What have you done to your square lately??

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HotRodPC

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This is my barn find. 1980 C-10 longbed, I call him Ernie. Actually, my wife named him. All stock, all original, (well it was). So far I swapped the wheels for the rallies, swapped the AM radio for a factory AM FM stereo recovered a seat out of an 85' (the 81 and up seats are so much better than the 73-80) took out the rubber floorboard and put in carpet. Repainted the door panels and replaced a few dash lights, replaced the farm bumper with an OEM that was in perfect condition off a 77 junk yard suburban.

Nice looking truck. So you didn't like that table cloth looking seat? :shrug: Me, not so much either. :whymewhyme:
 

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Nice looking truck. So you didn't like that table cloth looking seat? :shrug: Me, not so much either. :whymewhyme:

I always have liked the houndstooth/plaid/striped "tablecloth" seats that were available then. These days you have your choice of plain or plain, lol.
 

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I'm a little partial towards the old style too.
 

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I liked the old school seat covers... do not miss how scratchy they were though!
 

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I picked up a CUCV brush guard for my '87. I ground all the old paint off and repainted it with a gloss black enamel.

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you guys and these crew cabs are making me sick LOL.
 

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Diy schacle flip got rid of 4 inch blocks new u bolts and pins in front leafs. Axle was movin on me! Also removed sway bar!
 

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87scotty

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And removed 3/4 springs for new 1tons on rear
 

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Replaced the wheel cylinders, and rebuilt the rear brakes. There was about 10lbs of dirt in the brake mechanisms. I doubt the brakes were changed this century.

Jake
 

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I fully intended to convert the truck to TBI using MegaSquirt over Christmas. But that dang "family commitment" thing keeps getting in the way.

I cast an adapter with my Metalwork class, and this is a Holley TBI body I got off ebay. It came with 4.3L injectors (and rumour is Holley Injectors aren't all that great), but I had already bought a junkyard TBI for a 350, so I Frankensteined the GM pod onto the Holley base.

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Then details to the swap were hindered by things like "Christmas Hours" and "I didn't plan this through all the way," and it does not look like this will be done over the break. While yes, I ~could~ ~probably~ get it done, but it's better to just stand down, and do a more thorough job of the swap.

Then, while I was fueling up (I'm always fueling up), I noticed a crack where there used to be a large bubble on the wheel arch. Like a fool, I picked at it, and a large chunk of Bondo fell out.

So the other day, I fired up the orbital, and chased that and one other super wee crack. When I first picked up the box, there were cracks behind the wheels - I had a kid chase the crack and see how far it went. Apparently it went REALLY far, and there was a LOT of Bondo in there. So we just mixed up a resale-size bucket of filler, and put it all back. These were new cracks.

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It's like a giant Gob Stopper of sedimentary Bondo layers. And close to 5/8" thick in places.

Wheel arches had been replaced some someone, but very very badly done. There are so many defects, so much filler, and so much rust, I'm not going to do anything about it.

Except slap some more in there.

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And then rolled on a couple more layers of Tremclad. Not even thinned. Straight from the can. Like a boss.

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Body work today and way to much block sanding.
 

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Put led bulbs in the gauge cluster.....
Made a huge difference
 

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Restoring my 1981 tach cluster for my 86 currently....at least that's the plan for this weekend in between harness builds.
 

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Well that will be a fun addition when I get finished with everything else....

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