1988 chevy resto project
 

bought the truck when i was 14 (now 16) been working on it since then it was totaled out from the insurance company so me i bought it from my brothers friend and started to fix it. there was no frame damages just the cab and body. I found a body at the local junk yard for 200. Last summer i moved the truck to my grandfathers shop because he had a junk yard where i found a motor and a cab for the truck still haven't finished it its hard working on it between school and having my grandfather live an hour away but heres how it sits rite now.

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Looks like your gonna have a cool ride someday

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thanks hopefully itll be on the road at the beginning of may

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lates update

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a little more pics

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Not bad man. It's coming along pretty well considering the circumstances. It's always a really cool feeling to pull into your school parking lot with something that you've worked your butt off on. What are you planning on doing for the paint?

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im gonna go with the gm maroon thats on the cab and im gonna get the mossy oak camo sticker wrap and go from the body line dow with camo and lookin to get camo z71 stickers for it

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keep the updates coming!

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latest update cant decide witch grille to use tho

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some more pics

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ok did you loose 2 studs or break em?

Also just a heads up but did you ever consider some of the aftermarket chrome headlights and parklights, corners? Maybe some smoked ones or something? If not maybe polish the stockers since they are yellowed badly like mine were?

IMO the chevy grille.

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the rockers wore on the studs and messed up the studs so i had to replace them and now the push rods keep turning the rockers. but thats why they are out. the lights that are in the grille will probably because i cant afford to buy new ones although i would like to.

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you can polish them up a lil bit with toothpaste or maybe wetsand then toothpaste em, if not they make kits that are cheap.

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ill have to work on them sometime but first i gotta finish the truck first

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I sarted workng on my truck again today im taking stanos idea of makeing a cowl hood and i started making mine today so far so good here are some pics

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been workin on it all summer but i havnt taken much pics so heres what i got... just about finished my cowl hood finishing my exhaust with a couple cherry bomb mufflers and doing some other odds and ends hopefully to be on the road by the end of august

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had to replace a head... and a pic of my new truck and my buddys 98

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This is what you do...now that is a very cool hood mod..and looks better than any one you can buy...That is super..

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thanks... and yeah i didnt have the money to buy one but i had the time and metal to make it so thats what i decided to do

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added a little bit of primer to it

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I have the "project 4.3 SS" on here in the 88-98

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yeah ive seen that build thread it looks like a fun project... i think my next project will be building a pulling truck from a 98 2wd ext. cab plans are to solid axle swap it and put a big motor in it.

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finaly got my exhaust done true duals from the headers back no cats ad cherry bomb turbos but soon to be replaced by glasspacks i think... and im gonna get some 24'' long 3'' chrome tips at the end... it sounds quite nice

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also did some more work on my hood now i just need to fill in the back and add bondo... the hood is still going on my chevy but i had it on my gmc to make it match the windsheild... it was the closes 88-98 vehicle i had around... because my other truck isnt home

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Man you lift your passenger wiper arm

Goodmark I offically hate you!

Trucks looking good man keep it up

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thanks..... haha maybe you should have made your own jk but i like my hood and its home made so its just one more thing i can say that i made

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:lol: I know exactly what you mean; washing the windshield is a two-handed job.

I'm definitely digging the homemade hood -- nice work!

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Yeah I want to but my dad had it on the truck before I got it

I wanna do a four inch one but I'll deal with the wiper arm for
now that last on my list

trucks looking good keep on posting pics of the progress

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I'm definitely digging the homemade hood -- nice work![/QUOTE]

thanks ive had alot of comments on it because i havnt taken it off my D.D and its still not even done. yet it still needs bondo

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thanks and i will deff keep them comin... but rite now im trying to figure out my clutch

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so i started my body work last week and sanded the who truck and took the da to all the dents and scratches i have use body filler and filled everything but i still need to sand it again and out it in primer but its one step closer. i have 8 hours sanding alone into it.

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so hers a update i started to spray sompe primer today and ive decided to color match my dooe hanles and thats it... whatcha think guys?

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was looking through some pics and found pics of when i first started workin on the truck

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some more pics

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the doner truck i got my motor from and my truck body

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Wow, that donor truck had a tough life. Project is looking good.

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That's what I was thinking. I'd still take it over a Ford. :chevy:

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TOTALLLLLLY TRUE :lol: :chevy:

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haha it still ran and drove just fine but it had no brakes but i needed the motor so i yanked at and now it sits in my truck with a mild cam and headers with and edelbrock carb and intake

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what all did you have to do to go carbed?

I have an intake and carb. Did you use a mech fuel pump or the electric one?