How about some pics of 88-98 Trucks

[neatoldstuff]

Love those 454 SS trucks. I had a black one and now have a red one. I love the way they drive and handle. You have a nice truck, take care of it!

[Palf70Step]

[lit]

thanks....its actually a 5.7 "sport". has the same trim as the 454 except it has a 60/40 bench. swapped the stock 350 @ 180k for a new vortec crate motor whicch now has over 100k on it. its a keeper!

[Chromer]

Originally Posted by lit

thanks....its actually a 5.7 "sport". has the same trim as the 454 except it has a 60/40 bench. swapped the stock 350 @ 180k for a new vortec crate motor whicch now has over 100k on it. its a keeper!

Nice truck there lit....

At some point, I'm going to need to rebuild or replace the motor on my '93 5.7GMC K-1500 Stepside.



I'm interested in the Vortec motor that replaced your 350. Was there a noticeable performance improvement? Did the fuel economy suffer? Any and all details would be appreciated.

Thanks...

Chromer

[special-K]

I still have this`92 K3500.I ordered it when they came out with the 6.5TD.I got all the bells`n`whistles except posi(went with a locker).It`s a 5spd(ok,didn`t want the auto optioneither)/bucket seat/tach/camper/towing/off road pkg truck.I wanted the light biege interior,but they stopped offering the metallic gold I ran on my company trucks at the time.Everything else was spec`d and I hit this hurdle.The salesman flipped past a page with a 1/2 dozen colors and I asked to see those."I like that green,it`s classic".Well,you need a fleet account to order fleet colors(never change from year to year).This color is the same color all the way back,Woodland Green.Fleet accounts have to order a minimum of 10 trucks to get these colors.I asked what happens when an employee totals one of the trucks,the company has to order 10 to replace it?I had him check with GMC and they said I could have it if I waited for another order for that color.So,I ordered the truck in January and it was delivered in June.I gaurantee this is a one of a kind truck.The 6.5 was a late,92 1/2 option,listed as`93 for replacement parts.I doubt any fleet accounts would order SLE packages with all the options and not too many top-of-the-line trucks with a 5spd.Also,not many companies were springing for the diesel option back then.It`s got to be the only`92 Woodland Green SRW K3500 SLE 5spd 6.5TD which was only offered at the end of the model year.Not that that impresses anyone.
New:

200,000 miles:


250,000 miles:

[69-350]

Unique truck. Probably is rare, not counting the 6.5TD. Great that you have a 5 spd. I kinda wish my 97 was a manual, would be more fun. Jammin gears is always a blast.

I wish I could find numbers on Bright blue Metallic. I know it's a rare color, the blue paint my truck has, but all I know is there's at least 6 or 7 other ones. GM needed like 7 orders in a color to make it. Special order? Got shelved at the end of the production year if 6 other people didn't want that color. I think that number has gone up now.

[special-K]

Is your color almost kinda purplish?I think I know what one you have.It`s deeper than that other more common blue.I was disappointed when the`88s came out.After seeing 5 year old work trucks taking whatever was thrown at then I started accepting them.My`84 was ready to move on from or start going over it pretty good.Considering downtime and the new motor I took the plunge.Couldn`t find anything close to what I needed and if I`m buying a new truck I want it to be exactly what I want.The NV4500 shifts much smoother than the 4spd New process trannies.These are a breed apart rom what I`d had and was a step into the future for me.It`s kinda odd,but I took a sport truck approach with this daily driver work truck...bucket seats/console,tach,5spd.It`s the first vehicle I`ve had that I let alone.I customized it from the factory,is how I saw it and I put my time into my vintage iron and bike hobby.I just tinted the window,cut the pipes and ran dual baloney slices out the back,ventshades,CatchAll mats,Detroit Locker,tweaked the t-bars to fit 285/75s,and gas shocks.
I got base`95 K3500 used in`98.It was Emerald Green,6.5TD,5spd,a/c,tilt,cruise.I did the opposite.I treated it like a conversion company starting out with a lower model and adding my touches experimenting with aftermarket stuff...then totalled it in`04.I had gotten into diesel performance and ended up in Jan`04 putting a crate Penninsular Marine 300hp 6.5TD.The`92 had 205,000 on it untouched and ready for injector pump,injectors,and glow-plugs.I decided I should drop the 6 month old boat motor in to get my money out of it.So,that`s what`s in the`92 with a Banks exhaust.
I know I posted it way back in this stickie,but here it is(was).When I put the bed on I changed the color to GM Fairway Green:


