1979 Chevy build

[54Caddy]

hahaha **** so am i ahahahha.. doing little stuff tomorrow its progress though, ill let you guys peek at some stuff cant give to much away ahahaha..

[54Caddy]

man what a day i tried being kevsclassics for the day and rebuilding my steering column. Its fairly easy just had one problem the steering wheel is swiveling now like it is a telescopic wheel ahaha. Going to save up and have kevin redo it for me, id rather have him do it and ill try on a spare column i have and see how it goes the second time around. I forgot my camera or i would post pictures. Also i bought some sierra grande emblems for the fenders and going to repaint and rechrome them. And i have a good amount of parts awaiting to be put on the truck will have pictures this weekend. I have a deadline to meet of April 2nd so updates will start being regular stay tuned ahaha..

[54Caddy]

well i can say i am a certified steering column tech now hahaha. I tore it apart over and over and got all the bugs out of it now it works fine. Forgot my camera again will have pictures soon.

[80chevyshortbox]

sound's awsome the truck has come along way and i like everything you have done so far hahaha. ima have to keep a close eye on this build.

[54Caddy]

thanks man will have pictures up tomorrow after i fix the brake hose on my dads 68

[bmchevy1979]

Hey 54Caddy like your build nice to see someone else from Visalia

[54Caddy]

thanks man ahahah thats crazy where u live here in this boring town??

[benoit454]

nice upholstery work. I used to have that same amp pushing my subs, until the circuit board fried in it.

[54Caddy]

i fried the bridge side of the amp already it use to work alot better bridged then it failed that way i will be upgrading the amp soon to a 1800 kenwood.

[bmchevy1979]

I live near the forestry fire department

[Puglia10]

just found this, nice work! keep it up man

[54Caddy]

thanks. Updates will be up this week for sure. I keep promising pictures but nothing exicting hasnt happened yet.

[54Caddy]

Well i got me some fresh tires. The rims are 15x6 had them powder coated high gloss black and the tires are 245/60/15. It looks clean i am just waiting on my beauty trim rings to come in and it will really set them off. Also getting a 700r4 built and should be swapped in very soon. Will have updated pictures this weekend. Let me know what you guys think

[92GMCDriver]

Love the stance and you cant go wrong with steel rims and white letter bfg's!!

[54Caddy]

it looks good in the picture but it still has a little rake in the rear thinking of lowering it 2 more inches in the rear to even it out.

[mcbassin]

Hey the new tires look great! Very nice truck.

[Tx Firefighter]

If you'll hook a come-along between the end of that rear bumper and a post or something solid and crank some pressure against it the kinks will disappear out of that bumper. Just pull it a bit at a time and you'll be surprised how well it will respond.

[bmchevy1979]

tire and wheel combo is looking really good and I agree about the trim rings It has come a good ways since the multi-colored truck it was a few years ago

[54Caddy]

i will have to try and dig my come a long out and give it a shot, and yea it has come a very long way. Hopefully soon i will put the original step side bed back on it.

[bmchevy1979]

I think I know were a couple are at that I can get if you need one. one with 79 taillights and one with the type in the picture

[54Caddy]

i still have the original stepside bed off of the truck.

[54Caddy]

Well finally some update pictures. I put the truck on a diet and made it loose some weight. I swaped out the transmission from a th400 to a 700r4, Had to change drivelines. When i sanded down driveline i found that it had chevy bowtie logos embossed in it kind of cool. Also i took off all smog equipment and and cruise control vaccum hoses, got rid of the 2 barrel intake, and upgraded to a edelbrok performer intake and a 1406 electric choke carb. Set up is like night and day compare to old stuff. It looks way cleaner now to if you ask me. Also putting in a picture of the inside of the engine after about 20000 miles still looks brand new.

[GMC Guy]

i'm all for taking that crap off, and it definitely woke my truck up when i did. but what're you going to do about smog? i highly recommend a cab swap

[crazydad]

nice keep up the good work

[54Caddy]

Smog crap is all handled no longer have any worries of that.