my crew cab dually build thread

[blizzardrunner]

Well, about two years ago, i acquired a 1 ton 4x4 crew cab dually. It was an old Delmarva power truck, and it was in rough shape. it had a good running 6.2, a rebuilt th400, 205 transfer case, and the dana 60 up front.chassis was solid, and i got it for 1500 bucks.


how it arrived:





Starting the teardown.

[blizzardrunner]

I started tearing it down, and gave the scrap to a buddy to haul away for me.












Just for good looks...ALL CHEVY!!

[blizzardrunner]

Got these flowmasters for 50 bucks from a local junkyard, 40 series...




bought a suburban for 400 bucks. Front end, one back door, full interior, a/c, and a goodwrench "new" tbi 350.

[CscottsSS]

nice, keep us updated!

[blizzardrunner]

4" lift kit on the crew cab. I had originally put single wheel rears under it, but someone offered me too much money for them, so it eventually got put back to dually.









I will have more pictures later after i upload them. the truck isnt done yet, but the new cab is ready to go get a few holes patched. The 350 is in, and all my doors/fenders have been gone over.

[Xtremjeepn]

Cool. Glad to see I'm not the only one working on an old Crew Cab.

MORE PICS!!!

[blizzardrunner]

Alright, a few more for tonight, but i got to save some! this project is gonna be on hold for a little while, as i am busy with other things. My uncle, who does awesome body work, will hopefully be doing the bodywork on the cab. It was near perfect when i got it 2 years ago, but now it has some cancer holes in the rockers. hopefully i will take the truck to his house and have him work on it while i do what i need to do here. If it was just puttying and sanding, i could do it. but its cutting and grinding and tig welding. thats what hes good at. but here are some door and fender shots.



This is the pass. side back door off of that suburban. It was my first attempt at bodywork. its pretty smooth now, but i made all my beginners mistakes on it. Lets just say it took awhile.




this is the drivers side door off of my dads old truck. He had it since he was sixteen, and it was only about 3 or 4 years old. Its the brown truck in the background of one of the pics above. You should have seen that truck when i was about 3 yrs old. it had 7"lift and 38" groundhawgs. Pristine cond. it just went to hell after years of abuse. finally died on him in 03. its now on its way to japan to be turned into a honda.

[BHB]

Yeah, went down that road a few years ago...
I got a boxer too.
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[blizzardrunner]

Wow, that is one good looking truck!! Im hoping to get mine looking as good as that.

[BHB]

Tanx...it was 12 years ago.

[Ivan D.]

BlizzardRunner, so what exactly are you doing with the dualy and the Suburban? What would be real cool is drop the Suburban body on the dually chassis, not many dually Suburbans out there and even fewer 1-tons. Also I hope you didn't give out the front Dana 60 as scrap, it can fetch quite a penny if sold.

[blizzardrunner]

No, not at all. I had two dana 60's, one single wheel and one dual wheel. Both front, obviously. the single wheel that was under the frame in some of them pics ended up getting sold. the duallys are back on now. And about the suburban. It looks nice in the pics, but the truth is, it would never pass inspection. considering the engne, frame, and drivetrain were pretty solid, that gives you an idea of how rough the body was. It was COMPLETELY rotted underneath. Ive seen nicer burbs at junkyards. it was way too far gone for me.

[55chevyman]

looks like a fun project I am gonna watch this one and learn a thing or two i am sure

[blizzardrunner]

Well, I am still waiting to find out about my cab, if my uncle will do the bodywork for me. In the meantime i will post a few more pictures of bodywork i have done.

passenger side door off of one of many of my parts trucks i had.



$75 suburban back door. got it from a local junkyard, this door was as close to flawless as i have ever seen an original door. i could have slapped it on and painted it, but there were a few very minor chips and dings in it, and i cant have that!! lol



pulled the trim off...





DA sander and heat took the stubborn glue/foam off.sanded some dings and chips down on the bottom, and sanded the whole door to get the clear coat off.





primered bare metal

[Chevyforlife502]

nice man keep up the work and keep us posted can't wait to see next steps.

[blizzardrunner]

Well, I talked to my uncle today and he said he would do the welding work on the cab, but he wants to wait until its a little warmer...so until then i cant do very much. Im hoping to get my rad support and inner fenders painted soon so i can feel like im getting SOMETHING done on it. Its definantly a slow project!

[blizzardrunner]

The truck as it sits now.

[BHB]

Lookin forward to seeing it done. Just be glad you don't have do drive it home every night like I did. (especially after doing a floor, cab support, and inner and outer rocker).

[trickedout420]

strip it to frame and have it powder coated

[blizzardrunner]

Haha, it already was stripped to frame but i couldnt afford powdercoating. I have paint from Tractor supply to go on the frame and underside of the cab. Its a bit harder to wire wheel and paint with the cab back on and the engine in though