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Title: ......Project never Done......
Post by: flat black on April 06, 2009, 02:53:27 PM
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0909081311a.jpg)
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: fitz on April 06, 2009, 08:45:40 PM
Nice set up. Looks great with the 89-91 nose, 8 lugs axles and hurricane style rims on it. There has been a few post on this site  about how the 88 and up stepside beds would look on our trucks. Now we have a picture to go by. Thanks for posting it. I myself like the looks. I have a 82 2W.D that needs a bed. This may be the way to go. Decent 73-87 stepside beds are getting hard to find.
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: enaberif on April 06, 2009, 08:57:18 PM
agh.

I like the truck.. but that box has to go! Sorry.
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: campcrf on April 06, 2009, 11:34:31 PM
not bad... I kinda like it too....
   enaberif,  just imagine it with all one color and a mean rear bumper on it.
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: enaberif on April 07, 2009, 02:47:23 AM
not bad... I kinda like it too....
   enaberif,  just imagine it with all one color and a mean rear bumper on it.

Its not the color. Its the shape, those bumpers don't belong on those trucks sorry :(
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: flat black on April 07, 2009, 06:14:14 AM
i didnt think that style rear bumper would look good so i bought a roll pan, bent the 3inch pipes down behind it...also have a hitch to put on....the front bumper i just put on, i didnt like the grill guard and the old chrome bumper...ill post up some other pics, some might be muddy tho....
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: flat black on April 07, 2009, 06:22:38 AM
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/Picture257.jpg)
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: flat black on April 07, 2009, 06:23:31 AM
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0331091657c.jpg)
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: 69byrd on April 07, 2009, 08:34:27 AM
I like the truck, looks like you have alot of fun with it. I am not to fond of those beds on these trucks either but hey its your truck and if you like it then it cool.
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: campcrf on April 07, 2009, 06:48:41 PM
i am still curious to see what one color looks like. ??? ... hint hint
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: enaberif on April 07, 2009, 07:04:11 PM
not bad... I kinda like it too....
   enaberif,  just imagine it with all one color and a mean rear bumper on it.

Its not the color. Its the shape, those bumpers don't belong on those trucks sorry :(

Urgh.. I meant box! Not bumper.
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: flat black on April 07, 2009, 07:05:11 PM
im going to scuff the bed and primer it in black primer within the next week, hopefully it looks better..if you lift the ged up further than the cab the bed fits better. the lines are a little closer.
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: oldwhity on April 07, 2009, 09:18:10 PM
Looks like a stout little short bed.
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: flat black on July 04, 2009, 06:33:47 PM
new 39.5 15 15s......and shackle flip with disc brakes and the bed matches...3 posts 3 new pics...

(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0619091448c.jpg)

Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: flat black on July 04, 2009, 06:47:07 PM
side view              (http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0619091448a.jpg)
Title: Re: 83 stepside
Post by: flat black on July 04, 2009, 06:49:07 PM
front view(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0619091448b.jpg)
Title: Re: 83 stepside...(new pics)
Post by: eventhorizon66 on July 04, 2009, 07:40:09 PM
Much better now that you have the bed painted to match.
Title: Re: 83 stepside...(new pics)
Post by: campcrf on July 05, 2009, 10:47:26 PM
ya... that looks really good now...
Title: Re: 83 stepside...(new pics)
Post by: flat black on July 06, 2009, 07:22:44 AM
thanks guys....heres a few more ......lol
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/Wheelin09038.jpg)
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/Wheelin09027.jpg)
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/Wheelin09026.jpg)
Title: Re: 83 stepside...(new pics)
Post by: flat black on July 18, 2009, 08:28:26 AM
painted it another color...
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0717091725b.jpg)
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0717091725a.jpg)
Title: Re: 83 stepside...(new pics)
Post by: low budget on July 18, 2009, 03:30:58 PM
Looks great, love the color.

Looks like it belongs to our great Army. :)
Title: Re: 83 stepside...(new pics)
Post by: exilous on July 18, 2009, 06:53:32 PM
Looks great, I like the bed too but the only thing that I dont like about putting those beds on the older style trucks is the tail lights. I will see if I can find a pic of what my buddy did he kind of covered half the light and modified it to make the old style tail lights fit and it looks good.
Title: Re: 83 stepside...(new pics)
Post by: campcrf on July 18, 2009, 10:40:57 PM
now you just need some mean black roll bars for it.
Title: Re: 83 stepside...(new pics)
Post by: bmaier on July 19, 2009, 03:36:15 PM
looks good. i like the color combo.
Title: Re: 83 stepside...(new pics)
Post by: flat black on July 19, 2009, 07:38:41 PM
Thanks guys...i painted the hood, cowl, roof and visor green today.  The flares, mirrors, grill and door handles are flat black also im really thinking it might hold up....  I am looking for a roll bar to put in the bed but cant find one at a decent price, i do have tho a diamond plate tool box that fits the stepside bed that ill paint hammerhead finish like the bumper...
Title: ......Project never Done......
Post by: flat black on September 12, 2009, 11:57:08 AM
Heres a few of the project thru the years, i have alot of time in this truck and a million pics.... it was free but no motor, trans, rad, fenders or one door... it started out with 2 tenbolts/350/465/208 = blazer donor and 273 gears, then to 1974 d44/14ff  4:10s  and finally  to 358/465/205...ill post em in the next few posts......thanks for looking at my little project, i call it never done because really it isnt.....lol
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: flat black on September 12, 2009, 12:10:38 PM
Here some of it also on the way, nev rockers, cab corners, floor pans, fenders, inner fenders ... i eventually changed it to a 89 gmc suburban rad support with military grill guard. I received a real cheap warn winch bumper and beefed it up with .375 plate. I had to modify it for the body lift and made a skid plate on a 30 degree angle with 85 blazer tow hooks..........


