Mechanical Work

So, there was a fair amount of mechanical work that had to be done, including new tires, new brakes and a frame patch.

This is one of the old brake lines:

New brakes :

Frame rust - hard to tell, at first glance it kind of doesn't look that bad...

But, when you chip away at the rust, this is what you got! Pretty darn thin in parts, certainly risky to leave as is. It was something you'd miss on inspection unless you got underneath. The theory is the battery overflowed some time, and the acid ate away at the metal.
This is what it looks like after the repair. A donor piece was taken from another GMC frame and welded into place and then coated with some rust prevention coating.


More rusty parts... and it's held together with a tie wrap. Interesting.