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Here is my 76 when it had the 383 in it. I'm almost finished with the New 408 sbc It has Crappy heads for now, which will be replaced with AFR's and An Entire Roller Valvetrain... But for now... it is what it is.


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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48...27-09_2136.jpg

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heres my 87 R20 3/4

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Nice ride Jr. wish i still had my 84 step. What are you running for times? 1/8 or 1/4 mile?

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my truck actually came from the factory with an 8 leaf spring pack. its a firm ride but not bad.

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Here's mine. It's super dirty since we live on a dirty/dusty farm road. I still need to get the hood painted aswell as the front bumper. The lights on the grille will be behind the grille soon. I'm also planning to lower the front an inch or two after I fix the body alignment.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h_100_0125.jpg
My wife and my inlaws say they actually like the white hood(it makes the truck stand out from the other two similar trucks in town), but I think it'll look more "complete" with the hood painted to match.

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Truck looks good. Yeah the white hood is different, but I'm with you it will look better when it's painted.

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heres my 85 just got it painted

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looking good cava!

sorry i seem so flaky. too much going on buddy.

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no problem i found some ones on craigs list

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Cava, I like the white paint man look slick!

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here are some more pics still working on the interior.

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Nice work on the dash...pretty creative.

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looks good i was looking intoo running 2 screens in the dash behind the steeringwheel instead of the analog gauges making it look like the cockpit of a modern airplane running virtual gauges on them the radio/cdplayer and navigation through touchscreen
sofar i couldnt find a program to create that dash in realtime would be neat though having a smoked plexiglas front that lights up like a screen as soon as you make contact
the nice thing of that setup is that you could change the placing and the skins of the dash to suit youre needs
the speedo could run of the navigation
the gas would be a ampmeter
volt meter would be a voltage meter
rev counter schould be some kind of pulsecounter
clock would be simple and so would blinkerindictor lights and oilpressure warning
most of the hardwhare exist and they use these type of dashboards with aftermarked electronic fuelinjectionsystems and modern dynomometers but running of desktops i would need it running of a PDA type of device (without crashing harddisk)

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that would be pretty cool i was looking into the ones that projuct onto the windshild but no luck so im just going to try something with the stock setup

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Didn't pontiac have one like that ..... projection onto the windshield? That would be the tits.

Good luck.

ratty 46

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think it was corvette that had it

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The concept of virtual gauges sounds great, but most people who have those setups do so in newer cars and tap into a software that can translate the OBDII. Even still, I think you can pull it off doing what you described. Another though would be to try and achieve the cockpit look with one of the universal kits from Dakota Digital...
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...=cat/cat69.htm
...and then you could use this for indicator and shift lights...
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...prod/prd62.htm

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The Pontiac GD had it in the early 200s

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whats up fellas, got some new pix of my truck without the cragars and sporting ralle's and new rubber. i am using vette beauty rings for now, but i have some stock rings in the mail. i think 3'' rings are a bit too much. bumper is off finally!!!! throwing a rollpan on tommorow at work. (they have way coller tools there.

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nice truck Joe!!
I dig those rings

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i agree, what size tires you running ?

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thanks guys, i am running a 275/60r15 255/60 combo.

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i love it! looks sick with those rings man!!

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Joe it looks great with those trim rings. Keep em!

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I love the trim rings. I sure could use a set of 3 inch rings if you get tired of them.:lol: Truck looks really good bud.

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thanks guys, man, i tried putting my roll pan on at work just now, and it did not fit!! i have to cut it down on the sides about an 1/8'' and the liscense plate housing hits the bed. my brother primered it for me so i cant send it back. i should be able to fix it up though.

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where did you get your rollpan? Most rollpans with the license plate box u hav to cut away at the bed to fit it in.

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how cool would it to have this on the side of my truck insted of silverado
not the 2mode

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That would look cool, and really get a lot of weird looks from people! :lol:

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man thats a nice truck,the girls good too :lol:

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That's a nice bedcover! Truck is pretty sharp too.

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:lol:

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any info on that truck ??

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Here's my '85 GMC and how it looked when I bought it.....

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/..._purchased.JPG

.....and how it looks now with my 5" suspension drop on all four corners, 18's up front and 20's on the rear. :metal:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/..._5_in_drop.JPG

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This is my Dad's 1984 Chevy C-10 that we bought off a board member (locab 36) about 3 years ago. We have put new rockers, cab corners, hood, fenders, doors and updated the core support to an 89-91 style. We also pulled the 305 and replaced it with a fresh 350 with ceramic headers and new duel 2 1/2" exhaust. It has a fresh patriot red paint. All the above work was done by my dad and me.

Update: New 20" Foose wheels all the way around!!!

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Looks good. I'm thinkin' about updating my front end to give it that modern look.

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heres my 73

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why do those hoods always kink like that

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from not oiling up the hinges,they rust up and when you go to close them they fold over like a newspaper

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That and the way I understood is that pre-76's (I'm not 100% of the factory fix dates) don't have hood stiffeners @ the hinge mount. I was told they started putting a stiffening brace in from the factory after so many trucks were having the issue.