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gearhead1985B:
i am looking at another on in Missouri and this will be a parts rig a it has a solid frame the other one is the frame is toast and but the bady is good my uncle is heading to look at it and then i will decide

Bill3753:
If you can do it that way, might not be a bad deal then.  Is this something your looking to restore or wheel... or a little of both?

gearhead1985B:

--- Quote from: Bill3753 on November 30, 2010, 01:44:08 AM ---If you can do it that way, might not be a bad deal then.  Is this something your looking to restore or wheel... or a little of both?

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i need a smaller rig to wheel so the lighter trails are more of a challange so if i can make it happen it would be awesome 5.38 gears and 31's wold crawl like no other

TommyD:
There's a house on a back road near me that has an old flat fender with a plow rig sitting at an outbuilding returning slowly to the soil. Shame, it still looks pretty good, sheet metal wise. Something along those lines would be cool, that rig you pictured is too rough, IMHO.

gearhead1985B:

--- Quote from: Bill3753 on November 29, 2010, 11:30:47 PM ---Just speaking from my own experience, I wouldn't do it.  Its much easier to find something with solid sheet metal and build from there then it is to fix rust.  The frame on it might even be rotted and then your looking for that too.  I would bet at the very least the body mounts are shot on the frame and will need repaired.  Those old frames always rot out where to rubber mounts sandwich the steel.  Last summer (09) I welded in floors, rockers, cab corners, and cab mounts in a 75 F250 High Boy.  Awsome project and it came out great, but looking back at it there would have been less time and money in it just to find one solid from the get go or swap the cab all together.

It would be a fun project to take on, but I don't think it would be worth it in the long run. 

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i know what that is like my cousins 64 chev pick up has a $1500 passenger door cause we started with junk and made it perfect

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