Project 71 long time with 4.8 vortec swap!!!
 

on the 71 enjoy

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for some reason i'm the one taking pictures the yellow gmc is my parts truck that i am stealing the bed off of and maybe the cab

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well the body guy come and looked it the trucks today to give me my options and they weren't pretty. the cab on the other truck is pretty much trash mine has had half ass work done to it (panels were screwed and pop riveted in place.) he said i would be better to buy a new bed kit as the my bed is nothing but bondo and fiberglass. and the other bed has a huge hole in the floor he said by the time i pay labor to fix the whole i could have got the new bed. he also said i would need doors., i am so lost now because i dont have the kinda of money for all that looked up the parts and i would be looking at 3700 dollar for new doors rockers and corners and a bed kit, window reg rubbers, cab supports and floor pans and misc parts plus about 3-4 k in labor so i am stalled for now

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Man that sucks. Hope it all works out.

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You're certainly not the first to be in this situation. This might be the perfect time for you to pick up some new skills by tackling it yourself.

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well i am back on track witha new cab should be getting the new rockers and little stuff ina few weeks .



Thanks GR8-68 for the smoking deal on a cab

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new cab is at the body shop droped it off tonight onyl costing 500 dollars to fix the door rockers the supports and fixing the firewall

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Cab is pretty much done, got to run and a a cab corner monday and get to the body shop the passager side was full of bondo

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cool! Glad you're back on track! Looking forward to some progress pictures!

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nice build! I saw this and thought it might help you out http://charlotte.craigslist.org/pts/2015695754.html hope its not gone already.

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well when i tho-ught stuff couldn't get worst the body shop messed up the cab corner and will not make good on it the thing looks like total crap

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sorry to hear about that. So is that the first thing they did and they just didn't do it right? Might need to get it out of there if that's the case....Is it a larger shop that might be a BBB member? Maybe report there if they aren't working with you???

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well one they cut the cab corner out and just over laped everything and spot welded it in. not even close to being right the rust on teh firewall they just welded plate over it instead of cutting it out and rewelding it, patch ont eh bottom of the door was held in with screws, i got holes in my floor that weren't there the holes for my seat belts bolt to are gone teh rockers where half ass installed took it to 3-4 other shops and ti fix the cab like it needs to be i'd be looking at 1500-2k to fix the cab. so i am at another stand still

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i'll get some pictures of it all

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wow man, sounds worse than a backyard po hack job....

Are they a licensed shop that's members of the local chamber of commerce or advertise any insurance work or BBB membership? If so, you need to report them or at least say make it right or you'll be forced to report them.

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here is some of the work

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some more. and yes those are screws hold part of the cab corner on

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i asked them to fix the rust inside the cowl and there ideal of fixing it was to weld a patch inside the cab so water doesn't leak inside

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i talked ot them this morning and they said they will make good on it so we will see buti am not expecting much at this point

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wow that is a very poor example of rust repair, I certainly don't blame you for being upset. I hope they make it right for you (if they are even capable of that). good luck

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wow, that is pitiful. I don't understand how a shop could do that....


...my concern is...is someone completely different doing the work this time?

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sorry about the shoddy work.the $500 would have been better spent on a new mig welder.so you could have done the work correctly yourself.

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Man that sucks about the bodywork. Hope it gets straightened out.

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thye said ai different guy was going to do it but i reallyy dont this anything better is possible from them

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oh they tryed to say the cab corner wasn't the right patch panel for tha6t cab that it was for a regualr c=10 cab and that my was a custom cab becaus eof the trim and i told the guy the cabs where the came just one have trim on them

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tear down!

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good lord! i've never welded a patch before in my life and i could have done better than that! i think the best way for them to make it right is too pay another shop to do it over right. that's nearly the saddest thing i've seen. i feel for ya man! with the help on this sight, you really should try and fix all of that yourself and save all the cash you spend on labor. you can practice on some of your old parts and get the hang of it before you actually do something on your cab. like one of the previous posters mentioned, that labor would buy a nice welder! Just my $.02...

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This is one reason I want to do this myself; no one cares for your stuff like you do. I could never afford to pay a person to do it right.

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Just check out your build,sad that they call that body work,hope they get that looking alot better than what they started, good luck with your build,keep on truckin'' :metal:

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body work was no better then i got it backthey said i had the wrong cab corner. the corner i bought was for a c-10 and they said i need one for a deluxe c-10 cab. but they are all the same thing

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more pictures of tear down today lots of rust core suypport was held on by one side with liek an inch of metal other was totaly loose

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new plans are electric fans, power steering but mainy to just get her back together!

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more pictures

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Your not giving up on her are ya
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nope

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I was gonna say dnt let sum crappy body shops get ya dwn. U can tackle that urself. It really isn't that hard.
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well someone called and reported me to the city i have 10 days to get the truck compeltey back together with tags or it gets towed off this is some bull crap

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WOW THAT SUX!!..Why is that? is it cus its in the front yard?