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Title: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: 86sierra on March 25, 2009, 06:08:13 pm

Hey guys im new to the forum but not to working on cars its a long story but my truck is almost done

My dad built a 1937 Chevrolet Street Rod, which took him 12 years to complete! And the entire time he built it, he told me when his car was done we would build a truck together

So no more them 3 months after his car was completed we found my truck. We went to our apt building to do some repair work. Across the street sitting on a front lawn was this old rusted out leaky 1986 sierra. The date was August 3rd 2005

I asked my dad when we were finished if we could look at it, and we checked this thing out from top to bottom. We returned that night with a flat deck trailer, $900 in my right back pocket, and $300 in my left back pocket. He was asking $1400 and my dad bargained him to everything in my right back pocket.  $900! We drove it onto the trailer and headed home.

Once home i drove up and down our farm laneway and ended the night with some one-wheel peels on the concrete floor in the shop.

Then the 'fun' began. Slowly over time i decided what i wanted to do with it after i suscribed to truckin' and   Truck :P

Like any build we have encountered some problems along the way mainly rust
I have replaced both bed sides, half the bed floor and the ENTIRE cab with an imported cab from the southern states
To all you guys that live lower then PA that the have rust issues, i would gladly deal with that then with the harsh Canadian Rust issues ive dealt with.

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: zieg85 on March 25, 2009, 06:15:32 pm

Pictures, we want pictures... Welcome to the site, sounds like a great project

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: 86sierra on March 25, 2009, 06:16:11 pm

What i've done to my truck

Drop 3" front
Drop 4" rear
16 gallon fuel cell between framerails
Southern Cab
New doors, bedsides

355 cubic inch SBC
Dynoed 325 HP and 390 ft/lb tq
All on a 600CFM Holley
Edelbrock Performer Intake
Comp Cam
GM vortech heads
Aluiminum Pistons
Heddmen Full Length Headers
GM serpentine kit 

700R4 transmission with a B&M Stage 1 shift kit

2.73 Rear end gears  (fuel economy!)

Countless hours of body work are yet to come for the truck to be nice and straight

Colour (thats the canadian way :)) will be two tone Metallic Black and Silver split at the hood line

Oh! and rolling on 17"x9.5" Billet Specalties Street Star on each corner

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: 86sierra on March 25, 2009, 06:17:35 pm

Yeah gimme some time with the pictures i gotta collect the good the bad and the ugly!

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: Bowtie Bomber on March 25, 2009, 06:29:53 pm

Welcome from Florida! Your truck sounds like it's a great machine! I adopted my truck around the same time as you did, except it was given to me by my uncle (his old woods truck).

glad to see another father & son project on here, they make great memories  :)

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: 86sierra on March 25, 2009, 06:39:23 pm

here ya go!
(http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss266/ernierwilliams/125_2508.jpg)
(http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss266/ernierwilliams/IMG_2208.jpg)
(http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss266/ernierwilliams/IMG_2973.jpg)
(http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss266/ernierwilliams/IMG_2198.jpg)

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: choptop on March 25, 2009, 09:19:09 pm

That 37 is beautiful. Truck isnt to bad either. I have a 39 Pontiac Convertable that I hope to have in that condition some day. Welcome from West Texas

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: oldwhity on March 25, 2009, 09:25:56 pm

Welcome from Maryland. Nice looking truck.

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: 69byrd on March 25, 2009, 09:35:32 pm

Welcome from Tennessee. That looks like a great project!

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: levisjohnson on March 26, 2009, 04:09:33 pm

Welcome from not so sunny (not today anyways) Florida

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: JRConnieK10 on March 26, 2009, 06:23:01 pm

Welcome from Ohio. Cool project.

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: oldyeller on March 26, 2009, 07:42:28 pm

Welcome from Texas.  The 37 is sweet.  Hope your truck doesn't take 12 years to complete, but think of how awesome it would look if it did. 

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: 86sierra on March 26, 2009, 09:39:50 pm

thanks guys! and i sure hope it doesnt take me 12 years! 4 has already seemed like eternity to go cruzin with him
and here are some more that i found i will have new ones by monday, it goes into the paint shop friday the 3rd

Check out the rust
(http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss266/ernierwilliams/125_2570.jpg)

3/4 drop
(http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss266/ernierwilliams/IMG_2972.jpg)
On the dyno- 37's small block
(http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss266/ernierwilliams/118_1889.jpg)
be honest you just wanna se more of this baby!
(http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss266/ernierwilliams/125_2558.jpg)

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: Flamingbig10 on March 27, 2009, 02:00:54 am

welcome from Texas, nice project, my truck is a Father son project also

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: 86sierra on July 13, 2009, 06:51:28 pm

well shes all done and the reason i havent put photos up casue i was too busy buildin it so here ya go!!
(http://[img width=800 height=600]http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss266/ernierwilliams/IMG_3514.jpg)[/img]

(http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss266/ernierwilliams/IMG_3514.jpg)

(http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss266/ernierwilliams/IMG_0563.jpg)

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: oldwhity on July 13, 2009, 07:14:27 pm

What a transformation!! I really like the black over silver. :o

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: oldyeller on July 13, 2009, 09:44:55 pm

Beautiful.  Awesome job. 

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: Flashback on July 13, 2009, 10:35:24 pm

Beautiful man, I'd like my truck to look like that someday.

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: 86sierra on July 23, 2009, 05:24:48 pm

thanks guys!

Title: Re: Father Son Project 1986 GMC Sierra
Post by: oldredtruck on July 30, 2009, 08:50:33 am

PAINT IS TIGHT!!!!