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my 83 C10 - taking my time - long bed to short bed - inline 6 - garage build project

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here she is shortly after I brought her home from the Nevada desert; essentially rust free but definitely has a few challenging dents I'll need to deal with



finally starting to get some work done on this 83 longbed thats been sitting at a stand still for the last 2 or so years! I'll be working out of essentially a 2 car garage. My "target" "official" start date is March 1st; got a few preparations that still need to be addressed but couldn't stop myself





overall it has a very clean and dent free bed floor, only two dings I can see; I believe it had a large camper in the bed most of its life


and a surprise rear cab dent of course

the better of my two longbed bedsides/little heavier than the shortbed style


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tires mounted on my wannabe sport wheels. I'll get these put on the blue 76 today and then start working on trying to get it running (been sitting for 2 years), should be fun right!

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lol, that one piston has seen better days huh!

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sometimes you gotta cut a bitch








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poppin rivets because why not

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holdin **** together

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test fit

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Holy cow. Heckuva thread bump.
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Originally Posted by Bgbldodge
Holy cow. Heckuva thread bump.
Thanks man, was a bit of a catch-up! More to follow.......
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