1991 Bodied Cummins dually on 22s

[comegetsome2003]

hey guy ive had a build thread going over on Duallyscene.com for a few years on this truck(well actually 2 trucks and a suburban). there isn't alot of traffic over that way so i decided to start a build thread here....as we all know the story is the best part of teh truck builds so ill start where i can..

my Senior year in high school my dad bought me a 2003 GMC sierra to drive when my 1981 longbed f150 decided to give up the ghost(16 year old drivers have a heavy right foot). over the next several years i built it into a sweet show truck when money allowed....this is when i really got into custom trucks and start enjoying car shows....here it is


about 2 months after i painted it green i was rear ended on the way home from a show...in the next few months i made a few bad decision that ended with me trading off the truck....which left me with no truck and a pocket full of cash....this was about the time that TowNasty was all over the scene down this way....i loved the truck and wanted to buy it but it was in Ohio by the time that i come up with any money...so i decided to build my own....started searching the web, craigslist, mautofied, ebay....finally found what looked to be a clean dually about 3 hours south of me in Middleburg, Fl.
Drove down and bought the truck without much inspection. drove it home and seemed to be a good truck.....over th enext few months the plan was simple...i wanted it bodied on semi wheels....so few days after i bought the truck i drove to Myrtle Beach, SC and picked up 6 22s off craigslist...found some adaptors in Florida and had those shipped up...then commenced to start tearing it apart



while it was tore apart to have the frame built i decided to swap in an LS motor


what was suppose to be a few months build turned into a few years build...we had teh truck pretty close to back together when my little girl was born....at that point progress came to an almost complete stand still so i could enjoy the joys of parenthood...the truck sat untouched for about 6 months...i was getting real discouraged with it


after about 6 months i finally built exhaust for it and started doing bodywork on it....thats when i got really dishearted with it....truck was literally a rust bucket and had been bondo'd over real good and made to look solid.....rear door jams were eat through with rust and cab and bed were so thick it was ridiculous.

i got the cab seam shaved and cab corners ground down and re-body worked...the LS motor was carb'd and i decided to go back to fuel injection as i was never real happy with carb setup...pulled the motor out and painted it up real good and swapped back to FI


started bodywork on the bed to find it was covered in Body filler also so i bought a new bed


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[comegetsome2003]

...at this point the truck was only getting worked on a few times a month and progress was really slow....when my tuner came over to make my LS motor idle i found a big set back...motor had a 230/237 cam in it and has a rough idle...my tuner was having a hard time getting it to idle...we started checking things only to find number 3 cylinder was down on compression....i had just spent over a grand painting this motor, buying a Current performance harness for it, and the other little odd and end stuff....i was pissed at this point(2 steps forward, 4 steps back)....pulled the truck out in the yard where she sat for another long while....my buddy here in town also has a bagged dually and he was picking on me pretty hard about finishing my truck...one night was over at his pa-in-laws house helping them on a race car when we got to talking about my truck...his pa-in-law asks me what i need to get it rolling and i told him about my motor being shot and he tells me he has just what i need to get it fixed...i was expecting for him to say he had a good motor but instead he tells me to walk across the road and look for a white crew cab....i walk over to find a retired fuel truck they use to run hauling fuel to dump trucks on the job sight....truck was all beat up but there was zero rust anywhere on it...all the bent panels on the truck could be easily replaced so that was no big deal but i wasnt looking for a truck i needed a motor....so i popped the hood to find awesome....93 model 12 valve already installed with a518 trans....this truck had been worked for several years with this combo already installed so i fealt like it was pretty proven



after looking the truck over real good and debating my options i decided i was interested in the truck....3500 bucks later it was mine....now the decision was to either swap the Cummins into my current truck or swap bag parts over to the new truck....i chose to give up the body drop for the Cummins and solid cab...after driving it around for a few weeks to fix the odd and end problems from sitting i tore her apart and swapped some body panels and suspension parts









after driving it around for alittle while and working out the little bugs i put some non-raised fender on the back and gave her a solid coat of primer

[comegetsome2003]

...the whole burgundy interior out of my first dually had been swapped into this dually....one friday me and a buddy hopped into my truck and headed to town to pay a few bills and pick up a few things....i had just gotten my new harwood 4 inch cowl hood few weeks earlier....about 1/2 mile from my house the hood latch released and sent the hood thru my windshield, crack free dash pad and bent my metal dash down about 2 inces....not the first crack in my fiberglass hood.



