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Polishing a Turd!
I have another thread on here of an 85 C20 I bought and built a motor for. Thing runs nice. Well I traded my dad for his. Heres a lil story and pics. Oh heres the link to the other thread.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=412960 1986 chevrolet custom deluxe. Nothing super special, I wanted a truck to drive daily so I could leave the 01 in the garage. My dad bought this truck for $100.00 3 years ago and built it as a hot rod/side truck. He built a 350 for it, ported and polished the heads and intake, beefy cam, headers, true duals, glasspack type mufflers. Its loud. Its fast. Super fun little truck. Dad never had a lot of extra cash, so every B-day and fathers day or whatever I'd hook him up. Last year I bought him a 2/4" drop kit with new shocks, then replaced his tierods and balljoints, then bought him a window felt kit to keep them from rattling. The front end was all fudged up so he found a 90's model suburban, and stole the front clip from it, hence the GMC front end. He also secured bucket seats and a lot of upholstery parts that the custom deluxe didnt have at the time. New headliner etc. Long story short I bought an 85 silverado 3/4 ton in such good condition you wouldnt believe. Everything was intact, and the interior was the burgandy and looked like showroom quality. paid 800 for it, spent 2,000 rebuilding the engine, and he mentioned he wanted to swap. I said sure, cause I wanted him to have something nicer than what he had to drive, and I figured I could make his short wide nice in time. I've had it less than a week. I've scrubbed the interior. I've rattle canned the whole truck satin black. I've bought 2 new tires, the other two next week. I scraped all the old tint off and had it limo tinted. I had a new windshield installed today. I bought a donor truck for $200 and off of that I secured an original 86 model grille and headlight bezels, I want it back stock. He had a hideous rear bumper on the back, I took it off and cant decide on a chrome smooth bumper or rollpan. The wheels that are on it came off dads last truck, and the one before that. They are 26 years old, and they are timeless I think. I spent 2 hours on each wheel today polishing them, they came out spotless. Next is a spray in bedliner, and new carpet. I love driving this truck, its such a fun truck you wouldnt believe. I havent driven the '01 since I've gotten this one. Enjoy the pics and tune in for frequent updates. When he got it. 305, smoked like a freight train, looked like trees had fallen on it. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/86422a5b.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/6e6fe7e8.jpg AFter the drop http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/6aef0a12.jpg dull wheel http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/491eab9d.jpg Shiny wheel http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/9f337b23.jpg Original grille going on tomorrow http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/d2fb7331.jpg pieced together interior http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/eb351213.jpg new windshield http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/883a8267.jpg taking out dents http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/ea024d20.jpg tacked back in http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/26fd7830.jpg Ready for rattle can lol http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/2b11e126.jpg After rattle can and limo tint http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/3e7bacea.jpg Last night. Notice the 90 model front end about to be gone. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/95985289.jpg As she sits now. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/c91e3c7d.jpg What do you think? |
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Sick truck! I personally like the newer front end but thats jus my opinion
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Thanks! I get it both ways, some like the newer some like the older. I wanted it to be original-ish.
But it would look better with the newer front end if it had the chevy grille imo. I saw a pic in the LMC book of that newer front end with the chevy grille and billet and it looked NASTY! As in nice! lol |
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That is a serious turnaround in a week . I like it .
Keep the updates coming. Frank |
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lol yea i like the chevy grill to but i dont like that it has the bowtie, i would prefer it plain
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man. give your self a pat on the back. you do good work!!! and do it FAST
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tonight I disassembled the 85 grill I got and painted the inserts satin black to match the truck, shined on the bowtie a bit, I think its gonna look real good. My uncle has 3 80's model truck, I went out and pulled the best core support I could find, since you need that to re-install this model grill. Tomorrow I'll have pics of it on the truck! Hopefully I'm going in the right direction! http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/51891ce4.jpg |
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im not sure but i think the panel between the grille and bumper is slightly different too from the 90s suburban one. i think the difference is in the mounting holes for the headlight trim/doors and the grille. i remember running into this before.
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wow! fast workers!
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looks good
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nice job with it so far!
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Very nice work - give it back to Dad!!!
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lookin good!
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Thanks guys! Heres a few more "before pics"...looking at the truck in its current form I cant tell its lowered, but looking at these you can see the difference when it was still stock.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...udro/082-1.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...udro/081-1.jpg terrible rear bumper dad made out of a 80 model stepside bumper lol. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/b3792457.jpg Heres progress. Swapped in the 85 Silverado front end today. Most think I'm crazy but the 90 model front end looks super cheesy and too "futuristic" if you will for these trucks. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...boudro/078.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...udro/075-1.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/8dc5fd70.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o/f76e145c.jpg |
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heres a quick vid of the mildly cammed 350 running
http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/x...4x4/th_114.jpg |
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Also waiting on the story and pics on the stepside next to it in the first photo.
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I think that truck cost new like a little over $5K. In time he added a 350, auto trans, power steering and windows, and in 1982 he bought the mags you see on my black truck now. He drove that grey truck until about 10 years ago when the truck basically rotted out. The cab was gone and the bed was in shambles....He salvaged what he could and eventually scrapped the truck. He said it was like losing a kid. Anyways, dad is happy about the red 85 I swapped him, hes a big guy and needed a big guy truck! No way hes getting this 86 back! LOL |
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Gotta say thats pretty amazing
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I like the 85 nose! Reminds me of my 1st new vehicle...1985 GMC Sierra Classic SWB, Midnight blue....damn I miss that truck! stupid ex-wife!
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Looking good!
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Excellent work so far man!
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I would drive the 86 everyday! Nice truck.
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