(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/l_e176165a1058670d80a29e72a241fff2.jpg)
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: flat black on September 12, 2009, 12:13:20 PM
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/l_749de55dc7bac78cb6bbb7c412c7d2f7.jpg)
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/BlackTruck.jpg)
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/Picture122.jpg)
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: flat black on September 12, 2009, 12:18:45 PM
One offroading trip with my old 37s  i went up a path too tight and slipped on some roots and tore the mirror off, smashed the door and bedside. That sucked and ive improved my skills much more since then...The door i had but the bed floor was too far gone to patch so i bought the 95 stepside super cheap and made it fit.  A rear bumper was too much for my budget at the time so i bought a roll pan from ebay and used light up bolts from dei for the plate lites....they worked perfect and for 20.00 i couldnt go wrong.  I also like to go to the local mudboggs and trail rides, its no trailer queen and doesnt have shiny paint.........


(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0909081311a.jpg)
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/Picture261.jpg)
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0331091657c.jpg)
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0428091640a.jpg)
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: flat black on September 12, 2009, 12:33:07 PM
Front view, warn bumper, 89 rad support, 1984 dana 60 456s

(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0619091448b.jpg)

Rear view, 74 14bff with 85 one ton guts, shackle flip, disk brakes, roll pan

(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0619091448c.jpg)

Side view, 95 stepside bed, eaton 15x10s,  39.5 15 15 tsls

(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0619091448a.jpg)

Then in the pics...hydro assist, shackle flip, disk brakes on the 14ff ........


Shackle flip

(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0612091500a.jpg)

disk brakes

(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0501091632b.jpg)

Ems box cap

(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0813091458b.jpg)

Trail gear 2x8 cylinder

(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0813091458c.jpg)
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: flat black on September 12, 2009, 12:52:54 PM
I took a 1974  350 bored .040 over with eagle crank, comp cams, keith black 220 domes, bowtie angle plug heads with 2.055 valves, powermaster 4.0 hp starter dynoed at 453 hp......Sm 465/205 both rebuilt, new centerforce clutch, new slave and master.. Now 8inch front springs, skyjacker shocks, weld on and bolt on steering box brace, rebuilt d60, new bearings, seals, king pins, rotors, calipers, pads, detroit locker, ctm axle joints, skys crossover steering with trail gear hydro assist,ems steering box cap,ord greaseable poly bushings, energy suspention body, motor and trans mounts.  Diy4x shackle flip in the rear with 4inch springs, greaseable bushings, new drive shafts with new u joints, ruffstuff disk brake brackets with new rotors, seals, calipers, hoses and pads, detroit locker with 456 gears, 670 truck avenger jetted and larger nozzles , runs mixed race gas and 93,headman 1 5/8 flow tubes, 3inch pipes with new flowmaster super 44s, 39.5 15 15 tsls on eaton 15x10s........  In the process now doing twin sticks on my np205 then smitty built 10,000 with dual optimas and a power master alt..
(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq353/GMC1983/0719091649a.jpg)
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: 87OldYeller on September 12, 2009, 01:50:40 PM
That bed actually looks good on that truck. Never seen one that was actually done just heard it talked about.
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: Chevalade on September 12, 2009, 02:42:19 PM
Nice clean build. What did you go with for lift above the shackle flip? Hydro assist must be nice.
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: flat black on September 12, 2009, 02:57:53 PM
    The bed fit real nice, i had a 2inch body lift and a 3inch, i used the 2 on the cab and the 3 on the bed.  worked perfect. But i had to drill all new holes and fill in the old ones. It was trial and error, i think it came out good and doesnt line up too badly.....thanks


    Hydro assist works good with the 60 locked, its real nice on the street.   I did the west texas offroad pump mod,  ems off road sold me the cap and tapped the other for 50.00.  The cylinder, hoses and mounts are all from east coast gear supply.....(trail gear 2x8 and 2 3/8 hydralic hoses) works awesome turning 39.5s

   Shackle flip is from diy4x with 6inch shackles, cleaned and painted the frame, then i used new 2inch trailmaster springs with out the overload and a zero rate(basicly a bolt in one inch block)....the height comes out to be 4inches plus the 4inch shackle flip,  almost even with the 8inch superlift fronts....
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: devious on September 12, 2009, 11:51:08 PM
thats a good lookin truck man
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: flat black on September 13, 2009, 07:53:48 AM
Thanks, guys
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: SUX2BU99 on September 14, 2009, 05:39:00 PM
What brand of rear gears did you use?
Title: Re: 83 stepside...(new pics)
Post by: treepete on September 22, 2009, 06:17:57 PM
now you just need some mean black roll bars for it.

yeah... giant lights or something.
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: flat black on September 23, 2009, 05:55:46 AM
cant find a roll bar that fits the bed right and the gears are richmond, with the detroit locker...
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: Chevalade on September 25, 2009, 12:02:58 AM
Please for the love of .....do not put a roll bar on it. Cage or exo it please.
Title: Re: ......Project never Done......
Post by: flat black on September 28, 2009, 07:18:20 AM
i was thinking a black toolbox and toneau.....im not that hardcore for an exo or even a cage