"Clifford" 83 Chevy 3/4ton 4x4

[Tex_50613]

well here's my on going project:

Stats:

Vehical: 1983 Chevorlet 3/4 ton 4x4
Motor: 355ci 425hp SBC with center bolt 496 heads 202 valves, 402 duration 327 cam, Edelbrok Performer II intake, Edelbrok 700 "offroad avenger" carb, Malery distributer, Bluestreak cap and rotor, Accell 9mm wires, K&N air and Fram oil filters, Hooker headers and true dual 2.5" exaust (no cats) Thrush turbo mufflers.
Trans.: SM 265, custom Cluch Masters dual friction pulling clutch with 3700lb springs
T-case: Np205 with twin stick conversion
Axels, Front: Custom Trussed Dana 44 with Yukon Crome molley shafts, and 4:10 gears, Rancho Dual stabelizers
Rear: GM 14bolt "Lincoln Locked" Full Floating
Suspention, Front: Skyjacker 4" and Rancho 9000 shocks
Rear: Shackle flip and Rancho 9000 shocks

Tires: Super Swamper TSL SX 38.5/14.50/16.5 on white wagon wheels

Exterrior Mods: Custom fabrecated front bumper, shaved the front marker lights on the fenders and moved the lower front edge (in front of the wheel opening) up 5", 3" body lift, Lund solar viser, Mile marker 12000 wench, 2 KC Daylighters on the front bumper, Luvern Stainless steel nerf bars, dual 4' whips.

Interrior mods: Cobera 29 LTD CB, Fosgate CD player, Pioneer Amps (2) and 2 10" JVC subs in custom incloser

now here's the pics and it's no show truck, it's a toy











in the works:
Aditional 4" of lift to make 11" total to clear the set of 44/18/15 Gumbo monster mudders I recently aquired, and possably a custom extended cab and short box stepside box, or a custom 7' stepside box and bob the chassis behind the rear spring mounts, a custom rear bumper (I have to "Test" the products I build and I build custom bumpers for people) finish the Silverado conversion

[nekkidhillbilly]

i guess its a big red dog right?

[Tex_50613]

Originally Posted by nekkidhillbilly

i guess its a big red dog right?

yep, one of my friends' 2year old daughter deamed it that after it "Pooped" in their driveway when I stopped by

anyway here's a couple more pics.....

[Tex_50613]

as you can see in the last picture I have started to re-do the interrior, I found most of a immaculant interrior out of a 79 silverado which I like the 75-79 dash better than the 81 and up I re-died the dash from tan to burgandy with no problems and started to do the door pannels preping them the same as I did the dash after compleatly dismanteling them but the die is fish eyeing and pealing does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this befor I possably incounter the same problem on the rest of the trim parts and vinal head liner? I may not be building a strait out show truck but I want something that I can be happy with for a long time, the seat in the truck is a 40/60 split bench out of a 90 silverado and is burgandy already and I have set of burgandy buckets and center console/seat out of a 94 Starcraft Mark III Silverado that I want to eventually install so having the door pannels and dash match and look good is a must... I also plan on lowering the section of the hump around my 4x4 shifters 3" to counter the 3" body lift and be able to utilize a actual aftermarket twin stick boot instead of the junk I came up with to seal the shifters.
another question I have is which company would you recomend for a white face gauge set that would be close to the origanal black GM ones in look to replace my Speedo and gas gauge and possably heater/ac controles?

[Tex_50613]

pics of the 44's on the truck, and boy do I have to either get more lift or start buchering, I'd pefer more lift, I don't intend on cutting any more than I already did when I modified the front fenders

[Tex_50613]

ok here's a bunch of updates being as I ain't posted anything in a while, 1st the 355 ci I had bit the big one and I replaced it with a 307ci out of a 69 camaro that has ben punched .40 over and installed a mild cam with a gear drive timing set, ran it with little to on probnlems memorialday and 4th of july weekends just to blew up a u-joint which trashed a couple axle shafts, snapped the 4 bolts that hold the front drive shaft to the t-case, and hand gernaded the rear diff all on my birthday weekend, so now time for another round, just picked up a 14bolt FF to replace the 14bolt simi-floater out back and have to pull the yolk off the front and try to remove the snapped bolts. anyway here a re some shots of what all has been done to it since the last time I posted

