thanks shidoshi51 for the advice thats what i was going to do practice !!!makes perfection,sometimes if you put your mind into it.. i asked a pro as he claimed.how much he would charge$ to do the cab he said he didn't know until he got done with my cab.wow that told me alot duh.do you know where i can get a guide to help a beginning welder?the first thing i'm going to do to my truck is the internal front suspension cause of right now i don't like the DRUM brakeing or the manual steering I WAS growling!!! to turn my truck around today at the parts store. i've heard alot of interchanging on the ifs on the 66 chevys.?internal front suspension?.OK if anybody has done this before i mean really done this to there truck or somebodys truck.i need some advice.i can buy a whole 1979 2wd chevy 1/2 ton truck.?will the whole front crossmember front suspension bolt perfectly, under my 1966 chevy 1/2 ton pickup.i looked at the 79 rearend and it was leaf springs.?can i interchange the axles too my rearend.and the 79 steering box is on the outside.will the steering box mount on my frame?i've looked at new kits to do the ifs $$$$$wow! i can't afford the kits not with my bills and 2 kids and a money grabbing woman. i could always just try the interchange myself but good advice is worth more than alot of trouble for nothing and waist of time and,money. thanks, If you done this before HELP!!!! THERES SOMETHING WOMEN LIKE ABOUT A PICKUP MAN ???? THE BED