Bad News.

So I don't have any pictures to update you with. Although I ran into a stumbling block, that happens to be with the new spindles I grabbed from the junk yard. This ended up being a waste of money but I didn't get into it to bad. The bad thing is that I drilled my axles and drums. Now I am going to have to buy a whole kit from CPP and call it good. I will have to replace the axles as well if i want them to match the new front that I am going to get.  So yeah that sucks, although I am slowly getting the frame stripped down to nothing so that I can chop it down. Right no I am trying to just put the drum brakes on from my 1/2 ton front end. So anyway I thought you all would like this picture of a 54 Chevy that I took a picture of at the local car show.

RIght Now

So I guess I need to show the Truck as it sits right now. I do have a new tailgate that came out of a junk yard for 50 bucks. Its really straight. The front tires are off in preparation for tearing into the front end.

The Frame

Well here is a picture of my other truck that I started with. It is the one that I have turned into a parts truck.

So here there it is when I got it trailered it to my house and I took the front clip off. Obviously I got a better truck to work on. This is a picture of  it all stripped down into parts and after i sold the cab and then removed to motor and trans. 

As you can see it is marked for being chopped. I have to get the truck out of the garage before I can get started on really any frame work. I am pretty close to being able to do that, just new ball joints and the new spindles and discs. It shouldn't take too much longer, although it may reduce my budget a lot.

Rear end conversion

So when i was driving the truck (C20). I noticed that i couldn't go over about 45 or 50mph, or the motor would just be screaming. I later noticed the option sheet in the glove box that lists what the truck had when it came off the line. Among the options I noticed that there was listed a no-slip rear diff with 5.13 gears. I thought to myself well no wonder. So I started making plans to switch the rear end out with my C10 trucks rear end. So i got it out and and well its huge. I then took the one out of the C10 and took the axles out and replaced all of  the seals. I also checked the gear ratio and it has a much more street-able 3:73 ratio. No no-slip but that's OK. Enjoy the Pics.

So here is the new one under the truck. I also decided that since i had the axles out that i would press out the old studs drill the holes out and press in studs to match the front disc brake setup that i got off another truck from a junk yard. A 2008 GMC 2500 yes they are 6 lug discs and i got it all for about 85 dollars. I would like to add right now that I do not use much or really any of the money that I make and take home at my job. The money that I do use comes from selling other parts that i have kicking around the shop. So you could say that this is a definite budget build.

So you can see the bigger stud i here. I hope to get better rims right now but as I said before I really don't have the money. These are the ones i would like to get. Probably wont lower the truck this much.

New Master Cylinder

So a while ago i stumbled on a 72 GMC 3/4 ton in a junk yard. It had a power master cylinder in it. I asked about the price for it and they let it go for 25 bucks if i remember correctly. I also stripped some more parts off of it but we will get to that later. So here are some pictures of the motor before and after master cylinder change out. The lines are now hooked up.

So there ya have it. I did sand blast and paint it a while ago so it is a little dusty. I was also thinking that I would have to replace all of the lines because there were different sizes than my stock ones. Then I got to thinking that I should go to Autozone and see if they had fittings that would change it and well they did for about 3 bucks. Sweet!

Now all i have to do is the discs that i got from the junk yard.  I will have an update for that later.

The Beginning

So here is my truck  about 6 or 8 months ago. Essentially unchanged from what it looked like when i bought it off a friend at work. I should add that before i bought this particular truck, i bought a 1967 Chevy C10. This truck was not in the most desirable condition, but at the time I thought that with some hard work it could be done. Since that time it became a parts truck which really all that is left of it is a frame. The one that i am going to cut down.