So i desided to do a little restoration of my truck the body didnt sit right there was rust everywhere the motor needed work so i desided to rip it down ive been working on this for about 3 weeks now and here is the progress so far!














Here is a taste of what i am doing i have a lot more photots i'll try and get them up later

 

Did you do anything to the motor performance wise? looks good so far, should be awesome when its done!

 

Mmmm... Swiss-cheese frame - definitely an '81!

Now would be a good time to weld up the front crossmember as described in this TSB:



I also recommend converting to a hydraulic clutch.



The '87-96 power brake booster is an easy swap, and it'll free up a little room under the hood. If you do that, you might as well swap to the '92-96 master cylinder with integral residual pressure valve. It's simpler than & superior to that cast-iron MC & remote proportioning valve; easier to bleed, and performs better. And it all bolts right in...

No matter what you do, keep up the pics - we love pics!

 

when i pulled the motor apart i found out the motor has been rebuilt no more then 20,000 ago.. its bored out 30 over and has a nasty cam in so i'm not doing anything to the motor other then what has been done i just did the head gaskets on it.. i'll have to get the rest of the pics up...i really didint want those pics that big i wish i knew how to reupload them with smalled mexy pixel or what ever but i dont i wish someone guy on the site that runs it could do it for me so this page doesnt look so sloopy

 

Read this thread for info on posting images better:
http://www.supermotors.net/forums/th...-and-or-videos

To resize your own images, try these:
http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/enhome.html
http://www.gimp.org/
http://www.jpegcruncher.com/

 

!!! dude you live right by me!!!! wasnt that truck parked outside of wallys for a while? and didnt it have a plow on it?

 

yes it was parked there and it did have a plow on it and yes you live by me you live up by sandystone dont ya i live right near newton in fredon i bought it off my buddy who owns Wilson Fuel not sure if you know who they are aswell?

 

looks like a cool project. tagged for entertainment

 

ahh i see. and yup i know wilson fuel. we're really good friends with them. my dads know debbie since she was a little girl and her dad too up until he died. but damn dude, we gotta get together sometime.

 

debbie is like my mom i call her mom and i call ed dad they are like my second parents yeah we should get together sometime

 

Ok so its beena few months and i havent gotten much done on it my hands were broken for a month so i couldnt work on it i ended up getting a new cab for the truck cause it was rusted to hell i put my foot through the floor the other day. i just finsihed sanding and painting the new cab and the old one is gonna come off the frame tonight!