She's been a long work in progress. Bought the truck in early 2012, paid $200 and just planned on overhauling the blown up 2.3 and using it as a hunting/whatever truck. Then decided an LS swap would be cool, so I bought a 5.3 and had a 4L80E at the shop to stab in it. Had the truck running in 2013, and started working on some front suspension. As the shop gained tooling, the scope of the project has just kept growing.... About the only Ford parts on the truck are the axles, cab, hood, grille, frame, and a handful of interior parts. Full width 9" rear, D44 TTB front.
Last spring, tore absolutely everything off the truck, sandblasted and painted the frame, and off we go.
Sometime during last summer.
Probably last Oct-Nov.
As of last weekend. Should be fairly close to sitting on its own soon. Definitely been lots of ups and downs, building, re-doing, and even re-re-doing in some spots haha.