My 52 GMC Build

[Coach529]

Always awesome to get another one back on the road!!

[RockinKees]

Your truck looks very cool, Lower!!!
Like how the pinstriping is done, the combination beween the traditional striping and scrolling looks very nice.

I bet you have a lot of fun driving it at last

CONGRATZ!!!

[Dieselwrencher]

A big congrats to you! The truck sounds and looks great! Those stripes look great too!

[65sub]

The truck looks real sweet driving by. You had a great weekend for a test drive

[piratexpress1369a]

That's killer. ..great job on the pinstriping. ..burn out looks cool

[Advanced Design]

Huge win there Lower, looks and sounds awesome!

[CRGRS 66]

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

very cool, congrats. Glad to see your hard work paying off. Just in time for the season. I was very surprised on how smooth my bagged 49' rode. I'm planning on bagging my first truck this winter cause I can't stand the static drop anymore. burnouts are wicked.

Thanks 99. So far bags for the win

Originally Posted by Coach529

Always awesome to get another one back on the road!!

Absolutely we need to save these beauty's however we can.

Originally Posted by RockinKees

Your truck looks very cool, Lower!!!
Like how the pinstriping is done, the combination beween the traditional striping and scrolling looks very nice.

I bet you have a lot of fun driving it at last

CONGRATZ!!!

Thanks Kees the striping is turning out better than I could hope for. Yes I can't seem to drive it enough.

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

A big congrats to you! The truck sounds and looks great! Those stripes look great too!

Thank you Diesel!

Originally Posted by 65sub

The truck looks real sweet driving by. You had a great weekend for a test drive

Yes could not have asked for better weather. The front scoop vent is amazing why do cars not have this stuff any more?

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

That's killer. ..great job on the pinstriping. ..burn out looks cool

Thanks pirate It likes burnouts lol

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Huge win there Lower, looks and sounds awesome!

Yes AD Saturday could not come soon enough. I had a dream last week that it had the sound and power of a Prius. Nooooooooooooo then I woke up

Originally Posted by CRGRS 66

Yes buddy we will get down to see you and John soon.

[lower50's]

Full throttle pull from 60kmh(37mph) to 106kmh(66mph)
http://vid51.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7u2rhk0u.mp4
So I was driving it around again today all over the city. I now have over 60mi on the truck and only 2 issues both with the transmission went and talked to my trany guy. 1. It runs too warm (need more cooling) not a big deal. 2. Reverse gear slips too much. He told me a bunch of stuff to check so hope its not to bad. But if those are my only problems I'll take it. Going to my friend Joe's work tomorrow to look it over and first oil change.

[Johnny_Lamebridge]

Bob, your GMC looks great going down the road! Too bad you didn't cruise down to the swap meet in Rockton on sunday. I was speaking to the guys that organize the Unfinished Nationals. They tried to sell me last years t-shirt... but I think I'll wait until the new ones come out.

[lower50's]

Well John Unfinished show last year was the first show I took my truck too. This years Unfinished will be the first show I drive it too!! Also I'm not ready to drive it that far quite yet, but soon.
Tonight I took it on the highway across town 6mi at 60mph is 2400rpm. I went to Joe's work to put it on the drive on hoist to do it's first oil change and to look it over. Everything looks real good found a couple bolts that took 3/4 of a turn to tighten. That was about it.
Got some night pics, headlights work really well they leave a pattern on the ground but nothing up and have a good cut off. I just need to adjust them up a bit.
Low beam then high beam.

[lower50's]

Couple pics from today.

[Dieselwrencher]

Very nice! It looks sweet!

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Very nice! It looks sweet!

Thanks Diesel I was going to say it's like a dream come true, but it is a dream come true.

[joedoh]

wow that really looks outstanding!

[lower50's]

Thanks joe

I picked up my transmission cooler today and got it installed. I fit it just under the radiator. It is 7.5"X17" and is rated for a vehicle 20,000 GVW. So I'm running 2 coolers now. Took it for a drive this eve and all is good temp stayed at 185-190*

[lower50's]

Well I found a problem and it is all my fault, but lucky for me it's not that bad.
When I put the upper A arm bushings in I didn't put washer behind the nuts to hold in the bushings and I thought to myself, well what holds the bushings in? Well that was then and I found this tonight. Everything looks ok, I have to put bushing in and add a washer on all 4.

[Dieselwrencher]

At least you caught it before it shot out. Those E40D's definitely run warm. I use to have a huge cooler on my 97 psd when I pulled it. I had to remove the cooler in the radiator to keep the temps down when towing real heavy.

[lower50's]

Thanks Diesel. Hearing that makes me feel better about the temp.

[BC Toy chest]

Love that stance, sweet.

[65sub]

Looking good Lower It must be awesome to be driving it. The stance is killer. How much clearance do you have.

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by BC Toy chest

Love that stance, sweet.

Thanks BC

Originally Posted by 65sub

Looking good Lower It must be awesome to be driving it. The stance is killer. How much clearance do you have.

Ya I'm loving it!!!! All up I have 6".

[lower50's]

So I started out driving around at 4.5" ground clearance. Lately I have been at my planed 3" and it is working great. I now have 185 miles on it with only a few things to work on. Saturday I got the A arm bushing back together and added washers like it should have had lol. Then went for a drive up to my Dad's cottage 1/2 hr away and where cruising at 50-60mph the whole way. Drove great at that speed bad part it was at 2400 rpm. So I'm looking at gears I have 4.10 and lowest I can get is 3.54. On part of the way home I lowered it down till we touched then bumped it up. To my surprise it rode stiffer down low. We drove at 50mph for 10min at 3/4" off the ground so cool.

[lower50's]

Today I adjusted the hood so it is tight at the back and put in the 3rd bolt, the 2 where loose oops. Gap looks great now.

[Advanced Design]

Glad you caught the control arm bushing issue before it got ugly.

I really like the picture of your truck (does he have a name?) next to the tree. Truck just has "the look". For me it is hard to describe though you know it when you see it.

Sounds like some exceptional test runs happening. Congrat's!