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Str8Ugly · 06-26-2008, 08:42 PM

heres my 75 dually b4 i bought it.. its at the suspension shop right now getting bagged and body dropped

87Lowrider · 06-26-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by tvblazer78

I know what everyone is saying a pic of that thing again! But I would love to have a build forum for us.. So here you go before and after...

Check out the hills of TN in the background! WoW!

OH, almost forgot, nice Blazer too!

Kenny

tvblazer78 · 06-30-2008, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by 87Lowrider

Check out the hills of TN in the background! WoW!

OH, almost forgot, nice Blazer too!

Kenny

Thanks Kenny, I do love the Hills here...

GMBowtie79 · 06-30-2008, 01:25 PM

Heres my 74 I just got last week and my 79 Burb that I've been working on for a few years now.

Str8Ugly · 06-30-2008, 04:26 PM

i like the burban

gearhead1968 · 06-30-2008, 04:28 PM

Here is my 1976 that I bought for $1,000 over the winter. I need some updated photos. I have lowered the truck, added power brakes, replaced all suspension bushings, tierod ends (inner/outer), center links, pitman arm, idler arm, upper and lower ball joints, wheel barings, rotors and drums, pads, calipers, hardware, wheels, tires. Basically everything under the truck.

GMBowtie79 · 06-30-2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Str8Ugly

i like the burban

Thanks, it's a labor of love and still no where close to finished. now I have another project to play with too.

Primer70 · 07-01-2008, 02:15 AM

My 73 Suburban, I'm gathering parts to lay it out on the rockers.

duceducenine · 07-01-2008, 02:38 AM

heres my crew

rddiaz · 07-01-2008, 09:47 AM

Well I finally got my dropmember in (thanks nate) so I decided to get started on my build, here is a couple of pictures, goin to be layed out in a few weeks!!!

So I left the bed outside 1 day and I get a letter from the HOA can you believe that!!!

azfab · 07-01-2008, 10:09 AM

your kidding man that *ucked up. lol my nabors called the city on me for welding in my garge lol $ss holes. man looks sick love the sqares! any mor pick? pb is the *hit! money though. i have a 86 wating to bag it wanto keep the bed. keep trucken

ChaseDale3and8 · 07-02-2008, 10:25 PM

Here's an update on mine. Just finished my 350! Got the rest of my parts that I needed to finish it up today, so here it is!

The build went like this:

350 4-bolt main block .030 over

#1182 Forged steel crank

Brand new GM powdered metal rods (had my machinist set up for floating pins)

Speed Pro 2 valve relief hypereuectic pistons

Melling 55HV high volume oil pump, new shaft with steel sleeve, pickup welded on

487 head castings that fellow board member Larry May gave me. Had them cut for 2.02 and 1.60 stainless steel valves, some port and polish work, and Comp Cams valve springs locks and retainers installed.

Comp Cams 268 Extreme Energy Cam. 224 degrees duration @ .050 lift intake and 230 degrees duration @.050 exhaust. Valve lift .477 intake and .480 exhaust respectively.

Comp Cams double row timing set, lifters, pushrods, roller tip rockers.

GM Performance Parts dual plane intake manifold.

Holley 4 barrel carb with vacuum secondaries. Plan to rejet later.

Ceramic coated shorty headers.

Lotsa and losta chrome and polished aluminum parts!

Enjoy the pics. ...Joe

ChaseDale3and8 · 07-02-2008, 10:28 PM

A couple more...

GMBowtie79 · 07-02-2008, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Primer70

My 73 Suburban, I'm gathering parts to lay it out on the rockers.

I like your Burb. I've been wantin to bag mine but the back is a pain in the a$$. that and I use mine as a daily driver. Start a build thread so we can see how you do it.

This is what I'm workin with, I'd love to put it on the ground!

pezzy · 07-03-2008, 10:15 AM

when i bought it for $500, a little rough running but nothing draining the gas tanks, cleaning the carb, new oil and all the filters couldn't fix...she fired right up and has been a sweetheart since.

I don't have any new pics (yet) but i have replaced the cab corners, corners of the wheel arches and a chunk of the bed floor. Right now shes in her first coat of primer and i'm just trying to get some time to block it and lay down another coat, block, paint, clear and drive her.

Oh and I'm still collecting parts for the engine rebuild that's in the near future.

mrenj23 · 07-03-2008, 09:22 PM

This was my dads truck since I was born. Now it's my 4 year project. There has been school, jobs, marriage and now a brand new baby boy. It seems like it will never get done but I'm still grinding away at it.

S10Fan · 07-03-2008, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mrenj23

This was my dads truck since I was born. Now it's my 4 year project. There has been school, jobs, marriage and now a brand new baby boy. It seems like it will never get done but I'm still grinding away at it.

