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**Palf70Step** · 12-14-2018, 06:01 PM

Well, today ole Whitey my 2002 Silverado W/T drove off to its new life as I picked up it's replacement a couple days ago. Love my work trucks. New on goes along with its older brother my 81 GMC. This time I have a 2006 GMC Sierra 1500 SWB regular cab W/T. Another 4.3 to chug me along. I swapped my tonneau cover over from the old truck. As I mention to another board member, seems like almost all these trucks come in the Silver Birch Metallic. I like my white, but the silver is way better than black.

Soon as this weather clears up, I'll give her a good cleaning and polishing/waxing.

Now I have 2 GMCs instead of a mixed couple

**Palf70Step** · 12-19-2018, 02:53 PM

Spent the mroning working on a box to hold my small floor jack, chains,and some tools in the back of the truck. I had an old toolbox my dad made when he was a fabricator in the steel mills. Made an angle bracing to keep it straight in the truck, painted the bracket and tool box. Strapped it in and I got the stuff I need without it sliding around and is fairly easy to remove if I need all the bed space.

By having weight on that corner it also helps with the typical Chevy lean.

mikebte · 12-19-2018, 05:54 PM

Nice looking rig, I like the short wide trucks. They make such good drivers.

**Palf70Step** · 12-19-2018, 07:14 PM

I agree, love these style/size trucks. This will be my 5th on in almost 30 yrs. 1992 was my first and only one I bought new. Then I had the 2002, a 1994 & 2007 (while I still owned the 2002), and now this one to finally replace the 02. Of course I had several older ones that were also SWB (70, 82, 69, 83, 64, 81) for toys.

kingsolver72 · 12-24-2018, 11:38 PM

I really like bracket and toolbox idea. Cool trucks also!

OutlawDrifter · 12-30-2018, 08:36 PM

-Bill what a treasure to have that box! I have my dad's old Gehl "road box" he traveled with when he was a block man. Still has his handwritten part numbers on the inside. I haven't been able to bring myself to use it for anything yet.

Looks like you've got a nice driver. I'm into the 99-06 game for the first time with a 2007 Classic. I've driven quite a few for work, but never owned one.

Looks like you've got a great start! I think GM must of made one heck of a deal on the pewter/silver/grey colors, buying in bulk!

**Palf70Step** · 12-30-2018, 08:45 PM

Thanks Outlaw. It's a nice truck for sure. I am cleaning up a mess right now. For whatever reason, I got in the truck early Friday morning, closed the door and the glass shattered all over the place. Luckily the glass shop had on in stock and I got it replaced. Yesterday I took out interior and cleaned up all the remaining class, plus the last owners dog hair. Good thing is I got a return of $4.68 on my truck purchase price. Lots of coins in that dog hair. Working on changing out the wheels, but not sure when that will be. Tomorrow I'll finish bolting down the last seat and start driving again.

**Boog** · 01-06-2019, 06:59 PM

Bill reg cab shortys are harder and harder to come by these days. Most everybody wants extracabs at least so that's what most of the dealers stock. I too prefer the reg cab shortys but I need the extra rear seat area to haul my things in the dry. You are right. It does seem there are way more silvers out there than any other color.

**Palf70Step** · 01-08-2019, 04:08 PM

I found a set of good alloy/aluminum wheels like I had on another truck and liked a good bit. The wheels are factory 17" from a 2004-07 Nissan Titan/Armada. Since 2 were missing the center caps, I did some digging and found the center caps from later model (2012-15) GMC Denali (18" or 20" I can't remember) are the same mounting style and diameter hub. The GMC front side is a bit thinner than the Nissan ones, so I put some o-rings I had around to make up the difference. They fit/snap-in like the original Nissan ones and with the o-rings set level. They fit with out the o-rings, but set in some. I had the wheels pulled off the old steel wheel and mounted. Too me it makes it look way better. OK now back to the broke 81.

**Palf70Step** · 01-08-2019, 04:12 PM

Couple more of the after

OutlawDrifter · 01-08-2019, 06:21 PM

Good work Bill! There are a few different styles of Nissan full-size wheels I think look great on GM pickups. It's great that there is a center cap solution!

**hatzie** · 04-21-2019, 05:31 PM

^^This. Those Nissan Wheels look like they belong on your T800. Nothing odd looking about em.

