A newbie here that got some good advice on parts purchase. Thought I would give an update and share some pics.

We disassembled to the frame in a week. Not a lot of surprises outside of how bad the floorboards were. Knew they needed attention but did not realize they were basically gone on the driver's side. The person I bought it from had put galvanized in to hide the problem.

Frame, hood and fenders are off to the sandblaster and hopefully will be back in the next 3-4 days.

I am now chasing motor mounts. The truck had some welded in mounts for the 350 that came with it. We cut those out and ground off the crappy welds. I believe the original v8 mounts that came with the 283/327 should work for the 350.

A question I have relates to the truck stance. According to the shop manual it was suppose to be 1 inch lower in front than back. I would like to see a little more rake so am thinking about doing the front brake conversion to discs and getting it with a 2 1/2 drop. Anyone have any experience with this? If so, how did it look?

Here is the link to the pics.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/88236973@N02/


Last edited by da_bears_da_1; 10/08/2012 6:12 AM.