Well, once I got the truck stripped and torn down it was time to get the frame boxed, new suspension mounted and the modern engine and transmission dropped into the frame with new mounts.
My frame was in great shape so I wire wheeled the entire frame and then coated it with a rust converter followed by Caterpillar black bull dozer paint.
Turned out great and it's easy to touch up.
I have a friend who's a welder who helped big time with the boxing and since the project was going to need more welding, I bought a TIG welder and he gave me lessons. I have since done a bunch of work by myself including making and fabbing my own transmission tunnel.
