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I used the extra cab reinforcements off the back of first cab to reinforce the rear floors. After the brush on primer dries I can put the sheet metal plates over all the holes. The cab feels real sturdy after all of the reinforcements I welded in. I hoping to get the body back off the frame by...

Got the cabs tack welded together now i'm welding supports for the body and filling all the holes. Went to a friends shop and picked up a pile of steel now time to start welding.

Nope it will be a 4x4 crew cab with a 105 bed.

I got both cabs on the frame today. I knocked off the rear of the frist cab and cleaned it up a bit. Now comes the fun part drilling out spot welds and cutting off the fire wall.

Well I got the cab off by myself today. It wasn't easy trying to balance the cab and work the cherry picker but it's done. Now I'm just waiting for a few friends to stop by so we can get the new cab back on.

Yeah it's too low. Got the dash & doors off and all the wiring out. Now I just have to pick up the gantry crane from a friend so I can get the cab off.

I got the hood off most of the dash wiring undone and the new front bumper on. There sure is a lot of crap bolted to the cabs.

A friend and I found this console at the local junk yard. It's a metal console out of a 79 K5.

I'll try it this weekend.

Some more pics. I hope to get the dash out with the wiring and steering column by sunday. Then I can try to get the cab off next week.

I always thought to charge them at low amp's over night. Thats good to know I have two Hawkers i'm going to try to bring back.

Sometimes a low garage is a pain in the a$$! Well it's in there so I started to pull it apart. Going to try to get the fenders and hood off then get the cab off. This cab has some rust holes on the cowl so it will be the back of the crew cab. It's going to be more work to switch them but it will...

Nice job Kevin! When is the first parade?

Here is a pic.

Well I just changed the glow plugs,controller and relay swapped out the rear window in the hard top and finished up a bunch of little things. Tomorrow the new owner drives it home. Now it's time to clean out the extra m1009 parts to make room for the deuce.

I use Group 31's in mine.

My plastic gear striped out where the square key way went between the reduction box and the speedo gear housing. I couldn't find a 44t gear so i used the speedo gear from a 208 I had laying around. I think it was a 35 tooth gear so i'm going to try it without the reduction box. I'll check it...

Yeah the plan is to strip everything off the truck and weld the cabs together in the garage. After all the body panels are painted I will roll the frame in to single out the rear axle and paint it. I think I'll use my friends tow truck to put the cab back on in the driveway. It looked like the...

I have been reading alot of threads about wheel bearing problems on M1009's lately so I thought I should check mine out. My driver side wheel bearing was a little loose but not too bad but the locking nut was really loose. The passenger side bearings were good but the locking nut was also...

My driveway is starting to look like that! [thumbzup]