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Offline VileZambonie

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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2017, 08:53:53 pm »
Quote from: Stewart G Griffin on June 11, 2016, 02:07:40 pm
That's very interesting, but can you change colors?

Negative but they offer them in other colors
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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2020, 07:52:03 am »
Haven't updated this in a long time so I'm sure I'm forgetting many things. I put exterior door handles and locks back on. Never cared for the shaved doors and poppers. Put a factory set of black seatbelts in and got rid of the grey Monte Carlo belts someone put in there. I added a NSS since it would start in any gear and someone just twisted the wires together with a wire nut. Added backup lights and a reverse light switch. I changed out the single headlights to dual headlights and while I was at it put LED's in. Not a huge fan of the single 6054 lamp look. The exhaust was butchered and had ugly wide mouth chrome tips. The passenger side was run under the crossmember so I fixed all of that mess and redid the exhaust over the crossmember with new tips. I added a vapor canister since someone removed that as well and just left the hose hanging there. Of course someone also removed the AC because well ya know that robs horsepower ::) Anyway so I put AC back in it. I decided not to use any of the original stuff that was still there. Glad I did because the Evaporator had a hole in it and was jam packed with a mouse nest. I went with a sanden 508 compressor and made my own hoses, new liquid line, accumulator, pressure switch, evaporator, orifice tube, condenser and compressor. I still have some other things to do to it but I wanted to go through the whole truck and get all the things "undone" from prior molesters.


















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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2020, 03:18:51 pm »
Nice ride and I like the way those gauges turned out.
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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2021, 06:54:04 pm »
I haven't been good about updating my own stuff I've been so busy. Pinky got some love again along with a posi, rebuilt the carburetor and fine tuned the timing. I took her out after the rain washed away the salt and broke in the posi :)

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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #19 on: January 02, 2021, 03:50:16 pm »
I really like Pinky! Posi is always nice!!

Was wondering how you like those Intellitronix gauges now that they have been in there for several years.
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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #20 on: January 02, 2021, 06:09:44 pm »
They are the last set I'll buy. Dakota Digital makes quality stuff, so I'll stick with them.
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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #21 on: January 03, 2021, 01:10:41 pm »
Loud and clear...
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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2023, 04:02:45 pm »
Taken out of hibernation for a few burn outs...
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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #23 on: July 21, 2023, 05:59:43 pm »
Man, I haven't seen so much pink since I was a single lad...

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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #24 on: July 21, 2023, 07:23:46 pm »
It's definitely an attention grabber! 

Interesting, though I never think of pink as a first choice, that rich, saturated shade, on that truck, really POPS!  I've always liked it.   8)
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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #25 on: July 22, 2023, 12:10:12 pm »
I never planned on keeping it pink this long but the girls need one too. I have enough toys for me already.
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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #26 on: July 24, 2023, 09:09:31 pm »
I just showed my wife...she said she must own it. (or one like it I'm sure :) )
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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #27 on: December 27, 2023, 05:20:21 pm »
Pinky got some more love and attention recently. I replaced the lifters as I had a ticking that wouldn't go away. Replaced the tranny cooler lines with braided ones and put a new trans pan on it. Modified the shifter so you don't punch the dash going into park. Replaced all of the cab mounts (not one bolt came out, joy). Put in a new dual exhaust crossmember and I made a new exhaust system with Borla's. It sounds great too, so I was able to take it out and rip around with it before the endless rain we're having.
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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #28 on: December 27, 2023, 08:14:34 pm »
Nice work VZ as always  ;)

Q: Does anyone other than VZ have fun with the Pinkster?
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Re: 1984 GMC C1500 Stepside "pinky"
« Reply #29 on: December 28, 2023, 05:18:03 pm »
My daughters are 8 & 10 rn so before you know it they'll be showing the boys in their Hondas what cool really means. I'm saving it for them at this point so that they gain interest as they get older, and for me, I just putz with it from time to time and get old ladies to raise their fist at me.
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