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Re: 1971 Stepside LS Build
Very nice choice of wheels!! I may be biased, though.
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1971 C10 Stepside. LSx 6.0 with BTR Stage IV, Speed Engineering Headers, 4L80e transmission w/3200 Circle-D Stall. 3.73. Posi. Purchased this truck when I was 17. I started the rebuild (or take apart) in 1993. I have drug it around all over the country in pieces. Finally back on the road in 2021. "I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far." |
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4/6 may not be enough drop....hmmm
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Picked up a set of bucket seats this weekend. They were pretty cheap, so I thought it was worth it to see what I thought of them. I think I like the looks of the buckets better than the bench, but I may end up going with the Snowden seats before it is all said and done. I think if these were recovered they would look decent. Also not sure about the center console that came with them.
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It was a nice day yesterday so I rolled her outside and took a few photos of her in the daylight. I'm very happy with the wheel/tire set up. Like I said earlier, I may go a little lower, but that will have to wait until she is pretty close to done.
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Those are same seats out of a 96 Tahoe I had years ago. I can say they are very comfortable but suck sliding in and out as the material wears out quickly and the foam breaks down on that left side as driver gets in and out more frequently. The lumbar is air bags and they leak too rendering them useless..
Now having said that, if you take them to upholstery shop that knows what they're doing, you can have better foam with lower profile that would be really nice. They can fix the lumbar too or better yet I've seen guys replace with heaters instead and used the lumbar switch to control. That would be cool. I love the wheels man. Personally I like to fill the wheel well best I can but leave just enough space it looks proportioned. Our front wheel wells are so large it's hard to do that. I think if you lower the truck a little like you said that will really look good and more proportional. I feel like this post is very critical but I only mean to give ideas/constructive criticism... The truck is badazz man and I can't wait to see it progress ![]()
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Those are comfortable seats! And they're in great shape for the age. My grandpa's seats in his 95 Sierra are about the same shape and I like them. I welded shut all of the seatbelt attachments on my cab and I wanted to have the integral seat belts or else I would have gone for seats like that.
Wheels look good!
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Awesome, I like those wheels. The feeling when you pull it out like that is always fantastic.
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are those the U111 or the U390 ramblers?
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Nothing like a fresh coat of epoxy to point out all the spots you missed on the initial pass. Looking forward to seeing the bed back on the truck. It is just temporary, but I haven't see it all together and one color since the 90's.
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You're on the home stretch now! Once I had what I thought was all of the bondo work done and epoxy over that, it was very minor work and before I knew it I was in paint.
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Very cool, wish I had a setup like that booth!
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The wife and I assembled the bed last night and set it on the frame. Lots of adjusting left to do. I realized my panhard bar has never been adjusted as my center line on the axle is off about a quarter inch. It looks like a truck again. The weather sucks here today. Hopefully I can roll her outside this weekend and get some better shots.
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Dude...that is slick. Solid work.
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Very nice! So what's the plan, are you taking bed back apart to paint or are you painting it together? Will epoxy between the panels be enough to seal for years down the road?
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Well that's nice of your wife to help! Looks good!
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Very nice progress! One step closer.
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I know it is going to be hard to take this thing apart for paint. I centered the rear axle and got the bed fenders all aligned and finger tight. Gonna be a long winter...
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It really looks good. Long winter indeed man.
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Just make sure you keep the battery charged so you can fire it up when the need arises! For motivation. The last picture looks great, it is just patiently sitting and waiting!
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