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Offline Psycho71

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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2011, 08:13:03 pm »
These are on my "to do" list for the burb, but not necessarily in order.

Finish the drive-train install. (about one weekend left on that one)
Rebuild the steering components.
Add 4" lift kit.
New windshield
custom front bumper replacement w/winch
custom rear bumper replacement
swing away spare tire rack out back
cargo rack on top w/integrated light bar up front
drawer type storage system in back
new headliner
overhead shelf up front
tach, oil temp, and trans temp gauge install
minor body work
paint job
stereo and CB install
bucket seat swap (getting rid of the bench)


« Last Edit: January 03, 2011, 08:15:22 pm by Psycho71 »
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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2011, 09:14:40 pm »
get my blazer back on the road and plow snow before the end of this winter!

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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2011, 10:07:01 pm »
Start to make my 85 pretty again with it's donor body, new mirrors/wheels/and core support to the 1991 look on the extended cab, and move my 86 from project truck and get it running with the V-8 and a 700R4 to driver status.  Part out the rest and clean the yard up, 6 is too many to have....
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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2011, 12:39:11 am »
Fix my starting issue for good repair little leaks and clean up wiring and just the truck as a whole.
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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2011, 03:35:06 pm »
My goal is to clean up this 454 and put it in my stepside. It won't be a 500HP motor but it sure will look the part.

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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2011, 04:45:20 pm »
Get the Burb painted, freshen up the interior and a small drop
Get Jamie's Blazer converted, dropped and running
Get the R10 swapped over to 6.0L/4L80E and running.

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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2011, 05:43:50 pm »
When my arm heals i,m going to start back on my stuff!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D

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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2011, 07:32:45 pm »
A pillar gauge install
Self Aligning Roller Rocker arms
MAYBE get my heads worked and new valve springs so I can get a little more raunchy with the cam
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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #23 on: January 05, 2011, 07:05:48 pm »
Get the heater working!
Fix the windshield washer, get the temp guage working, upgrade the headlights, swap differntial gears from 3.08 to 3.42 and add a limited slip unit and a new cover with a drain plug, fix the zip tied radiator mount, new center caps for the rally wheels, fix the passenger window, align the drivers door, replace the speedometer cable and work on the cowl leak
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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #24 on: January 05, 2011, 07:17:38 pm »
Need new brake light lenses with trim, cargo light lense and gasket, power lock switches for both doors, power window switch for passenger door, refinish door panels and plastic part of upper kick panels, get a dash mat, figure out some way of squeezing some power out of this 305, or just say F it and drop a ZZ4 crate in her and call it a year.

For now I just need to drive this thing till I build up some more money.  I've already dropped well into the $8k range for parts, labor and paint now, and I didn't pay anything for the truck...  I need to drive it a while to get some return for my investment.
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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #25 on: January 05, 2011, 07:20:41 pm »
get it road worthy, and eventually put a fresh 350 in it.

oh shackle flips and tires too.
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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #26 on: January 21, 2011, 11:06:16 pm »
I want to hear my truck run and drive it.  I have High hopes.  Then flatbed and paint

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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #27 on: January 22, 2011, 02:04:24 pm »
Finish the engine swap into my 80 and get the 73 parted out and have some money for some rocker panels and weather stripping.
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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #28 on: January 22, 2011, 09:07:24 pm »
    Get the body off my 78 parts truck and put it on my 74.  Get all the mechanical working in perfect condition..
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Re: 2011- What are you going to do to your truck this year?
« Reply #29 on: January 23, 2011, 10:07:25 pm »
Whenever I get this finished...


I'm gonna hopefully start buying up what I need to rebuild my engine and then hopefully a new OD tranny.
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