after alittle thought i decided against just finding another dash pad and decided to go ahead and do a dash swap....went to the junkyard and found a 1962 Impala dash and cut her out...widened it 7 inches and welded her in




she also got ne wcarpet from Stockinteriors.com and bucket seats at this time




cruised it around like these for the last year and half or so till January of this year...even put her to work alittle....hood has yet to get put back on lol





the bed was cut out and hacked up so i spent alittle time sheetmetal'n it



around january of this year i decided it was time to body drop it...been slowly plugging away it it since then


new frame rails


got rid of the 2 link and built a new rear suspension








also went with the Accuair elevel setup



cab back on for first time




tubbed and shaved the firewall




wheels back on...had them Custom cut by Trevor at Tennessee Wheel and Tire


thats where im at right now...been dealing with a nightmare of wiring for where the previous owner did the Cummins swap.....got most of it straightened out and actually crunk it for the first time today....more updates to come in the next few weeks

[COS399]

Nice start. I have a 88 R30 with a 93 12 valve. I will be following this. Keep up the good work.

[COS399]

Originally Posted by COS399

Nice start. I have a 88 R30 with a 93 12 valve. I will be following this. Keep up the good work.

And welcome to the site.

[brimc]

I'm digging this. That's one awesome project you got there. The dash swap looks great. And a Cummins too

[CDNchevydude]

Interesting story so far! Glad you did stick with it while many would've move to something else. Can't wait to see more!

[COS399]

I couldn't resist going over to the duallyscene.com site and reading more about your truck. Keep us posted.

[mooseknuckles]

sweet build!

[Hankster]

Sweet I had seen some pics of your truck on this site and I must say I love it! I never knew that there was another dually before that helped with the process of this one.. What ever happened to it? Just kinda using it for parts still?

[comegetsome2003]

thanks for the welcome guys.....ill try to post updates in the next few days.....been mostly working on cleaning up the nightmare of wiring....have a few more wires to hook up on the transmission so it will shift into overdrive....gonna order all my sound deadner today so the interior can go back in soon.....i need to order some new carpet.....i contacted Stockinteriors.com about making me some custom carpet to cover my tranny tunnel but they said they couldnt make it.....any suggestions on a company that can make me some? and my first dually is still sitting in the field beside my house....there is nothing but a cab and frame left now ive used or sold all the other parts. If anybody wants to see pics of anything else just let me knoe i have a ton more pics

[Hankster]

Would you be interested in selling the old cab and frame? The old cab is body dropped right?

[comegetsome2003]

i wouldnt be comfortable selling it to anybody cause the cab is junk and there isnt much left good of the frame.....i cut out fuel cell mounts, bag mounts, and other things that dont leave it as a complete frame anymore

[comegetsome2003]

Not really a whole lot to update right now.....I'm having Injection Pump problems at the moment....pulled my pump off and took it to shop to get rebuilt last Friday....still havent touched it as of this morning....waiting on it so I can put motor back together and the front clip back on and finally finish this thing up.....I did get a layer of sound deadner laid down and also got my new carpet laid and glued in last night....front seats should be going in tonight and start wiring up rear 4x10s and amp.....made a walk around video few nights ago....kinda hard to tellwhat's going on but my shop lights sucks....sorry guys

[Devillusion]

Wild....

[maxxxy]

Wow awesome project!

[1984chevypickup]

Sweet build so far

[comegetsome2003]

Thanks guys.....sorry for the lack of updates.....really been struggling with this thing last few days....I finally got my injection pump back Tuesday.....1300 bucks later.......seems that when my pump let go it decided to take all the internals and smash them around with each other.....always good stuff.....put my new pump on Tuesday night with my dad.....could nt get it to crank, keep bleeding it over and over again.....finally gave up for the night around midnight.....came back last night and started checking little stuff.....finally discovered that.my 12 volt source to the Fuel shutoff solenoid had 12 volts while the key was on but as soon as the key went to crank it went to 0 volts so it wasn't letting the pump push fuel.....simple fix that we just plain overlooked Tuesday night......got that figured out and put my radiator in so I could let if run a minute......freaking radiator now has a nice hole right in the center so guess I'll be pricing a radiator here in a few minutes when parts store opens up...but as discouraged as I am I can see the light at the end of thetunnel

[comegetsome2003]

Not really any pic worthy updates lately.....just a lot of wiring and little crap....built my exhaust last night....should get annoying real quick lol

[Hankster]

Sweet I like it!

[comegetsome2003]

Almost back together
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[maxxxy]

Coming along awesome dude!!

[Dieselwrencher]

Awesome build! I really like your wheels and the green paint is frikken sweet! Sorry to hear your injection pump stole all your lunch money. Keep at it man!

[comegetsome2003]

Thanks man....I drove it to town for the first time last night....pretty excited

[Dieselwrencher]

Very cool!