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    Dad's '98 Resto

    I am quite excited to see your truck once the paint/lift/tires are done, yours is definitely one of my favorite trucks on here. What sort of wheels are you going for, if you don't mind sharing? For my truck, if it weren't for sentimental value, I would repaint it a totally different color...
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    My 1991 RCLB C1500 Silverado

    Those look like they might be American Racing Outlaw 2 rims. Good looking rims, especially on these older trucks. Here's a link to brand new ones https://www.americanracing.com/american-racing-outlaw-ii. I bet you can find used ones too if you want them cheaper.
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    Dad's '98 Resto

    Looking good. Making me excited to get mine repainted. I'm also going to repaint in victory red, although I'm torn between keeping it solid red or doing a two tone red with a silver stripe down the middle.
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    Dad's '98 Resto

    I'm curious, would you use the term "ute" to describe your GMC in New Zealand?
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    1995 GMC K1500 Reconditioning

    Lastly, I started prepping the bed for its new cross sills. Ground down a bunch of surface rust and painted it with weld through primer. Prior to removing the old cross sills, I welded on some metal bent at a 90 degree angle and butted them up to the old sills. Should make holding the new ones...
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    1995 GMC K1500 Reconditioning

    Also started to remove the old fuel lines and brackets. The lines were quite crusty, no saving them. The new ones from Lines to Go look much better. I also wire wheeled inside the frame rail where the lines will go down. I'll get a pic of the finished product in a bit.
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    1995 GMC K1500 Reconditioning

    Been putting in work on a few different spots. Got the driver's side cab mount almost all done. Most of the metal is all welded in and the cab is sitting on the bushing once again.
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    1995 GMC K1500 Reconditioning

    Got that piece welded in today, mostly. I didn't do a part of the bottom because it might be getting trimmed off. Yes I know, not the prettiest welds. What's the saying, a grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't.
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    1995 GMC K1500 Reconditioning

    Over the last week I've been working on the cab mount. Got the mount itself placed in its spot and welded on one side. Most of the metal it welds to was rusted out, so I'm making patches for that as well. Spent a couple hours today making up a piece that will tie the floor and inner cab corner...
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    1995 GMC K1500 Reconditioning

    Got the new driveshaft in last week. Looks good, hopefully it won't have a bunch of vibration. It's a Dorman brand, their website states that it's balanced already.
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    97 K1500 DD/Overlander

    Looks like you got it figured out, I look forward to seeing your repairs. I was lucky that the rear section of my frame was just a little pitted, so no major work back there for me. And thanks for linking the rust buster front section, I was hoping they would come out with that. Probably the way...
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    97 K1500 DD/Overlander

    Nice work, I love seeing you bring this truck back from the brink. I'm interested to see how that rust buster frame patch turns out. I've got one hole in my frame that I need to address, but it's up near the firewall just forward of the joint where the boxed section meets c-channel. Also I'm...
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    1995 GMC K1500 Reconditioning

    Pulled out the driveshaft to replace the u-joints. The one that goes to slip yoke was easy. The one that goes to the axle refused to come out. Both of the caps got stuck in the driveshaft. One of the shaft's yoke ears was quite beat up, might have been a contributing factor there. Pressing on...
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    1995 GMC K1500 Reconditioning

    I've been getting a bit of work done on the truck lately. Got the driver side rear cab mount out and it did not look good. Neither did the floor around it. I made a patch for one part of the floor and got it welded in. Applied weld-through primer to the area. Next up will be the new mount.
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    1995 GMC K1500 Reconditioning

    Thanks Jonf. I won't make any promises, but once I get to the point where the truck is ready for paint, I will reconsider if I want to take that on or not. The painting doesn't so much scare me as the prep work.
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