Marks71

Sounds good. Your lift should come with the anchors. If possible try to get 5” of embedment in the floor which will depend on how thick the plate on your lift is. It’s very important that you don’t accidentally drill through the concrete and expose the anchors to the soil beneath. If they supply 6” anchors then you may only end up with around 4”.

I know it’s overkill but I’ve got an 84 GMC crew cab dually so I needed 20’ on the length plus the extra width, which forced me into the 14000#. The truck is probably around 6400#.

I paid around 7 for it about 4 years ago with the caster kit and a couple other options. Everything has gone up a lot. Nice building. You’re right on the 2 post if you’re doing brakes or suspension work, or even separating the body and frame. In about 2 months or so I’m ordering a rolling bridge jack for my lift. This will add some versatility. Living in California with “the big one” always around the corner, I’d never use it for storage. I park the Monte on it which offsets the space it takes up, but it’s always down.

I’ve got the Bendpak HDS14X. It’s not bolted and rock solid. The Monte is the heaviest vehicle I’ve put on it, which is less than a third of its rated capacity. I’d probably bolt it down if I was lifting over 10000# which is never going to happen. If you’re considering a 2 post, how thick is your floor?

Very nice. The wheel size is pushing it for my taste.

Let us know if you have to make any changes that require a substantial one time up front fee to get things right Joe. I’ll be willing to pledge $200 towards that fee for the club.

The build sheet. Lucky you! That is in way better shape than most. Leeds plant. That’s where my 71 was built. Wish mine had a few of those options. Definitely file that away.

You might want to order a 71 chassis service manual and a 71 factory assembly manual. They can be quite helpful.

Welcome Chris, it appears you definitely have a better than average starting point.

Was a bit slow a few days ago, but seems ok now. I’m strictly an iPhone user. The only main issue I’m having is posting photos, which started when I replaced my phone about 3 months ago. I get an error and can’t post them.

So sorry to hear that about your family members. Have had dogs all my life. But not many though because they’ve all lived long lives.Have 2 now, which is a first for us, both rescues.

Welcome Richard. That is one beautiful well thought out build. All in about a year and a half too. Please post a few more shots of it outside. Congratulations on a job well done. Thanks for the post. Really enjoyed it.

That was some tuff news to hear. Only 31. God bless him and his family.

Looks real nice. I like your door jamb louvers. Are they plastic or aluminum?

Unfortunately the consensus regarding finding a build sheet from a Flint build car is between slim and none. The build sheets were never intended to be left with the car and the the Flint plant seemed to be the only one enforcing that.