Need Ideas.. thinking about going a new direction.

[jus2qwk]

So about 8 months ago the harmonic balancer on my truck decided it didn't want to be in one piece anymore, long story short I ended up with everything on the front of the engine destroyed and an nice little hole through the hood and a good sized dent in the fender. fast forward to now not a lot of progress has been made, Ive been pretty burnt out on the truck and not worked on it much considering the time its been down. and well me being me I decided to take the whole truck apart and fix every little dent and ding on it. I also cant stand the thought of putting this truck back together and it be the pretty much the exact same thing as it was before.

what I need idea on are how to make it different. I kinda want to do a mix of pro-touring and pro-street, here are my ideas

interior- seat/door panels/ dash pad- well be taken to an upholstery shop for a custom leather seat and interior but idk if I want to change from black to red... opinions need

Paint- will be the same

motor- will be the same, maybe cleaned up a bit, new valve covers ect.

wheels- no clue really but I want to at run a 295 or 305 tire in the rear, I also wanna stay with 18s and 20 or go 20s all the way around

bed- with the wider wheels I'm gonna have to tub it,I think ill cut up a set of fleetside tubs and make small 6in tubs, open to suggestion on this

wood- Ill be doing a black walnut floor. maybe do a slat on a hinge to hide the fuel tank... may need help with that

suspension- c-notch is done. I need a new adjustable track bar, would like to do tubular control arms, swaybars, rear disk brakes and also wanna drop the back down a little more. I also am thinking about narroring the rear end to get a little more lip on the wheels

any of you guys have suggestions on what parts I need to use or other things I should change

here is the truck as it was before

[Steve Cole]

You have some good ideas.. a red interior will really pop in that truck. BUT... IMO...that truck is PERFECT just like it is.

[jus2qwk]

Originally Posted by Steve Cole

You have some good ideas.. a red interior will really pop in that truck. BUT... IMO...that truck is PERFECT just like it is.

haha Thanks! Dont get me wrong I like how it is(was) but it was a budget build for me as a high school kid. Now I've been out of college for a few years with a pretty good job and I just wanna make it better and more unique

[STOCKISH]

I for one am a huge fan of red interiors in our trucks. Not sure how it would look against the silver though. As far as the rest goes, the truck is beautiful, I love the way it looks now, but would step up to 20s at the same time you change tire sizes.

[Steve Cole]

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QUOTE=1972SuperCheyenne;6196769]I for one am a huge fan of red interiors in our trucks. Not sure how it would look against the silver though. As far as the rest goes, the truck is beautiful, I love the way it looks now, but would step up to 20s at the same time you change tire sizes.[/QUOTE]

[jus2qwk]

that looks awesome! I don't think I'm going to change the dash though, I really like the stocker. do you have any other pictures on that interior

[Steve Cole]

Here is an outside shot. This truck is AWESOME.

[Steve Cole]

Originally Posted by jus2qwk

that looks awesome! I don't think I'm going to change the dash though, I really like the stocker. do you have any other pictures on that interior

If you can get your hands on the March 2013 issue of the magazine that GoodGuys puts out called the "Goodtimes Gazette" pages 164-165, there is a article on this truck.

[jus2qwk]

Originally Posted by Steve Cole

If you can get your hands on the March 2013 issue of the magazine that GoodGuys puts out called the "Goodtimes Gazette" pages 164-165, there is a article on this truck.

I looked it up and that guy is about an hour away from me. I may have to see if I can track him down. thanks for the info

[72bowtiestepper]

Originally Posted by Steve Cole

Here is an outside shot. This truck is AWESOME.


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Thats a BEAUTIFUL stepper.....don't change it too much !

[jus2qwk]

thanks. and that's the trouble I'm having. I still want it to be recognized as the same truck just better