new to the forum. my new old truck

[munroe]

hey all, just picked up my new old truck. its a 85 sierra 1500 i got for a grand. im not a fan of the yellow, but thhat will be gone soon for a blitz black job. im startin the interior on friday, puttin the recaros i had on hand in it. heres a couple of pics of the truck and the recaros for it. mor will follow as i progress with it

[pcmcobra]

recaros...
whoa, that takes me back. Sweet.

[Joe67]

Cool - My first truck was a RC Long Bed Chevy 1500

more pics of those Silverados please

[Slonaker]

Interesting... It looks like an old Texas Department of Transportation truck. They were always longbeds painted school bus yellow like that with the white wheels and caps. Has it always been in Canada?

Slonaker

[Restrorob]

Looks like a super project, Keep us posted how it turns out.

[krue]

Welcome to the board from South Mississippi!

[84 400]

Welcome to the board! nice start you got there. what is the story behind the olive drab silverados in the background? What motor and trans are in the yellow truck? What is your plan for it?

[DirtyLarry]

Originally Posted by 84 400

Welcome to the board! nice start you got there. what is the story behind the olive drab silverados in the background? What motor and trans are in the yellow truck? What is your plan for it?

That is a clean ’85 to play with. Nice.

Those olive drab Silverado’s are called “EMP” for Enhanced Mobility Package. This is GM’s halfass answer to the Power Wagon. GM Fleet sells this package exclusively to GSA fleets.....basically, US and ally militaries.

Nothing too special about these other than they have an impressive skid plate package, bead lock wheels, heavy duty jounce bumpers, the typical “Gov-bomb” rear limited slip and tire pressure monitoring. Swing a solid front axle under it, add front and rear E-lockers, sway bar disconnects then…..GM would have something to write home about. The Dirtymax and Allison is an awesome powertrain package. Sometimes it is a mystery why GM feels the need to pollute such a decent truck with such an inadequate IFS suspension.

You can check it out here…

http://www.gmfleet.com/image/pdf/EMP_Truck.pdf

[Laguna]

Those silverado's in the background look like the Canadian military 'mil-verados'...very cool.

[munroe]

the silverados in the backround are canadian army milcots, definitly one badass peice of kit. ill grab a couple more pics of them tomorow. te truck was green , then painted yellow by the last owner. right now my plans are to redo the wasted interior, paint it satin black, lower it and get some torque thrusts for it. after thats done ill build a 350 or 400 to replace the 4.3 and maybe throw a 5 speed in her

[Eyegore]

From Arizona
funny how the shape of the seat matches the outline of the toilet and sink in the background. lol
Keep the picks comming.

[82c10]

Originally Posted by Eyegore

From Arizona
funny how the shape of the seat matches the outline of the toilet and sink in the background. lol
Keep the picks comming.

good eye

[munroe]

Originally Posted by Eyegore

From Arizona
funny how the shape of the seat matches the outline of the toilet and sink in the background. lol
Keep the picks comming.

haha, yeah, my girlfriend pointed that out to me today. im goin g to start dissasemabling the interior today, get it ready to change the colour form green to black. ill throw some progress pictures up later on tonight

[munroe]

anyone have a goodsolution for gettin cigarette smoke smell out ofan interior? the previous owner was a heavy smoke. there were actually a lot of cigarette ashes coming ot of the dash when i took the face plate off the bezels. im having a hard time gettin the smell out of the plasic, even after wasing it. i imagine the rest of the interior is going to be the same. C.L.R. is working for parts like the ashtray. anyone have any ideas? heres a couple pics that might show how dirty it was when i started
the milcots are pretty decent for what we use them for, which is bascilly just smasin around the woods and swamps! the g wagons are definitly a way better offroader

[N2TRUX]

Welcome to the forum...

[84slopwaggin]

Welcome to the board. Great project truck you've got yourself. I've gotta a 85lwb. Your a natural for this thing, because you already started on the right path by posting pics. WAY2GO

[Srubydo1986]

the little tree hanging in the mirrior works pritty good if u open it completely and leave the truck close for one warm day it will smell good for some time then. i did it in my brown siverado

[Zoomad75]

Simple Green is your friend. Use a diluted mixture, spray on and wipe off. The problem with cig smoke is how the tar deposits on the plastics. You end up with a gooey mess. The Simple green cuts through it pretty good, but you might have to give it a few tries to get it all. Smoke gets into everything. Like a bad night at the bar coming home smelling like an ashtray. You got to scrub it all down and even then you might have to hang the old pine tree to knock the last of it out.

I don't smoke, but I've had to clean up cars after others. By far the worst is the ones that don't crack the windows at all. Its got no place to go but into/onto everything. My Father in law's Pontiac is a prime example. Non-filtered too, windows up. I had to simple green the steering wheel before I even started working on his steering column. you just stick to the gooey stuff on it. GROSS!

[Pyrotechnic]

Great price for that truck despite the color. Looks like a great start for a project.

[84 400]

Okay cig smoke is alot like feild mouse crap. It nevery really comes out unless you do what i did. For the plastics clean them really well with simple greeen gut the rest and Paint! paitn will get rid of that smell really fast. Once you repaint the interior black it will smell much better. however a smell will linger on really warm dayus. for that a good airfreshoner works nice

[munroe]

ill pick up some simple green tomorow, give that a go. im also going to try the paint they sell at lmc truck for colour matching interior panels. the door cards are stained with nicotine and tar pretty bad, but they are in good shape. i figure i may as well try to spay them blaack as buy new ones. that may cover some of the smell off thedoor cards. i have till monday off to work on the old girl, so im hopin i get as much of the interior done as i can. the only things i wont have is a new dash pad, rails for the buckets and a center consol.

[84 400]

My cusin did the interor of his slammed ford ranger with a paint. he prayed them first with this stik all stuff called Rhino? then sprayed the colorontop of that. It lookd and still does look great after two years.

[PhilaTruck]

Nice truck. Welcome to the board. Ditto on the SimpleGreen. And you'll be able to get everywhere when you have the seats out. SG is pretty neat stuff. Supposedly, it changes the chemistry of oils, makes them bio-degradable. It should kick ciggy tar pretty easily. When you get around to replacing the motor, you'll find lots of great advice in the "Engine & drivetrain" forum. You're smart to start one thing at a time, though.

[Zoomad75]

Dont try painting anything until you get the tar off. Plastic or metal. It would be like spraying paint over grease. Meaning it will look like crap. If paint/dye is going to be used I'd still used some grease/wax remover before painting to get the last of the crud off of there.

I used Krylon fusion paint on my plastic door panels and with good prep work the paint adheared really well. Then again they were not from a smoker's truck either.

Warm up those arms because you got some scrubbing to do! Good luck!

[munroe]

thanks for the advice and good words about the truck. the interior teardown continues with one hitch. whats size are the bolts behind the seat that old it to the cab. heres aa couple pictures to see which ones i mean. theyr bigger than 3/4 which is the biggest socket ive gt here. ill have to pick one up at the hardware storewhen i o for the simple green.