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Title: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: nitropyro on March 22, 2009, 01:36:50 am

heres my truck small project but mainly a daily driver my project is another story. i bought this for $1000 in ohio was red with a tan stripe very ugly at the time. did a little interior and exterior, looking to drop it wanted to see what everyone else likes. i was thinking 5/6 static beltech spindles and shackles with c notch. here are a few pics i have will get better ones tomorrow. also gonna paint the tires red and add white walls. new carpet soon too. interior will all be black. also does anyone know how hard it is to add an 06 style seat into these?
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Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: bmaier on March 22, 2009, 02:26:25 am

i say go for it...i've always liked the rat rod look, i personally would like to do it someday with a 2wd.

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: oldyeller on March 22, 2009, 01:44:59 pm

Welcome from Texas.  Did you pinstripe it yourself.  Nice project.  These trucks look great any way you want to do them.

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: oldwhity on March 22, 2009, 08:59:14 pm

Cool project and welcome from Maryland.

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: 69byrd on March 22, 2009, 10:20:03 pm

Pinstriping looks good  8) Welcome aboard from Tennessee.

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: Bowtie Bomber on March 23, 2009, 09:18:50 am

Yes, I think the pin striping looks excellent as well!

welcome from Florida!  8)

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: nitropyro on April 15, 2009, 05:49:12 pm

well if all goes well my truck should be lowered 3/5 this weekend!!!!
Danny

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: oldwhity on April 15, 2009, 06:48:31 pm

Try and snag a few pics if you can.

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: choptop on April 15, 2009, 10:26:28 pm

I like it!!

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: Thowell on April 15, 2009, 11:19:59 pm

thats a dang good start to a rat rod. what are you gonna do next? maybe some really nasty loud headers to straight dumps. no mufflers or glass packs. haha. it would sound badddddd. even if its a 305

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: nitropyro on April 20, 2009, 04:33:22 pm

well everyone i took the camera to my buddies just to realize i didnt have my battery charged for it........well need to find my charger it has 3 spindles and a 6 in flipkit i planned on just raising the back back up to level it but i like it so much i might get springs for it also. while i was at it i did upper and lower moog ball joints and inner and outer tie rods. also my truck didnt come witha sway bar so found one in the junk yard last weekend and threw that on man rides pretty nice so far i for got to buy my rear shocks ::) so little rough right now i order them through jegs tonight.
Danny

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: CruzByU on April 20, 2009, 05:26:31 pm

Nitro, your my hero man. I have been planning on doing my 75 just like that. I just stumbled across an 82GMC with a much better body so I'm in the process of pulling the 350 and building it, and it will go into the 82 RatRod style. What type of paint did you use?

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: nitropyro on May 06, 2009, 09:08:42 am

rustolieum flat black out of a hvlp gun. i finally found my camera and charger so new pics soon
Danny

Title: Re: 82 c10 305 long bed ratrodded
Post by: nitropyro on June 11, 2009, 05:29:28 pm

so i have been slacking and have forgot the pics but i did get lowered on white walls also. i bought a 260hp motor going in this weekend. i was gonna order the exhaust off this site but saw jegs has it right down the street so i can get it quicker. i was wondering how many people have used this system and hows the kit? i will get pics for sure this weekend as we do the swap.
Danny