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General Discussion / Re: 20 years

« Last post by 78 Chevyrado on June 15, 2026, 10:15:34 pm »

Lift Kit part 3

The splash shields for the disc brakes were so nice i just cleaned them and they still had the galvanizing visible.  now you know how they looked factory.

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General Discussion / Re: 20 years

« Last post by 78 Chevyrado on June 15, 2026, 10:14:19 pm »

Lift Kit Part 2

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General Discussion / Re: 20 years

« Last post by 78 Chevyrado on June 15, 2026, 10:13:18 pm »

8-2008 lift kit.  Lifted the truck while rebuilding the front end by installing 454 front coil springs (I have a small block) and adding 1.5" lift blocks in the rear.  Had to get a new steering box because the hit was hard enough it wrecked that too.  Far int he future but now it has 275/70R18 tires on it that fit with no scrubbing.

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General Discussion / Re: 20 years

« Last post by 78 Chevyrado on June 15, 2026, 09:57:18 pm »

8-2008  Front end rebuild.  The crash bent the lower control arm on the rh side and even wrecked the steering box.

New parts.  All MOOG back when MOOG was the best!

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General Discussion / Re: 20 years

« Last post by 78 Chevyrado on June 15, 2026, 09:48:33 pm »

2008  Got wrecked.  If it hadn't have gotten wrecked I'd have kept it like it was but added the things I added to it anyway.

I was turning left and a woman ran the redlight and hit me hard.  for a second i saw nothing but blue sky out the passenger side window...   almost rolled over.

First two pics are phone pics  the rest are with my actual camera..  thats how old this is...

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General Discussion / Re: 20 years

« Last post by 78 Chevyrado on June 15, 2026, 09:36:53 pm »

Thanks for sharing! 

I'm gonna add more stuff later, stay tuned.  Gonna give yall a good history of where me and my truck been all these years!

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General Discussion / Re: 20 years

« Last post by 78 Chevyrado on June 15, 2026, 09:35:46 pm »

Thanks for the reminder.  I loved your restoration build.  Thanks for sharing.  I hope to continue on my 2 builds with write ups.  Life gets in the way and even though I built my dream shop it is so packed I can't work on either at the moment very easily.

Dang that was a long time ago.  I guess Chris's site has stood the test of time.  Best Chevy truck site on the web.

Life has a way of getting in the way.  I've had 3 cars since I got the truck, one crashed, ones my fav daily driver ever and one is my new project.  But the old truck just carrys on.  Only been towed twice in 48 years.  not a bad record.  one for a frozen brake caliper and one for the fuel lines rotted so bad the engine was sucking air.

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General Discussion / Re: Truck Toolbox Divider

« Last post by Shifty on June 15, 2026, 10:36:32 am »

Pretty cool! 

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General Discussion / Re: 20 years

« Last post by Shifty on June 15, 2026, 10:35:47 am »

Thanks for sharing! 

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Electrical / Re: TCC lockup pin location

« Last post by frotosride on June 15, 2026, 07:32:19 am »

Oh, you read the big words... That's not my style, I prefer pop-ups. But seriously thanks and now I have to find it!