my 87 chevy project

[87 chevy silverado]

teaser

[spudz]

awesome gmc caps..

[87 chevy silverado]

thanks they needed a good kleen up on them

[87 chevy silverado]

got some good news and some bad news


how bout the end of the story (good news)



brand new water pump and radiator and a borrowed clutch fan...



now for the story we have had to replace the water pump scence we got the truck and never did well to day the water pump locked up and the fan messed up the upper fan shroud and radiator. i will post pics tomorrow of the carnage cus the truck is a skool in the shop ready for me to start working on it around noon

[oldblue1968chevy]

Geez!

Hey, I gotta fan for a squarebody pickup truck, I'll let it go cheap if you need one..

Id go to the parts store and complain and show/bring your fan...That'd be a huge bummer.

[87 chevy silverado]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

Geez!

Hey, I gotta fan for a squarebody pickup truck, I'll let it go cheap if you need one..

Id go to the parts store and complain and show/bring your fan...That'd be a huge bummer.

now its not there falt my water pump broke.far as i know its the original one..dowt it is just, an exaggeration...but im going to the yard to get a fan this weekend but the radiator is only a few month old to soo this time tomorrow it will be done hopefully

[oldblue1968chevy]

Sweet. So it WAS back on the road DD status?

[87 chevy silverado]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

Sweet. So it WAS back on the road DD status?

im kinda confused on wat ur saying? if ur asking if i been driving it to skool then yes the past week i have been

[spudz]

oh man that sucks so bad. sorry to hear that. My 88 mustang gt did that to me once. I was doing a burnout, the waterpump shaft broke and sent the fan threw the radiator. Next day I bought a new aftermarket radiator and a used ford tarus electric fan from the junk yard.. Felt like i gained 20hp and sounded so much better then that noisy clutch fan. BTW I checked the gmc tailgate i have and the aluminum strip is not even there.

[oldblue1968chevy]

Going to electric fans will give you more 'seat of the pants' power?

[spudz]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

Going to electric fans will give you more 'seat of the pants' power?

it was the best thing I ever done for that little car... think that car only has a 225hp 5.0 with 273 gears.. I MAYBE got 10hp outa the fan swap but it was enough to tell.

[87 chevy silverado]

Originally Posted by spudz

it was the best thing I ever done for that little car... think that car only has a 225hp 5.0 with 273 gears.. I MAYBE got 10hp outa the fan swap but it was enough to tell.

well i got the truck done in a hour and 15 min with some help from a fellow class mate during class i was supride i did it out class is only a hour and thirty mins long and i didnt want to spend time after skool messing with it..then i leave there and go to my dads work and show him and he got two new used 31x10.50x15 goodyear wrangler tires that a customer didnt want. now i have 31s all the way around but i still cant drop it with those tires ...hay at least i got new tires for the time being

[spudz]

Originally Posted by 87 chevy silverado

well i got the truck done in a hour and 15 min with some help from a fellow class mate during class i was supride i did it out class is only a hour and thirty mins long and i didnt want to spend time after skool messing with it..then i leave there and go to my dads work and show him and he got two new used 31x10.50x15 goodyear wrangler tires that a customer didnt want. now i have 31s all the way around but i still cant drop it with those tires ...hay at least i got new tires for the time being

awesome, atleast your the same size all the way around now.

[oldblue1968chevy]

Lift it! There is a squarebody 2wd with a huge lift on it here somewhere...

[87 chevy silverado]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

Lift it! There is a squarebody 2wd with a huge lift on it here somewhere...

i was going to do that but i like it low and the pocket does to

[87 chevy silverado]

got some work done today post pics tonight yall will like it to

[87 chevy silverado]

i went to the yard for a fan and a fan shroud did have it there so i found this out there a might go back for the door panels later this week so it matches some

[87 chevy silverado]

the bad part bout it




then i also got the 4x4 air dam off the truck.and i changed right bumper guard thanks to spudz.. im thinking of going back if get the money and get the door panels from it to

[87 chevy silverado]

DOOR PANEL$13.26 EA

for that price i think im going back and getting them so it matches if there still there and if i get the money

[oldblue1968chevy]

Truck looks good, I still wish you had'nt have primered it lol. Need to scrub those white letters man!!

[87 chevy silverado]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

Truck looks good, I still wish you had'nt have primered it lol. Need to scrub those white letters man!!

i did today then i went down my dirt road bout 2 hrs later ad there back to that now..wish i didnt prim it either but honestly it looks better the way it is now cus it would be many different colors

[nbpro]

Yeah, I like the primed look better than I did all the multicolors. Truck's looking good.

[87 chevy silverado]

Originally Posted by nbpro

Yeah, I like the primed look better than I did all the multicolors. Truck's looking good.

and another thing i like bout it is wen it gets scratched i got touch up paint ready to be put back on lololol

[87 chevy silverado]

what do yall think of me putting this in my truck i want to put wood grain in it any ways








and i just thought wen i go back im going to get a nice 73-80 small gmc tailgate piece for the truck to i just remembered it being out there and if i get the door panels im getting the window felt cus its like new.....that means i have to get a new tailgate to then

[spudz]

Originally Posted by 87 chevy silverado

and another thing i like bout it is wen it gets scratched i got touch up paint ready to be put back on lololol

Ive seen him do this....lol right in the parking lot.