W/ladder racks and tonneau cover:

Now for the aftermath:









Sold the hood to a local guy I know:

[69-350]

that was a cool truck, too. I remember seeing that several times on the boards. Was that hood metal or glass?

And as for my color, it's kinda a medium blue, kinda dark, kinda light, not a dull like most blues, but kinda a deeper, brighter blue. It doesn't look as good now as when I got the truck. Whenever I get the truck repainted, I think it won't see as much offroad use. I just can't wait til I get to retire it from 'active' duty, store it indoors, under shelter at least, and redo much of the truck. Give the ole blue beast an easy more comfortable life, instead of daily driving, and the usual road abuse.

Idk. Check out in the linky in my sig, look for some older pictures. Some are digitals from when it was younger, some are scans from the film camera. Some show a darker yet brighter, deeper, prettier blue. I'd like to see bright blue metallic in fresh paint, as I think it's a beautiful color, but I'd like to see it fresh.

[colt45-2007]

Here's some pics of my 88 Stepside, 3/7 Drop, Cowl Hood, Calvu Mirrors, APC Steering Wheel, Pioneer 6.5 inch flipout, Rollpan, Smoothie Bumper, It has a new crate 305 and TH-700r4, new rear end with 3.08s..... I have a shaved tailgate kit that I havent installed yet but I hope to do that soon and then get the tailgate and rollpan painted, I'm seriously thinking about buying a 125hp nitrous kit asap and hopefully a set of 20 inch JR Octanes in the near future.....


Attachment 420740
A pic of my 88, my buddys 97, and another buddys 99

[chevy88]

This is my 1988.

[special-K]

The hood was fiberglass.Real nice quality,finished on both sides.It made it throught that accident.That says something.

Since I wrecked it about a month before I became active on this site I`m going to list what it had done to it before I forget forever(if that hasn`t already happened):

*Sliding window
*Tint
*Custom upholstered cloth bench seat in GM material
*Alpine head unit/amp,6 1/2" Polk adios in the doors & 6x9s in boxes behind the seat
*Over w/s shelf
*ISO-Pro boost,egt,and fuel preessure guages in column pod
*Lind Solar Visor
*Good Hood ram-air hood
*W/T grille
*Custom l.e.d. tuen signals/running lights up ront
*4 4" l.e.d.s in the back
*Strobe flashers
*GM stainless towing mirrors
*2wd front fenders w/Bushwacker extenda-lares
*Fairway Green bc/cc
*Metalic Charcoal bc/cc powdercoat on rear bumper,running boards,tool body tops,rack
*Custom-built ladder rack
*Custom-built running boards
*Dark grey Line-X in baed and on inside & top suraces of rack
*Custom-made grey tonneau made from Herculon truck tarp material
*Onboard air compressor
*Onboard 12v generator
*8x16 Weld Outbacks
*285/75x16 Super Swamper SSRs
*Removed about 1/2 leafs/added heavy duty truck airbags front & rear for lift
*Rancho 9000RSXs...dual ront
*Detroit Locker in rear/Tru Trac in front
*Rear disc brakes
*BD 4" mandrel exhaust
*Custom mandrel bent crossover pipe
*Custom cold air intake/cone filter
*Peninsular Marine 300hp 6.5TD tweeked to 325hp
*Intercooler
*Centerforce dual-friction
*Reading lo-profile Classic utility bed
*Custom bent aluminum diamond plate tops in bedsides,front,and tailgate

Next was lettering/pinstripe or some sort of big rig graphics.Never got that far.