[Tex_50613]

[spudz]

awesome, my kinda truck... now I like the lil ol 307s....but lets try an get a little more displacement under the hood.....haha

[Tex_50613]

ain't updated in a while so here's a big one, 468ci inches of update to be exact, New motor 468ci BBC crate motor, edelbrok powermach cam and intake, lots of chrome(it was dirt cheep), new bumpers and yeah I'll let the pics talk

[85sierraclassic]

i want your bumpers lol

[CamaroChris]

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FRONT BUMPER??? Sorry I was a little excited! I bet that engine is going to power you through a mud bog NP

[Tex_50613]

Originally Posted by 85sierraclassic

i want your bumpers lol

Originally Posted by CamaroChris

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FRONT BUMPER??? Sorry I was a little excited! I bet that engine is going to power you through a mud bog NP

well I design and build all my own bumpers and then some, there is a thread on here somewhere about them and showing a few I have built for all makes and models (yes even Ford) the front one is actually number 2 on this truck, the first one I sold to a friend for his 76 shortbox after abusing it for 5 years or so with the only damage being scratches to the powder coating and a dented up cheep brush guard

[rayfinseats]

I love your front bumper. Nice truck. On the interior orange-peel, if it had armorall on it you need to use wax and grease remover at LEAST 5 times to get that crap off. Armorall sucks. Also when I dye interior parts I use 2-3 very thin coats. Dulicolor works pretty good or Marhyde. Duplicolor bedliner spray cans works good too and can be painted. (experiment with that) Headliner best to just have re-skinned.

[Tex_50613]

Originally Posted by rayfinseats

I love your front bumper. Nice truck. On the interior orange-peel, if it had armorall on it you need to use wax and grease remover at LEAST 5 times to get that crap off. Armorall sucks. Also when I dye interior parts I use 2-3 very thin coats. Dulicolor works pretty good or Marhyde. Duplicolor bedliner spray cans works good too and can be painted. (experiment with that) Headliner best to just have re-skinned.

thanks for the tip, I cleaned the door pannels twice with wax and grease remover and still had it peal so mabe I'll strip it and try that a couple more times, but the dash took the dye like nobodys business, the headliner I want something custom with built in overhead soncil to hide the CB and add a dome light for sure but it'll have to wait.
here are a few pics I took over the weekend





oh yeah and a oops for ya,

[hartbraker]

LOVE THE REAR BUMBER!!! I'd love to see a picture of the mounting brackets so I'd have a perfect idea of how to set up before I weld everything out... definitely going with this bumper for my 86.

Also had a question for you about the roof visor... I've heard a lot of guys say they don't like them, and others say they do, what's your take? I know how I feel about their looks... but do they do anything funky with the wind coming off your windshield or deflect rain in awkward ways?

[Tex_50613]

Originally Posted by hartbraker

LOVE THE REAR BUMBER!!! I'd love to see a picture of the mounting brackets so I'd have a perfect idea of how to set up before I weld everything out... definitely going with this bumper for my 86.

Also had a question for you about the roof visor... I've heard a lot of guys say they don't like them, and others say they do, what's your take? I know how I feel about their looks... but do they do anything funky with the wind coming off your windshield or deflect rain in awkward ways?

only issue with my visor is low hanging branches, I really like it although I would pefer the Lund lunar visor with the built in clearance lights over the Lund Solar that I have, as for pics of the mounts on my rear bumper, I build and sell my bumpers here in Iowa and am not usually up to give out all my design secreats sorry, all I'll say is think class V or VI reciver hitch and if you care to PM me I'll give you some heplful tips but not my specific design.

[hartbraker]

what do you charge for a bumper exactly like the one showed in the pictures above?

[Tex_50613]

Originally Posted by hartbraker

what do you charge for a bumper exactly like the one showed in the pictures above?

again if you would like to private message me on the issue I will discuss it there, I will not let this turn into a sales thread for my bumpers my friend.