Too bad there aren't aftermarket wheels that have that clean look.

**Palf70Step** · 04-22-2019, 07:19 PM

Yeah they look good. Too bad the truck was a super lemon and she is now someone else's project.

**hatzie** · 04-22-2019, 11:13 PM

Hopefully you didn't loose much or anything on it.

12-14-2018, 06:01 PM	#1
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,061	New one at the homefront-2006 GMC Well, today ole Whitey my 2002 Silverado W/T drove off to its new life as I picked up it's replacement a couple days ago. Love my work trucks. New on goes along with its older brother my 81 GMC. This time I have a 2006 GMC Sierra 1500 SWB regular cab W/T. Another 4.3 to chug me along. I swapped my tonneau cover over from the old truck. As I mention to another board member, seems like almost all these trucks come in the Silver Birch Metallic. I like my white, but the silver is way better than black. Soon as this weather clears up, I'll give her a good cleaning and polishing/waxing. Now I have 2 GMCs instead of a mixed couple Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! Last edited by Palf70Step; 12-19-2018 at 02:57 PM.

12-19-2018, 02:53 PM	#2
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,061	Re: New one at the homefront Spent the mroning working on a box to hold my small floor jack, chains,and some tools in the back of the truck. I had an old toolbox my dad made when he was a fabricator in the steel mills. Made an angle bracing to keep it straight in the truck, painted the bracket and tool box. Strapped it in and I got the stuff I need without it sliding around and is fairly easy to remove if I need all the bed space. By having weight on that corner it also helps with the typical Chevy lean. Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

12-19-2018, 05:54 PM	#3
mikebte Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 639	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC Nice looking rig, I like the short wide trucks. They make such good drivers. __________________ 1959 Chevy Apache 3100/ 283 TBI / 4L60E My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mikebtte

12-19-2018, 07:14 PM	#4
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,061	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC I agree, love these style/size trucks. This will be my 5th on in almost 30 yrs. 1992 was my first and only one I bought new. Then I had the 2002, a 1994 & 2007 (while I still owned the 2002), and now this one to finally replace the 02. Of course I had several older ones that were also SWB (70, 82, 69, 83, 64, 81) for toys. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

12-24-2018, 11:38 PM	#5
kingsolver72 10/30/19 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ottawa kansas Posts: 5,244	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC I really like bracket and toolbox idea. Cool trucks also!

12-30-2018, 08:36 PM	#6
OutlawDrifter Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Northeast KS Posts: 1,783	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC -Bill what a treasure to have that box! I have my dad's old Gehl "road box" he traveled with when he was a block man. Still has his handwritten part numbers on the inside. I haven't been able to bring myself to use it for anything yet. Looks like you've got a nice driver. I'm into the 99-06 game for the first time with a 2007 Classic. I've driven quite a few for work, but never owned one. Looks like you've got a great start! I think GM must of made one heck of a deal on the pewter/silver/grey colors, buying in bulk! __________________ 1999 GMC Suburban K2500 SLT, 454/4L80E 1991 Z/28, 6.0L/T56 1949 GMC 250, S10 Frame, 6.0L/4L80E Instagram @aceshighspeedshop

12-30-2018, 08:45 PM	#7
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,061	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC Thanks Outlaw. It's a nice truck for sure. I am cleaning up a mess right now. For whatever reason, I got in the truck early Friday morning, closed the door and the glass shattered all over the place. Luckily the glass shop had on in stock and I got it replaced. Yesterday I took out interior and cleaned up all the remaining class, plus the last owners dog hair. Good thing is I got a return of $4.68 on my truck purchase price. Lots of coins in that dog hair. Working on changing out the wheels, but not sure when that will be. Tomorrow I'll finish bolting down the last seat and start driving again. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

01-06-2019, 06:59 PM	#8
Boog laying low Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Searcy, Ark. USA Posts: 13,433	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC Bill reg cab shortys are harder and harder to come by these days. Most everybody wants extracabs at least so that's what most of the dealers stock. I too prefer the reg cab shortys but I need the extra rear seat area to haul my things in the dry. You are right. It does seem there are way more silvers out there than any other color. __________________ Boog 69 Chevy stepside, 358/T350, 4.11 posi, 4.5/4 drop, rallys, poboy driver primer is finer 91 Chevy sportside, Tahoe, Yukon & GMC Crewcab All GM..'nuff said. I stand for the flag and kneel at the cross

