Thanks Jaber,this truck is an example of me not being able to leave things alone, I bought it back in 2000 because it was the cheapest truck I could find, thought it was ugly, the stock springs were so bad it looked like it had been lowered, made a bet with a friend I wouldn't do anything with it but that lasted about a year before I put A/C in it for my wife and BJ's 4" lift springs, the ride was so stiff it was no fun to drive,lost the bet ($20.00), couple years later blew up the engine towing a small tractor so I found another 360 and rebuilt it really wish I would have known about IFSJ at that time and the mods for oil pressure,ran so bad with the oem carb put a custom efi tbi on it, one of the best upgrades I did to that 360,hit deer and bent the bumper and grille so replaced with the Gladiator grille and C steel "deer killer" bumper works well for killing deer,after twice failing me on a snowy day replaced the Quadratrac with a Dana 20 and rebuilt the TH400,because the ride was so bad decided to do a SOA with stock springs using TAD's kit rebuilt the front/rear diff's and steering, still rode bad but looked great!, drove the truck for several years in this configuration till I could see the road thru the floorboards, was waiting for Chip Foose to steal my truck and do a major rebuild but didn't happen
So after avoiding really getting into a total rebuild (just don't have the time or money) My son takes over and tears the truck down to the frame and here we go, so far a 42 Gallon Suburban tank where the spare tire would be,Rock Laurence front shackle rev kit (also removed a leaf) relocate front shocks for better ride,mocking up a 5,3 Vortec,700 R4 stage two from Novak with twin stick Dana 20 (should have used a 4L60) but bought the trans before the 5.3,Vintage Air Gen IV magnum, 89 Grand Waggie dash,oem buckets with oem console modified cup holder,thinking about painting her Indigo or Maroon,so there it is thank goodness my son can't leave things alone either!!