1968 m715

[66stepside]

The cab is off. I’m taking advantage of the warmer weather to clean up the shop and get ready to dismantle the Chevy cab/front clip.




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[66stepside]

One panel at a time.


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[glendom]

Looks great so far. What's the size of your bfg tire? I'm looking for possible replacements for my michelin tires.

[66stepside]

Looks great so far. What's the size of your bfg tire? I'm looking for possible replacements for my michelin tires.

Those were 38’s. But not too roadworthy. Usable, but a bit dry rotted and mostly weather checked.

I traded them for a complete Dana 44 front axle hub to hub. I had a set of spare 33’s I put on until I get the cab situated.



The cab is on, but the back 32” of the cab have to be modified for it to sit it down the 5”, or so to make it look “stock”. I’ve got some vacation time coming, so that’s the plan (that and going to the lake!).


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[66stepside]

I finally was able to tackle one side of the floor boards. I need to drop the cab from it’s current height down 6”. This “minor” mod will give me 7” of drop onto the frame.



I should be able to weld it all up by sundown.


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[66stepside]

She’s lowered- and I still have .25 to .75 inches to play with to lower it. The bed still needs to come back another 1-2” and I have to fill the gap between the bed and cab. Whew.


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The old 6 cyl radiator and grill support are out. The 1978 V8 radiator support is in, along with a 63 Wagoneer grill support.



I also might have to drop the cab a few more inches IMHO.

Edit:

I did drop the cab another 1.75”. It’s as low as it can go and still get clearance with the standard air cleaner and the reservoir for the hydro-boost. It’s within .75-1” of where the SM shifter would poke through the floor.

[66stepside]

Whew. I disassembled the stock seats, sliced and diced the legs to fit the reworked floor pans and painted the frames with the snow cammo theme. Next up is the center console. It’ll get reworked to be an actual center console.







1st Step:




Edit:

I buttoned up the rhino fascia, so it can come off for final welding and prep for paint. Welding included a few nuts that had broken off so now it’s back to as it should be for bolting on to all the stock locations- even the M series fenders.

I also dropped the floor of the console and tact welded in a fresh piece. Then I ran out of daylight.





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[emoji90]



About a 1/2 gallon of polyurethane white dumped on the brick. So much for “cleaning up”. [emoji1787]

[66stepside]

If I can finish laying some brick down, I can get back to work on the truck.




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[glenn]

Nice, another M715 that is local to me. We need to do a cruise this next spring or summer with yours and mine.

[66stepside]

Nice, another M715 that is local to me. We need to do a cruise this next spring or summer with yours and mine.

That would be pretty cool. I never see anything else in the area on the road!

I did fix the brick and started on the 69 telescoping tilt caddy column.




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