Martin,
I'm trying to prep myself in case I find some issues with the frame once I get the cab off. It seems pretty solid when I hit it with a rubber mallet but I'm still a bit fearful since the cab area had some rust areas (kick panels and driver's side foot well). One thing that I do want is better braking and reliability at highway speeds. I'll be going into the mountains of Colorado from time to time so good brakes (not vacuum driven) and a reliable engine are requirements. I'm okay with the leaf springs in the front and rear, as long as I can get disk brakes installed, at least in the front.
Thanks,
Rob
You really need to pick a direction you are taking and stick to it. You started out wanting to keep it “mostly” stock, then went to some safety upgrades and now to a full blown street rod V8 and special chassis. We would really like to help you out and really are trying but we don’t know where you’re headed.
If you’re going the streetrod route we have a special forum (HiPo) for that and by using that forum almost exclusively for your questions you will get less pushback for hacking up your stock truck. We have several folks on here that have made a very good living for many years cranking out show worthy cars/trucks from their shops. They love to help.
