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Sounds like it was a fun day. Thanks for sharing.
That’s great your wife is supportive (and even encouraging), and that your kids are involved. Just remember, to you it’s a truck you bought and worked on, to your kids it’s “dads truck” they remember working on with dad… ![]()
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Looking good!
And congrats on a successful road trip.
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Re: Sullii the 72 GMC 1500
Looks like fun, truck looks great.
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Great looking truck nailed it 100%
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Most excellent truck sir!
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Re: Sullii the 72 GMC 1500
Truck came out great man. Really dig the drop on it as well. Really wish I made it to the Revival! This year I plan on going. Hope to see you there.
Speaking of the driveshaft, I run the poly bushing and its great (says my driveshaft shop) and I had a slip yoke added to the rear if I ever decide to run bags, but also for rear travel on the differential side of the carrier. I always thought it was crazy that the carrier took the brunt of the movement rather than an actual slip yoke. Id be willing to bet this would help your floor contact issues. At any rate, great job, really enjoyed the build!
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Nice work, just read through the complete thread.
I like your approach to building trucks, Rg
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Thanks all! I have been kicking around ideas on where to go next with the truck. I even survived a strong urge to sell a few weeks ago when issues started arising with my other project, my 2004 VW R32. As much as I love the truck, the R is the most entertaining vehicle to drive that I've owned. It's currently at 208k miles and a slew of items needing attention have built up to the point where I had to stop driving it. My immediate bonehead idea was to just sell the truck and buy everything I need for the R (plus some upgrades), but ultimately I decided to be patient and take a year or so to work through the R methodically. This also forces me to pause extensive work on the truck while it is in a dependable and drivable state.
![]() I've been trying to drive the truck several times per week, for the fun of it and to keep building confidence in all the work I've done. So far, it has not let me down. Many trips to work, landfill, etc. I've also hauled a 600 lb load of metal to the scrapyard and the truck handled it like a champ! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Before it got too cold here we also did a few landscaping projects around the house. I do have a Tacoma that would be useful for this as well, but it's so much more fun to put the GMC to work! ![]() ![]() In parallel with everything I've been doing with my GMC, my friend was inspired to get his own truck. I helped him pick up a local '78 C10 that was all original and running, albeit very rough. It is now completely blown apart and he has some big plans for it. Here's a sneak peak at what he's thinking. Hopefully he starts a build thread for it because I think it's going to be quite the original build. ![]() ![]() That's it for now. Back to the garage for the evening... ![]()
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When I was in the Navy I had a VW Corrado, very fun car. But I bet those kids don't smile as much around the vw.
Is your buddy going fwd in the square???
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He's actually doing a stock car inspired setup. Wide five hubs with a quick change rear end. He's going to run those wheels/tires on all four corners.
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Nice!
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Seems as though I can't leave well enough alone. I've never been completely satisfied with the wheel/tire combo I ended up with. The 235/75 tires that I bought were good for the stock suspension setup, but they just don't look right on the 15x8 wheel. It is too stretched and tall compared to the front tire. Most times it looks fine, but there are some angles where it looks very awkward. Then I got to thinking, what if I put the 15x8 on the front and got some 15x10s for the rear? After test fitting the 15x8 on front, I knew I had to make this happen.
![]() While we had the 15x8 on front, we had to throw the 15x6 on the rear just to get the truck back on all four. Needless to say, I will NOT be running 15x6s on the rear! ![]() I got some Wheel Vintiques series 62 15x10s to match the 15x8s I already have. The only problem with these wheels is they only come in one backspace, 4.5". With the wider '72 rear end, this puts the wheels right at the fender lip with no room for tire. I will just have to make these work but cutting up these brand new wheels and changing the backspace. I have done this on several of my previous builds so it doesn't bother me. My current thinking is to change them to 5" BS. I will see once I cut them apart and test fit. For now, here they are with the 4.5" BS. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Will be interesting to see how far the tire will bulge out past the rim ?
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Yeah, that is the biggest unknown right now. I measured my current tires and the fronts are 1.25", rears are 0.85" (which also illustrates how my rears are a bit stretched). I've been working with the assumption it will be about 1". I've run 1/4" clearance between tire and fender on previous builds with success, so that's my current target. The 0.5" extra backspace should get me there.
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I’m looking forward to seeing the new wheel and tire combo. Always preferred wider meats vs the stock pizza cutter look.
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At the moment I am planning on using the 295/50. I've seen a 275/60 on a 10" rim and it has the same slightly stretched look that my current tire has, which I don't like. I know the 295/50 is a pretty short tire, but it will be tucked up several inches into the fender, so I think it will look fine. I did some further test fitting and I think I will need to go to a 5.25" BS to make this tire fit.
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Truck looks awesome dude! I saw it down in the woods at FR on one of my bathroom break walks away from our booth lol
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haha thanks! Yeah I got routed to the woods and most people seemed to not notice us over there. That's ok, it was a blast anyway. I'm definitely looking forward to going back this year. What booth were you running? There were sooo many trucks I didn't even have time to shop around.
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That's awesome! I'll have to stop by and say hi this year. I did check out the AMD booth briefly. You guys make some nice stuff! My friend and I were eyeing up the squarebody bed. He's building the truck I mentioned above and he needs a new bed for it.
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Yeah man, definitely do! His truck is gonna be killer, our bed setup would definitely be perfect for it
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