My 1982 GMC "beater"

[Wet..Paint]

Hey guys, figured I should own up and post here since all I really do here is search for info and creep other peoples trucks haha! Here is mine, just copying and pasting from one of the local forums here. So it might be a messed up post...

Well this truck was just supposed to replace my old 79 ford beater truck that got t/l'd by a drunk driver... I bought it for a 1,000 bucks. Its a 1982 GMC 1500, had a lazy 305 in it with a 700r4. Was just gonna drive it into the ground as is. BUT that isn't really happening ha. I got money to spend and its not really staying a beater truck..

The first thing was, 3 out of 4 tires kept going flat. I had some decent 275/60r15's kicking around so I painted the 8" wide truck rally's red and threw those tires on the back. And bought the cheapest truck tire from canadian tire, I believe they are 205/60r15 for the front and threw those onto some 7" wide van rally's that I also painted red. Managed to get all the trim rings from some friends and found some "spin off" type center caps as well.

After that I came across a phantom grill for cheap, and a rollpan. Still not on since one box corner is FFFFed and it doesnt line up.

Drove it as is for a month probably, while pulling apart a 4 bolt main 350 I was gonna bore and stroke for a 383 for my 51 chevy, I realized the block was in far too good of shape to machine out. Could still see the cross hatching and it didnt have the top wear edge from the rings.. So it didnt need any machine work. So I put that motor back together with some quality rings and bearings, along with a comp 280 cam, edelbrock torquer 2 intake manifold, Carter 650 carb, and hedman headers. Tossed this motor into the truck and junked the 305. Painted the engine bay flat black while the motor was out. After I drove it the first time, realized the transmission had a nasty slip.. Pulled it apart too and fixed that, and put in a B&M stage 2 shift kit. Now its a real truck!

I drove it for probably a month with just open headers, was gonna run the exhaust myself till one day I was so sick of it being retarded loud I went down to Regina Muffler and had dual magnaflows put on, didnt like them at first but they grew on me now I love the sound.

After burning away only 1 tire haha I picked up a Detriot truetrac and a set of 4:10's for the rear end. Still haven't done this yet. I just finished dropping the front 5.5" with 2.5" drop spindles and 3" drop springs. And 5" in the rear with a flip kit. But now would like to drop another inch or 2 so im looking for some blocks.

I never took before pics of anything cause I never thought I'd do anything with it but it looks not bad now... for a beater haha I will have to get pics of the rear drop soon as well. And my next step will be to knock off some rust, patch some holes and paint it all flat black, probably with white racing stripes on the hood. I'd like to find a cowl induction hood also for it.

Other than that its just a junk truck, needs interior work and body work but who cares lol

















i've also thought about taking the bumper gaurds off, if they were both in good shape id keep em, if i cant find a good one they'll come off!

i'm also suprised i havent ripped that lip off yet either! cruised down ring road tonight and there were a lot of sparks flying haha deadly!

heres how low the back sits.. what you guys think? another 1" or 2"

also ill probably have to go with shorty headers now... the full lengths are about an inch off the ground, they would probably touch if i dropped the back more haha





I will be using PPG DP40 I believe it is.. Its a high quality Epoxy primer/sealer. Its about $500 a gallon.. plus the activator for it... Its not really a chalky flat black but its not quite a semi gloss either... the finish stays the same aswell since it does have a hardner in it.

I just picked up a set of 1.5" lowering blocks to add to the back end too, they are tapered as well so hopefully its not too bad.

I just spent the last 2 nights workin my ass off fixing rust / filling dents/ stripping / sanding / masking and spraying the truck. Looks decent I'm fawkin dead tired and need sleep... I'll pull the paper and get pics outside tomorrow... Still have to spray the tailgate, visor and razor back.. Might redo the hood but i'll decide when i see it dry... I still want a cowl hood anyways so maybe i wont bother redoing it.

Also received my 1.5" lowering blocks for the rear yesterday so I will toss those in before I get the truck out of the garage...

Pics!











Here's a quick picture, never did lower the back some more yet, figured i should probably change the carrier bearing on the driveshaft and cut the bracket down to lift up the driveshaft as well... since it has a nasty vibration as it is haha

I'll be spraying the rest of the pieces for the truck (visor, tailgate and razorback) sometime this weekend and ill get good pics after that... since i must have gotten paint on my black berry it seems



i also got thinking of scallops like some one on here said... did a quick MS paint outline of what i was thinking... anyone with photoshop skills wanna fill it in with white? maybe a little more curves to where they all meet on the fender too... i think it will look pretty neat



Thats all for now! Tailgate, Visor and Razor back should get sprayed tomorrow night and most likely put on on Tuesday, So more pics to follow! Im pretty sure I will do the scallops as well now. Along with eventually doing interior work, buckets, rollbar?, ratchet shifter, new dash, carpet, door panels, gauges, etc.