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01-15-2013, 10:42 PM | #1 |
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Re: 1981 Chevrolet C50 Pick-up Conversion
What kind of wiring is that???? lol All new i see
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01-15-2013, 10:46 PM | #2 |
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It is trailer wire. It was a 4 wire on the dump setup, just replaced it with a protected wire.
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01-16-2013, 09:59 AM | #3 |
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Curiosity got the better of me this morning and I put my grill on to see how it looks. I do not know if I am sold on the colour yet.
If I keep I will be painting the bowtie either yellow, or possibly blue? I also thought about doing the grill in yellow metal cast... Or I may just keep it, I have been looking at yellow and black for so long that a new colour seems out of place...ha.
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Grill looks good. there was a chrome option for those. lost of wreckers and ambulances had them. don't know any are still around in salvage yards on on eBay
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Thanks for the compliment.
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That color looks great on your grill. You should keep it, and add some more. Maybe paint the bumpers too.
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01-16-2013, 10:14 AM | #7 |
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I say black bowtie
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Paint the bowtie black and the raised border yellow or vice versa to make it pop a little more. It looks great.
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I agree, grill looks great. Expands the color spectrum a little. Paint the bowtie black with yellow outline and it'll look great.
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Just had some supplies show up to keep this project moving...
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So I am getting closer to doing the interior, as you have all viewed the metal color inside is the same as the outside...
So I am looking at interior pieces and thinking either saddle or black. Quite frankly I like both colors a lot, however not sure if the saddle will look out of place with the yellow. I do plan on tinting the windows and am wondering if a black interior will flow better. On the other side of the coin, this is strictly a summer driver, and only has manual a/c, aka roll down the windows. Will the all black be a little hot on the backside? Any thoughts?
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01-18-2013, 02:19 PM | #13 |
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I think Saddle would be a better choice. I would go saddle and yellow with some black accent pieces. Having just Yellow and black would make the truck look to commercial IMO. I usually don't like yellow and black, or red and black, together with out another colour there to break up the contrast.
I like the way the grille turned out.
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I like black...It would look perfect
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I'm with saddle. I think it would set it off from the rest of the truck.
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Yellow and black= Bumble bee. Yellow and saddle= Sweet...
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The door plaque on that yellow one says "All Wheel Drive"; they didn't make AWD medium duties back then, did they?
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Well last week I got some box caps and weather strip and a few other miscellaneous pieces from a supplier of GM truck parts... Unfortunately the caps fit like ...., lets just say not how I wanted.
It was also bent and dinged up. Still waiting to see what their response will be.
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Looking awesome so far! Keep it up!
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Got the truck lit up in the rear and the front... Now I need to get the roof lights on and we should be all good in that department.
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looks great
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Thanks, I wish it would warm up. Even though my garage is heated, I still loose motivation when it is so cold.
At least the days are starting to get longer...
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Looking good, that much closer to being on the road.
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