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Old 10-06-2011, 12:49 PM   #19
C15_Sierra
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Re: My 1980 Sierra LWB build

This week's been "wiring" week at my house - wiring money and wiring the truck. I spent a good chunk of change on some exhaust parts (ball flanges for the collector and 2.5" Flowmaster 40s), interior parts (new dash pad, upholstery), and other miscellaneous parts.

At the same time I found a guy parting out an '80 K10, so I snagged a power brake booster, a pretty mint seat, dash panel, ront reflectors, and a floor-shift column with keys in great condition (truck sat for 15 years). Funny thing is, all of these parts differ in the parts they are replacing...my truck is a factory A/C truck, the bezel I bought is for a non-AC truck (but I can fix that)...the seat I bought is non-folding (mine is folding, might be possible to swap foam)...power booster is going in place of manual M/C...the reflectors are chrome rimmed (that's the reason I bought them) and the ones on my truck are just plain. So I have some mix-n-match'n to do!

I'll take a break from wiring this afternoon to mock up my headers and collector flanges to see if I can weld them together off the truck, I'm heading up north for the weekend so I would like to bring them with to weld (I have access to a welder up there) if I can fit them on later! I'll also be getting my PCM back early next week, so I should have the harness ready to be installed next week as well. While daunting, taking apart the harness has actually been pretty fun so far!

And of course, this thread is worthless without pics


K10 bench seat


K10 dash bezel


K10 Chrome reflectors


K10 Floor-shift column


Harness rewiring


Workbench #2


Just "some" of my parts stash
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1980 GMC C15 Sierra LWB
Dark Carmine Red/Carmine Int
Was: 250/3spd (1980-88), then a 305/TH350 (1988-2011)
Now: 5.3/4L60E, 2.73 12-bolt open rear
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