My Crewcab Shortbed

[Stitch]

Evidently my fingerprints are worth more to my wife than they are to me LMAO

[Stitch]

Yeah I don't think she wants to get rid of it now that somethings getting done to it. Even if someone wanted to spend that on it which I doubt, she'd still probably say no. She's really excited to get it back together now that it's got paint and she can start to imagine what it's gonna look like.

[old Rusty C10]

looks great Chuck. just one thing I noticed.. inside the cab you didnt do the kick panels in the red and even with the full covers you will see some of the white interior color, you may have to hit that again

[Stitch]

Hey Bob, I appreciate the notice of details like that. I debated on whether I wanted to paint the whole cab inside red or not, but I decided not to. I thought about it and any little sliver of red paint here or there was going to distract from the over all flow of the interior. So I decided the only thing I'm going to paint red is the dash. Everything else will either be covered in tan vinyl or dyed tan to match the vinyl. Like the little bit of metal that you'll see between the kickpanel and the carpet or the dash will either have a piece of vinyl there or be dyed to fever the gap. I just thought long and hard about it and I think the red is going to clash too much with the tan interior if it peeks through anywhere in the cracks. Once again thanks for bringing it up though.

[Stitch]

Well fellas, plans have changed a little. Instead of putting the 305/th350 combo in the truck that I have sitting in the garage, I'm gonna yank the 6.2/700r4 combo out of my blue and white truck and using it instead. I'm also gonna be putting the 305/th350 into my blue and white truck and putting it up for sale. It's just not feasible to be doing a frame off right now. And I don't need two trucks because we've decided to buy my wife a 4 door car instead of her driving the crewcab. So we'll be selling the blue and white truck and I'll be driving the crewcab

[joe231]

Right on Chuck!
Sounds like a plan!

[Stitch]

Thanks Joe. Also another thing that alot of people on here don't know about is that I have a complete turbo system for the 6.2 that I was going to put on my blue and white truck once the crewcab was done. Now I'll be putting the turbo on the 6.2 when I swap it into the crewcab

[Dieselwrencher]

Good luck with the turbo'd 6.2. Drive it nice and keep the boost down on it.

[87 chevy silverado]

i got the tail light harness for u an those tabs for u.

[Stitch]

Originally Posted by 87 chevy silverado

i got the tail light harness for u an those tabs for u.

That's awesome. I'll call you to figure out when I can get them. Thanks alot man. Maybe I'll come get them this weekend and will hit up the PAP again

[p_rubottom]

I cant beleive how good the paint looks man! shade tree painter lol. keep up the good work

[87 chevy silverado]

Originally Posted by Fat Hoe

That's awesome. I'll call you to figure out when I can get them. Thanks alot man. Maybe I'll come get them this weekend and will hit up the PAP again

if u need any thing eles let me know. i will see what i can do.

[Stitch]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Good luck with the turbo'd 6.2. Drive it nice and keep the boost down on it.

Hopefully if I keep the boost below 10 psi it'll sta together. I will baby it some. I'll definitely be hooking up a boost gauge and pyrometer. Since I'm gonna be pulling the motor out do you think I should do anything while I have easy access like a stud girdle. I'm gonna be doing the rear main seal and the oil cooler lines because all of that is seeping

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by Fat Hoe

Hopefully if I keep the boost below 10 psi it'll sta together. I will baby it some. I'll definitely be hooking up a boost gauge and pyrometer. Since I'm gonna be pulling the motor out do you think I should do anything while I have easy access like a stud girdle. I'm gonna be doing the rear main seal and the oil cooler lines because all of that is seeping

You've got the right idea. It should run a long time with that kind of boost. I would do the rear main at minimum. If you have the spare cash for the girdle, I'd do it as well. I surely like the 6.2's and early non electronic 6.5's. Those electronic 6.5's can be a real PITA!

[Stitch]

Thanks man. I'm telling you I don't believe it either. There is very very minimal trash in the paint and the one run. But I can't take all of the credit. I did the body work and the prep and I had a buddy of mine spray it. But it was sprayed right where it sits undress the trees lol

[Stitch]

You down for going to the PAP this weekend?

[87 chevy silverado]

Originally Posted by Fat Hoe

You down for going to the PAP this weekend?

idk on that one. i will probably be with my girl. but just call me. hope theres a c out there for my grill.

[STOCKISH]

Chuck, this thing done already?

[Stitch]

So I got some packages on my doorstep today. I bought a turbo setup and serpentine belt setup from a member here. These pictures in NO NO way have any reflection on the member. The packages were packaged very well. I had to take a knife to cut the tap off in order to get them open the rest of the way. In these boxes was the serpentine belt setup. When the postman dropped these off, my wife was like WTF? And his response was 'I think everything is fine inside'. I HATE the post office. They have done this to me before but I was shipping not recieving. Once again I'll repeat that everything was packaged very well. This is ALL the post office's fault. That's two boxes btw. They're so destroyed they look like one. I opened the boxes and everything looks ok. I won't know until I mount it all up. But it's still just unacceptable on the post office's part.

[Stitch]

Do you know who makes a stud girdle? I know I've seen it somewhere but I can't think of it right now.

[STOCKISH]

Dern Chuck, those boxes look like they were dragged to your house! Hope the parts are ok.

[LEEVON]

That's probably from the a-holes at one of the distribution centers digging in there thinking "hey there might be a turbo in here I can steal". I've lost (meaning nobody knows what happened to them) high dollar push rods and other $$$ car parts through the post office. They sincerely just don't care and filing claims is a joke. UPS all the way.

[Stitch]

I'm pretty sure they're fine. I looked them over really well and they look fine but it's an A/C compressor, alternator, and water pump. Each of those have bearings that could be screwed from them dropping the packages and dragging them through mud. Seriously, if the shipper hadn't packaged them like they were, I wouldn't even have my stuff. Everything was packaged in bags. All the components and all the bolts and brackets were in bags so if they weren't in bags the bolts would have been missing and probably some of the brackets

[Stitch]

Hell no lol. I'm waiting on some money so I can order the seals for the doors. I also promised Laura that we would work on her kitchen this weekend some. Had to work today and tomorrow I have to cut the grass. So the kitchen is outta the question this weekend. Next Saturday mom and dad are gonna be here to help on the kitchen so another weekend of no truck. This week I'm gonna try and sneak out and get the doors stripped and ready for paint and new seals

[BGRAFX]

Sweet Build!