My Build Thread, 78Chevyrado's 1978 C20

[bigkountry]

She turned out great, that color works good on the ol' girl.

[78 Chevyrado]

Here's todays progress.  Got most of the exterior stuff on it, except the rear window and bumper.  Got a start on the trim too.

[JJSZABO]

WOW Kenny, really looking good.

[JRConnieK10]

Man your gettin there looking great. Funny how a set of wheels and a little chrome really makes that color pop. It looked good by itself but,WOW.

[Captkaos]

NICE!

[GoatBeard]

Wow, that chrome sets it off! 

I was going to leave the chrome molding off of mine when I get it painted, but seeing how your chrome makes your paint pop makes me change my mind real quick!  Awesome!   

[VileZambonie]

Looks really good! Did you get some $$$ from the insurance.

[Captkaos]

I'd love to recover my suburban buckets, but I can't find the front pair w/armrests anywhere.  They only sell full kits including front buckets, second row seat and third row seat which makes them expensive.

You didn't ask the right place.  I can get it for you, but the owner of the company that sets the price is out for 2 weeks.  I left him a voice mail and once he is back I can tell you how much it will be.

Got you a price today.  $220 + shipping.  I need to know what year model they are and what they came out of.  Pics would be good.

[78 Chevyrado]

I'd love to recover my suburban buckets, but I can't find the front pair w/armrests anywhere.  They only sell full kits including front buckets, second row seat and third row seat which makes them expensive.

You didn't ask the right place.  I can get it for you, but the owner of the company that sets the price is out for 2 weeks.  I left him a voice mail and once he is back I can tell you how much it will be.

Got you a price today.  $220 + shipping.  I need to know what year model they are and what they came out of.  Pics would be good.

Thanks for checking for me!  It will be a bit before I can get them since some stuff popped up I need the money for, but I will be getting them before too long.  I'll let you know. 

The seats came out of a 1991 suburban.



Here's some progress...  didn't get too much done, but here ya go.

Got the tailgate trim on there:


I got the sound deadener installed inside the doors and cab corners as far up as I could reach. I'm truly impressed with the difference that stuff makes. I used elemental designs v.1 I think it's called. Works great, we'll see how well it holds up over time.
Here's inside the door, that thing is the window bumper in the bottom of the door.



Here's a little detail I added, I painted a black stripe on my door handles.

[Captkaos]

Nice progress!  Looking better all the time. 

Just let me know if you are wanting them.

[78 Chevyrado]

A little progress today...

Got the new tailgate band on


Got all the trim on it except the RH front fender upper piece.


New insulation and washer nozzles

[choptop]

Looks awesome

[ccz145a]

Might I ask how hard it was to install the speed nuts with the fenders on? I have been putting off this step of my rebuild a) because I have plenty of other things to finish, and b) because it looks imposible to reach.

[78 Chevyrado]

Might I ask how hard it was to install the speed nuts with the fenders on? I have been putting off this step of my rebuild a) because I have plenty of other things to finish, and b) because it looks imposible to reach.

On each fender there is only one hole at the back you can't reach from the inside.  I bought some extra "sticky clips"  like they use on the upper bedsides, and put two on either side of the hole I couldn't reach.  I left the pin on the trim solely as an "alignment pin."  and just "stuck on" that one spot.  The rest of the holes aren't too bad, except the access holes in the inner fender don't line up very well with the mounting holes in the skin.  Just a little PITA but not bad.

[GoatBeard]

I love those seats!  They should have put armrests on all their buckets...

Your truck is lookin' great!!!!!