That is a beautiful truck. :)

Nice job, any plans for striping?

i think we are going to try something like the original. Nothing to crazy. This picture is before the new paint. My dad kept this truck in pretty good condition.

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Damn
 

that is a bad a$$ orange great job....

The door edge gaurds are a factory option but i am not sure if I am going to install new ones. Any recomendations? Just trying to keep the options sheet "real".

WOW - Outstanding. Orange looks great on these trucks. Come to think of it most colors (even ochre) looks great on these trucks.

Nice Paint Job.

Recreate the factory strip IMO. That would really dress it up. (Mine has it too!)

looks real nice to me!! good luck wiht it

Now that roll down window thing has got me thinking, I wonder if thats possible, wouldn't that be trick, you and your dad got a beautiful truck there, I'm sure you'll see a trophy or two, and yes I love that orange, nice eye candy

That truck is simply gorgeous.

thanks for all the compliments!

stock options
 

Is that a stock cheyenne model truck without either of the side trims frothe facto (as I read option sticker)? I had always believed that cheyennes had the woodgrain lower trim with upper trim as option and this was mentioned on option sheet. Maybe this truck had them and holes were filled. Just trying to keep up on ways these trucks came from GM!! Does the rear also have leaf springs? I have a theory about chevys that when it was ordered from factory with wood bedfloor they had rear leafs?

This truck did come with lower molding (no upper, just the pen striping). I had the holes filed and If i decide to put them back on I will use come aheasive istead of the screws. I have an entire set of new moldings. I cant decide If I want them back on or not. As for the rear... I have coils.

Stunning! I love the color and the truck is very clean.


As a side note, does anyone know if orange shows imperfections real well. Is it more like black or more like white? Don't want anyone to notice the door dings that we sometimes get or the minor flaws in the body work.


That truck is definitely a head turner.

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!! You must be proud, I know I would be. Happy Trucking, Doug

That is awesome!

you did a awesome job... it will definitely be a headturner....

I am not into the edge gaurds,but if my truck came with them like yours did,I would keep them on.Looking at the pics again they look like they belong.

FILICE72C10

Looks Great nice job .

Did make the wood for the bed?
 

I am considering making my wood, any help with this or the installation will help. I got some pretty good info from GMC Pauls web site on the dimensions for cutting the wood etc. Man that looks fantastic, I love the color.

I used red oak for the bed from my local lumber hard. Very good quality although it was a pain to cut, plain, sand and varnish, cut holes etc.... the wood cost close to 250. I had to install it and then drill the holes and then after it was painted it was a pain to line up the holes and some had to be re-drilled. I am very satisfied with the product but I wonder how easy the pre-cut packages would have been. They are heat treated and may last longer. The wod i bought was not totally dry and there are several small cracks that I may have to replace. I used a light oak stain, then used a marine varinsh with about 5 coats.

Great lookin' job!!!!!!!! Bet Dad's proud!!!!!!

he was reading this thread an almost cried :whine:

Very Nice
 

That is a beautiful truck you got there.