I'd say you're doing quite well at your current pace!

Look'n Good!

Thumpin455 · 07-04-2008, 12:10 PM

Well my pics are in my sig, but its always fun to show from whence it came to what it be now.. Currently its waiting for me to put plates on, hook up some gauges, swap a cam and intake on the 454, and set the TV cable correctly. Future plans are dropped spindles and springs in front, dropped shackles and a flip kit out back, because right now it has the ghetto blue wrench drop and its sitting on the snubbers. Also gonna replace the box sides, cab corners, rockers, and doors.. then repaint it again..

Still its a beater truck, and if it didnt get 10mpg due to the smogger 454 it would be driven already.. I need my truck running.

From this, with a Pontiac 400 I stuffed in when the 305 died...

Then some sanding and grime removal..

Stuffed a grimy old rat in it..

In bright light before the mirrors when on.

The paint, a bit of buffing, and putting all the stuff back on..

bigoates · 07-04-2008, 10:32 PM

Current project truck.. 1974 Chevy Crew Cab from AZ.

Previous owner put the cab on a std cab long bed frame, cut the floor in 2 spots where rails bump up and had intentions of a short bed truck.

I have since replaced the missing floor pan pieces including fabbing up 2 sections of the crossmember to bring the cab back to stock.

Plan is to build a CC stepside 4 linked lifted truck on rockwell rears.

Just finished media blasting it on wed. Im in for the long haul now!

This pic is how I found the truck with a complete interior, nose, doors etc..

bigoates · 07-04-2008, 10:40 PM

This is just after I blasted the floor, firewall, and rockers on wed(the areas that are a pain in the A$$ to clean up by hand)

Will be starting on the full tube chassis shortly..

http://

flamingbig10 · 07-05-2008, 11:27 PM

1980 Silverado

06-26-2008, 08:42 PM	#26
Str8Ugly Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Carthage, Texas Posts: 81	Re: Show me your projects and builds heres my 75 dually b4 i bought it.. its at the suspension shop right now getting bagged and body dropped

06-30-2008, 01:25 PM	#29
GMBowtie79 Surviving, one day at a time! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Turlock,CA Posts: 295	Re: Show me your projects and builds Heres my 74 I just got last week and my 79 Burb that I've been working on for a few years now. __________________ 79 Burb,350,tremic 5 spd, 4 wheel disc, daily driver 74 swb,350,350,driver & future project "There's no such thing as a finished project"

06-30-2008, 04:26 PM	#30
Str8Ugly Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Carthage, Texas Posts: 81	Re: Show me your projects and builds i like the burban

06-30-2008, 04:28 PM	#31
gearhead1968 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: jefferson city, mo Posts: 43	Re: Show me your projects and builds Here is my 1976 that I bought for $1,000 over the winter. I need some updated photos. I have lowered the truck, added power brakes, replaced all suspension bushings, tierod ends (inner/outer), center links, pitman arm, idler arm, upper and lower ball joints, wheel barings, rotors and drums, pads, calipers, hardware, wheels, tires. Basically everything under the truck. Attached Images __________________ 1976 C-10 shortbed 2wd (work in progress) Mods: Stock 307, 700R4 Transmission, Hurst Pro-Matic shifter, 2100 rpm stall converter, Headman Elite 1 5/8" headers, H-pipe, 2 1/2 exhaust through Magnaflow mufflers, 3.73 Motive gears, superior axels and Eaton Posi carrier http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3136537

07-01-2008, 02:15 AM	#33
Primer70 Superbad Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pittsburg, CA Posts: 153	Re: Show me your projects and builds My 73 Suburban, I'm gathering parts to lay it out on the rockers.

07-01-2008, 02:38 AM	#34
duceducenine Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: el sobrante CA 94803 Posts: 284	Re: Show me your projects and builds heres my crew Last edited by duceducenine; 12-31-2010 at 01:44 PM.

