454, Turbo 400, 4.10s....will be a towing and camper hauling beast!
It's even the "camper special."
It's even the "camper special."
New drag link make old truck drive like new! (sorta)
Everything else looks tight in the steering system. Steering stabilizer is ancient though, gonna see if it's still doing it's job. Rag joint looks tight as well, but supposedly a Jeep Cherokee steering shaft is tighter than even the best rag joint.
Hoping that a stabilizer and better tires will make 'er as good as new.
Really stoked that the steering box appears to have zero slop in it as well.
Best part is it's one of the seemingly few times that parts are available, reasonably priced for quality parts AND the old one came off with relatively little effort!
Everything else looks tight in the steering system. Steering stabilizer is ancient though, gonna see if it's still doing it's job. Rag joint looks tight as well, but supposedly a Jeep Cherokee steering shaft is tighter than even the best rag joint.
Hoping that a stabilizer and better tires will make 'er as good as new.
Really stoked that the steering box appears to have zero slop in it as well.
Best part is it's one of the seemingly few times that parts are available, reasonably priced for quality parts AND the old one came off with relatively little effort!
Grit dog wrote:
Whadaya think the chances are of twisting that old heavy metal rear bumper straight? I know it'll take a pull pot and some serious force. Truck had the camper tie down buttons in the rear bumper and musta got a little western once with a camper. That left side in the pic is twisted up about 1/2".
My OCD wants to fix it. Same with front bumper, just a tad bent up. Looks like it took on a concrete bollard or boulder and won the fight, but it's just a bit twisted. Bumpers are waaaay too nice to even consider replacing!
I cannot believe that you would actually drive a truck with a bumper that mangled ??? That is embarrassing :B
* IF * you try to repair it, you stand a chance of wrinkling that chrome, once that happens, it is all over... I would leave it.. OR..park it, put a come along on it, and everyday put another click of tension on it to try and twist it back up...
With that said, I still would not touch it... for a truck of that age, it makes it look * experienced *
Cleaned up a few things.
Have some leftover 90s Dodge paint, light driftwood. It also makes a very nice argent color. Headlight buckets had been painted blue then black and looked tacky.
Sanded and re-finished them. And got an OE front air dam.
Have some leftover 90s Dodge paint, light driftwood. It also makes a very nice argent color. Headlight buckets had been painted blue then black and looked tacky.
Sanded and re-finished them. And got an OE front air dam.
Well, itโs actually a GMC.
Sierra Classic. There was a couple clues that I thought someone maybe just repurposed GMC parts, but removed the tailgate trim panel and GMC......
Then my wife said the insurance came back as a GMC and I looked closer at the rpo codes and it has the Sierra classic pkg.
Sierra Classic. There was a couple clues that I thought someone maybe just repurposed GMC parts, but removed the tailgate trim panel and GMC......
Then my wife said the insurance came back as a GMC and I looked closer at the rpo codes and it has the Sierra classic pkg.
