my truck

[1983stepside]

well everyone i finally have some progress on my cab of my stepside and thought id show some pics of some of the body work and when its in primer,

[1983stepside]

heres some pics of my cab in primer the very first pic is my dad stripping the roof, this is our project

[1983stepside]

and here is what the cab looked like before i started all of this sorry its just one pic and the other pic is my other truck its the ultimate off road truck

[1983stepside]

also i have a question theres a guy i know wanting to sell world product heads for 700 bucks and he said if i buy them he'll give me the motor they were on which was a Chevy 355 that needs a cam, cam bearings, and cranked machined or replaced its a 4 bolt main and he showed me the dyno sheet it made 450hp with the heads and an edelbrock perfermer intake and a 650 carb now i was wondering if you guys thought this is a good idea to buy or not thanks 

[69byrd]

Good job man! Keep it up.

[got2haul]

i think thats what im gonna use is th hopster i was wondering tho will a 15x10 with 5 inches of back spacing work in the rear of my stepside without having to change anything?, or modify anything?

     10 inch wide rear wheels with 5 inches of backspacing will work and look just about perfect.  I put 16x10 wheels with 5 inches of backspacing on my truck -- browse through the thread for my stepside you'll see some pics of how the wheels fit within the wheel wells:

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=7505.0

[1983stepside]

     10 inch wide rear wheels with 5 inches of backspacing will work and look just about perfect.  I put 16x10 wheels with 5 inches of backspacing on my truck -- browse through the thread for my stepside you'll see some pics of how the wheels fit within the wheel wells:

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=7505.0

thanks for the link i was wondering now did you lower your truck? because i didnt see that you did or i missed it and if you did how much? also if you did did you need those blocks in the rear to make the rear tire and wheel combo work. i lowered mine 3 inches in the front and 5 in the rear so do you think your rear combo will still work with mine im not good with figuring that stuff out thanks for your help

[got2haul]

thanks for the link i was wondering now did you lower your truck? because i didnt see that you did or i missed it and if you did how much? also if you did did you need those blocks in the rear to make the rear tire and wheel combo work. i lowered mine 3 inches in the front and 5 in the rear so do you think your rear combo will still work with mine im not good with figuring that stuff out thanks for your help

I lowered mine with 2-inch drop coils in front and a hanger/shackle kit for the rear, resulting in a 2/4 drop.  With the slightly lower than stock tire height I'm running, the total result is near 4/5 drop from stock.  I don't think you'll have any problem with your drop.  My tires wouldn't clear the inner edges of the fenders, even with a 4/6 or 5/7 drop.  If you're worried, you can always "roll" the inner edges of the fenders to guarantee no rubbing.  I did nothing special to make the wheels and tires fit other than a lot of careful measuring.

[1983stepside]

well this my build plan set in stone for my 1983 chevy stepside 2wd, and this is what im doing to it and il post a few pics of whats done so far, i lowered the fram 3 inch in front and 5 in the rear im going to paint it blue probably cobolt blue, with a cowl hood, stock grill and front bumper from a silverado that has the lights stacked on top of one another, paint the srip in middle of grill to match the wheels, which is gum metal gray, as well as paint everything from the door weather stripping in the same gun metal gray with black dash pad, black and gray bench seat black carpet, and black headliner, so all metal gun metal gray and everything else black or blck and gray, a decent sound system probaly just some 6x9's in the cab corners, 6.5, in the kick panels and a good cd player, im running a 1987 chevy 350, i have a new process 4 speed over drive manual trans. gonna run 3.73 in the rear, also a roll pan and i decided instead of caddy lights to just use the stock lights and move them down as far as i can on the stake pockets, i think it will look good wel heres a few pics of what wheels and some progress on my truck let me know what you think or youd do different  thanks

[1983stepside]

couple more pics of body work and the cab before i started

[1983stepside]

the third pic above is my dad stripping the roof, this is mine and his project, im 22 ans loveing every sec doing this with him, i hope to do this with my son some day, let me know what you think and if youd do any thing different thanks guys you all rock

[Captkaos]

That is cool it is you and your dad doing this together.

[1983stepside]

That is cool it is you and your dad doing this together.

ya its a blast working with him, its nice to because hes awesome with the mechinal side of things and i can do the paint and body work, so the only thing im not doing is makeing a new seat cover, a buddy of mines brother is doing it for me for next to nothing, but ill put the cover on also what would be a good tire to run for the wheels im gonna use? ther 18x8 up front and 18x9 in the rear id go 18x10 if they wee made in the stly wheel im gonna use thanks agin, and let me know

[Captkaos]

Tire manufacturer, size or?  Not sure what you are asking.

[1983stepside]

what size of a tire im no good at figuring that out and it still look good, also a couple ideas on some coompanys to use, im just building it to cruise and show, might run it down the srip every once in a blue moon just for fun but just mainly a cruiser