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Offline conman61

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86 Silverado
« on: January 12, 2008, 03:23:11 pm »
I have an 86 Silverado with 157000 miles, 400 sb ,auto trans. It has some rust on the cab corners and the bottom of the drivers door. I Will try to post some picts.

    My question is: is this worth restoring?
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Offline VileZambonie

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Re: 86 Silverado
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2008, 03:44:19 pm »
Of course it is! Cab corners and rockers are an easy fix and will bring your truck back to life
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Offline werewolfx13

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Re: 86 Silverado
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2008, 03:44:35 pm »
I've seen people restore worse...that rust is VERY common. Don't expect to make a profit from restoring these trucks, we restore/restomod them because we enjoy them.
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Offline Redneckchevy

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Re: 86 Silverado
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2008, 04:06:57 pm »
Its love....When u pull up to a brand new "plastic" truck and you let down on that gas of your 73-87 you will no lol
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Offline 82chevy

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Re: 86 Silverado
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2008, 07:01:19 pm »
thats deffinetly worth restoring. i recently just replaced my floors,rockers,cab corners,fenders and even the doors. its not to hard to do it urself if you have a welder near by
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Offline Fordeatinz71

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Re: 86 Silverado
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2008, 07:10:12 pm »
welcome aboard man!!  that truck is indeed a worthy candidate for restoration.  it is actually a really nice truck...just redo it right, you'll thank yourself later. 

what's the story on that 400?  it's definitely not stock...does it have any goodies in it?  what did it come out of?
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Re: 86 Silverado
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2008, 09:16:12 pm »
Welcome to the site!  That truck is definitely worth restoring...
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