1988 SWB build in progress

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Start with the basics I got this 1988 c1500 for free guy just wanted it out of his yard. It was a DD for 1.5 years did some tinkering made it carbureted just some little crap. Then I bought another truck from my brother in-law a 1992 SCLB with a 383 stroker (Shela is her name)

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this truck became my DD and the 88 just sat parked at a friends after going to work for a few months I came back and decided I was going to do a ground up rebuild on the 88. I decided that I would use the cab from Shela and front clip (it has a way better interior) also the engine and trans. So we towed the 88 over to my house with shela.

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and started the dismantling (Note date that i started project is May of 2013)

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after it was mostly taken apart I cleaned and primed the frame to mainly stop anymore rust from starting

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then I took the front end completely apart and cleaned it

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the cab mounts where pretty rusted only around the inner circle the mounts go through so I found some good raw steel washers and welded them in place mind my ty welding first time actually welding im a lot better now

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for my final painting of the frame I decided to use a rubberized asphalting undercoat I really like how the finish came out (the last cab mount pic shows the finished product) still wet in this pick of the front end

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I got an Energy Suspension master bushing kit part# 3.18107R

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and then I bought a Belltech 3/4 complete lowering kit part# 969SP and all new brakes, calipers, rotors, bearings, tie rods, pitman arm, idler arm, center link and energy suspension engine mount bushings and put it all back together

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now that the front end is back together I took the rear end apart and removed the factory front leaf spring shackles

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then i reprimed and coated the rest of the rear of the frame and installed the new front drop shackles

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took the rear diff apart and sand blasted it as well as the leaf springs, painted the springs put the new bushings in and reinstalled it

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for the rear diff i bought an Eaton posi carrier part# 19557-010, Motive Gear pinion and crown 4.11 gears part# GM10-411, Motive Gear installation kit part# R10REMKY, aswell as all the seals, wheel bearings, brake cylinders, brakes, and drums

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got the diff setup at a local shop here in Calgary Alberta Canada called Infamous Automotive for a very reasonable price of $300 this is as far as ive made it so far will update as i move along!​

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so thanks to Dario down at Infamous Automotive the rear diff was completed got it back painted it black and slapped the rear end back together(note that by the end of this project that rear diff cover shall be the only chrome on it, I hate chrome)

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with it now being a roller again next step is to take the engine/trans out then take the cab, and front end off of Shela the donor and set it on this frame.
Really wanted to go fuel cell with this truck so I went to Mopc and picked up this sweet deal. RCI 20 gallon fuel cell with sending unit and cap along with the mounting straps for $375 im happy.

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Well finally a huge step closer to the end of the build got the frame out of the garage and tarped and (Sheila) the SCLB in the garage ready for her tear down but of course couldn't start the tear down before doing her final burnouts!lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcXGq4Aa6Gs&feature=youtu.be

well tore into her today front end off and engine out

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don't want to mess with the engine to much probably put some vortec heads and an edelbrock air gap rpm on clean it up and repaint it
on another note picked this good looking sucker up for $375 fiberglass 2" cowl

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next is to remove everything from firewall clean remove cab from chassis paint and undercoat​