First pic is some of the new panels that I'll be welding on. Second pic is a grill I found on CL for cheap.

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Picked up a running Tahoe cheap. Not 100% sure I'll use it for this as it has tons of miles and a couple issues I'm not sure I want to deal with but it was cheap enough that I may use it to practice cutting on.

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Started cutting up the Tahoe. Anyone need some body parts? :)

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So how did ‘practice cutting’ turn into literally ripping the whole body off the Tahoe haha

Just curious

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Hey Mike, nice start on this truck. The sloped hood GMC's are one of my favorites. Just a heads up, you may already know this, but the grill you bought will work IF you remove the chrome piece rivetted to the top and replace it with a 67-68 gmc topbar. You will also need the 67-68 gmc hood latch.

Good luck, Rg

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Ha, more a place to start I guess and that I may end up with a better drivetrain/frame. Many of the Tahoe's have the Auto style HVAC, this one is pretty basic so I hope it will integrate into my build easier seeing I plan to use the newer firewall and floor on the old cab. I'm selling some of the Tahoe parts so hopefully the cost of this Tahoe will be close to nothing.

Thank you. I didn't even know there was a difference in the hoods until I started this project. I really like the sloped hood. As for the riveted eyebrow, I already removed the top piece. My hood latch seems to work fine on the hood unless I'm missing something. Here's the fenders/hood and grill mocked up on the cab.

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I can't tell from the pics but is the top bar on the grill? The hood latch mounts to the top bar and a gmc hood latch jogs off to one side to clear the center bar. I'll get a pic for you soon.

Rg

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Some pics, the top one is a 68 gmc, the center is a 70 gmc. The top bar on the 67-68 is flatter than the 69-72 gmc chrome piece, so the hood latches changed to make up for it. The bottom is a 70 chevrolet for reference, couldn't locate a 68 chevrolet, I know I have one somewhere...

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Thanks for the info Roger. Yeah the top bar is removed. The hood won't sit flat with it on. We'll see about the hood latch, if I need to get one then that's ok. A new top bar is kinda pricey though but at least they are available new.

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Aftermarket has really picked up the slack lately. When I started nothing was repo'd!

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Nice progress, glad you're going with the GMC stuff over the Chevy parts, as I think they are better looking in my opinion. Subscribed

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Amazing how many body parts are offered now.

Thanks lunatic1968! I agree on the GMC look but I do like some Chevy grills better than others in this generation.

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This weekend I finally got the rest of rear of the Tahoe off and sat the bed on the frame. The back of the bed is sitting on the Tahoe bumper and I have a 6x6 under the front of it. It can drop 2 inches or so with the bumper off. Only one casualty aside from scratched arms, I cut through a plastic fuel line on top of the fuel tank. A brass barb, piece of rubber fuel line and some clamps and it's back to working. I also got much of the front of the Tahoe stripped, fenders and such. Looks like a good fit so far.

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More pics please! This is something Id really like to do on my 65 suburban.

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The pics are teasers, I'm actually videoing the whole process so don't take many pics. May start uploading them to youtube when the cold weather comes and I'll put the link in my signature. Jo Daddy's Garage on YT has put a pickup cab on a 2500 pickup chassis, he covers quite a bit but I plan on using the floor and some of the firewall from the Tahoe, he used the whole cab which brings some problems. Is the burb only a 2 door? Sounds like a cool project.

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Hey, he's my neighbor! :lol: I have pictures somewhere of both of our trucks in my backyard before the whole Frankentruck process began.

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Well that's pretty cool. I don't know of any neighbors that are savvy enough to talk to about this sort of thing.

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Yeah, it is pretty cool. Every once in awhile I'll have a cameo appearance in some of his videos when I provide an extra set of hands on his builds. We've worked together on stuff on and off for almost 30 years now. We were actually working on his neighbor's car in his driveway (before we built his shop) when she told us she was selling her house...so I bought it. :lol:

Unfortunately, we were on different shifts and schedules when he built Frankentruck HD so about the only thing I did on it was help him bring both trucks home.

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I don't know if I would have had the heart to cut up that 2500. Cleaner than anything you'd see up in the Northeast.

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Yeah its a two door, well before the three door. Thanks for the input, Ill check out Jo daddy's Garage .

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It doesn't show in the pictures, but something large and heavy had broken loose in the bed and did a number on the front of the bed/back of the cab including the window frame and roof. The picture makes it look better than it was.

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It's been a winter since I posted so it's time for some updates. Tahoe is pretty cut up and hopefully will get the C10 cab sitting on it before winter. Lately I've been working on cab rust. Here's a picture of what the rockers looked like and what one side now looks like. New door pillar, rocker and cab corner.

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Any updates. I have my 68 GMC SWB fleet and a 03 Yukon waiting to be meshed, but gotta finish my 72 TA build first. Been lurking others build for more inspiration and ideas.

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It's moving along but slowly. We seem to either get rain or really hot with high humidity this summer. Here's a snap shot of it coming together. There's lots of detail on the YouTube channel in my signature.

Is your 72 T/A posted anywhere? Love those. Thanks for checking in.