What are you buying next?

[72 Cheyenne402]

Headers and more...............

[blukangoo]

Flowers for my wife. Maybe that will keep her from nagging about working on the truck such long hours.

[Orange]

I have to decide on a full brake booster/master cylinder setup.
I found a pic of one I like, but can't identify it. Also when you go that route, you have to make your own bracketry and modify yadda yadda.

It's nice EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE to have something just work.

DLB

[edmonton72]

What I'm going to be buy next is a blazer tank and door skins. What I have recently spent money on is a painless wiring harness, ididit steering column, brand new seat and seat belts from www.discountvantruck.com , Grant classic wood steering wheel, autogage tach and other little things. Soon i'll have to buy interior things to get it all back together. After adding up all the bills of what I spent on this truck I could have bought a new one.

[kyull67]

A just bought a 1990 700R4 today!

[chevyboy55]

Soon to have 2 kids in college at the same time so I will not be buying anything for a LOOOOOOOONG time.

[cory321]

Exhaust system,or a/c hoses.I also might buy a zero turn mower.

[72 CustomCamper]

Originally Posted by Bishops Trucks

Hey Chuck,
You buying that so you can sell it to me?

I don't know Jim, have to talk it over a few beers when you get back to the states...

[Bishops Trucks]

Originally Posted by 72 CustomCamper

I don't know Jim, have to talk it over a few beers when you get back to the states...

What shape is it in? A few cold ones sound good.

[IvelDesigns]

ok, i guess i lied. I'm picking up a set of shorty headers for my truck. Not sure if they will get installed right away, or if they'll collect some dust until i build my motor in the fall.

[e rock]

My brother-in-law's 83 Monte Carlo so I can pull the motor (~450hp 350) out of it to replace the trashed 350 in my 71 K20. Then I get the distinct displeasure of trying to dispose of what's left...

[7T2 K10]

I keep saying im going to put some A/C in my truck .... this may be the summer I finally break down and buy a kit

[68GMCCustom]

Originally Posted by GREASEMONKEY72

i have no idea what im buying next


68GMCCustom - what heads are on the engine in that picture?

they're the LSX prototype heads, based on the LS7 heads. In that picture they have some fancy valve covers on them with the coil packs relocated to the rear of the engine to make it look more oldskool...which is actually not how it was configured when dyno'd...at 641hp and 611tq. And thats from a small block 454 (the standard deck iron block can actually go to almost 500ci...and they have a tall deck block coming!) on pump gas.

give me an oldskool manifold and carb on top, instead of a plastic intake with a throttle body...but I'm not one bit afraid of the newer technologies available in these genIII and genIV motors. Breathing is key and they've about got it figured out, putting out more hp and better fuel economy then every before. I had a 325hp/370tq 6.0 in my '01 truck...and now a 395hp/400tq (its tuned to 400+hp now) LS2 in the wife's new ride that replaced it. Wonderful engines and if you keep the r's down in the 1600-2200 range...decent fuel economy. I kind of wanted to buy the GMPP LS 364/440 for my Z28, but decided to wait and build an LSX...that just may go in the '68 GMC instead. I'm on so many meds these days for pain...it's really hard to decide what project gets what...much less finish one.

[Already Gone]

My next big purchase will probably be a set of 3:08's with posi for my 12 bolt, or my 3 1/2 / 5 lowering kit from ECE.. Unless I spend over 200.00 at one time I just count the little stuff as maintenance.

[Bishops Trucks]

I just bought these for my 1/2 ton SWB 4X4.

[GREASEMONKEY72]

68GMCCustom - thanks for the reply

ive got a set of headers for those style heads - bought by mistake not relizing they were the wrong ones, but they did come out of one of these trucks but i just didnt relize theyre for different heads, so now i need to get rid of them..haha

[BurnoutNova]

Originally Posted by 72freak

Boy........Im going to get in trouble on this one!!!!!

I have been VERY disapointed in GM since the start of the Vortec but I have trudged through a bunch of them. They lost my "new car" business when they stopped making a 5.7 but I have continued to buy 99 and below second hand vehicles. After many brake boosters, intake gaskests, door hinge pins, crappy leather, power lock actuators, leaking power steering lines, bad tranny cooler lines, and numerous AC problems I finally threw in the towell!!!!!

if your tired of the little probs with gm cars.... get ready for head gaskets. every one of them blows headgaskets and usually warps the heads, and dometimes cracks them.

also- whn you go to change the fuel filter (important, especially in the winter with the diesel fuel) make sure to leave as much fuel as possible in there, otherwise air gets in the lines and wont start... usually takes aboput an hour to bleed the system. (im a trader...im a tech at a ford dealership

[ramac1972]

im hopeing to buy another swb if anybody has one in texas

[xmitsu10]

Yesterday I just dropped $700 on the ECE (Sanderson) headers, drop front springs, drop shackles and a some other misc stuff. Gonna buy some chrome ralley wheels and tires after that.

Mark

[spdrcr29]

Well, I just put in the H-4 clear headlight doo-dad hookup


And after looking at the FAQ thread on upgrading the wiring, I decided to spend the 40 bucks and order the new harness for the headlights.....

Next is the internally regulated polished alternator and regulator adapter.... Then I'm done till I break something.... Which will probably be next week (it's snowing here, so I'm safe till the rain washes away the road salt!

[dan468]

Just bought a porterbuilt front crossmember for a BBC....

[dingo_dan_22]

i'll need to buy paint, sheilding gas, and a tool chest.

[Big Block]

Originally Posted by 72freak

Boy........Im going to get in trouble on this one!!!!!

I have been VERY disapointed in GM since the start of the Vortec but I have trudged through a bunch of them. They lost my "new car" business when they stopped making a 5.7 but I have continued to buy 99 and below second hand vehicles. After many brake boosters, intake gaskests, door hinge pins, crappy leather, power lock actuators, leaking power steering lines, bad tranny cooler lines, and numerous AC problems I finally threw in the towell!!!!!

OK........sit down.....YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!

This was last weeks purchase.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=290097997402

I am so sorry!!!!!!!

Dont worry though.....there are still 20+ pre 1994 GM's around here.

I feel your pain. Bought a used 2005 Colorado with 6000 miles on it, kept it for six weeks and unloaded as fast as I could. The boat has sailed on GM products. I currently own a 99 Tahoe and 95 Gmc truck. Thats as new as it gets for me. I also own (2) 72 Blazers 76 Blazer Chalet an 80 2wd Blazer and 72 Chevy lwb truck. My next purchase will be a 71 or 72 SWB or 65 Chevelle. I still love my old Chevys.

[corn]

Money has always been the big issue getting anything done on my truck. Ive been stashing a little away each week (overtime) & as soon as it gets warm Ill be ordering a few goodies for my toy. Right now I want to get my garage shaped up to make working on things easier. I just hope that doesnt empty what Ive managed to save up. Fingers crossed...

[earl87gta]

Originally Posted by tavenner13

so everyone always lists what they just bought for their project... but now i ask the familiar question, what part are you gonna buy next???

ill start

not a necessity but will look way cool


with this horn button

I just got the same steering wheel but needed a GMC and ordered a chevy my mistake think any one will notice.
My next big thing will be D60 front and hummer wheels.