[69-350]

quite the list! sounds a bit like my truck. Extensive list. Never touched the motor in mine yet though. 'Yet'. Motor and paint I want to do sometime in the next couple years. Rebuild what's left of the suspension, paint the frame, repair all dents and crap, rebuild the front and/or rear ends if they aren't by then, and if I still have IFS on my 97. And after the frame is done, body work and paint, or at least paint and body work before total chassis rebuild. Then maybe motor. Then maybe after all that, redo the interior, and it'd about be a brand new truck again.

Before too long though, I'm getting my 4.56 or 4.88 gears and a posi rear, maybe next couple weeks. Then a full replacement front bumper, something nobody has ever seen yet. Literally nobody. They haven't even made it yet, as far as I know, he's waiting til he gets mine and a couple other deposits. And with all the hundreds of ranch hands, many dozens of TDK's, Few dozen Outlaws and misc full replacements (yes, I'm not joking about those numbers. A lot of deer around these parts to run into. And stupid drivers on ice. And oilfield where we put on bumpers or at least grille guards) this one will stick out. Not only is it an "older" (nothing is old to me) truck with a full replacement, but it'll be a bumper that nobody around here has. Granted, it'll take but a few weeks for that to dump the bed.

I'm not kidding. When I put straight pipes on my truck, like every other kid in town did. Then I got wheels and mud tires, a lot of people did. Before I got my lift, few people had lifted 88-98s. Then after I got mine, three kids I know, and a couple more 88-98s popped up lifted. Wheels? NObody in town had them. Now there's a 3/4 ton or two with them, and like three or four stock halftons with them, and somebody from out of town. Was going to get halo eye headlights with clear corners, and LED taillights/3rd light. The one kid with a blue 98 Chevy, 6" lift, got them before I did. It kinda frustrates me, I do something or get something unique, and in a couple weeks, that unique thing is showin up everywhere.

So I'm hoping nobody copies my Iron Bull bumper. Go check them out, Iron Bull Bumpers. Look under Dodges and check out the Defender 8 style. It'll be like that pretty much. And if they do, I might do some triple/double rollbars. See if anybody copies that. Or if they copy the bumper, I'm thinking solid axle swap. None of the people I know with pickups like mine would be willing to do a SAS. Then, if worse comes to worse, 30" of lift and 54" Boggers. On 2.5 or 5 ton axles. Good luck is all I gotta say... that, and I hope it don't come down to that. I really don't want to look for 2.5t Rockwells, dish out for 54" boggers, and all that work.

[jgh64pkup]

where are all of the pro streets?

[Strodder]

Bought is Tahoe new in 1996. Sold it 2003 for a new 2003 Silverado.

[HemicudAaron]

my baby

[Jeep & GMC]

nice truck, thats a lot of horspower for a little weight. I bet I'm the only one on this board who knows where kasilof is, I used to live in homer.

[Strodder]

These arent mine but I did the air bags on them.

[Strodder]

[worley91]

There it is, after a 8 foot snow drift

[B.Rayden]

I traded a 94 Saturn wagon even for a 88 chevy 4x4 4spd and have been slowly but surely rebuilding the whole thing.

If anyone has parts to sell let me know I may be interested.

[jb1016]

B.Rayden -- nice original looking rig you've got there. Good to have you on the board.

[Ol'Rover]

thought i should update...i got the frenchy runningboards off. Didnt lower the truck yet lol (just photoshopped)

[metalgod]

96 chevy tahoe two door
74 c10
72 nova

[4dranch]

This is my daughters all stock 95 GMC.

[worley91]

Originally Posted by 4dranch

This is my daughters all stock 95 GMC.

Clean truck man.