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TREA18,
That is an interesting door arrangement. I’ve never seen anything like that before.
I bought my truck before the digital camera age so coming up early pictures isn’t as easy. I need to fish through my wife’s scrapbooking pile to see what she is hiding. Somewhere I have pictures of it with the little 1/2 axles and totally rad 80's aluminum wheels
Here are a few before, during and after shots.....
One of the earliest before pictures I can find. 1996 shortly after installing the rear full floater and front 8 lug rotors. The truck came to me with a 4" lift already on it along with a 350/TH350/203. None of the original drivetrain is still in it
The engine that propelled it around for the first 7 years of ownership. Took this picture in 1996 shorty after converting it to serpentine belt.
Fresh out of college, loaded up and ready to move to Detroit. 1997
After arriving in Detroit. I worked on the 13" floor of the building in the background (GM World Headquarters). My dad posing as we were hitting the casinos across the river from Detroit. He helped me move across country and I was one scared kid the next morning driving across Detroit to take him to the airport. This picture was taken in Windsor, ON, Canada
My cube mate at GM had an auto body background so we spent a weekend at his buddy's barn body shop doing a quick mo and blow on the truck and drinking as many beers as possible in two days. Picture was taken shortly after pulling it out of the paint booth. Grand Rapids, MI 1999. The paint job cost $140 in materials and a few cases of beer. This is the paint job that is still on it today. As much as we partied that weekend it is amazing the paint job turned out as good as it did.
Poser shot showing off the fresh paint. 1999 Rochester, MI. I only drove the truck in the summer during the 6 years I lived in Michigan. Michigan seems to think they need to throw salt on the roads ever time gray cloud blows in so it spent most of it 6 Michigan years sitting under the carport. Did the TH350 to SM465 swap in the winter of 2000. That was a SOB working outside in the bitter Michigan winter.
Installed this 454HO in 2003
Then injected it in 2007. Replaced this with an 8.1L in 2008 as I was never happy with how it ran with this Marine intake and ECM. Plus it was a MOFO to calibrate
Present day. Paint still looks good for being 14 years old. It is loaded with desert pin-striping but you can't see that from a distance.
Man, it takes a long time to build a truck to where you want them. This thing has been my money pit project for 17 years and running and it will probably never be done.
That is an interesting door arrangement. I’ve never seen anything like that before.
I bought my truck before the digital camera age so coming up early pictures isn’t as easy. I need to fish through my wife’s scrapbooking pile to see what she is hiding. Somewhere I have pictures of it with the little 1/2 axles and totally rad 80's aluminum wheels
Here are a few before, during and after shots.....
One of the earliest before pictures I can find. 1996 shortly after installing the rear full floater and front 8 lug rotors. The truck came to me with a 4" lift already on it along with a 350/TH350/203. None of the original drivetrain is still in it
The engine that propelled it around for the first 7 years of ownership. Took this picture in 1996 shorty after converting it to serpentine belt.
Fresh out of college, loaded up and ready to move to Detroit. 1997
After arriving in Detroit. I worked on the 13" floor of the building in the background (GM World Headquarters). My dad posing as we were hitting the casinos across the river from Detroit. He helped me move across country and I was one scared kid the next morning driving across Detroit to take him to the airport.
This picture was taken in Windsor, ON, Canada
My cube mate at GM had an auto body background so we spent a weekend at his buddy's barn body shop doing a quick mo and blow on the truck and drinking as many beers as possible in two days. Picture was taken shortly after pulling it out of the paint booth. Grand Rapids, MI 1999. The paint job cost $140 in materials and a few cases of beer. This is the paint job that is still on it today. As much as we partied that weekend it is amazing the paint job turned out as good as it did.
Poser shot showing off the fresh paint. 1999 Rochester, MI. I only drove the truck in the summer during the 6 years I lived in Michigan. Michigan seems to think they need to throw salt on the roads ever time gray cloud blows in so it spent most of it 6 Michigan years sitting under the carport. Did the TH350 to SM465 swap in the winter of 2000. That was a SOB working outside in the bitter Michigan winter.
Installed this 454HO in 2003
Then injected it in 2007. Replaced this with an 8.1L in 2008 as I was never happy with how it ran with this Marine intake and ECM. Plus it was a MOFO to calibrate
Present day. Paint still looks good for being 14 years old. It is loaded with desert pin-striping but you can't see that from a distance.
Man, it takes a long time to build a truck to where you want them. This thing has been my money pit project for 17 years and running and it will probably never be done.
4 months of progress and just getting started
