Finally decided I had to get me one of these here build threads.

[uao85]

Well here it goes fellas, after many hours of beating back my indecisive ADD moments with a whip, I have decided the path my truck will be going for now in the building phase.
Specs 1985 m1008 cucv with 40k miles on the clock
parts collected to date
6" lift springs-doing homemade shackle flip out back
windstar fans
cadi relays for fans
12v conversion(wont matter now bc of cab swap)
humvee bias ply tires
homemade steering brace
1984 cheby standard cab being prepped and readied to swap onto the frame


Here are some pics

Picked up the truck-so far so good.

Front end stripped apart and cab stripped.

 

[uao85]

New cab arrival. Getting excited

Made a little dolly to move it around on to make things a little easier.

Got the sucker stripped down and flipped over.

Here the cab has been flipped onto its backside after resealing the back window, and putting down some por15 around the seams, as well as a whole mess of por15 along every seam and body mount surface on the bottom side of the cab, as well as generously around the rocker panels to keep everything from rotting.

 

[uao85]

Did somebody say por15??? decided why not attack the inner fenders, fenders, and battery trays while I am at it. Cant really tell since I threw some rattle can magic on the fenders, but I convered the seams and around all the holes and bolt holes in the fenders as well....and the front springs...and the grill guard. Everything will be painted OD green though before reassembly.

and then a few specs on the roof I found.

 

[Chrisblazzer89]

Why are you doing a cab swap is the one on it in bad shape??

 

[uao85]

a few more for good measure. My tires, my dog and my lady. bow chicki bow wow. haha jk, she was in a bad mood that day.

Remington

 

[uao85]

Why are you doing a cab swap is the one on it in bad shape??

nah, its completely rust free, with a clear title, and uncut. But...it is making it alot easier to convert to a/c, skipping the headache with the removal of the blackout light system, and having a factory radio harness built in helps also. I know the radio is nothing to wire one up, but just another plus and excuse for me to make things harder than it has to be. I do everything the hard way atleast once.

Remington

 

[Chrisblazzer89]

Wish you were closer i would take the old cab off your hands

 

[uao85]

Oh yeah forgot to add, that since I am a student, all this has been done including price of the truck for under $500...through either trading parts, buying and selling, bartering labor(how I got the truck).

Remington

 

[chevy wrangler]

wow looks like you got some work ahead of you

 

[original balzer]

UHHH your front tire has a flat spot..............nice build

Balzer

 

[Avery4jc]

haha they both looked pissed @ you in that picture...I'm afraid I know that look all to well though, "wth, another evening of tearing that crap apart?!?"

 

[uao85]

haha they both looked pissed @ you in that picture...I'm afraid I know that look all to well though, "wth, another evening of tearing that crap apart?!?"

Ah not so much spending alot of time working on it, she is just an attention whore, which I like because I am also a touchy feely kinda guy. So it goes both ways, and since school is about to start back up, I am trying to devote a little more time on the truck than usual, and she sees it as "you dont want to hang out with me". Anywho...more progress and here comes another ride of the pic whore train, so here we go.
First coat of bedliner

Second coat

Interior bedliner after getting the por15 treatment...which reminds me I need to order some more.

And some more goodies that have an obvious purpose.

Hopefully I will get the cabs swapped this weekend.

Regards,
Remington

 

[Avery4jc]

That interior is going to be sweet...never have to worry about mud, water, sand, etc. ever again!

 

[ThaMule]

nice build bro. i will get to do a rig like that one day. Your girls look was nice compared to the ones that my wife gives me. i would sware that she is planning some voodoo with some of those looks!

 

[uao85]

Thanks Mule, I figured since I am doing a cab swap, why not do it the way I want the first time and not have to tear it back apart later to finish what I wanted in the first place. Yeah she has been really cool about the truck thing lately, she actually helped me paint alot of my parts with por15 like my inner fenders, battery trays, and floorboards. Hopefully I will be getting the cabs swapped today. Well better get goin, it wont happen by itself. Thanks for all the comments so far.

Remington

 

[uao85]

Well made some good progress today before the terential downpoor that ensued. Got the old cab off and out of the way, the new prepped cab up in the air and bolted to the frame. Getting there...slowly, but its getting there.

Good thing I got things put together in time, here is a few pics of the sky falling shortly after bolting the body to the frame.

Remington

 

[Avery4jc]

nice progress

 

[pennsylvaniaboy]

updates?

 

[uao85]

Well I have gotten a little done, but exams, the gf, and having two litters of pups is slowly whittling away at truck time. Since my last post, I have converted the doors to power windows/locks, installed keyless entry, and ripped out the interior harness and rewired the whole thing. I have also gotten some more goodies that will be put on the instal list with everything else. A few things like a set of h2's, a set of used 37" bfg mt, 700r4 which is going to be rebuilt over the christmas break. My list of to-do's is as follows

(Before Thanksgiving)

1)Paint interior some shade of darkish green, most likely forrest or OD
2)Put all the interior back in the truck.
3)Paint exterior/bedliner for bed
4)install rear sub tank, with braided line, remove mech fuel pump, install tank switch, wire up electric fuel pumps, fab 2 crossmembers for mounting the rear tank.
5)install the instant heat glow plugs I ordered a month ago from ss diesel supply, and wire up ford starter selenoids for the starter and glow plugs.


**The following list is a list I want to finish by the end of my Christmas holiday, which ends the 16th of January when classes begin.

1) Install 6" front lift springs, rear shackle flip, brakelines, and shocks.
2) Clean up and flush the axles, maybe replace pads and rotors.
3) Fab a panhard bar for the front, ditch swaybar, inboard rear shocks, ford shock towers for the front, fab an overkill steering brace to keep the frame happy, fab new spring perches.
4) Mount h2s on 37s and install

At this point I am up in the air, I would like to mate an np205 up to the 700r4 I am rebuilding, but already have a low mileage np208 that is free. On one side I can pb keep the rear driveshaft and mod the front since the 700r4 is several inches longer than the th400 in it so it will help compensate for the lift. The other, I would have to rebuild the np205, and have both of my driveshafts modded...equals more money...hmm.
5) rebuild and install 700r4 either with stock np208, or a rebuilt np205.
6) reinstall driveshafts.
7) maybe install an onboard air setup and get a/c system put together


pb wont get to the a/c til spring though since the winters here make it unneccesary to have a/c.

That is the list as it sits now pinned to my wall, so hopefully this thread will start to get updated more with progress I have made, and lots of pics.

Regards,
Remington

 

[phillynitro]

Man cant wait to see this finished