Jack's truck
 

We lost my Father in Law the beginning of August. I ended up with his old fishing truck. Had quite a few good fishing trips with him in this old truck. I am going to try to fix it up a bit. I think he would have liked to see it cleaned up.
Where I started:

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Had to correct the altitude. 4-6 drop, Bell-tech spindles and flip kit, cut one coil from stock springs.

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Looks great. It's ready to go fishing. :)

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Changed the work truck grille for the fancy stuff with a billet insert.

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I was just checking yours out. Amazing how similar out trucks started out.

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Subscribing.
What else is planned for this truck?

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Changed out the wheels and tires thanks to Jon.

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Its a 4.3 5spd truck with 190k+ miles on it. Still runs great, although smokes a tad sometimes. Going to try to even the paint out by buffing the basecoat out. All the clearcoat came off the first time I pressure washed it.

I have a rollpan to install, and a wish list of things I would like to do eventually. For now I am just going to drive it and be thankful I have another project finally.

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Subscribed -- looks good. You can really tell where that bugshield was!

Glad you got a cool new project, but sorry for your loss.

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So True. I see yours and mine and the only difference is the color. Keep it going. I love it even more now that I put in the automatic. Soon a bigger motor. :sumo:

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I keep telling him.... a 6.0/4l80e would look right @ home in there :devil: .

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I am tired of the 5spd already, so a auto swap is definately in the plans. 6.0, 4l80 sounds like a good plan. Wonder where I could find a combo like that. ;)

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Hhmmmm....

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What a transformation. Keep it up!

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Where are the pics of the 'new' center caps? Maybe try & get a pic of the old caps w/the lug nut covers too??

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l'll get some pics tonight.

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Have been getting a little done. Picked up some new caps from Hubcap Kingdom in Tulsa. I was expecting some take off caps, ended up with what was a make ready package that would have shipped with a Safari van when new.
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Also ran a buffer over it to try to even out the paint a bit.

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Also finally got the roll pan installed. The color is way off, I will reshoot it soon.
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Also repainted the wheels. Not sure i like it though, any suggestions are welcome.
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Uhmm, you know my vote ;) . Roll pan looks good considering how it was done. Too bad the color wasn't lighter. Where's the 'updated' grille pics?

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I like the grey wheels better , but let me say you have done a great job with this truck . I enjoyed reading through the build and really like the truck and its evolution . Keep up the good work .

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I will get a pic of the grille when I get back to town.
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I like the darker wheels. And I recently got some flat 88-98 caps the same way -- truck got custom wheels at the dealer before the caps even got mounted. They were in awesome shape.

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How about a set of 20x8.5 and 20x10 Boss 338's.
The offsets were designed for these trucks.

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I tried already.... Not in his current budget.

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Looks good wheels look awesome black.

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That pic of your truck from the back is sick!!! Great stance "attitude adjustment"!!!

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cant resist keeping up with a reb cab short bed. SUBD

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I agree the 20's would be great, just cant swing it right now. My daughter turned 16 in
July, I just picked up a 93 BMW for her to drive that needs some work.
After I get that going the wife and I are trying to get another house.
Always somewhere else for the money to go. Eventually it will get more
love, don't plan on selling this one. I'll get some pics of the painted grille up soon. Thanks for the comments.
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Trucks coming along nicely! Personally, I like the dark wheels. Stance is perfect!!

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Thought the grill was too shiny for a base model truck, so i painted it the same color as the wheels. Matches the area around the headlamps real well.

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Nice!