01-08-2019, 04:08 PM	#9
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,061	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC I found a set of good alloy/aluminum wheels like I had on another truck and liked a good bit. The wheels are factory 17" from a 2004-07 Nissan Titan/Armada. Since 2 were missing the center caps, I did some digging and found the center caps from later model (2012-15) GMC Denali (18" or 20" I can't remember) are the same mounting style and diameter hub. The GMC front side is a bit thinner than the Nissan ones, so I put some o-rings I had around to make up the difference. They fit/snap-in like the original Nissan ones and with the o-rings set level. They fit with out the o-rings, but set in some. I had the wheels pulled off the old steel wheel and mounted. Too me it makes it look way better. OK now back to the broke 81. Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

01-08-2019, 04:12 PM	#10
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,061	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC Couple more of the after Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

01-08-2019, 06:21 PM	#11
OutlawDrifter Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Northeast KS Posts: 1,783	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC Good work Bill! There are a few different styles of Nissan full-size wheels I think look great on GM pickups. It's great that there is a center cap solution! __________________ 1999 GMC Suburban K2500 SLT, 454/4L80E 1991 Z/28, 6.0L/T56 1949 GMC 250, S10 Frame, 6.0L/4L80E Instagram @aceshighspeedshop

04-21-2019, 05:31 PM	#12
hatzie Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wentworth, NH Posts: 4,975	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC ^^This. Those Nissan Wheels look like they belong on your T800. Nothing odd looking about em. Too bad there aren't aftermarket wheels that have that clean look. __________________ 1959 M35A2 LDT465-1D SOLD 1967 Dodge W200 B383, NP420/NP201 SOLD 1969 Dodge Polara 500 B383, A833 SOLD 1972 Ford F250 FE390, NP435/NP205 SOLD 1976 Chevy K20, 6.5L, NV4500/NP208 SOLD 1986 M1008 CUCV SOLD 2000 GMC C2500, TD6.5L, NV4500 2005 Chevy Silverado LS 2500HD 6.0L 4L80E/NP263 2009 Impala SS LS4 V8 RTFM... GM Parts Books, GM Schematics, GM service manuals, and GM training materials... 1973-1991 GM Light Truck Service, Unit/Overhaul, Wiring Manuals, Parts Books and Some 1968-1999 GM Service Training textbooks in PDF 1988-1998 GMT400 CK service manual project 1988-1993 GMT400 CK parts books. 1967-1972 GM Light, Medium, & Heavy Truck Service Manuals in PDF Please include at least the year and model in your threads. It'll be easier to answer your questions. And please let us know if and how your repairs were successful.

04-22-2019, 07:19 PM	#13
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,061	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC Yeah they look good. Too bad the truck was a super lemon and she is now someone else's project. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

04-22-2019, 11:13 PM	#14
hatzie Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wentworth, NH Posts: 4,975	Re: New one at the homefront-2006 GMC Hopefully you didn't loose much or anything on it. __________________ 1959 M35A2 LDT465-1D SOLD 1967 Dodge W200 B383, NP420/NP201 SOLD 1969 Dodge Polara 500 B383, A833 SOLD 1972 Ford F250 FE390, NP435/NP205 SOLD 1976 Chevy K20, 6.5L, NV4500/NP208 SOLD 1986 M1008 CUCV SOLD 2000 GMC C2500, TD6.5L, NV4500 2005 Chevy Silverado LS 2500HD 6.0L 4L80E/NP263 2009 Impala SS LS4 V8 RTFM... GM Parts Books, GM Schematics, GM service manuals, and GM training materials... 1973-1991 GM Light Truck Service, Unit/Overhaul, Wiring Manuals, Parts Books and Some 1968-1999 GM Service Training textbooks in PDF 1988-1998 GMT400 CK service manual project 1988-1993 GMT400 CK parts books. 1967-1972 GM Light, Medium, & Heavy Truck Service Manuals in PDF Please include at least the year and model in your threads. It'll be easier to answer your questions. And please let us know if and how your repairs were successful.



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