I'm gonna pick your brains! (and your spare parts)
 

Hello, My name is Travis and I'm from Oklaoma City. I've recently acquired my late grandfathers pickup which is why I'm here! :metal:

The truck is a 1972 GMC SierraGrande LWB. Green and White two tone. It's pretty much all there and all original. It's getting some rust in a few places like the rockers, the edge of the floor boards and one cab corner. The hod and top of the fenders have some surface rust on them but nothing major there. The engine is the 402 BB and the tranny is the TH400. It runs and drives ok. The engine is missing a little but that's probably because it's been sitting for a while. The seat and the dashpad are both pretty much shot though so I'll be replacing them pretty quick. The gears for the driver side window seem to be shot too. It's jumping and grinding when you roll the window up or down and you have to push/pull on the glass to help it so I'll be on that first since it's getting warm outside I plan to play as I go! :mm:

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Dude........................... why is my name pink?:ito:

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Welcome to the board from Northern California.

Pink is the color of non subscribers, for a nominal fee you will change to blue, and be able to buy and sell your parts on the board... well worth the $$$ im my opinion.

You can click the link in my signature to make it happen if you so desire.

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Welcome from FT Worth TX.

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That, my friend................ is a buzzkill :crazy:


Thanks for the welcome guys, I'll be in and out so don't lock the door!

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:welcoem: from south Alabama!!

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Thanks!

I'll get some "before" pics up tomorrow if I get a chance.

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:welcome2: from Knoxville Tn......

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Welcome to the board from NC!

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Welcome to the board from Texas

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:welcome2: FROM KNOXVILLE TN!!!

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welcome from Texas

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Welcome to the board from South Mississippi!:D

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:welcoem:

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Scratch that question lol........... 25.00 for a years worth of support? No problem......................... :metal:

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Welcome from central California!

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:welcome2: to the board from Mid-MO!!!

You'll find this place to become your second home. There's tons of information, friends, parts, .... and so much more.

Be sure to mark you calendar for the Midwest All Truck Nat's in Riverside, MO (September 11-13).

And the Midwest Board Meet in Kirksville, MO (May 30-31).

Thank you for supporting the board! You'll never spend a better $25 than you did recently.

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Welcome from down under... thanx for being manly enough to ask the pink question - I just thought it was because we of the pink status were big girls and I guess if we haven't subscribed we are big girls.
I will subscribe too as soon as the Aussie dollar and the US dollar become better friends.
Make yourself at home and glad to have you on board.

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Thanks! And I like your truck! Your brush guard looks like a tree guard .... :lol:

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What is a tree guard and a brush guard?

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It would be all that black pipe wrapped around the front of your truck. :ito:

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welcome from southwest Mo.

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Oh right - we call it a "Bull Bar" designed to stop kangaroos from killing us both when they kamikaze.
I have extended the original use though due to the fact that I like to drive by touch.
I managed to scratch up both scrub rails within 12 hours of getting it home from the paint shop when I decided to see if breathing in would help us squeeze into the shed and it is a great way to park etc.
I have a flat bed tray so I can drive by touch with minimum damage - once ran over a Ford and wrote the sedan off leaving me with a scratch on the tray.
Now you mention it, you kids don't seem to have any bull bars or scrub rails at all over there.
Do you not have wildlife over there or is panel work very cheap?
Bum - I am hijacking another thread... do you feel at home yet?

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I got to looking at my bullbar now and it is so small - here are some other Aussie versions:
http://www.tuffbullbars.com/Archive%20Index.htm
http://www.tuffbullbars.com/Picture%20002.jpg
http://www.tuffbullbars.com/Picture%20022.jpg
http://www.tuffbullbars.com/Y61-1.JPG
http://www.tuffbullbars.com/Picture%20006.jpg

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LMAO!!!!

1. We vastly outnumber the wildlife here and we're as loud as we are crazy so they tend to stay hidden as much as possible.

2. You drive by touch around here and someone will throw you in jail for it!!!!!!
(and your insurance will cancel you :lol: )

3. This is what we call a "bull bar" http://www.pickupspecialties.com/Bul...e_bull_bar.htm ... they're basically used for speeding up slow riceburners.... lol

;)