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Dang!!! Not bad:metal:

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When I was in high school I found an Ithaca 1911A1 under the seat of a wrecked Chevy Caprice MHP Patrol Cruzer!

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You and I may need to have a discussion about one of those grills. :)

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I rebuild them, using the center moldings. The grilles themselves usually have broken tabs or cracked somewhere. Once in a blue moon, I can restore the original grille. I sell them on the parts forum & eBay. There's a link on my signature, at the bottom.

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dana 60 front axle .

truck was next to crusher . they set it in the yard for me to pull the axle when i asked . guy with the loader setting it asked me if he wanted me to flip it upside down to get the dana 60 the easy way . . . i said sure thanks .

then i noticed the np205 on a th400 trans .

i cut the u-bolts with a hacksaw and unbolted the sway bar . then unbolted the adapter and took it and the np205 . he come back and scooped the 60 front for me and set it in my truck all for 80 bucks for the axle and 125 for the adapter and 205 t-case .

the np-205 when i tore it down was like brand new .

guy asked me what i was going to do with the 60 . . . i said my plow truck keeps popping 8 lug axles and this one looks bigger than mine so i am going to try it . :lol:

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love me a nice clean gmc grill for any year 81-up .

i think gmc grills are the best looking . and some even better dare i say no gmc letters .

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Not a junkyard score but since you like 81-up GMC grills....

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Found this GMC Grille & bench seat. I'm not sure of the year on the grille. It has the opening for the hood latch. The truck I got this stuff from, had a mixed bag of parts.

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Your grill looks like the one for my '78.

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excuse me for a min i will be right back .............. :smoke:

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Yesterday at Armadillo Salvage in Forest Mississippi I found a 9" rear for my '64 F100 that has a later Sterling rear in it. While walking between the Antique & Mercury rows I encountered & almost stepped on a 3' Cottonmouth!!!
At about 0745 hrs Central time Yall shoulda been able to hear me, I Squealed like a girl at an Elvis concert!:lol:

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Yeah... I noticed that after I posted. I am way more interested in a decent JY grill than a fully rebuilt one. You certainly make them nice. I am way too cheap to buy a restored one though. :)

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I can do that too. Just shoot me a PM with your cell#, and I can show you what I have.

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:lol:

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I was shopping for a D60 to replace the D44 in my K25, & found a beat up 1977 K35 cab chassis flatbed for $1200. Maybe not a great deal to most, since the oil pan had a hole in it, but the owner of the yard said he was scrapping the square sitting next to the truck I was buying & to take what I wanted minus the axles since they were sold.

Since I didn't have a way to lift it off, I wound up w/a th350/203 which was sitting on the flatbed, mint doors, complete with the correct door panels & keys, a mint dash pad & wood grained dash from the other truck that was being scrapped.

The K35 needed a drivers side floor, & a bench seat, but the drivetrain was fine and both axles had just had brakes done.

Now that I've installed a new engine, seat, & floor, & my K25 has a new dash pad & doors - I figure it was a pretty sweet deal.

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I guess my best score was a 1970 Olds factory Ram Air hood for $80. Been a few years since I got it.

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I rescued my entire truck from a junk yard. Does that count?

Original owner had the junk yard pick it up, but it was to nice for them to crush. 1975 C35 84k miles, 350, th400. $500

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I got a mish mashed 1959-62 corvette fuel injection unit sitting ion a shelf full of parts for $300. I sold it for $1200 few days later. Prob worth 4-5000 now

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Seats out of a '87 Ford Escort 80 BUX
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Bumper off a '87 BMW 325I 40 BUX
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smog legal headers for a big block while on vacation in Cali... for $60 bucks

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Nothing much for me, Usually these trucks are just Stripped or treated like **** in Michigan.

The only thing really special for me was a Like-new 6.2L Starter & Radiator from a Burb & Complete untouched LeMans Front Clip.

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Perfect condition GMC tailgate band for $11 after years of searching!

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Let us see it

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Taking the truck down to bare metal, so everything is everywhere. I used the gmc on the front grill, sorta shaved the tail gate.

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Was that paint job already on that trim, or did you have that done? That is awesome looking!!