1984 GMC sierra build

[arcountryboy]

This will probably be a slow work in progress as funds and time allow.  This truck was bought 3 years ago as daily driver.  Being a southern truck the only rust it has is in the floor pans and they are not rusted through, just surface rust.  I caught it in time.  I paid 1000 for the truck and the only two dents in it are where someone used their hips to shut the doors.  In the three years I have drove it, it has only broke down twice, the distributor and the fuel pump.  The 305 in it is wore slap out though so it's time to get to work on it.

[arcountryboy]

Here are some plans for it, no telling how much may change as I go along.


350 sbc bored .30 over, mild cam, edelbrock carb and intake, msd coil, cap, rotor, chrome kit. 

Has a factory 700R4 in it that I am going to get reworked and a 1800 stall

Has dual pipe with delta 40 series flowmasters now but I am going to add headers

Will have shaved side markers, shaved mirrors with motorcycle mirrors added back on, shaved cargo light, stake pockets, taillights, molded in roll pan, shaved tailgate, phantom grill with 88-98 led euro turn signals, and maybe Cadillac taillights.

Eastwood's black cherry paint with Eastwood's tunnel ram gray strip down the side, black cherry on all the metal inside with gray tweed wrapping the dash and panels, gray seat with black inserts.  Mild sound system. 

Here is the colors I am planning on using.

Black Cherry base


Tunnel ram gray for a stripe down the side

[Grim 82]

I think your color choices will look pretty good.
It looks real good for an 1894 model

[bake74]

     Very solid start, looking forward to pic's as you go through it.  Just have to say it, where is the horse to pull it with. (1894) 

[1980c10]

I think a nicer two tone option with those colors is to do one on top and one on the bottom instead of the stripe.
my thought on the taillights is as follows, try to follow along the idea isn't simple but isn't hard to do either
-you'll need the metal covers for "shaved tailights"
-'59 caddilac bullet style tailights (two per side) ot similar style
-metal tubing slightly larger than the base of the lights
from this you'll make a base for the lights to be installed in the factory location.
I can elaborate if you want me to.
a friend of mine has this on his 80 chevy pick up and it looks great.
He also narrowed the body and frame chopped the top along with about a hundred other pretty wild modifications including a 30's grill and bumper then painted it pink so go figure. so I like the his taillights and creativity anyway.

[slammed79]

I think a nicer two tone option with those colors is to do one on top and one on the bottom instead of the stripe.

I agree here, the two would look beautiful in a beltline two tone, the only problem for me would be trying to choose which one I wanna look at all the time

[1980c10]

I think a nicer two tone option with those colors is to do one on top and one on the bottom instead of the stripe.

I agree here, the two would look beautiful in a beltline two tone, the only problem for me would be trying to choose which one I wanna look at all the time

right, it's hard enough to pick one color.

this also opens it up for some nice pinstriping detail between the colors.
I ussually prefer the darker color on top for a custom look. 

[arcountryboy]

Thanks for the compliments guys, I am tearing it apart this weekend, well as much as I can anyway.  I am thinking doing a factory style job with the gray on top of the cab and a little at the bottom, and the black cherry in the center.  Anyone by any chance have a pic of one so I can see where the paint stops on the cab, I think it just runs down to the bed and stops, but I dont know how the doors ar painted.

I scrapped the caddie light idea, I was going to use 97 caddie tails but I think I am going to run a light bar in between the tailgate and roll pan and put some small DOT lights in the pan.

[arcountryboy]

Got the whole front cap off today, lucky me still no rust, battery box is even still in good shape!  pics to come later.