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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Members Rides => Topic started by: 1LOW4X4 on November 22, 2010, 11:06:37 pm
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I'm sure a lot of you are also members on a few other truck forums but here goes.
1986 chevrolet custom deluxe. Nothing super special, I wanted a truck to drive daily so I could leave the 01 in the garage.
My dad bought this truck for $100.00 3 years ago and built it as a hot rod/side truck. He built a 350 for it, ported and polished the heads and intake, beefy cam, headers, true duals, glasspack type mufflers. Its loud. Its fast. Super fun little truck.
Dad never had a lot of extra cash, so every B-day and fathers day or whatever I'd hook him up. Last year I bought him a 2/4" drop kit with new shocks, then replaced his tierods and balljoints, then bought him a window felt kit to keep them from rattling. The front end was all fudged up so he found a 90's model suburban, and stole the front clip from it, hence the GMC front end. He also secured bucket seats and a lot of upholstery parts that the custom deluxe didnt have at the time. New headliner etc.
Long story short I bought an 85 silverado 3/4 ton in such good condition you wouldnt believe. Everything was intact, and the interior was the burgandy and looked like showroom quality. paid 800 for it, spent 2,000 rebuilding the engine, and he mentioned he wanted to swap. I said sure, cause I wanted him to have something nicer than what he had to drive, and I figured I could make his short wide nice in time.
I've had it less than a week. I've scrubbed the interior. I've rattle canned the whole truck satin black. I've bought 2 new tires, the other two next week. I scraped all the old tint off and had it limo tinted. I had a new windshield installed today. I bought a donor truck for $200 and off of that I secured an original 86 model grille and headlight bezels, I want it back stock. He had a hideous rear bumper on the back, I took it off and cant decide on a chrome smooth bumper or rollpan. The wheels that are on it came off dads last truck, and the one before that. They are 26 years old, and they are timeless I think. I spent 2 hours on each wheel today polishing them, they came out spotless.
Next is a spray in bedliner, and new carpet. I love driving this truck, its such a fun truck you wouldnt believe. I havent driven the '01 since I've gotten this one. Enjoy the pics and tune in for frequent updates.
When he got it. 305, smoked like a freight train, looked like trees had fallen on it.
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/86422a5b.jpg)
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terrible rear bumper dad made out of a 80 model stepside bumper lol.
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/b3792457.jpg)
AFter the drop
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/6aef0a12.jpg)
dull wheel
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/491eab9d.jpg)
Shiny wheel
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/9f337b23.jpg)
Original grille going on tomorrow
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(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/51891ce4.jpg)
pieced together interior
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/eb351213.jpg)
new windshield
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/883a8267.jpg)
taking out dents
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/ea024d20.jpg)
tacked back in
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/26fd7830.jpg)
Ready for rattle can lol
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/2b11e126.jpg)
After rattle can and limo tint
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/3e7bacea.jpg)
Last night. Notice the 90 model front end about to be gone.
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/95985289.jpg)
As she sits now.
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/c91e3c7d.jpg)
New front end
Heres progress. Swapped in the 85 Silverado front end today. Most think I'm crazy but the 90 model front end looks super cheesy and too "futuristic" if you will for these trucks.
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heres a quick vid of the mildly cammed 350 running
(http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx162/1low4x4/th_114.jpg) (http://s752.photobucket.com/albums/xx162/1low4x4/?action=view¤t=114.mp4)
Heres some random pics for yall.
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Just got back with some new headlights and painted the bezels black for around the headlights, crossing my fingers they look good....
What do ya think
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I like it! I blacked out my bezels, too. Great progress
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Thanks, Heres before and after new headlights and black bezels. I'm not sure yet if I like the black bezels but we'll see in the daylight tomorrow!
Before:
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After:
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(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/nickboudro/31495647.jpg)
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They needed replacing anyways so if I dont like them Ill just order new ones in silver. I couldnt find a satin silver spray can....
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The black bezels look good. The whole truck does.
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welcome from maryland nice truck/s
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Nice looking truck, altho I prefer the silver bezels. Do you want to sell the 90' GMC grill and bezels ? Message me if you do.
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Really nice truck, however I prefer the silver bezels too!!
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Nice work! That is one heck of a large patch you did near the rear tail light. I still have some lower patch panels for the drivers side of your truck left over from my build if you're interested.
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It looks like it has 2 black eyes, I prefer the silver as well...
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By the title of the thread I was convinced it was going to be about a furd pickup.
That's a cool rig. I like the older grill & light setup, and I can dig the black bezels. It's got a good stance and it would look nice with a rollpan behind it.
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Thats a very nice truck man! I believe it is not a turd!
Chris
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Very nice ;D, I think I liked the baby quad front end better though. The bezels could go either way, both look good.
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Really nice truck. I agree, a rear roll pan would look great. I could go either way with the headlight bezels.
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That's funny you mention the front grille being to cheesy and futuristic for these trucks I was thinking aww that looks nice then I scrolled down and saw the correct grille and thought wow that does fit nicer. Looks great man I have to agree it isn't a turd at all. Excellent work I hope one day I can do that to mine.
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Another vote for silver bezels!
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i wanna give ya props on the bed side.you did a good job welding that back up.truck looks good man
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I'm with you on the late model front end. I have never understood why people like it so much.
Silver bezels all the way. And how about nice clean aluminum grille. I've never been a fan of any of the factory grilles.
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Thanks guys.
I've decided I'm going to keep the black bezels...for now.
Had to replace the Lower A-arm today because a few days after I got the truck I put it in a ditch trying to turn into my neighborhood. We had a freak rainstorm come up, and with limo tint/bad headlamps/no defroster working, my windows fogged up and I couldnt see. Put the truck in a ditch hit a culvert, sheared a mounting bracket off for the sway bar and really messed up the a-arm so that the wheel sat crooked. Fixed that today.
The next mod I'm going to do is beef up the exhaust. It has headers with 3" collectors, and then it steps down to a 1 3/4" pipe, then flows into a glasspack muffler and turns down before the rear end. It does this on both sides; true duals. I thought about going dual 3" from the headers like my '01 but think I'll stick with 2.5" and some nice flowmaster mufflers. That should let her breath better, those pipes are tiny.
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Fantastic job, Just goes to show with talent and some time you can get classic good looks for a reasonable amount of moola... very envious of the job you have done. (personally, I like the silver bezels)
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"you can't polish a Furd but you can throw glitter on it!"
I'm for silver bezels but thats some fair work dude :)