07-01-2008, 09:47 AM	#35
rddiaz Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Antonio, TX. Posts: 121	Re: Show me your projects and builds Well I finally got my dropmember in (thanks nate) so I decided to get started on my build, here is a couple of pictures, goin to be layed out in a few weeks!!! So I left the bed outside 1 day and I get a letter from the HOA can you believe that!!! __________________ GROUND ZERO IS R LIMIT

07-01-2008, 10:09 AM	#36
azfab Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: lodi ca Posts: 251	Re: Show me your projects and builds your kidding man that ucked up. lol my nabors called the city on me for welding in my garge lol $ss holes. man looks sick love the sqares! any mor pick? pb is the hit! money though. i have a 86 wating to bag it wanto keep the bed. keep trucken

07-02-2008, 10:25 PM	#37
ChaseDale3and8 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Springfield Mo. Posts: 1,086	Re: Show me your projects and builds Here's an update on mine. Just finished my 350! Got the rest of my parts that I needed to finish it up today, so here it is! The build went like this: 350 4-bolt main block .030 over #1182 Forged steel crank Brand new GM powdered metal rods (had my machinist set up for floating pins) Speed Pro 2 valve relief hypereuectic pistons Melling 55HV high volume oil pump, new shaft with steel sleeve, pickup welded on 487 head castings that fellow board member Larry May gave me. Had them cut for 2.02 and 1.60 stainless steel valves, some port and polish work, and Comp Cams valve springs locks and retainers installed. Comp Cams 268 Extreme Energy Cam. 224 degrees duration @ .050 lift intake and 230 degrees duration @.050 exhaust. Valve lift .477 intake and .480 exhaust respectively. Comp Cams double row timing set, lifters, pushrods, roller tip rockers. GM Performance Parts dual plane intake manifold. Holley 4 barrel carb with vacuum secondaries. Plan to rejet later. Ceramic coated shorty headers. Lotsa and losta chrome and polished aluminum parts! Enjoy the pics. ...Joe Attached Images __________________ I'm not speedin'! I'm qualifyin'!

07-02-2008, 10:28 PM	#38
ChaseDale3and8 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Springfield Mo. Posts: 1,086	Re: Show me your projects and builds A couple more... Attached Images __________________ I'm not speedin'! I'm qualifyin'!

07-03-2008, 10:15 AM	#40
pezzy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Utah Posts: 18	Re: Show me your projects and builds when i bought it for $500, a little rough running but nothing draining the gas tanks, cleaning the carb, new oil and all the filters couldn't fix...she fired right up and has been a sweetheart since. I don't have any new pics (yet) but i have replaced the cab corners, corners of the wheel arches and a chunk of the bed floor. Right now shes in her first coat of primer and i'm just trying to get some time to block it and lay down another coat, block, paint, clear and drive her. Oh and I'm still collecting parts for the engine rebuild that's in the near future. Last edited by pezzy; 07-03-2008 at 10:16 AM.

07-03-2008, 09:22 PM	#41
mrenj23 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: florida Posts: 160	Re: Show me your projects and builds This was my dads truck since I was born. Now it's my 4 year project. There has been school, jobs, marriage and now a brand new baby boy. It seems like it will never get done but I'm still grinding away at it. Attached Images __________________

07-04-2008, 12:10 PM	#43
Thumpin455 My truck is an alcoholic Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Marquette Mi Posts: 303	Re: Show me your projects and builds Well my pics are in my sig, but its always fun to show from whence it came to what it be now.. Currently its waiting for me to put plates on, hook up some gauges, swap a cam and intake on the 454, and set the TV cable correctly. Future plans are dropped spindles and springs in front, dropped shackles and a flip kit out back, because right now it has the ghetto blue wrench drop and its sitting on the snubbers. Also gonna replace the box sides, cab corners, rockers, and doors.. then repaint it again.. Still its a beater truck, and if it didnt get 10mpg due to the smogger 454 it would be driven already.. I need my truck running. From this, with a Pontiac 400 I stuffed in when the 305 died... Then some sanding and grime removal.. Stuffed a grimy old rat in it.. In bright light before the mirrors when on. The paint, a bit of buffing, and putting all the stuff back on.. __________________ Too much stuff, too many projects to list everything. my 454 urged 76 swb beater Last edited by Thumpin455; 07-04-2008 at 12:15 PM.

07-04-2008, 10:32 PM	#44
bigoates Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Long Isand, NY Posts: 66	Re: Show me your projects and builds Current project truck.. 1974 Chevy Crew Cab from AZ. Previous owner put the cab on a std cab long bed frame, cut the floor in 2 spots where rails bump up and had intentions of a short bed truck. I have since replaced the missing floor pan pieces including fabbing up 2 sections of the crossmember to bring the cab back to stock. Plan is to build a CC stepside 4 linked lifted truck on rockwell rears. Just finished media blasting it on wed. Im in for the long haul now! This pic is how I found the truck with a complete interior, nose, doors etc.. Attached Images

07-04-2008, 10:40 PM	#45
bigoates Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Long Isand, NY Posts: 66	Re: Show me your projects and builds This is just after I blasted the floor, firewall, and rockers on wed(the areas that are a pain in the A$$ to clean up by hand) Will be starting on the full tube chassis shortly.. http:// Last edited by bigoates; 07-04-2008 at 10:44 PM.



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