Hi all, Another newbee! After owning my 82 40 since 84 the time has come for me to take on a chalinge and not wanting to tear up the 40 being all stock & oe I will be getting a 83 45lw in two weeks }
. I am pretty excited about what I had found, This truck comes with ff rear end, power stearing & compound low 4 speed. }
On the down side all the sheet metal is rusted out {:-( I cant site in it with out falling through the floor but the fram looked to be cancer free and the up side to this is all replacement body parts comes with the deal. So this will be a fram off project as you can see but what makes this a challinge to me is that I am working with Sheldon at G&S to drop in a 12H-T & 5 speed ( if 4cyl. is good then 6cyl. must be better ) full A/C set up donated by same cruiser as the motor. As time goes by I will be asking for tips and help from you and it seems that this is a good place for that. My first two questions are to keep the compouned low 4 speed in this set up or the 5 speed? I will be making a utility bed for it to keep camping gear & other needed things locked up. I know the bed is 7' long but how wide is it?? I can deffer from this but I want to know to get a idea for it now and start drawing up plans for it and not wate two weeks for this. Thanks for all comments and help. Brian

