85 GMC Sierra Classic 1 Ton Crew Cab

[1985-GMC]

It looks great Matt! Did you spray the back of the cab too, any orange peel?

The SPID in my step brothers 86 gmc said it was "Frost White", just a little info.

[Mattman2010]

Originally Posted by 1985-GMC

It looks great Matt! Did you spray the back of the cab too, any orange peel?

The SPID in my step brothers 86 gmc said it was "Frost White", just a little info.

Thanks Tony.

Yes I sprayed the back of the cab, everything got sprayed but the firewall and the bottom side of the cab. There is orange peel, but I think I am going to leave it. It really is kinda hard to see it. There are also some places that dirt got into the paint, but they are kind of hard to see as well. In all I am happy with how the cab came out, but its definitely not show truck quality, but i intend to drive this truck everyday.

As for the white, they had several paint markers for fixing scratches and the guy showed me all of the GM whites and Olympic White seemed to be the best looking white out of all of them. it is a very bright white.

[Mattman2010]

Well I have been putting the wiring back into the cab and decided to finish painting the front clip. I went ahead and put one fender on just to see what it looks like.



Need to pull the hydro boost off of the other cab and then start hooking things up and I should be able to fire it up before to long.

[1985-GMC]

Awesome dude!







Oh and............................................. you suck! J/K

[STOCKISH]

Looks great man.

[y5mgisi]

Whoa! How did i miss this until now!? Looks great! Good job!

[Mattman2010]

Originally Posted by 1985-GMC

Awesome dude!

Oh and............................................. you suck! J/K

Dude, I told you I was going to win this race. Oh yeah, Thanks!

Originally Posted by 1972SuperCheyenne

Looks great man.

Thanks man!

Originally Posted by y5mgisi

Whoa! How did i miss this until now!? Looks great! Good job!

Thanks!

I have to figure out what to do with my hydro-boost, it is leaking and I am not sure where to get a rebuild kit, and a remanufactured is $175.

[Conundrum]

You might check rockauto.com
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[Mattman2010]

Well I went ahead and replaced the hydro-boost unit, and rebuilt the steering box, and got the steering all hooked up. I got the brakes bled, steering installed, and the clutch working. Now all I need to do is finalize the radiator mount, tighten a lot of suspension bolts, add some oil, anti-freeze/water, and buy some batteries and then I should be able to fire it up. I am still fighting the SRW or DRW option, but for now I am just going to throw my dually bed on and run it that way. I wont have all the paint done yet, but I should be getting it close to road worthy soon.

[Your41Plague12]

Definitely go dually. Love the white, too!

[Dieselwrencher]

Very nice job man! It is looking great!

[Mattman2010]

Originally Posted by Your41Plague12

Definitely go dually. Love the white, too!

I want to keep it a dually, but I also want to drive it everyday. Parking is not crew cab friendly, let alone dually friendly at college. Maybe I'll have to build a short bed version so I can drive it daily. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Very nice job man! It is looking great!

thanks man! Did you happen to get my last PM?
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[Dieselwrencher]

Oh, shoot, I did and I forgot to reply to you. I will later man.

[Mattman2010]

Well put the front clip on the truck yesterday and found out that somehow when I put the correct 86 front core support/spring mounts that they are mounted to far back so I am going to have to fix that.

I did however hook up a battery and was able to fire it up with the one battery. I need to get another one but I just wanted to make sure everything was working. I need to add some anti-freeze in the cooling system and then I will fire it up again and try and drive it around.

[Mattman2010]

Well I have been working a lot on the truck. I have been trying to get the truck on the road because I think I am going to be changing the direction of this build once again.



I have not gotten around to painting the doors or the bed and tailgate. I should be getting the truck tagged this week, and hopefully get my windshield and back window installed and then I am going to throw the bed on it and some other things.

Now you might be asking, how am I going to be changing the direction of the build. Well After driving this around the farm for a while testing things I have noticed that the turning radius is very large. I am wanting to be able to drive this truck daily, so I am going to be converting my 3/4 ton crew cab frame into a short bed single wheel frame and swap the cab and front clip over to that frame. I want to be able to drive this truck all the time and with it being so long and so wide I don't see that being very good for DD duty. Once I get the short bed built I will probably find another cab to go ahead and build me a crew cab long bed dually on this frame.

[1985-GMC]

It looks good man!

[Mattman2010]

Thanks Bub! It almost makes me want to keep it a dually. Ill just have to see how it is when i get the bed on it.

[Mattman2010]

Got the bed on it. I started to get clutch problems. It seems as if my master cylinder for the clutch doesn't work right. So I bought a new master and slave cylinder so I hope I can get the bled some time soon and it works right.

[1985-GMC]

Nice! Are you going to try to put the windows in yourself? Its not too hard, it just takes some time and patience.

[Mattman2010]

My windshield is broke so I am going to get a new one. I am going to go ahead and install the old windows back in, but my trim rings all broke in pieces and so I would need new ones (Not sure where to get them). Then when I get a new windshield Ill just have them install it.

[Dieselwrencher]

Great work Matt! It's coming together. It's good to be able to move it around for sure. These things get hard to push around all the time.

[Mattman2010]

Yes they do suck to push around all the time. As you can see there is a 30 ft pontoon boat behind my truck. This summer when my uncle wanted his boat I would have to push the truck out of the way. What you dont see is the hill that leads down to the shop that you have to push the truck up haha.

[1985-GMC]

You have a tractor...

[Mattman2010]

I actually used my k10 to pull it, the part that sucked was when the brakes and steering was not hooked up and you had to turn the tires by hand, and pushing it back into the shop without brakes sucked because you had to keep it from rolling down the hill into the shop to fast.
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[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by Mattman2010

I actually used my k10 to pull it, the part that sucked was when the brakes and steering was not hooked up and you had to turn the tires by hand, and pushing it back into the shop without brakes sucked because you had to keep it from rolling down the hill into the shop to fast.
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I know how you feel. We have 3 trucks like this we've been moving around. It sucks bad.