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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Body, Glass & Paint => Topic started by: Joegibbstruck on April 21, 2017, 09:51:50 am
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So I'm new here, and bought this 79 c10. The bottom of it is completely rust free. There are a couple pin holes around the passenger side windshield, but once I got it home I found out the inner and outer cowl are rusted through and someone down the line attempted to put a later front clip on it. So they slotted the cowl for the hinges. I have all my parts catalogs ordered but they have not arrived yet. What I have looked at online, I can't find replacement panels for the cowl area. Do I need to be in the look out for a donor cab to steal these parts from, or does someone make these panels.
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Donor or fabrication.
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Donor or fabrication.
bingo.
either way aint going to be fun. thats a good bit of repair work
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I'm guessing I need a pre 81 if I want to go back to the 73-79 front clip. Found a 76 on craigslist for 800 for the entire truck, but I don't want an entire truck lol. Hoping someone has a cab laying around with no title that I can pick up for just a couple hundred bucks.
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Get the entire truck, take what you need and sell the rest or do a cab swap. You can post your spare parts in the classifieds section here or craigslist and make your money back.
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I'm guessing I need a pre 81 if I want to go back to the 73-79 front clip. Found a 76 on craigslist for 800 for the entire truck, but I don't want an entire truck lol. Hoping someone has a cab laying around with no title that I can pick up for just a couple hundred bucks.
Be careful with this, title normally follows the cab, unless your in a special state where it needs to be numbers matching. Meaning if at any point there may be a chance you need a title, it's better to have them legal.
I agree, try to get the whole truck-and because you now know some problem areas, you could find a better cab then yours and just do a whole cab swap.
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Found a cab today that has what I need not rusted out. It has a title, but I'm just gonna cut it apart and scrap the rest. Paid 200 for cab with title, core support, and hood to go back to the 79-79 front end. I am not scared of body work. I have a 66 mustang in my garage that I have replaced 1/2 the car with replacement panels.
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Save your vin plate and title before you scrap it.
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Save your vin plate and title before you scrap it.
"AS TROPHIES" and dont tell anyone lol
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Got my replacement firewall yesterday, paid 230 for a spare cab, straight hood, coresupport, headlight bezels, and upper and lower grille trim. Now the task of coming up with a plan on doing the firewall swap. Think I'll cut the pillars where the factory joint is at the roof. As my passenger side has some rust on it.
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