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Bertha,picking up where Shewheeler left off.

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FRIZZLEFRY

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Due to much ball busting,Im gonna go ahead and start a thread on this thing :D

When Cheryle took a turn for the worse her truck was offered up for sale to her extended family on our club board. I was interested but I didnt feel right about even looking at it because she was still alive. But I was assured by Dan (Gokartergo) and Cheryles dad that she would be happy if I had it. So I agreed to take it a few days before she passed.

For sure not the direction she was headed,but Im going to put my spin on what she started :D

I spend some time in the desert racing from time to time and have always been a fan of vintage class 4 and 8 trucks. So thats the direction this is headed,a wannabe prerunner/class 4 truck :tongue1:

Its been slow going but its far enough along for me to start a build thread I guess.


Its a 77 K10,GM crate 350/350/203,Dana 44/14 bolt both open with 4.10s,4" Tuff Country front and rear springs,37-12.5-15 SSRs.

When I brought it home.It ran out of gas putting it on the trailer and I had to borrow some gas from Cheryles neighbor :haha:
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Picked up a stepside bed for it . Because everyone knows,stepsides are faster in the desert :whistle:
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Let me get my 4 year old in bed and I will post up some more :woot:
 
Just to give you an idea how slow this project has been moving at times,start to finish this bumper took about 5 months to git done :doah:

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Pulled a lift leaf,a load leaf,and installed 2"drop shackles in an attempt to get it level and improve the ride.Got rid of the tube grill and found a correct one to cut up and throw on.
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I wanted to ditch the saddle tanks and run a 32 gallon Blazer tank.And I wanted to mount it with the two rear Blazer crossmembers. My friend Chevysmithz71 knew where there was a Blazer upside down in a ravine on private property.He got permission to go down and cut the frame off just in front of the fuel tank and hauled it out for me :thumb:

I made the rear one bolt in,the front one is welded in.
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I picked up a used tank and while smoking some crack I thought maybe I could straighten it out enough to use.
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Well the crack wore off and I just bought a new tank :haha:
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Chevysmithz71 gave me this sweet fuel tank skid that came on a project he had.

Straightened it out a little and added some HP/Speed with some dimples :pimp:

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I ended up having to clearance it a little to clear the 14 bolt.

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Good to see the truck back in action! Skid plate looks cool from the back!
 
Made a fuel filler bracket and reused one of the fillers off the fleet side bed :pimp:

More HP/speed with some dimples :haha:

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One of the little things I have done.I got the earlier sheet metal brackets for the core support so I could run the grill off my old 74. It still has Moab mud on it from BB06 :D
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Awesome Frizz! I know you'll do it proud and somewhere up there Cheryle will be smilin as she looks down. :waytogo:
 
This thread reminds me of the Lyrics to "riding with private malone"
"This car was once a dream of mine,now it belongs to you"
"And though you may take her and make her your own"
"You'll always be riding with Private Malone"
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Love it! :bow:

I didn`t know Shewheeler (before my time) but I sure she would be proud! :waytogo:

Why was it that you went with spring under in the front?
Don`t get me wrong...I like it and it`s different but I can`t remember what the advantage is for a desert truck.
 
max 02 said:
Love it! :bow:

I didn`t know Shewheeler (before my time) but I sure she would be proud! :waytogo:

Why was it that you went with spring under in the front?
Don`t get me wrong...I like it and it`s different but I can`t remember what the advantage is for a desert truck.
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I made a whole thread on it in the pre runner section:waytogo:
 
max 02 said:
Love it! :bow:

I didn`t know Shewheeler (before my time) but I sure she would be proud! :waytogo:

Why was it that you went with spring under in the front?
Don`t get me wrong...I like it and it`s different but I can`t remember what the advantage is for a desert truck.
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Still looks spring over to me...?
 
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