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Us Internet friends think it looks amazing!
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[QUOTE=rgunlock;7753040]I'd been thinking to do the cab corner pieces in red, but just not finding a shade I like well enough. May do these in black also. Fender emblems I was thinking of trying to do the original colors. Going to have to figure this one out quick because these emblems need to go on the fender before the fender goes on the truck! Don't actually have the GMC emblem for the grill, so not worried about that yet.
Hey Rick. Paint is looking good. I also like the black. If you did want a touch of color somewhere in the emblems, see color wheel below. This is a good suggested method for finding a good match for your brown. Your's is a lot lighter than mine so tougher to find a good complimenting color. Black may actually be the best. Using the color wheel, try one of these 4 things. 1) go with a lighter color in your range. So the lighter colors in the Pumpkin -Peach wedge. 2) Go with the opposite colors in the wheel. So Peacock-Sea blue 3) Use a darker complimenting color to the left or right of pumpkin peach So Chocolate-sand or burgundy-pink 4) Use black or white Using the color wheel as a guide I go to home depot or lowe's and grab a ton of those color chips from the paint department and cut out or tape up on your body color. The right or preferred color should jump off the paint. In your case a brighter color like red, yellow or blue would probably pop a lot and be very visible on the emblems. For what it's worth. ![]() Good luck! Chris
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Looking good Rick! This truck is going to look awesome tearing down the highway...or dirt road...or driveway
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Thanks for this info Chris. For some reason, it never occurred to me to use a color wheel for the truck colors. I think this will actually help me out on choosing my interior colors. I'd already been thinking something like burgundy for the bench upholstery.
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All I'm doing lately is more sanding on the parts I repainted. While I haven't noticeably improved my painting skills, I've gotten a LOT of practice sanding on this truck ![]()
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When I redid my 86 GMC i scrounged to find the correct orange/red for the tailgate insert and front grille emblems. I hate to say but VHT Mopar orange is pretty darn close. It is in an aersol can though.
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Also still working on the fender emblems. I've been using the method cmabolt used with a hypodermic needle. Still managed to mess up, plus didn't like one of the colors so have stripped it down again. But, managed to break off the '5'. Checked online and cannot find any repros. Only hit I found on ebay was $125, so giving gorilla glue a shot at saving me $$$.
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I like it!!!!
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Yep, the black is the way to go with your color, very sharp. Those are some spendy emblems hope your repair job does the trick.
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Does look killer!
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looks awesome. good call on the color scheme
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Nice work! I like the black cab moldings.
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Also, I'm starting to think I should pull every piece of good moulding I can find at the junk yards!
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Thanks guys! y5mgisi - seems like anything with an emblem is either hard to find, not reproduced, or expensive when you do find it. Or maybe just particularly if it is GMC rather than Chevy. Probably not a bad idea.
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Black looks great Rick!
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Sanding, sanding, sanding... making an effort to finally finish the paint job while I have a long weekend. First shot shows why color sanding is necessary on my paint jobs! Lots of expensive clear puddling on the floor
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WARNING!!! Don't look at this post if you have a weak stomach or have just eaten! Graphic yuck-ness!!!
Back when I thought my plan was to just get this truck running and driving reliably - before things spiraled into the "since I'm in this far..." black hole, a buddy gave me a Quadrajet from his 79 Vette that he'd had rebuilt but never used. I put it on and the truck ran fine with it, but then things got out of hand with this build and the engine wasn't started for over 5 years. I didn't mention this in my last post, but I've tried to get this truck running over the last few weeks. Ran the oil pump to pre-lube the engine and the oil coming from the rockers looked like caramel. Apparently water had leaked into it. Changed the oil and the 1st quart or so that came out was water. no pictures of that, but a strike against this old 350! I could get the engine to run while dribbling gas into the carb using a remote starter, but it would die as soon as the gas burned up. My whole fuel system was new - tanks, lines, pump, the carb I just mentioned, etc. Since it would run some, I was pretty sure it was a fuel problem - not spark. So, today I pulled the carb and took a look. DANG! I knew intellectually that gas sitting too long would gum up a carb, but I never would have imagined this! The accelerator pump couldn't move. The float couldn't move. This thing is so crudded up that nothing can move! Serious lesson learned!
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Holly Smokes thats gummed up.
I have a couple of those 'wash tubs' for carbs myself. Diggin the color sanding. Taking notes. Truck is looking great. |
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Wow that carb is impressively bad. Get it to where you think she will work well?
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Also spent some time today fishing new wire through the kick panels to install new door jamb switches for the under-dash courtesy lights and also for the dome light. Close to being done making all the wiring connections except for AC and stereo.
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When done soaking flush all the ports with carb cleaner to be sure.
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Dang it, that’s a pisser who puked in the carburetor?
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I've spent a lot of time since the last post creating more work for myself. I did some paint touchups that didn't turn out too well, so sanded it all back off and waiting for a warm day to try again. Also spent time trying to get that carb cleaned out. Tried a variety of things including a couple types of carb cleaner, gasoline, vinegar and Pine Sol. Turned out that Pine Sol did the best job, but I still didn't trust that I wouldn't end up with problems down the road so I ordered another carb that will hopefully arrive soon.
I did get a few miscellaneous things completed. Sorry for the bad pictures, but "fixed" the end of my SM465 shifter. Filled the slop where the roll pin holds the end piece onto the stick by driving larger roll pins into both sides, cutting and grinding. Also re-welded the rounded piece after torching for 5 minutes or so to get much of the oil and grease melted out but I guess I didn't get a picture of the end result. This really did take a lot of slop out of the shifter. The roll pins in the neck of the tranny seemed to be in good shape as well as the slots in the shifter so I didn't mess with those. Bought a NOS horn pad off the parts board that doesn't need to be screwed onto the steering wheel, and wired in a battery cut-off switch. First one was bad, but AAW sent out a new one no problem.
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Also built myself a new heavy-duty cart. I've got about a 500 lb Christmas gift to be dropped off at the end of my driveway early next week and needed a way to get it up to my shop.
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