1988 2wd longbox Sierra

[eightyfive]

Just thought id start my own thread here so i have somewhere reliable to save my pics. Not much progress so far, but ill keep it updated as much as possible.

So heres my story... I have been lookin for my own driveable truck since i was about 15, i would search through kijiji reliogously allmost every night trying to find the right one. I allmost had a couple a few times, but the deal always fell through in some way. Then one night I just opened the homepage and there she was, i knew that was the truck i was getting. I phoned the guy the next day and he said he would hold it for me since i was driving so far. I paid him $1600 but then he turned around and gave me 100 bucks back for gas because he knew it was a long way. (nice guy).
It had 175,000 when i got it and around 179,000 now. 5.0L 305. bone stock. really clean.

Well thats enough story telling, here she is.

After i took the grille guard off

[eightyfive]

only things i did to it so far is new grant steering wheel, new stereo, and tinted the back window 5%

[scotts62]

Wow that was a nice guy, not many around that would do that..

Cool truck! What are the plans for it?

[eightyfive]

Plans are, rally's off my '85 sierra with 295-50-15 firestone white letters tires. Throttle body spacer, cold air intake, electric fans, and msd ignition aannd dual exhaust. My dad wansts to paint it this summer, and get some of the dents worked out. More to come later, i have to go to school :P

[67-72crazy]

Nice truck. What color are you going to paint it?

[eightyfive]

Thinkin about doing a red and black two tone. Not exactly sure which colours where though.

[eightyfive]

A couple more small things. got the rallys on the back yesterday. still waiting on new tires. tinted the side windows 5% today. painted the drums. more pics tomorro if i have time

[89muscletruck]

Cool, sounds like you landed a pretty good deal there!
Especially with that mileage and with the body in such good shape

[eightyfive]

Thanks! the body amazed me when i saw it in person, besides a couple dents and dings. The p.o primered the hood and top of cab because he said it was starting to rust, but the bad part is he didnt mask off the windows or mirriors so they need to be cleaned up. But other than that, she is a pretty smooth truck!

[eightyfive]

heres a couple more pics with the new rallys and tires

[eightyfive]

Heres what i did today.

[drover54]

looks sick man, im diggin the whole red and black thing you got on the go. my 2 favorite colors. my pop is givin me his 93 sierra single cab long box, pretty much identical to yours only a little more rust, double kilometers, and 4x4. goodluck with it man, looks deadly so far

[89muscletruck]

Have ya been able to do much to the truck lately?

[eightyfive]

Thanks drover, i kinda wished mine was 4x4 but 2wd is alot of fun as well.
I havent done much to the truck since my last post except painting my headlight bezels, new stereo, and busted up my front end

[eightyfive]

Truck was stolen, and written off

[89muscletruck]

bummer, another truck gone before its time

[eightyfive]

Heres the story.

Summer night in early august, my "buddies" and i were havin a couple beers in the garage, havin a good time and just takin it easy. Music is playin outta my truck with doors open keys in it. I got a call a couple hours later and someone else wants me to go to their place for a little shindig. So i shut my truck off, throw the keys on my table and take off. The "friends" that i had over didnt come with me. instead they decided to get a little more liquid courage in their system before they cam back to my place at around 5:30 am. I was allready passed out a long time before that, and i wake up to a phone call, it was the police and they said they found my truck in the ditch about 45 mins north of where i live. I'm pretty hungover at that point and just want to crawl back in bed and pretend it didnt happen, but we had to go.
I get there and it doesn't look terrible but i can tell it didnt look good.
Bumper was pushed in, drivers fender kinked, grille a little bit smashed and frame might be bent.
It turned out to be a couple of the guys who were at my house earylier that night. They were reported, but of course the cops in my town didnt even give them a slap on the wrist. They got away with robbery!
Makes a guy sick :S I will be posting pictures of the damage as soon as i get them up.

[eightyfive]

here is some pics of the old girl. check out the 99+ side of the forum and you will see my new set of wheels.

[eightyfive]

Damage looks minor on the outside. but the adjusters said the frame was bent up pretty bad. needed alot more work than it was really worth.. sad to say

[drover54]

man thats a sin, that rig is still in better shape than 99% of the trucks my area in similar shape, due to the lack of rust. stuff like this makes me just wanna flip at the people who would do such a thing

[eightyfive]

yeah it had me pretty mad too. I was going to buy the truck back from the insurance guys, but i had another truck lined up and i needed the money quick!