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Title: 78 C10 LWB Bonanza
Post by: Tonkatrucksryan on January 08, 2016, 06:28:37 pm
Hi Everyone.
  This is my first post to this forum.  I retired out of the AF Last year and I finally purchased my first square body.   Bucket list item!!!  She is a 78 Chevy C10 Long bed Bonanza.  The good is the engine 305 and trans.  The bad is the body.  I am going to have to replace the entire cab floor.  My question to you is on the front where the body mounts connect to the frame are totally rotten.   The frame mount isn't. The bolt and spacer are fine.  It is the part that connect the body to the mount that is totally gone of both sides of the front.   I just called   and well they had no idea. Underneath it looks like something is screwed into the body.   I am used to jeep forums since I have built many jeeps over the last 20 years.   I hope I am not doing anything wrong.  Thank you so much

Military Mike
Title: Re: 78 C10 LWB Bonanza
Post by: Captain Swampy on January 08, 2016, 08:05:07 pm
Go to "members rides" and look for Brooke's 87 V10. I posted lots of pictures. I think in the "body" section there is a sticky on rocker panels also.

EDIT:
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=32209.0
Title: Re: 78 C10 LWB Bonanza
Post by: philo_beddoe on January 08, 2016, 09:59:59 pm
Welcome fellow Bonanza owner! (From new england)
Title: Re: 78 C10 LWB Bonanza
Post by: Irish_Alley on January 08, 2016, 10:36:09 pm
welcome from maryland
being in the air force you might have rode in my 91 crew cab think she came from ny
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=30149.0
Title: Re: 78 C10 LWB Bonanza
Post by: Jason S on January 09, 2016, 10:40:48 am
Howdy from Kansas!
Title: Re: 78 C10 LWB Bonanza
Post by: Captain Swampy on January 09, 2016, 12:14:41 pm
Welcome from Wisconsin! I think in the store on this site there is a 5 piece set for fixing your floor.

Thanks Irish Alley for adding the link, I haven't learned how to do that yet.
Title: Re: 78 C10 LWB Bonanza
Post by: Tonkatrucksryan on January 09, 2016, 06:07:20 pm
Thanks guys  I just went to harbor freight today and bought my first welder and basically I am going to have to replace most of the cab floor, to include inner rockers outer rockers supports....  Then onto body panel repair that everyone can see
Title: Re: 78 C10 LWB Bonanza
Post by: Irish_Alley on January 09, 2016, 06:35:04 pm
ive never had any luck with a harbor freight welder and i have a few years of welding under my belt. good luck