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Got the passenger rear limit strap in. Lower mount is just tacked for now as I want to cycle it It should tuck nicely out of the way and not interfere with the bump or coil over

Nearly done with the bed repair. Both front corners near the cab had cracked apart and split. You can see the large vertical crack in the background. Pulled it back together with a strap, added a reinforcement plate and welded it up Finished off the last rear fender brace. This is the...

Several more issues in the bed got addressed This was a large jagged hole in the bottom of the bed and the two holes had been torched in the upper rail by the cab Pulled out the old chunk of bed material left over from shortening it and cut a chunk out with the correct contour...

The poor hammered bed… Finished the bed mount repairs on the passenger side today so the bed is fully bolted up now Addressed the 4 lift points on the upper rail of the bed. I believe they were in place to assist with lifting the truck into a cargo ship for transport. Every one of them was...

More welding repair tabs and nutserts today Inside the under bed box that was used to hold military tent poles. The bed mount hole is all hogged out Very sad bugger weld related to the clasp on the outer door Made a reinforcing tab out of 1/8” plate and welded it in 1/2”-13 nutsert...

Currently in the process of filling in all the old holes in the floor of the bed. Round caps were used on 4 old bed mounts that are no longer used

Cut up some 6”x2” 1/8” thick plates with the plasma to cap things off and reinforce the damaged rails

The body work continues…. These are the hammered to piss stake side pockets. In addition to the mangled upper metal, all the internal supports are blown out.

A little bit bit of body work today, filled in all the holes related to the old fuel filler neck. Also managed to get a big crease fairly flat Skim coat of Bondo and sanded. Probably somewhere in the region of flat/straight now

Haha! Thanks 😊 Could just be stubborn too

It’s in. Spacers are just tacked for now. I’ll fully weld everything when the box comes back out. TIGHT fit

So the PSC box is in. I thought I had the steering mount all done. Wrong The PSC box is a larger casting with a larger end cap. Fought me every inch of the way fitting it. I pity the next 715 owner that wants to modify for power steering. UGH Had to make some inner box spacers out of some...

Rear bumper end caps/extensions are tacked in place Using these sealed LED units

Little bits of progress Upper radiator hose. The angle was terrible as you can see and from what I can tell, the 3 bolt thermostat flange is specific to the GM 8.1 engine. There are no aftermarket swivel housings or adapters available. So… Chopped this little guy up Rotated it clockwise...

Burned out the frame gussets for the sway bar Ended up only using the shorter ones, looks cleaner Burned the gussets in Finished off the rear frame extensions. Stock were totally beat to hell and not usable, these were custom bent to match the factory frame dimensions Using the oval...

Hammered out the main sway bar mounts today Cardboard layout. This frame is SO fun to work on. Seems like nothing is “quite” the same side to side, not even the frame bends, oh well Using 1/4” plate, decided to just notch it for the tubing like this, should be PLENTY of weld surface Love...

Sway bar layout… Bars have 3 adjustment holes offset 1” from each other Green angle iron represents the torsion bar layout TIG wire is representing the arm. They have 5 degree kick out

Here’s an example of how rounded out the old mounts were. That’s a 1/2” bolt inside of it Filled it in Passenger side bed mount modified Today was cleanup day. What a mess, so much grinding and sanding dust

H Ha!

Part of the old mount. The hole is far too large and the bed was obviously loose. All the holes are hogged out Used an oval tube cap, drilled it to just over 1/2” and welded it in with the correct offset so everything lines up Gusseted mount, upper mount shortened and welded back in. Uses...