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88GMCtruck's never ending 88 GMC build thread

Prep looks outstanding!
Thanks Mike!

A very different color for sure, there will not be many trucks of the same color out there.
Definately part of the why. If you sit and watch cars these days they are all White, Grey/Silver and Black.... every once in awhile you see a red or blue.....

Pleeease put an Allis Chalmers vanity plate on it. :)View attachment 56936
That would be like, 99% lost where I live.
 
Tangier Orange. That'll sear some retinas for sure! Paint some steel rims the same color with Baby Moon hubcaps, that would be sharp looking!
 
Tangier Orange. That'll sear some retinas for sure! Paint some steel rims the same color with Baby Moon hubcaps, that would be sharp looking!
Yeah I don't know that it would work so well with 4wd and the lift... I have some nice polished wheels for it already anyway.

Could send you some big white "GO VOLS" stickers lol would fit right in around here.
I don't even know what that is.

Or Denver Broncos!
Of course that would mean he would HAVE to have a blue interior to go with that paint!
Nooooooooooo
 
It's simply amazing how life gets in the way sometimes. Or at least in my case, life has been so busy that I have had zero time to update the forum as it takes a good deal of effort VS a quick instagram or facebook post.

So, one thing that wasn't really discussed during all of this, I had learned that the company I had worked for for 12 years was closing it's doors. Shortly after starting the paint, I begin a career at a new company, with new people, commuting more and working more. I'm currently on a "mega project" of which I currently can't name. I also had some water/ant damage to my house I had to repair, as well as my normal trips. So free time has been quite minimal. I spend most of my free time working on the truck, and I've actually made really, really good progress.

So, to that end, let’s get you caught up.


So finishing out May 2019

Painting: There was a lot of it. 3-4 coats of single stage enamel followed by 3-4 coats of acrylic clear. This thing really pops. Pictures don’t do it justice.

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Between all this painting, I also got the axles re-assembled, and under the frame on the old springs.

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So this brings us to June. At this point the fenders, doors, tailgate, hood and cab were all painted. Those panels were moved and stored in a storage unit. This is also the time where I ended up with my new “Work Truck” that you may recognize as my father’s old truck – The company I work for has a vehicle allowance to purchase your own vehicle as a work truck, so I ended up with my father’s 2009 K1500 SLT Sierra with the 6.2L and 44k miles. He got a new 2019 Duramax.

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A few generations

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Then we moved onto the bed

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Just look at that shine – mind you this is with zero alterations from how the paint was applied.

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We finished all the bodywork on the 4th of July weekend and off to storage it went.

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Now that all that was done and out of my dad’s shop, I could concentrate on the rest of the truck… or so I thought. This was about the time I found an ant infestation and water damage to the entire back wall of the master bedroom. So that took up the rest of July to completely rip down to foundation and rebuild that portion of wall. Then I had a planned quad trip (which I desperately needed), and a wedding to attend to. On top of regular day to day things.



At this point, its late August. Time to start sorting bolts, brackets, etc, etc, etc

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The plastic frame ID tag original to the truck. Still haven’t quite figured out the meaning behind each set of letters, colors or shapes I’ve seen.

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And between all the holiday madness, I was able to keep working on details here and there.

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After the arrival of 2020, I turned back to the underhood area… Cleaned and painted brackets, a new Sanden AC pump, and more power in the form of a Whipple Supercharger. Or as I like to call it, the “Whip Whip”.

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