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ha ha
yeah, probably trade the '90 off....but we still have the '95 suburban :lol:
I have always been a square body fan, had a '73 long bed red neck rig years ago.

hell yeah, extra parts GOOD!!

women, what can ya do :haha:

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Man im glad to hear your wives arnt into it either. :lol: mine thinks its ok as long as she gets to play with the switches.... but thats kinda like me in passenger seat while she drives... WOW ok quit :lol:

Yea Joe we need to find you a square and slam it!!!! Then you can tell her, WHAT NOW :lol: :lol:

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Square . . .....

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YEAH MAN!!!
love your truck!!
I want a square bad

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all in primer pics
notice the white bumper
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here are some I took yesterday with the chrome bumper
just fwiw, after the pics, I cleaned up this bumper, it looks pretty good now
I used some 320 grit wet dry sand paper, still need to get some chrome polish and see if it will sparkle;)

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That chrome bumper is the white bumper previously?? Just sanded ? I have the chrome grill and a white bumper just like yours.. Hm...

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no, I got an original chrome bumper and swapped it with the white one.
if you look at the pic you can kinda see the rust on the chrome bumper, that is what I cleaned up with sand paper

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Looks good in one color Joe! :metal:

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thanks Jeremy!!
quite a difference, huh? :lol:

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I did like the patina red of the bed, that was cool!

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me too, just too bad the cab and front end were half a dozen different colors:lol:

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looks good! the stance looks good also

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Yup, looks like a different truck Joe. Props to you and the wife!:clap:

Hey is that rain clouds in that last pic or is that some kinda trick photography??

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thanks guys!
we have been over cast and humid for a few days and some rain back a few days ago too, and lower temps, so i'm happy

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joe looks good , dig the new color , scoti knows a ton about these trucks , i met him once at a nates super nice guy i like his square body truck looks familiar:lol:

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:lol:
thanks Dino!
i'm hoping to join the square body ranks very soon:metal:

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well...got me a square body short fleet:metal:
it has a bit of cancer in the cab corners and rockers
but is pretty straight otherwise, gotta get the jacked up rear down:lol:
anyway here a couple pics.
i'll get better ones in the daylight

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hey that dog drops your bed about 1/2 inch! check the letters on the tire.
I like the flat green, it would look cool with an old army logo painted on the door.

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haha he does weigh over 80lbs. and these jeep coils are soft :lol:
The wife and I have been talking about putting the Sea Bee symbol on it.
the '66 was my father-in-laws truck before he passed a couple years back. he was a Sea Bee.
also my biological father passed many years ago and he too was a Sea Bee, so it would have dual meaning for us.

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Looks awsome! Are you gonna eventually gonna lay some real paint on it? or you gonna keep the primer?

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nah, we will definitely put some paint on it, just undecided on color as of yet
I was just happy to get it un-calico-ed :lol:
we still need to strip the interior, inside the bed, and back of cab/front of bed
oh and then the there is the little issue of body work :waah:

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Not a bad lookin' '80 Joe. Congrats!

I guess I'm gonna have to go to the 73-87 side to keep up with this one!:lol:

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Thanks Tim....
here is a LINKY
:lol:
it will need some body work, but Scott has nothing better to do anyway :lol:

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Sounds like you've got Scotts work cut out for him... Hey, I've got an idea! Maybe I should move out there and let Scott do some frame work on mine. Hheeeyyy Sssccooooottttt, whatya doin' buddy?:haha: