Thread: 1972 chevy truck cab rebuild

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I am starting to rebuild the entire lower cab of a 72 Chevy truck. I have all of my new parts including inner & outer rockers, cab corners, main and outer floor pans, inner cowel panels, front and rear door pillars, and front and rear cab supports.

I am looking for some kind of scematics for a step by step process. Does anybody know of a good source for this information? Thanks


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i dont have any good info on that but i did it to my 76 chevy and make sure you have all day and some good gloves it sux to do

Don't cut everything out at once, cabs have a tendency to move around a bit when all the support is cut away. I would probably start with the floors first, then one side at a time. A temporary brace between the door jambs at the hinge mount point might be a good first step before cutting anything out.

I agree with Dave. This truck happens to be one of our specialties. Maybe I should say was. Anyway I like to brace the jamb with the door on so I can use it for aligning the rocker. I start with the inner and outer rocker first. Once the rocker is tacked in good, I remove the door and replace the pan. Do this on both sides before doing any more welding. Re install the doors and jack the cab off of the cab mounts and replace one side at a time. Your cab should remain as square as posible. Last weld all areas throughly( continuous weld are not necessary).

Originally posted by m falconstien
I agree with Dave. This truck happens to be one of our specialties. Maybe I should say was. Anyway I like to brace the jamb with the door on so I can use it for aligning the rocker. I start with the inner and outer rocker first. Once the rocker is tacked in good, I remove the door and replace the pan. Do this on both sides before doing any more welding. Re install the doors and jack the cab off of the cab mounts and replace one side at a time. Your cab should remain as square as posible. Last weld all areas throughly( continuous weld are not necessary).

dang wish i found this advice before I replaced cabcorners and rockers on my 72, but it didn't turn out to bad, the space between my rockers and the bottom of the door isn't too bad as long as you dont get down on your knees and look at it