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Burgerman

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Got it cheap, saved from the crusher, and it has a good title. Gonna use the cab, the chassis has too much rust. It had a rotten flat bed, now gone.
 

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The body is decent. I pulled the seized flathead, cylinders are soaking, but still locked up tight. Trans is out. The plan is to pull the front end in one piece, and lift the cab soon. A good cab clean out will happen as the small residents left a mess. They moved into the doors too.

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pm me , l have a good chassis, 218 motor and 2 trans, maybe a bed also,

love them PH trucks[cl

what is the plan.

Later :cool:
 
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These trucks do grow on ya. I have two good engines, a nice running slant 6 with standard trans, and an AMC 360 with auto. The slant 6 is in a rusty 81 Dodge donor truck. I could use the pedals and driveline too.
 
Slant 6

This engine is a 68, and runs well. Mopar in a mopar. Sounds right., but will it light up the tires. [S

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Donors, 3 become 1

Here are the donors. The S10 runs, will provide the chassis, has a 2.8, with lots of bottom end noise. Need to gather up a 10 bolt rear axle. Rusty Dodge in the background has the slant 6. I plan to follow your road map Joe. I would like to install the entire newer Dodge pedal assembly.

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Good looking start.
There is one of these that has been for sale for a while down the road from me.
I had an old fiberglass inboard boat that had a slant 6 in it years ago.Very dependable.
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firewall

is the length of the six going to affect the firewall and radiator with the frame swap[S

l had to modify the firewall to clear everything when the camaro sub-frame was used on mine because with the V-8 it is set back about 8 or 9 inches into the cab area, the radiator placement also had to be massaged a touch.

l cut the frame horns off from the pieces that were left from stock frame surgery. l used them to graft the stock pieces on the sub-frame to attach the bumper in the stock position.

Later:cool:
 
Will the Slant 6 fit ?

Much appreciate your thoughts about the engine fit Skull. Gonna dig out my trusty tape measure Saturday and measure. I would like that engine snug against the firewall. As for photos, got lots. Been a fan of these trucks for over 40 years. Check out the odd 1970's interior.



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Floor

Cleaned the cab of debris. Will do a power wash to sanitize the floor. Got the rear cab bolts out. Found the front bolts under replacement floor panels. Cut a hole in the floor and there they are.
 

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l WOULD S0 KEEP THAT lNTERl0R[cl[cl[cl:D:D:D[dr[dr[dr

nice to see the heater box is still in it, make sure to get a voltage drop from 12 volt to 6 volt so the motor don't get burned out, when l was younger l made that mistake and fried a heater motor, took about 2 seconds, fizzly sparkley dead...

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Got the front off

The cab is next. I plan to lift it from the structure above. I will beef things up a bit first. Don't need to damage my building

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AND if you are planning to lower the front down double check the wheel arch/wheel well center of axle/spindle placement.

when mine was done l missed this step, as l was much younger and did not figure everything in, my tires sit just a little further foreward than l wanted.

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Drivers door, bottom

This is gonna take some work. The residents are gone. I will give it a try. I'm learning thin metal work, but what have I got to lose.

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Wheel well center

This is an ambitious project for me. My past experience has been engine swaps, stuff like that., never a chassis swap. Much appreciate your suggestions Skull. :)
 

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