Long Project: Orange Julius

[truckmanloco]

Good to see another so cal military c-10 guy i have a 72 gmc swb with a 06 ls2 and a dropmember on 22 inch bonspeeds. Heres a few pics still havent gotten the wheels in im out of the country for a little while.

[nibs]

MMMMMMMM, that LS2 gives me a chub

[nibs]

Ok, 7 months later, and I FINALLY HAVE AN UPDATE!!!
Here is what has happened the last few months...

I left you all right as we got the compressor/tanks mounted. We then trew the bed on and got the truck in its final coat of primer and initial guide coat. Oh yea, and played around with the bags







Next up was stripping the rest of the truck of everything. Got the front clip off, engine out, interior stripped



Ok, so Im gonna get some heat and i might get some love, but I cut the dash. I smoothed out the radio, ashtray, ignition hole, climate control, and cig lighter hole.



Then shaved the firewall. the wire rail and heater boxes shaved.



Gave the frame the cleaning its needed for the last 20+ years


Shot some color on the thing




Coated up the frame, nice and shiny



Sprayed the interior flat black. The plan with this is to have the whole inner cab flat black, while keeping the dash and the doors the exterior color. It is an actual flat black paint with flattened clear, not just flat black primer if you are wondering



Gave the temporary engine some color love and some chrome goodies we had laying around the shop.

Then put her back in As she sits right now. I ordered all new window rubber and door mouldings. Once the glass and shocks are in, the bed goes on for the last time!!!

The bed sitting next to her same year sister(aka my dads 71) I am rhino lining just the rippled bed floor, just in case you were wondering why the floor isnt painted



Oh, the person who guesses the color correctly gets a prize!

[VA72C10]

sounds like sweet progress! Looking forward to the pictures!

[67cheby]

to much info ......NOT ENOUGH PICS !!! LOL

[mooseknuckles]

love the wheels..got a set of them myself!

[nibs]

Pics are up guys!!!

[VA72C10]

very nice! Looks great!

[67cheby]

sweet, looking KILLER

[RCbowtie69]

NICE!!! hope to see finish work soon,keep on truckin''

[STOCKISH]

Looks like a super clean truck to start with. The picture with the bed back on looks soooooo good! It should look really good with the Magnetos on it! And thanks alot for your service to our country!!!

[butternut1972]

Lookin good! I dig the color.

[c10layinlow]

looks sweet

[nibs]

Thanks fellas! Im soooo excited for it to be in one piece again

[c10layinlow]

when u welded the filler on the wire gutter on the firewall did u just tach it in an then run some beads an the grind them down? thats my nest step on my firewall it just seems like it might be a paint to grind them welds down.. thanks for any imput bro

[nibs]

Yea, thats exactly what was done. If you have a good grinder, its shouldnt take too much to grind down.

[355GoldieGM]

nice build man, looks sweet, how much did that air ride set you back?

[nibs]

Originally Posted by 355GoldieGM

nice build man, looks sweet, how much did that air ride set you back?

Man, if i had my reciepts on me at the time, I could give you a better amount. I want to say roughly $1200-1500? there really isnt alot to it really
I got all this stuff from *****************, except for the custom fab stuff(obviously)
2-3 gallon tanks
2-Viair 380 compressors(came in a dual pack)
8-1/2" SMC valves
Misc fittings
4-Slam specialties bags
1-Set ***************** front bag brackets
1-7 switch remote controller
custom compressor and tank brakets
custom fab frame notch

There are a couple more things, but you get the idea

[355GoldieGM]

thats not to bad actually... and on the install side,,, that kit looks pretty complete.... whould you say it was easy enough to install or were there some ruff spots. I thought of converting mine to air ride a couple times, im stil hesistating... i dont wanna loose any bed space with the tank and compressors, i really like the frame mount idea.

[355GoldieGM]

Originally Posted by nibs

Oh, the person who guesses the color correctly gets a prize!

school bus orange?? lol

[nibs]

Originally Posted by 355GoldieGM

thats not to bad actually... and on the install side,,, that kit looks pretty complete.... whould you say it was easy enough to install or were there some ruff spots. I thought of converting mine to air ride a couple times, im stil hesistating... i dont wanna loose any bed space with the tank and compressors, i really like the frame mount idea.

Honestly its no harder than changing out your springs and shocks. The only thing extra you have to do is run air line, figure out how you want your tanks and comps mounted and wire them up. The comps and tanks on the frame is awesome inst it! Cant even tell its bagged until i start playin with it.

Oh and the color isnt school bus orange

[355GoldieGM]

Then my only other guess would have to be Tonka orange... ???

Doesnt sound to hard put like that! and yeah really love the mounting place that was chosen... out of sight out of mind! Great for a sleeper look!
Do them compressors make a whole lot of noise.. i imagine they dont go off all that much if you dont play around with it once the ride hight is set.
Thaks for all the info man, its helping convince me to think about it more seriously. Id love to know how it handles in turns ans bumpy roads. Must be real smooth!

[nibs]

Originally Posted by 355GoldieGM

Then my only other guess would have to be Tonka orange... ???

Doesnt sound to hard put like that! and yeah really love the mounting place that was chosen... out of sight out of mind! Great for a sleeper look!
Do them compressors make a whole lot of noise.. i imagine they dont go off all that much if you dont play around with it once the ride hight is set.
Thaks for all the info man, its helping convince me to think about it more seriously. Id love to know how it handles in turns ans bumpy roads. Must be real smooth!

The compressors arent real loud. You will hear them if you are standing outside the truck, but its like a low drone. I have a set mounted in my GTI for its air setup, and my buddy has a set in his Jetta. You can definatly hear them, but its not too bad. They dont have a need to run all the time if you arent playing with them or if you dont have any leaks

[nibs]

Woo Hoo!!! Glass is in!



Now time for the bed to get put back on

[67chevy1series]

it always feels nice to get the windows installed