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My 1959 GMC patina fleetside project
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Well just introducing myself i am Brandon. And i cant wait to get started on my build. My plan is to do a full porterbuilt front and rear drop members and air ride, with a lq9 big single turbo build.
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Welcome aboard, nice truck.
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Looking forward to seeing it come together. Post lots of pic's!!!
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Welcome, welcome, welcome. We need more GMC's. Looking forward to seeing ryde come to life.
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Welcome.
Kim |
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Welcome Brandon!
Nice truck, looking forward to your build!! |
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those turn signals threw me for a second, until I realized that was some farmer engineering. looks like a great start, the fleetside trucks are great
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Any progress? dug
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Porter built front and rear drop member ordered and only a couple of more weeks till its ready.
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Did you go with the air bag or coil-over setup?
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Yes original frame with front and rear porter built drop members and full air ride.
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Hopefully picking up my Porterbuilt dropmembers by next week and i will post pics soon.
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Finally got all of my porter built suspension and brakes.
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Lots of boxes.
Very cool to have a bunch of new parts. Kim |
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...and the fun begins!!
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I wish my garage had those boxes!
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Awesome plan! ill follow!
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Very nice! Lets see it all!
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You're killin us! Haha
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So i started my tear down since its finally under 100 degs out.
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Another one
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Nice truck. What size turbo ....and full custom or using a kit. |
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Havent bought it yet but i was looking a dirtydingo turbo headers and 78 or 80 mm turbo.
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Front or rear mount. Not sure I can be bothered with all the custom pipe fab ..... was thinking intercooler procharger . Interested to see your build. |
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What a great ole truck!
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Nice. Front or rear mount. Not sure I can be bothered with all the custom pipe fab ..... was thinking intercooler procharger . Interested to see your build.[/QUOTE
a setup just like this one |
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Cool truck. Bagged Fleetsides are the best!
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A turbo will add a ton of power.
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Ordered the new accuair endo tank 5 gallon today.
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Got a little bit further on my frame with the version 7 porterbuilt dropmember install and more to come tomorrow. Not sure why the photos are uploading upside down. Oh well.
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I ordered my Moser M9 rear end, 31 spline, 3:89.1 trutrac, 58in rotor to rotor and centered at 29in. I am running Detroit steel 20x11 5.5in back spacing so everything should fit in my fleetside bed. I'll post pictures when the rear end comes in.
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A little update my moser rear end came in and here are the specs:
moser fab 9 in 58 in rotor to rotor and centered at 29in. I am running Detroit steel wheels 20x11 with 5.5 back spacing. With the tires installed on the rear wheels hey are 12 in wide. Witch give me 1.5 in space between the tire and four link and about two inchs between the tire and fleetside bed. The gears I am running are 3.89:1 and 31 spline axles. If you have any questions or need picture with different angles to help you with you built just let me know. |
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Looks real nice.
Kim |
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Looking good!
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I made some brackets to raise my bed today.
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I made some brackets to raise my bed today.
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looking good....
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I'll jump in for updates. Nice project so far, I love the fleetside Jimmys!
I lived in Yuma from 87-91, my sister's in-laws still live there as well. |
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