Truck Tear down

We've been busy since getting back from California tearing down my dad's truck so we can prep the body panels and cab for the new chassis.. Let me just say.. I've never seen parts come off so fast.. We have piles of bolts all over the garage floor.. Today it finally dawned on me.. "How am I going to know which bolts went here or there"!!! I know.. I know.. This is something I should have planned for and made a process to collect and label all of the bolts and attach them to the parts we've pulled off.. but its just so fun taking stuff a part! Who wants to organize the chaos when the sweet sound of a pneumatic drill is so inviting! I'll figure something out. In the mean time, here are some new pictures of the tear down!

Day 1 of Tear Down:

Removing the tailgate was the first part removed from Dad's truck an was by far the easiest task of the day :)
Next came the bed, after the bolts were removed we lifted it off and flipped it over so we could dismantle it.

Zach had a great time helping us take the bed a part. He pointed at the bolts and we would remove them.. then he would quickly try to taste the bolt before throwing it on the ground.. LOL!
The fenders and 90% of the bed were actually still in great shape!
So we packed the bed of the '58 into the bed of Dad's '97 so they could be sent to Horvath Hotrods to be sand blasted and primered. Later we'll sand them down and fix any small dents..

Not bad for the first day of tear down! We pulled quite a few parts off of the truck and were really happy with the condition of them which means we won't have to replace much.
Check out Dad's custom delux bumper! He made that! He's always been quite a handy guy.

Day 2 of Tear down:
We started off day 2 by removing the front grill, light bezels and bumper.
Then off came the drivers side fender.
My brother Jaren dropped in for a visit from Colorado and helped us remove the front passenger side fender.
Unfortunately this fender had some pretty bad rust and a lot of bondo in it, so most likely this fender and the other one will have to be replaced.

The truck after day 2 of tear down.

It was fun working on the truck with Dad and Jaren, and we're definitely looking forward to day 3!