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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
I remember when you hated this truck.
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But, the other day I was considering trading it to a guy for an S10. Who knows.
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
The reason I want to build an S10 is because that's what my dad drove before he died. He left the truck to me and I was gonna build it, but I had to sell it in 2001 to pay for fire academy tuition. I've wanted to build one ever since.
A little white square body S10 with cowl hood, lowered on car rally wheels with fat tires underneath it. It's my vision. I need to build it before I lock up my tool box for the last time.
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Body panel fitment. Doors, fenders, etc. It takes a real jedi to get one set up with proper gaps and everything sanitary. Remember, there was a time when GM was building these trucks that there were guys on the assembly lines having to use hammers to beat them into shape. Stacks of shims stuck here and there to get them lined up. Keith Seymore can verify this. I will say though, I do like the 81 and up front clips much better because they fit better and work well. The hoods line up well, they work well overall.
Mechanically, they are great trucks. Great suspension. Great steering. Great brakes. Common powertrain parts. As far as the build goes, I'm waiting on Porterbuilt to call me back. I want to explore going down that road. We will see what they say. If not, I might just wind up sectioning the stock crossmember and using air bags.
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
I think it is just part of their charm.
I see lots of the newer trucks every day, and I think they are lower quality in general. Of course, they are the bulk of what we work on, so the numbers are skewed that way. The other thing for me is that as a crusty old man in training, I don't like anything new. I recently bought a new car- it's a 2005.
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Jon, that's probably what it is for me. I'm a mechanic. I think a pretty good mechanic. But, I'm not really that guy when it comes to fussing over panel fitment and such. It doesn't take too much time trying to adjust fitment before I lose interest and start dreaming of changing ball joints and fixing leaks.
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Panel fitment hasn't been much to brag about until recently. When I got here in 2003, we were fixing a pretty large front end hit on a new Suburban. I thought the fit was horrible until I compared it to the ones on the lot. All of a sudden, it wasn't that bad.
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I didn't fuss over panels on my C10 when I painted it last year either. All the panels were dent free and original GM factory installed, so I just scuffed it all up and shot the John Deere paint on it. None of the panels line up great, but it's not a show truck anyhow. It's my get stuff done truck.
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I agree the panel fitment is poor on these trucks, but that being said, for a driver if the door's main body line is even at the cab and the fender and it shuts well, then I am fine with it. If the gap around the edges is inconsistant but it funcitons correctly then I have no problems for a driver.
It takes A LOT of time and paitence for panel fitment to be spot on and consistant. Thats best left for a SHOW vehicle...IMO
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Well I'm fixing to order a Porterbuilt member today. I guess y'all can guess which direction this truck is going now.
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Oh Snap!
That is a BIG step in the other direction from your start on this one...Can't wait to see what else your going to do...
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Daaaang!
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
I just hope I can get the damn thing installed in some sort of reasonable time. I want to build the truck over the winter, hence ordering the crossmember right now to allow for lag time. But I don't want a drawn out project. I want to get it done. I can foresee me selling some stuff to get the funds to buy all the air junk for front and rear.
I talked to Travis at Properformance. He answered my hillbilly questions in a language I could understand. I'm ready as soon as he calls me back.
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Well Travis called me back and the Porterbuilt dropmember is on order. As long as it takes them to build these things, I don't expect too much to happen for a while. There's plenty of learning for me to do in the meantime anyway.
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Oh man......this is going to be fun.
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Congrats on ordering the Porterbuilt stuff!
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Congrats on ordering PB ! I want to order PB stuff for my 86 one day! Anyways can't wait to see it all together!
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Did you just order the dropmember and plan on using your stock control arms or did you go all out and get their a-arms too?
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Looking forward to what you will do on this on. Like the work on the others.
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Fun to watch I'm sure. Stressful on my end undoubtably. Much to learn. Many problems to overcome.
I never would have thought I'd go that route. I've always been a 4/6 guy. But lately I've realized that 4/6 is now very modest, whereas twenty years ago, instant hero status. Quote:
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Absolutely. I have a trick up my sleeve on that area. Hidden in the store room in the back of my shop. To be disclosed later. I do appreciate that. I'm sure I'll wear you out with stupid questions. I'm thinking this build might take a ghetto turn. I absolutely, number one priority, want to get it completed. That will likely mean much less detail spent on the little stuff. I'm setting myself up a schedule of winter build and on the road by next spring/summer. I will absolutely have to focus on not letting scope creep set in.
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